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10/27/2026

Welcome to Beneath the Steeple. In this Reformation Sunday message, Pastor Hans asks what it means to live in a house that is truly yours. Beginning with Jesus's words in John's Gospel about slaves, sons, and the household of God, he looks back at a congregation's long, costly work to restore its historic sanctuary, at Martin Luther's own pilgrimage to Rome, and at the freedom that comes from trusting Christ rather than our own security. That freedom sends us outward, toward our shared life as neighbors and citizens. No church background is needed, only an open ear.

10/26/2026

Rooted in the past and growing into the future, the church must always be reformed in order to live out the love of Christ in an ever-changing world. We celebrate the good news of God’s grace, that Jesus Christ sets us free every day to do this life-transforming work. Trusting in the freedom given to us in baptism, we pray for the church, that Christians will unite more fully in worship and mission.
Follow along with our worship bulletin: https://trinityreading.hflip.co/2026-Reformation

10/25/2026

10/19/2026

Have you ever worked hard to make a picture turn out just right, then wondered why it mattered so much? Deaconess Deborah starts with a school photo and a shirt that never made it in front of the camera, then turns to a question put to Jesus in the last days before his death: is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar? Looking at a Roman coin stamped with an emperor's face, Jesus changes the question to one about identity: whose image do you bear? Deaconess Deborah explores what it means to be made in the image of God, why the world's messages about our worth do not get the last word, and how that belonging holds when life gets hard. Whatever you are carrying today, you are welcome here.

10/12/2026

What happens when you have to leave the place you love? For months, one congregation set aside its sanctuary for repairs and crowded into a much smaller room, wondering whether worship could ever feel the same there. In his last sermon in that room, Pastor Hans hears Isaiah sing of God as a shelter from the storm, listens again to the shepherd of Psalm 23 who makes us lie down, and follows Jesus' parable of a wedding banquet filled from the main streets. What he finds is a tent in the wilderness: not the destination, but a place where God has gone with us. Whatever storm you are standing in, you are welcome here.

10/09/2026

The final chapter in our renovation journey. This week the masons set newly cast pieces, made by hand, into the wall and made brick repairs on the west wall, the side of the building that faces the courtyard. The painters are at work on the final painting in the Sanctuary and the Narthex. Up at the pediments, the peaks of the roofline, the old windows came out and new windows were put in, with trim going on. Then on the Sixth Street side, a new oculus window, a round window and one of our larger ones, was hoisted up. Join us for our reconsecration worship service on Sunday, October 25, with the procession at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 10:00 a.m.

10/08/2026

Trinity Choir sings “God be in my Head” by John Rutter during the offertory. The text, in five brief phrases, asks for God’s guidance through life’s journey. Rutter beautifully interprets the arc of life and its cyclical nature by making the harmonic resolution of one phrase the beginning of the next phrase. Simple yet incredibly effective.

10/05/2026

Dr. Wentz opens worship at the piano with “Shackleton’s Cross” by English composer Howard Goodall. Inspired by a painting of the same name by Edward Seago, the piece has an elegiac quality that tries to create sonically the artist’s depiction of the cross, found at the entrance to the bay at Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia.

10/05/2026

It looks like the end of the story: a dead son, a stolen vineyard, a grieving owner. But in this clip from Sunday's sermon, Pastor Hans points out that the harvest the owner was counting on still comes in, and that it comes from the son, not the tenants. The heir who was cast out of the vineyard becomes its fruit. The full sermon is on our podcast, Beneath the Steeple.

10/05/2026

Welcome. If you have ever wondered what it means to inherit something you did not build, or to tend something you will never see finished, this sermon is for you. Pastor Hans takes up one of Jesus' best-known stories: a hillside vineyard, an owner who has put years of work into it, tenants who refuse to hand over the harvest, and a son sent as heir. No church background is needed. Along the way, Pastor Hans explains why a vineyard was a long bet on the generations to come, why the owner's choices make no sense by ordinary standards, and where the harvest finally comes from.

Address

527 Washington Street
Reading, PA
19601

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 3pm
Tuesday	9am - 3pm
Wednesday	9am - 3pm
Thursday	9am - 3pm
Friday	9am - 3pm
Sunday	8am - 12pm

Telephone

+16103744861

Website

http://www.trinityreading.org/

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