For information on submitting an obituary, please contact Reading Eagle by phone at 610-371-5018, or email at obituaries@readingeagle.com or fax at 610-371-5193.
Most obituaries published in the Reading Eagle are submitted through funeral homes and cremation services, but we will accept submissions from families. Obituaries can be emailed to obituaries@readingeagle.com.
In addition to the text of the obituary, any photographs that you wish to include can be attached to this email. Please put the text of the obituary in a Word document, a Google document or in the body of the email. The Reading Eagle also requires a way to verify the death, so please include either the phone number of the funeral home or cremation service that is in charge of the deceased’s care or a photo of his/her death certificate. We also request that your full name, phone number and address are all included in this email.
All payments by families must be made with a credit card. We will send a proof of the completed obituary before we require payment. The obituary cannot run, however, until we receive payment in full.
Obituaries can be submitted for any future date, but they must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. the day prior to its running for it to be published.
Please call the obituary desk, at 610-371-5018, for information on pricing.
• St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ, 1320 Spruce St., Reading, will be holding a fall food sale today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Homemade chili, hamburger barbecue, hot dogs, apple dumplings, shoo-fly pes, pumpkin pies, beverages and assorted baked goods will be available for purchase to eat in and/or take out.
• Zion Moselem Lutheran Church, 340 Moselem Church Road, Richmond Township, is holding a holiday bazaar next Saturday at 9 a.m., with the raffle starting at 2 p.m. A homemade quilt will be the grand prize. There will be homemade soups and other foods available to buy, eat in or takeout
• St. John’s Gernant’s Church (A Federated Congregation), 13 Gernant’s Church Road, Ontelaunee Township, will worship Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the sanctuary. Daniel Beal will be the guest pianist. Refreshments will be held in the Sunday school room following the service. A free drive-thru community meal will be held on Tuesday from 5-6 p.m. The meal will consist of chicken patty, roll, potato salad, fruit cup and cookie. During the month of November, the church is collecting new winter pajamas for children, sizes newborn to XXL 18. The pajamas will be distributed through Lighthouse Women and Children’s Center, Mary’s Shelter, Opportunity House, Safe Berks, and Schuylkill Hope Center.
• Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 1343 Long Lane Road, Greenwich Township, will hold a Christmas bazaar next Saturday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. There will be food, a Christmas flea market, basket raffle and craft vendors. The church also is collecting for Toys for Tots at the bazaar, or at the church through Dec. 13.
• Christ Lutheran Church, 222 Niantic Road, Douglass Township, Montgomery County, will bless quilts during the 9 a.m. worship service on Sunday. Coffee and Conversation will be held at 8:30 and 10 in the Welcome Center. Brown bag Bible study will be held on Wednesday at noon in the Welcome Center.
• A talk on Christian Science titled “Be Set Free: Freedom Is Yours When You Know Where to Look For It” by Nicole Virgil will be held on Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express, 405 N. Park Road, Wyomissing. The free talk is sponsored by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Reading.
• Good Shepherd United Church of Christ, 170 Tuckerton Road, Muhlenberg Township, will hold a holiday bazaar and craft show today from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. There will be food to purchase for lunch as well as cookies, jams and jellies and pickles for sale.
• The Rev. Robert Kramer will lead the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday at Salem Lutheran Church, 8410 Lancaster Ave., Bethel Township. The service will be followed by a social time, with refreshments, in the church’s multi-purpose room. The church is the site for a food pantry for this area’s families in need. It is open once month.
• Shillington Assembly of God Church, 50 New Holland Ave. Shillington, will host the Rev. Cindy McKinley, U.S. Missions chaplain to the widowed on Sunday at 10:45 a.m. to speak on finding healing during the holidays. The holidays can stir deep emotions — especially for those walking through loss, change or loneliness. McKinley sits down for a heartfelt interview and conversation about finding healing, hope, and purpose during the holiday season.
In order to have an event listed in the religion digest, it must be something that is not just a regular worship service. This includes things such as guest musicians or vocalists who are not members of the church choir; guest speakers; flea markets and other sales, meals, etc. Send information to life@readingeagle.com.
