BAHA'I FAITH OF NEWTOWN
BAHAâI FAITH OF NEWTOWN
Contact Michael or Susan Dutton
364-1738 ⢠mdutton@bestweb.net
Devotional meetings; spiritual discussion meetings; discussions of social issues from a religious perspective. Call for current schedule.
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH
35 Sugar Street (Route 302); 426-6484
Pastor Steve Plodinec
Sunday, Childrenâs Bible Hour and Adult Bible Groups, 9:30 am; Worship, 10:45 am with nursery; Wednesday, Bible and Prayer Group, 7 am and 7 pm.
CALVARY INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH
2 Side Cut Road (next to RR station),
 West Redding
Kenneth Brooks, Pastor
Sunday School 10 am, Sunday morning service 11 am; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Wednesday evening service 7 pm, nursery care provided.
CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH
85 Mt Pleasant Road at Tory Lane,
Newtown; 426-6300 or 426-0651
Gregory Wismar, Pastor
Johanna Perry, Parish Worker
 for Youth and Education
The thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost will be celebrated on September 10 along with the opening of Sunday School for the current season. Registration for Sunday School begins at 9 am followed by an opening service and class assignments. Bible classes for teens and adults will also be held at 9 am. At the 10:30 am worship service, the Senior Choir will present the anthem âAll the Earth Will Sing For Joy.â The calendar for the week includes a meeting of the Social Ministry Committee after the service on Sunday. On Monday, the craft workers meet at 7 pm and the Evening Bible Study Group meets at 9 pm. On Tuesday the Finance Committee meets at 8 pm. On Wednesday the Kingâs Ringers chime choir meets at 7:15 pm and the Senior Choir rehearses at 8 pm. On Thursday evening there will be a parentsâ meeting for the parents of this yearâs confirmation class, and on Friday the Daytime Bible group meets at 12:30 pm.
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CHRIST THE SAVIOR ORTHODOX MISSION
Middle Quarter Mall, 706 Main Street South,
Woodbury; 263-0809
Fr Vladimir Aleandro, Priest
Gregory Curran, Youth Director
Christ the Savior is a pan-Orthodox, all English mission of the New England Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America. Sunday Divine Liturgy 9:30 am; coffee hour and fellowship follows. Saturday Great Vespers, 5 pm.
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
Saw Mill Road; 270-1455
Bishop Gary Hutchison
Family History Center 426-1752
Full-time missionaries may be reached at 270-7087. Sunday Sacrament Meeting, 9 to 10 am; Sunday School and Primary School at 10:20 am; Priesthood, Relief Society and Young Women meeting, 11:10 am; Teenagersâ Activities on Wednesday, 7-8:30 pm. The womenâs organization also sponsors monthly classes on a variety of topics dealing with the family and homemaking. The group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm.
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Meets at Newtown Meeting House
36 Main Street (at the flagpole)
Rev William Kessler, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 am; Worship Service, 11 am; Evening Service, 6 pm. Home Bible Studies and Womenâs Bible Study are held in membersâ homes. For information about time and location, call Rev Kessler at 270-3730. For further information, call Chris Crandall at 426-9569.
CONNECTICUT KOREAN UNITED CHURCH
35 Sugar Street (Route 302); 426-8610
Rev Jun-Soo Han, Pastor
Sunday Worship Service, 2 pm; Wednesday, Praise, Bible, and Prayer Time, 8:30 pm; Saturday, Neighborhood Bible Study, 8 pm.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
27 Roxbury Road (corner of Routes 6 & 67),
Southbury; 262-1944
Sunday Services, 11 am. All are welcome to hear the worldwide weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson with readings from the Bible and correlative passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Join in singing hymns, silent prayer, and the Lordâs Prayer. All children up to age 20 are welcome to attend the Christian Science Sunday School, also at 11 am. New pupils are asked to come a few minutes early. Childcare is provided for children too young to attend Sunday School. Wednesday, Testimony Meeting, 7:30-8:30 pm. Everyone is invited to listen to passages selected from the Bible and Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures on a timely subject, sing hymns, and listen to the congregation testify to the healing effects of prayer in their daily lives, as well as give remarks on Christian Science.
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH
466 Elm Street, Monroe; 268-7596
Julia Haspel-Schoenfeld, Pastor
Sunday worship service with Holy Communion at 8 am and 10:30 am; Sunday School 9:15 am for children from preschool through high school. Sunday morning Adult Bible Study 9:15 am. Childcare is provided during the 10:30 am worship service. On Thursdays, Womenâs Bible Study meets at 9:30 am; Bell Choir at 6:45 pm, and Senior Choir at 7:30 pm.
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GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
174 Mt Pleasant Road, Newtown; 270-1005
The Rev Barry Fredericks, Pastor
The Rev Sheila Fredericks, Associate Pastor
Christopher Caton, Administrator
Adam Fredericks, Children & Youth Pastor
Sunday worship, 8 and 10 am; Childrenâs Church and Nursery at all services. Wednesday, worship 7:30 pm. Ladiesâ Fellowship and Bible Study third Saturday of the month, 10 am at the church. Menâs Fellowship, first Saturday, 8 am, breakfast at the church. Care Group, second Sunday.
HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH
Eighth and Roberts Avenues,
 Danbury; 748-0671
Fr Luke Mihaly, Priest
Robert Hubiak, Youth Director
Susan Paltauf, Choir Director
Sunday Divine Liturgy, 10 am, coffee hour follows. Church School every Thursday, 6:30 pm. Pierogie cooking sessions Tuesday, 9 am to noon. Holy Trinity is a New Calendar, English services parish. Guests and visitors are always welcome.
MATTATUCK UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY
122 South Pomperaug Avenue, Woodbury; 266-4810
Rev Bonnie Vegiard
Sunday Service, 10:30 am. Religious education and childcare are available during the service. Visitors are welcome.
NEWBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Corner Route 133 and Tower Road,
Brookfield; 860/355-4955
Rev Carl E. Mesnig
âDemons and Daughtersâ will be the topic of the sermon by Rev Carl E. Mesnig on Sunday, September 10, at 10 am. The Childrenâs Moment is entitled âWhat Would Jesus Do?â
NEWTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH
102 Church Hill Road,
Sandy Hook; 426-3819
Pastor Allen Johnson
Newtown Baptist Church is a local church with a worldwide vision for reaching souls with the Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ. NBC is a warm and friendly church with a ministering heart. Its goal is to help meet the spiritual needs of the individual, the family, as well as the community. Sunday School, 10 am; Sunday Morning Service, 11 am; Sunday Childrenâs Church, 11 am; Sunday Evening Service, 6 pm. Wednesday Prayer Meeting, 7 pm. Nursery is provided during all services.
NEWTOWN CHRISTIAN CHURCH
210 Sugar Street, Newtown; 426-6189
Jack Tanner, Minister
Alan Richardson, Youth Minister
Sunday Bible School, 9:45 am; Worship, service 11 am, nursery is provided. Wednesday mid-week prayer, 7 pm; mid-week Bible Study 8 pm. Monday, youth meetings for middle school and high school students on Mondays at 7 pm. The church hosts a number of youth activities, including National Youth Week in January, Vacation Bible School in July and August, special outings for junior high and senior high students, and a Christmas workshop during December. The congregation is locally autonomous.
NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
14 West Street
The Rev Steven Gordon, Senior Minister
The Rev Janice Touloukian,
Associate Minister
The Rev Alastair Sellars, Pastor Emeritus
Edwin Corfey, Commissioned Lay Minister
The Rev Steven Gordon, senior minister, will be assisted by the Rev Janice Touloukian, associate minister, on Sunday, September 10, for the 10 am worship service. The choir will be back to sing the morning anthem, âJourney Into Light,â written by Lou Scott, son-in-law of choir tenor Dr Gene Marks. Mary Andreotta will be conducting the choir and Philip Crevier will be at the organ. Sunday School registration will be taken immediately following the service in the undercroft during the coffee hour. Sunday School, held in the Church House, begins September 17 and is held from 9:45 am until 11:15 am. The Church Council will meet after church at noon in the Sanctuary and the Music Committee will meet right after the service.
NEWTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
92 Church Hill Road
The Rev Terry W. Pfeiffer, pastor
Rev E. Sue Klein, deacon
Worship Service each Sunday at 8 am; Adult Church School Classes are at 8:45 am followed by Family Worship with Church School at 10 am.
STEPNEY BAPTIST CHURCH
423 Main Street, Monroe; 268-9680
Rev Dr George W. Britt, Pastor
David Edwards, Youth Director
Sunday School for all ages (birth-adult), 9 am; Fellowship, 10 am; Worship Service, 10:30 am, childcare available. Youth Group for grades 7-12 meets Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm.
ST JOHNâS EPISCOPAL
Washington Ave (Route 34)
(mailing address is PO Box 716)
Sandy Hook; 426-9938
The Rev William Padgett, Priest
Lois Pratt and Joanne Hornak, Co-Wardens
Sunday, Holy Eucharist and Sermon, 9:30 am, childcare provided; Church school for children, 9:30 am. Annual events include Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. St Johnâs is the home of FAITH food pantry, an ecumenical ministry that distributes to those in need on an emergency basis. Hours are Tuesday, 10 am to noon, and Thursday, 6 to 7:30 pm. St Johnâs is presently housing The Back Door Cafe, sponsored by Newtownâs public schools.
ST PETER AND PAUL
ORTHODOX CHURCH, OCA
A mission parish of the Orthodox
 Church of America
93 Dodgingtown Rd, Bethel
791-9994; www.oca.org
Saturday, Vespers 6 pm. Sunday, Divine Liturgy 10 am. Wednesday, prayer ministry at 7:30 pm, with class following. Services in English, and all are welcome.
ST ROSE OF LIMA CHURCH
46 Church Hill Road; 426-1014
The Rev Robert E. Weiss, Pastor
The Rev Lawrence A. Larson, Parochial Vicar
The Rev Peter J. Towsley, Parochial Vicar
Thomas F. Curran, Deacon
Daily Masses, 6:45 and 9 am; Saturday, 8 am and 5 pm; Confessions are Saturday from 4-5 pm, or by appointment; Sunday Masses are 7:30, 9, 10:30 am and noon; pre-baptismal instruction on first Sunday at 1:30 pm (register with the parish secretary); legal holiday Mass, 8 am only; Holy Day Vigil, 7:30 pm; Holy Day Masses, 6:45 and 9 am, 5:30 and 7:30 pm. Director of Religious Education, Alice Kohler; Organist and Choir Director, Delores Gerety. Parish Advisory Council Chairman, Stan Karpacz; Womenâs Club President, Debra Sennefelder. Annual events include a parish carnival, a Christmas fair and parish dances.
TRINITY CHURCH
36 Main Street; 426-9070
The Rev Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd, Rector
The Rev Kurt J. Huber,
Assistant to the Rector
While renovations to the church continue, Holy Eucharist, Sunday, will be at 9 am in The Garden or, on inclement Sundays, worship location will be posted. Wednesday Holy Eucharist and Healing, 7:15 pm in the Chapel through July. (No Wednesday service in August.) Please dress casually and bring your own portable chair. Administrative Assistant, Patricia G. Ehlers; Music Minister Maria Coffin; Parish Secretary Margaret Cassin; Sexton Jack Qubick; Church School Director, Sue Vogelman; Wardens, Dick Kraycir and Anne McWhirter; Treasurer, Margy Henderson; Clerk, Patricia Patrick; Altar Guild Co-Directors, Sallie Meffert and Peg Watson.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY
OF NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY
9 Picketts Ridge Road, West Redding;
438-4281 (main office) or
 438-2534 (ministerâs study)
Rev Dr Daniel Simer OâConnell, Minister
Karen Judd, Director of Religious Education
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Northern Fairfield County has two Sunday Services: at 9 and 11 am. On Sunday, September 10, the parish minister, the Rev Dr Daniel OâConnell, will lead services on âIngathering: The Power of Music.â âWe will have our annual Ingathering and Water Communion - bring a small amount of some actual or virtual water from your travels this summer. We will mix them together (and boil them) to form the âholy waterâ of our community. We will also have special music today.â Religious Education and childcare for young children are available during both services.
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)
21 West Whisconier Road, Brookfield;
 775-2624
The Rev Royal B. Garren
The Rev Royal B. Garren will present a message entitled âBurned Out?â at the 9:30 am service on Sunday, September 10. A fellowship and coffee hour at 10:30 am. Sunday school for all ages at 11 am. Childcare will be provided. For information, call 775-2624.
Area Synagogues
BâNAI ISRAEL
122 South Pomperaug Ave
Woodbury; 263-3213
Friday services, 7:30 pm. Saturday services, 9:30 am. All are welcome.
CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL
111 Huntingtown Road
(mailing address is PO Box 623);
426-5188 or 426-6817
Rabbi Moshe Betan
Friday Night Services, 8 pm, except the first Friday of the month, at 7:30 pm, which is a family service. Saturday services on the second and fourth Saturday of the month, 9:30 am. Hebrew School, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 4:15 pm. Sunday School, 8-10 am and 9:45 am-noon. President is Sybil Blau (426-6817). The sisterhood is made up of ladies of the synagogue; President is Marsha Moskowitz (426-5655). Eric Israel (426-2932) is president of the Menâs Club. Traditional events include a Purim Carnival, Progressive Dinner, Corn Party and Community Break-the-fast.
CONGREGATION BâNAI ISRAEL
âDanburyâs Only Conservative Congregationâ
193 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury;
792-6161
Rabbi Vivian S. Mayer
Shalom Lampell, President
Saturday services, 9:30 am. All are welcome. September 9: Kee Tetzeh: An array of civil and domestic laws for the Israelites to follow upon coming into their land.
UNITED JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUE
141 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury; 748-3355
Rabbi Bradd Boxman
Friday, Reform Services 8 pm. Family Service, third Friday of each month, 7:30 pm, and Saturdays during the school year at 11:15 am. Traditional services, Saturday 8:45 am.