2/25/2024 this is not my home parish but I went to early mass here with Father Rich O'Leary in the…read morelower church. The Lower Church is vibrant and beautiful - I was surprised at how large it was. Visitation BVM is a vibrant community and I felt welcome. I liked the homily today although it was a bit long. I would definitely come back if I was in the area.

Visitation is a Catholic parish with its direction based on the gospels . It is vibrant , open to…read moreall and has embraced the community under the active leadership of Fr Bob Gross. The parish is growing during a time of shrinking mass attendance . It has an elementary school and active community programs. Best of all it has a warm, open and welcoming atmosphere. The pastor is an excellent preacher.

It was a sad occasion that brought me there. A friend's funeral December 7, 2024…read more The church had a fabulous service for him. Many of his friends were present too

The historic (1791) building in the center of downtown Reading houses a congregation that cherishes…read moretraditional worship, excellent music and preaching, yet open to innovate ministries and outreach to the community and beyond. Most of the members live in the suburbs, but they are devoted to this congregation as the 'heart of Jesus in the heart of Reading.'

A spiritual and welcoming place to worship. The staff is dedicated and friendly. I have been a…read moremember here for the last fifteen years and have been very satisfied with my worship experience. The music is a beautiful and meaningful enhancement to each church service.

So excited to have found this church right in my backyard! I love everything about it! Everyone is…read morefriendly and welcoming. They offer an amazing, caring youth and children's program. The worship band provides beautiful, uplifting music, and the pastoral message ties Bible scripture to everyday life in real, relatable ways. Thankful for my new church home!

I will preface this review by saying I hope it doesn't sound too critical because it was overall a…read morepositive worship experience. We attended this church by an invitation of our family members who are regular attendees. Initial impression of atmosphere was pleasant enough, but I felt they were not particularly visitor-friendly since no one spoke to us (in their defense, we were sort of rushing to proceed to find our seats and sit down as the service was already in progress at 10:30 when we arrived). Since this church celebrates Eucharist weekly (well about that, there was no words of institution to speak of, so I felt they were just going through the motion), there were communion elements in plastic containers made available on a table at the entrance to the sanctuary for you to pick them up without any words of explanation--again I thought it was not too visitor-friendly. Good contemporary praise & worship music selections. Service is well-organized and gives an impression of well-polished/rehearsed appearance. Nothing sloppy about this worship service from the beginning to the end--excellent. A children's pastor got up and proceeded to speak quite at length on why only child dedication was permitted and not baptism. I felt very awkward and alienated since we come from a church tradition where children are baptized as infants as our two children are. I didn't understand why they had to go out of their way to alienate a group of believers when the Bible does not explicitly prohibit infant baptism and suggests such practice occurred when the entire household of faith was baptized in to the fellowship of believers. Anyway... I thought pastor's preaching was to the point, and he delivered a very good message on fasting (though I had a question about his illustration of personal experience he used to make the main point). At the conclusion of the service we helped to put away chairs as it was the last service (second) of the day and left. I'd say it was a better than average experience overall. I hope they will make more efforts to better welcome visitors...

As someone who neither grew up Greek nor Orthodox, when I decided to pursue the faith there was a…read morelot of new things to understand. However, the kind and caring parishioners at St. Sophia welcomed me with open arms, have taught me so much, and made this parish my home. This community reflects a beautiful blend of Greek heritage and tradition with so many other backgrounds and experiences. Our clergy, chanters, and parish leaders have really made a visible effort to create a safe and loving place to worship, and we are really seeing an influx of new faces young and old joining those who started this community and have joined along the way. If you're thinking about learning more about Orthodoxy, I would recommend stopping in to St. Sophia and saying hi!

So glad I discovered St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church of Valley Forge. I'm truly impressed by it,…read moreconsidering it is still a very "young" church (it was built ten years ago in 2012). Their Grecian festival is bigger than I expected with all the Greek staples.

Beautiful church. The priest was friendly. It was a little hot inside. They could've had the air…read moreconditioning up a bit. Overall it was a good experience

we joined the 2025 Christmas Eve Mass. it was wonderful. Very welcoming. Parishioners are very nice.read more

4-22-22 We came here…read morefor the funeral services of my sister who had lived in Ephrata. She was cremated the week before and my nephew had a gathering before the mass that was said for her. This is a beautiful church as well as they have a loving and caring priest that I spoke to as he had known my sister. He was with her at the hospital. Before she had passed away. Father Jim and Mary are such loving and caring people during this difficult service. The sermon really spoke to me and my family. It is comforting to know she is in heaven now and we have an angel there looking over us. Father spoke about the grain of wheat and only after it is dead does the small grain go into making bread which is life. The people in this community are truly blessed to have such a comforting place to come and pray to be with God.

Wonderful experience. Warm and welcoming, very relatable messages and great children's programs.read more

Amazing church! Pastor Steve is the best. Everyone is so friendly and JRNY Kids is great.read more