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Table of Contents by Denomination

Bahai

Baptist

Calvary Baptist Church

The Bridge

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church of Birdsboro

First Baptist Church of Temple

Maranatha Baptist Church

New Hope Baptist Church

Open Bible Baptist Church

St. John Missionary Baptist Church

Union Baptist Church

Victory Baptist Church

Zion Baptist Church

Buddhist

Soka Gakkai International-USA

Eastern Orthodox

The Orthodox Church of St. Herman of Alaska (Russian)

St. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church

Episcopal

Christ Episcopal Church

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church



St . Thomas’s

Hinduism

Pushti Margiya Vaishanav Samaj of North America

Islamic

Islamic Center of Reading

Judaism

Chabad Lubavitch of Berks County

Kesher Zion Synagogue

Lutheran

Alsace Lutheran Church

Atonement Lutheran Church

Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church

Calvary Lutheran Church

Christ Lutheran Church

Faith Lutheran Church

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

Hope Lutheran Church

Kissinger’s Lutheran Church

Nativity Lutheran Church

St. John’s Lutheran Church

St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Zion (Spies) Evangelical Lutheran Church



Mennonite

Hopewell Mennonite Church

Pequea Amish Mennonite Church

Shiloh Mennonite Church

Methodist

Calvary United Methodist Church

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

St. Matthew United Methodist Church

West Lawn United Methodist Church

Non Denominational

Koinos Community Center

Schuylkill Valley Bible Chapel

St. James Church

Total Family Christian Center

West Wyomissing Chapel

Pagans and Witches

Pentecostal

First United Pentecostal Church

God’s Worship and Praise Temple of Spirit and Truth

Lighthouse Christian Center

Presbyterian

Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church (Greater Reading Chinese Christian Church)

First Presbyterian Church

Honey Brook Presbyterian Church

Pennside Presbyterian Church



Washington Presbyterian Church

Protestant

The Salvation Army Hispanic Ministry

St. John’s Reformed Church

Roman Catholic

Holy Rosary Church

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church

St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church

St. Anthony of Padua

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Ignatius

St. Margaret’s

St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church

St. Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church

Sikh

Other Christian

First Century Worship Center

Glad Tidings Church

Grace Bible Fellowship

Mountain View Fellowship Church of God

Praise Christian Fellowship

United Church of Christ

Christ Church United Church of Christ

First United Church of Christ

Hillside Christian Church



St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ

Table of Contents by Other

African American Churches

Abundant Life Family Christian Center

Berks County Christian Center

Bethel AME Church

Church of Deliverance

Faith Christian Center of Reading

Faith Temple United Holy Church of America




God’s Worship and Praise Temple

Holy Trinity Church of God

Mt. Zion Church of God in Christ


North 8th Street Church of God

St. James Chapel Church of God in Christ




True Faith Independent Holiness Church



Zion Baptist Church



LGBTA Affirmation and Support





St. Thomas’s (Episcopal Church)

Spanish Language Services

Grace Bible Fellowship Church


Mountain View Fellowship Church of God



St. Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church

Vietnamese Language Services


Chinese Language Services

Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church (Greater Reading Chinese Christian Church)

German Language Service


Deaf Services




Bahai Faith

Denomination: Bahai

Location (address): 350 South Morwood Avenue, West Lawn, PA 19609

Services: Once a month. 2nd Saturday of every month, 7pm

Phone: 610-678-0859

Available Transportation: Yes. Call 610-678-0859

Baptist

Calvary Baptist Church

Denomination: Baptist

Location (address): 510 Park Avenue; Reading, PA 19611

Services: Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.

Adult Bible School: Sundays at 11 a.m.

Children’s/Youth Services/Programs:

CATS on Sundays at 11 a.m.

CATS Bible Study on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

Phone: 610-372-7640

Available Transportation: Yes, call church office at 610-372-7640 by Thursday

The Bridge


Location (address): P.O. Box 204; Shillington, PA 19607

Services: Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Bible Study Group: Sunday at 6 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting: 6:30 p.m.




Bible Study for Young Adults: Sunday at 9 a.m.

Phone: 610-777-5311

Available Transportation: Yes, call 610-777-5311

First Baptist Church


Location (address): 210 South 5th Street; Reading, PA 19602


Children’s/Youth Services/Progr ams: Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Phone: 610-375-2211

Leader’s Name: Pastor Reverend Barbara Gela Eldred


Leader : Pastor James Kennedy

Address: P.O. Box 354; 200 Mill Street; Birdsboro, PA 19508

Contact #: 610-582-2554


Leader : Reverend Lawrence Houston

Address: Hay Road and Wentzel Avenue; Temple, PA 19560

Contact #: 610-929-4805

Maranatha Baptist Church


Location (address): 25 Gaul Road; Sinking Spring, PA 19608



Services: Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., and 6 p.m.


Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Prayer & Youth: Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

Phone: 610-670-1191

Website: www.mbcss.org



Leader : Pastor Jeffrey Bell

Address: 621 Church Street; Reading, PA 19601

Contact #: 610-373-9902

Open Bible Baptist Church

Denomination: Independent Baptist

Location (address): 10 Park Lane; Reading, PA 19606

Services: Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.


Sunday school: Sundays at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m. (ages 3 thru 12th grade)

Phone: 610-370-2060

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.obbministries.org

Leader’s Name: Pastor Kerry Bortz




Leader : Reverend Dr. Bernie Manning

Address: 436 South 7th Street; Reading, PA 19602

Contact #: 610-376-9293


Leader : Pastor Robia Thomas

Address: P.O. Box 13802; 211-212 Schuylkill Avenue; Reading, PA

Contact #: 610-375-4530

Victory Baptist Church


Location (address): 1059 Victory Circle; Reading, PA 19605

Services: Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Sunday Bible Class: 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meetings: 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Phone: 610-376-9888


Zion Baptist Church

Leader : Reverend Raymond Bland

Address: Washington and Thorn Streets; Reading, PA 19601

Contact #: 610-376-5944



Buddhism

Soka Gakkai International-USA (SGI-USA)

Denomination: Buddhist

Location: Locations vary.

Services: Once a week.

Phone: Contact Karen Kihurani, 610-396-6080


Available Transportation: Yes, contact Karen Kihurani

Eastern Orthodox

The Orthodox Church of St. Herman of Alaska (Russian)

Denomination: Eastern Orthodox

Location (address): 133 West Broad Street; Shillington, PA 19607

Services: Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 10 a.m.

Great Vespers:Saturdays at 7 p.m.

Phone: 610-777-3553

Available Transportation: If there is a need, arrangements can be made

St. Constantine and Helen Green Orthodox Church

Denomination: Greek Orthodox

Location (address): 1001 East Wyomissing Boulevard; Reading, PA 19606

Services: Sunday Matins (Orthros): 8:15 a.m.

Divine Liturgy: 9:45 a.m. Sundays

Phone: 610-374-7511




Website: www.stsconstantinehelen.org

Leader’s Name: Senior Pastor : Reverend Father Thomas Pappalas

Pastoral Assistant and Youth Director : Andrew Lentz

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church

Denomination: Eastern Orthodox

Location (address): 241-243 South 3rd Street; Reading, PA 19602


Phone: 610-375-2946

Leader’s Name: Father Michael Sydek

Episcopal

Christ Episcopal Church

Denomination: Episcopal

Location (address): 5th and Court Streets; Reading, PA 19601

Services: Sunday Worship: (Holy Eucharist) 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.

Labyrinth Walk:

Every 4th Fridays at 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Phone: 610-374-8269

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church


Location (address): 2848 Saint Alban’s Drive; Sinking Spring, PA 19608

Services: Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.



Tuesday Worship: 7 p.m.

Phone: 610-678-7001


St. Mary’s Episcopal Church


Location (address): Front and Windsor Streets; Reading, PA 19601

Services: Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.


Sunday School and Nursery: 10 a.m.

Phone: 610-374-7914

St. Thomas


Location: 6251 Morgantown Road; Morgantown, PA 19543

Services: Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Phone: 610-286-9547


Website: www.stthomasmorgantown.org

Leader’s Name: Reverend Eleanor Hart

Affirm and support LBGTA: Yes

Hinduism

Pushti Margiya Vaishnav Samaj of North America

Denomination: Hinduism



Location: 15 Manor Road, Vraj; Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972

Services:

Daily Service: Mangala: 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m.

Shrungar/Palna: 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Rajbhog: 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Utthapan: 4:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Sandyha Arti: 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Shayan: 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Phone: 570-754-7067


Islamic

Islamic Center of Reading

Denomination: Islamic

Location: 18 Noble Street; Reading, PA 19611

Services: Worship: Open all day, every day for 5 daily prayers

1 p.m. Jumaa Prayer

Phone: 610-478-1338 or 484-529-7193

Judaism

Kesher Zion Synagogue

Denomination: Conservative Judaism

Location (address): 1245 Perkiomen Avenue; Reading, PA 19602

Services: Saturday Worship: 9:30 a.m.



Tuesday Worship: 7:30 p.m.

First Friday Worship: First Fridays in month at 6 p.m.

Phone: 610-374-1763


Website: www.kesherzion.org

Leader’s Name: Rabbi Minna Bromberg, PhD.

Available Transportation: Contact the office

Chabad Lubavitch of Berks County

Denomination: Orthodox Judaism (with open-door policy)

Location (address): 2320 Hampden Boulevard; Reading, PA 19604

Services: Call for information; services depend on sundown

Phone: 610-334-3218


Website: www.l-chaim.org

Leader’s Name: Rabbi Yosef Lipsker

Lutheran

Alsace Lutheran Church

Denomination: Lutheran

Location (address): 2201 Kutztown Road; Reading, PA 19605


Children’s Services/Programs: Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Phone: 610-929-8727




Denomination: Lutheran (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) - ELCA

Location (address): 5 Wyomissing Boulevard; Wyomissing, PA 19610


Holy Communion: 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:30 a.m.

Common Ground Recovery Worship:

1st Wednesday of the month at 7:30 a.m.


Information available on website

Phone: 610-375-3512


Website: www.atonementwyo.org

Leader’s Name: Reverend Rick Sumony, Sr. Pastor

Affirmation and support of LGBTA: Yes

Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church


Location (address): 1375 Friedensburg Road; Reading, PA 19606


Phone: 610-779-4620


Website: www.belc-scm.org

Leader’s Name: Reverend Michael L. Reist (contact #: 610-698-0311)

Calvary Lutheran Church

Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)



Location: 1009 Elizabeth Avenue; Laureldale, PA 19605


Saturday Worship: 5 p.m.

Children / Youth Services / Programs:

Every week during Sunday worship

Phone: 610-929-9606


Website: calvarylutheranlaureldale.com

Leader’s Name: Reverend Thomas Irwin, Jr., Pastor

Christ Lutheran Church


Location (address): 1301 Luzerne Street; Reading, PA 19601


Wednesday Worship: 5 to 7 p.m.


Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.

Phone: 610-376-0311

Faith Lutheran Church


Location (address): 210 North 25th Street; Reading, PA 19606


Children’s Services/Programs: Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.

Phone: 610-779-2889

Leader’s Name: Pastor Diane LaFouci (contact #: 610-779-3343)



Available Transportation: Arrangements can be made; call the office


Denomination: Lutheran (ELCA)

Location: 30 Liberty Street; Shillington, PA 19607

Services: Sunday Worship* : 7:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Children / Youth Services / Program: 9 a.m. Sundays

*Handicapped and hearing assistance available

Phone: 610-777-7885


Website: www.graceshill.org

Leader’s Name: Reverend Carl W. Filer


Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

Location (address): 601 North Front Street; Reading, PA 19601

Services: Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Children’s / Youth Services / Programs:

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:30

Phone: 610-374-2071


Leader’s Name: Pastor Mary Wolfe

Available Transportation: Yes – van service (call office # above)

Affirmation and Support of LGBTA: Yes.

Kissi nger’s Lutheran Church




Location (address): 715 Berkshire Boulevard; Wyomissing, PA 19610


Sunday Adult Education: 9 a.m.

Wednesday Adult Education: 11 a.m.

Phone: 610-372-5606


Available Transportation: Yes, call church office

Nativity Lutheran ChurchDenomination: Lutheran (ELCA)



Phone: 610-374-3230


Website: nativityreading.org

Leader’s Name: Reverend Eileen M. Smith LeVan

Available Transportation: Yes



Location (address): 521 Walnut Street; Reading, PA 19601


Sunday Bible Class (students and adults): 9 a.m.

German Worship: 1st of month at 11:15 a.m.

Phone: 610-372-6950





Location (address): Corner of North 9th and Green Street; Reading, PA 19601


Spanish Service: 11:30 a.m.

Phone: 610-375-9216


St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Denomination: Lutheran (ELCA)

Location: 1559 Perkiomen Avenue; Reading, PA 19602

Services: Sunday Worship: 10:15 a.m. (with Holy Communion)

Saturday Worship: 5 p.m. (with Holy Communion)


Confirmation classes: Sunday mornings and evenings


Youth Group: Grades 6-12 – 1st Sunday of month

Grades 1-5 – 3rd Sunday of month

Phone: 610-373-3135


Leader’s Name: Pastor Carol B. Kehler ([email protected])

Available Transportation: Bus available – call church office if needed

Zion (Spies) Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA)


Location (address): 310 Spies Church Road; Reading, PA 19606



Services: Sunday Worship: 8 a.m., 9:15 a.m., and 10:30 a.m.

Saturday Holy Communion: 6 p.m.

Phone: 610-779-1181


Mennonite

Hopewell Mennonite Church

Denomination: Mennonite




Phone: 610-373-3907


Denomination: Amish Mennonite

Location (address): 115 Blank Road; Narvon, PA 17555



Leader’s Name: Ben A. Stoltzfus

Affirmation and support of LGBTA: Yes

Shiloh Mennonite Church

Denomination: Mennonite

Location (address): 421 Bingaman Street; Reading, PA 19602






Children’s Club: 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays

Youth Bible Study: 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays

Phone: 610-587-6272


Website: shilohreading.org

Leader’s Name: Pastor Mike Allgyer

Methodist

Calvary United Methodist Church

Denomination: Methodist

Location (address): 831 North Wyomissing Boulevard; Wyomissing, PA 19610



Monday Bible Study: 3 p.m.

Phone: 610-373-7479


Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

Denomination: Methodist

Location (address): 1 Carlisle Avenue; Reading, PA 19601

Services: Sunday Worship: 8:15 a.m., 9:15 a.m., and 10:45 a.m.

Phone: 610-777-1422




Website: www.lpcumc.org


Leader : Reverend Quentin Wallace

Address: 18th and Cotton Streets; Reading, PA 19602

Contact #: 610-374-6565

West Lawn United Methodist Church

Denomination: United Methodist

Location: 15 Woodside Avenue; West Lawn, PA 19609

Services: Sunday Worship: 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11 a.m.


Sunday School: 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

SMASH (grades 7-12): Sundays at 6:30 p.m.

Fired Up (grades 4-6): Sundays at 6:30 p.m.

FUEL (grades 7-12): Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

Phone: 610-678-5611


Website: www.westlawnumc.org

Leader’s Name: Kelly Rismiller, Director of Christian Education

Available Transportation: Yes – van service on Sunday mornings

Non Denominational

Koinos Community Center

Denomination: Non Denominational



Location (address): 1619 Delaware Avenue; Wyomissing, PA 19610

Services: Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.*

*Meetings held at Skateaway;

2279 Lancaster Pike, Reading, PA 19601

Phone: 610-373-3690

Schuylkill Valley Bible Chapel

Denomination: Non-denominational

Location (address): 693 Irish Creek Road; Mohrsville, PA 19541

Normal Services: Sunday Worship: 10:15 a.m.


Sunday school: Sundays at 9:15 a.m.

Kidz Zone Program: during Sunday school and

Sunday Worship

Monthly Youth Group Activities (grades 7th thru 12th)

Phone: 610-926-1140

Website: www.SVBC.com

Leader’s Name: Pastor Steven Buerer

St. James Church


Location (address): 7th and Penn Avenue; Reading, PA 19611



Phone: 610-372-2034




Website: www.stjameschurchinwestreading.com




Location (address): 1340 Perkiomen Avenue; Reading, PA 19602


Youth Night: Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

Thursday Evangelical: 7 a.m.

Phone: 610-372-1921

Available Transportation: Yes, call 610-478-0291 or 610-372-1921

West Wyomissing Chapel

Denomination: Non-denominational

Location (address): 2055 Reading Boulevard; West Lawn, PA 19609

Services: Sunday Worship:

Blended Worship (hymns & chorus): 9 a.m.

Contemporary Worship (worship band): 10:30 a.m.

Children’s/Youth Services /Programs:

Junior / Senior High Sunday school: 9 a.m. Sundays

JAM (1st thru 5th grades): 10:30 a.m. Sundays

Phone: 610-678-1873

Email: wwyochapel.comcast.net

Website: westwyomissingchapel.org

Leader’s Name: Dr. Brett Reider

Available Transportation: If there is a need for transportation, call.



Pagans and Witches

Denomination: Pagans and Witches

Services: Monthly meetings at local Borders

2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

Location: 1075 Woodland Road; Reading, PA 19610


Pentecostal

First United Pentecostal Church

Denomination: Apostolic Pentecostal




Sunday school: Sundays at 10 a.m.

Wednesday Teen Club: 7:30 p.m.

Phone: 610-376-1240

Leader’s Name: Reverend James Bair (contact #: 570-385-2726)

God’s Worship and Praise Temple of Spirit and Truth Denomination: Pentecostal

Location (address): 459 Schuylkill Avenue; Reading, PA 19601

Services: Sunday Worship: 11:30 a.m. (English and Spanish)

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.



Friday Prayer Service: 7 p.m.


Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Phone: 610-376-1849


Leader’s Name: Apostle Edna Lewis (contact #: 610-313-4345)



Denomination: Pentecostal

Location: 500 Franklin Street; West Reading, PA 19611

Services: Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m.

Wednesday Worship: 7 p.m.

Children / Youth Services / Programs: Call for schedule

Spanish Services: Take place during English service

*Hearing impaired services available

Phone: 610-678-2500


Website: Lighthousechristiancenter.info

Leader’s Name: Pastor S.R. Behnu


Presbyterian

Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church

(Greater Reading Chinese Christian Church)



Denomination: Presbyterian

(Chinese Christian)

Location (address): 1502 Snyder Street; Reading, PA 19601


Sunday School: 11 a.m.

Youth Group: Sundays at 6:30 p.m.

Other Language Service: Sundays at 1:30 p.m. (Chinese)

Phone: 610-374-7277

Email: [email protected] ; [email protected]

Website: covenantberks.org

Leaders’ Names: Wendell Stoltzfus ([email protected])

LiCheng Fu ([email protected])

First Presbyterian Church




Sunday Christian Education: 10:45 a.m. (all ages)

Phone: 610-375-3389

Honey Brook Presbyterian Church


Location (address): 4331 Horseshoe Pike; PO Box 276; Honey Brook, PA 19344



Sunday school: 9:15 a.m. Sundays

Middle & Senior HS Youth Group: Sunday evenings



Phone: 610-273-2848


Website: http://pastorbillwisneski.wordpress.com

Leader’s Name: Reverend William Wisneski (revbillwisneski@windstream,net)

Pennside Presbyterian Church





Sunday School: ALL ages, 9 a.m.

Youth Group: Sunday at 5 p.m.

Phone: 610-779-2929


Website: www.pennsidepresby.org

Leader’s Name: Reverend David Duquette ([email protected])

Available Transportation: Yes, call 610-779-2929 by Friday at noon.


Leader : Pastor Laddie Benton

Address: 715 North 10th Street; Reading, PA 19604

Contact #: 610-375-3469

Protestant

The Salvation Army Hispanic Ministry



Denomination: Protestant


Services: Sunday Worship: 1 p.m. (Spanish)

Wednesday Worship: 7 p.m. (Spanish)

Phone: 610-373-7817, 610-373-5208


St. John’s Reformed Church

Denomination: Protestant

Location (address): 4001 Penn Avenue; Sinking Spring, PA 19608


Phone: 610-678-1446

Available Transportation: Yes, call to and make arrangements ahead of time

Roman Catholic

Holy Rosary Church

Denomination: Roman Catholic

Location (address): 237 Franklin Street; Reading, PA 19602

Services: Sunday Worship: 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Saturday Worship: 4:30 p.m.

Phone: 610-373-5579

Leader’s Name: Reverend Monsignor Felix Losito

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church




Location (address): Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6217; Reading, PA 19610

Physical Address: Lakeview Dr. & Franklin St.;

West Reading, PA 19610

Services: Sunday Worship: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11 a.m.


Saturday Confession: 4 to 4:45 p.m.

Phone: 610-372-4010


Website: www.shrcparish.org

Leader’s Name: Monsignor Joseph DeSantis

St. Anthony of Padua


Location (address): 501 Summit Avenue; Reading, PA 19611

Services: Sunday Mass: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Daily Mass: 7 a.m.

Saturday Mass: 5:15 p.m.

Reconciliation: Saturdays from 4 to 4:45 p.m.

Phone: 610-374-1539

Website: www.stanthonyofreading.org

St. Anthony’s R.C. Church


Location (address): 501 Summit Avenue; Reading, PA 19611


Saturday Worship: 5:15 p.m.

Phone: 610-685-5505




Website: www.stanthonyreaeding.org

Leader’s Name: Reverend Larry J. Hess

St. Catherine of Siena


Location (address): Chapel : 2427 Perkiomen Avenue; Mt. Penn, PA 19606

Church: 4975 Boyertown Pike; Reading, PA 19606

Services:

Masses at the Church: Sunday – 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 12 p.m

Monday thru Friday – 6:30 a.m. and 8 a.m.

Saturday – 4 p.m.

Masses at the Chapel : Friday – 8:30 a.m. (during the school year)

Saturday – 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.


Sunday school: during the 10:30 a.m. Church mass on Sundays

Phone: 610-779-4005

Leader’s Name: Reverend Monsignor Edward R. Domin

St. Ignatius


Location (address): 2810 St. Albans Drive; Sinking Spring, PA 19608

Services: Sunday Mass: 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 12 p.m.

Daily Mass: 6:30 a.m. and 8 a.m.

Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m.

Confession: Saturdays from 4 to 5 p.m.

Phone: 610-678-3767



Website: www.stignatiusreading.org

Leader’s Name: Father Tom Bortz


St. Margaret’s


Location (address): 925 Centre Avenue; Reading, PA 19601



Weekday Daily Mass: Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri.: 7 a.m.

Spanish Service: Sundays at 12:30 p.m.

Phone: 610-376-2919


Website: smsreading.org

Leader’s Name: Father John Gibbons




Services: Sunday Mass: 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Other Language Mass:

Vietnamese: Sundays at 9:30 a.m.

Spanish: Sundays at 12:30 p.m.

Saturday Mass: 4 p.m.

Daily Mass: 8 a.m. (English)

Phone: 610-372-1531



St. Peter the Apostle R.C. Church


Location: 322 South 5th Street; Reading, PA 19602

Services:

Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. (English), 12:30 p.m. (bilingual)

10:30 a.m., 6:30 p.m. (Spanish)

Sunday Vigil : 4 p.m. (English)

Saturday Worship: 8 a.m. (Spanish)

Mon., Tues., Thurs.: 7 a.m. and 12:10 am. (English)

Wednesday Worship: 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. (Spanish)

Friday Worship: 8:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. (English)

Phone: 610-372-9652


Leader’s Name: Reverend Thomas J. Orsulak

Sikh

Blue Mountain Gurudwara

Denomination: Sikh

Location (address): 362 Schubert Road; Bethel, PA 19507

Services: Sunday Worship: 11 – 1 p.m. (Punjab)

Phone: 717-933-8223

Website: www.worldgurudwara.com



Other Christian


Leader : Pastor Jack Williams


Contact #: 610-372-8004

Glad Tidings Church

Denomination: Assembly of God

Location (address): 1110 Snyder Road; West Lawn, PA 19609

Services: Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.*

*Spanish Interpretation at 11 a.m. service



“The Way”: Fridays at 7 p.m.

Phone: 610-678-0266 (x: 238)


Website: www.gtaog.org or www.followingtheway.com

Leader’s Name: Brandon Lemois


Grace Bible Fellowship Church

Denomination: Bible Fellowship


Services: Sunday Worship:

Fellowship: 9 – 9:20 a.m.



Sunday Morning Service: 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service: 6:30 p.m.


Sunday School: 11 – 11:45 a.m. on Sundays

WOW: (grades 1 thru 6) at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays

GYG: (grades 7 thru 12) at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays

Other Languages: 1 p.m. at LaRoca Church (Spanish)

Phone: 610-375-2333


Website: www.gracebfcreading.com

Leader’s Name: Senior Pastor : Pastor Randall Grossman

Assistant Pastor : Pastor Timothy Clark

Youth Pastor : Pastor Clyde Bangardner

Mountain View Fellowship Church of God Anderson



Hispanic Service: 2 p.m. Sundays

Church: 610-376-4452

Pastor: 610-488-6069

Leader’s Name: Pastor Jeffrey R. Haim

Praise Christian Fellowship

Denomination: Christian

Location (address): 312 George Street; Reading, PA 19612


Midweek Worship: Wednesdays at 7 p.m.



Phone: 610-922-9882


United Church of Christ

Christ Church United Church of Christ

Denomination: United Church of Christ

Location (address): 4870 Kutztown Road and Euclid Avenue; Temple, PA 19560



Sunday School: 9 a.m.

Phone: 610-929-2020

Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday – 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.


Website: www.ucctemple.org

Leader’s Name: Reverend Dr. Harry L. Serio

First United Church of Christ


Location: 611 Washington Street; Reading, PA 19606

Services: Sunday Worship: 8:45a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Bible Study: 9:15 a.m.

Tuesday Worship: 12:05 p.m. – 12:25 p.m.

Phone: 610-370-1336

Hillside Christian Church




Location: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2105; Sinking Spring, PA 19608

Physical Address: 47 Keener Road; Reinholds, PA


Phone: 610-777-0317 or 610-334-9866

Available Transportation: Yes, please call 610-777-0317

St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ


Location: 1320 Spruce Street; Reading, PA 19602


Children’s / Youth Services: Sundays at 9:15 a.m.

Phone: 610-375-8687

Available Transportation: Arrangements possible; call above number.



Location (address): 2901 Curtis Road; Reading, PA 19606


Phone: 610-678-3621


Website: stpucc.com

Leader’s Name: Kris Hayden

Available Transportation: Available upon request.

Affirmation and Support of LGBTA: Yes.



African American Churches

Abundant Life Family Christian Center

Leader : Pastors Robert and Regina Randolph-Davis

Address: The Inn at Reading; 1040 Park Road; Wyomissing, PA 19610

Contact #: (for The Inn at Reading): 1-800-383-9713

Berks County Christian Center

Leader : Pastor Cliff Jenkins

Address: Ramada Inn; 2545 North 5th Street Highway; Reading, PA 19601

Contact #: (for the Ramada Inn): (610) 929-4741

Bethel AME Church

Leader : Reverend Cindy Carr

Address: 330 West Windsor Street; Reading, PA 19601

Contact #: 610-376-7555

Church of Deliverance

Leader : Pastor Geneva Burns




Contact #: 610-373-5306

Faith Christian Center of Reading

Leader : Pastor Pamela Johnson

Address: YMCA Miller Auditorium; P.O. Box 3891; Reading, PA 19602

Contact #: 610-374-1711

Faith Temple United Holy Church of America

Leader : Pastor Donald Baker

Address: 6th and Elm Street; Reading, PA 19601

Contact #: 610-374-3591


Leader : Pastor James Kennedy

Address: P.O. Box 354; 200 Mill Street; Birdsboro, PA 19508

Contact #: 610-582-2554


Leader : Reverend Lawrence Houston

Address: Hay Road and Wentzel Avenue; Temple, PA 19560

Contact #: 610-929-4805




Leader : Pastor Jack Williams


Contact #: 610-372-8004

God’s Worship and Praise Temple

Leader : Pastor Edna Davis

Address: 442 Schulykill Avenue; Reading, PA 19601

Contact #: 610-373-4345

Holy Trinity Church of God

Leader : Pastor Robert Brookins

Address: 130 North Buttonwood Street; Reading, PA 19601

Contact #: 610-374-0790

Mt. Zion Church of God in Christ Leader : Pastor Kevin Glimp

Address: 214-226 South 6th Street; Reading, PA 19602

Contact #: 610-375-3083


Leader : Pastor Jeffrey Bell

Address: 621 Church Street; Reading, PA 19601

Contact #: 610-373-9902



North 8 th Street Church of God

Leader : Pastor Dean Faulkner


Contact #: 610-373-1909

St. James Chapel Church of God in Christ

Leader : Pastor Steve McCracken

Address: 11th South 9th Street; Reading, PA 19602

Contact #: 610-375-7537


Leader : Reverend Dr. Bernie Manning


Contact #: 610-376-9293


Leader : Reverend Quentin Wallace

Address: 18th and Cotton Streets; Reading, PA 19602

Contact #: 610-374-6565


Leader : Pastor Carolyn Burdine

Address: 1340 Perkiomen Avenue; Reading, PA 19602

Contact #: 610-372-1921



True Faith Independent Holiness Church

Leader : Pastor Leroy Bailey

Address: 125 Old River Road; Gibralter, PA

Contact #: 610-582-3557


Leader : Pastor Robia Thomas

Address: P.O. Box 13802; 211-212 Schuylkill Avenue; Reading, PA

Contact #: 610-375-4530


Leader : Pastor Laddie Benton


Contact #: 610-375-3469

Zion Baptist Church

Leader : Reverend Raymond Bland

Address: Washington and Thorn Streets; Reading, PA 19601

Contact #: 610-376-5944

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