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BAHA’I FAITH OF NEWTOWN

Contact Margo Deselin

241-5525; WintonFarms@aol.com

Devotional meetings; spiritual discussion meetings; discussions of social issues from a spiritual perspective. The meetings are held at various locations in Newtown. Call for meeting locations or questions.

 

CALVARY INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH

3 Side Cut Road, Redding; 938-1317

 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

 426-6300 or 426-0651

 www.CTKLutheranNewtown.org

Gregory Wismar, Pastor

June 4, the day of Pentecost and Confirmation Sunday, will be celebrated at the 10:30 am service. The choir will sing “May The Lord Bless You” as the anthem. The calendar for the week includes Confirmation I on Thursday at 7 pm, followed by Bible study at 8.

 

CHRIST THE SAVIOR ORTHODOX CHURCH

1070 Roxbury Road, Southbury; 267-1330

V. Rev Fr Vladimir Aleandro, Priest

Christ the Savior is a pan-Orthodox, all-English mission of the New England Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America. Saturday, Great Vespers, 5 pm. Sunday, Divine Liturgy at 9:30 am; coffee hour and fellowship follows.

 

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS

16 Saw Mill Road; 203-438-3026;

www.LDS.org or www.Mormons.org

Family History Center, 426-1752

Bishop David H. Oakes

Sunday Sacrament Meeting, 1 pm; Sunday school (ages 12–adult) and primary school (18 months–age 11), 10 am; Priesthood, Relief Society, and Young Women meeting, 3:10 pm; teenagers’ activities Wednesday, 7:30 pm. The women’s organization also sponsors classes on topics dealing with the family and homemaking, most months on second Thursday, 7 pm; call for schedule and topics. Family History Center is open Tuesday through Thursday evenings and on Saturdays.

 

CHURCH OF BETHEL

239 Greenwood Avenue

Pastor Dan Kelly; 791-8015; www.ChurchOfBethel.org

Worship service, Sunday 10 am, kids’ church and nursery; 6 pm Sunday School, children, youth, and adult. Monday: 9:30 am Ladies’ Bible study, child care provided. Thursday, 7:15 pm Youth Group. Prayer meeting for men and ladies.

 

COMMUNITY ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Meets at Newtown Meeting House,

 31 Main Street (at the flagpole)

The Rev Robert Tarullo, Pastor; 270-3730;

Pastor@NewtownOPC.org;

www.CommunityOPCct.org

Sunday worship services, 11 am and 6 pm. Adult Sunday school; nursery is provided in the morning and evening. Weekly Prayer Meeting and Bible Study at the home of the pastor and a monthly Women’s Bible Study are also offered.

 

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

27 Roxbury Road (corner of Routes 6 & 67),

Southbury; 262-1944

Sunday services, 11 am. Sunday School for up to age 20, 11 am (new pupils should arrive a few minutes early). Child care available. Wednesday, Testimony Meeting on the healing effects of prayer in daily lives, 7:30 pm, all welcome.

 

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH

466 Elm Street, Monroe; 268-7596

 The Rev Bryan A. Leone, Pastor

Sunday worship services with Holy Communion, 8 and 10:30 am; Christian education for preschool through adult, 9:15 am. Tuesday evening Adult Bible Study with Pastor Leone, 7 pm. Bell Choir and Senior Choir, Thursday 6:45 and 7:30 pm, respectively.

 

GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

174 Mt Pleasant Road; 270-1005

The Rev Barry Fredericks, Pastor

The Rev Sheila Fredericks, Associate Pastor

The Rev Christopher Caton, Associate Pastor The Rev Adam Fredericks,

Children & Youth Pastor

Sunday Worship, 8 and 10 am; Youth Service, 10 am; Children’s Church and Nursery at all services. Wednesday worship, 7 pm; Thursday, Weekly Healing School, 1 pm; Friday “Home Improvement” service, 7 pm; Ladies Fellowship, Leading Ladies, and Bible Study first Monday of the month, 7 pm; Men’s Fellowship, Breakfast of Champions, first Saturday, 8 am; Saturday Bible Blast, held quarterly, for age 4-12; U-Nite for Junior High youth first and third Friday evening.

 

GUIDING LIGHT INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH

Meets at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street

Ernestine Urquhart, Pastor; 426-4338

This interdenominational Christian church meets Sundays, 10 am, for morning worship in the town hall’s Mary Hawley Room, with fellowship immediately following the service. All are welcome. Women’s Group meets Fridays, 7:30 pm.

 

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH

Eighth and Roberts Avenues, Danbury;748-0671

Robert Hublak, Youth Director

Susan Pataut, 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.

 

MATTATUCK UNITARIAN

UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY

122 South Pomperaug Avenue, Woodbury; 203-266-4810

The Rev Carol Wolff

Sunday Service, 10:30 am. Religious education and child care are available during the service. Visitors welcome.

 

NEW HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH

PO Box 179, Newtown; 770-3745

www.NewHope-cc.com

Rev James A. Solomon, Pastor

Worship service 9:30 am Sunday, The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road (Route 6), Newtown. Teaching/prayer/healing service first and third Wednesday (except May; contact pastor for details) at Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street.

 

NEWBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Route 133 (at Tower Road), Brookfield, 775-1392

The Rev Paul R. Ricard

Worship service 10 am Sunday, refreshments in Fellowship Hall following worship. Sunday school for all youth who wish to attend.

 

NEWTOWN BIBLE CHURCH

(formerly Bible Baptist Church)

 35 Sugar Street (Route 302); 426-6484

Children’s and Adult Bible Groups, 9:30 am Sunday; Worship, 10:45 am, with child care.

 

NEWTOWN CHRISTIAN CHURCH

210 Sugar Street, Newtown; 426-6189;

www.NewtownCC.org

Jack Tanner, Minister

Sunday services 10 am. The church offers Bible School Hour for adults and children at 8:45 am Sunday. The first and third Tuesdays of each month is “Kidz Group,” 4:30 pm, for K-6th grade.

 

NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

14 West Street; 426-9024;

www.NewCongChurch.homestead.com

The Rev Lee A. Moore, Interim Minister

The Rev Janice Touloukian, Associate Minister

The Rev Alastair Sellars, Pastor Emeritus

Edwin Corfey, Licensed Lay Minister

Dan Coffman, Choir Director

Philip Crevier, Organ/Piano

On Sunday, June 4, the Reverend Lee Moore will lead the worship service, with Reverend Janice Touloukian assisting. This will be Confirmation Sunday, so new young people will be welcomed into the church. “I Will Not Leave You” will be the anthem by the Senior Choir, directed by Dan Coffman. Philip Crevier will be at the organ and piano. Sunday School begins in the sanctuary at 10, with the children adjourning to their classrooms at after the Children’s Message; classes continue until 11:30. Following the worship service there will be a luncheon followed by a planning session until 4 pm; church officers and committee chairpersons should attend. Anyone interested in planning is also welcome.

 

NEWTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

92 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook

The Rev Terry W. Pfeiffer, Pastor

Rev Richard Yerrington, Associate Pastor

The Rev E. Sue Klein, Deacon

426-9998; FAX 426-0865;

NewtownOffice@sbcglobal.net;

www.NUMC.us

Family worship Sundays at 8 and 10 am. Church school, all ages 10:30 am. Adult Bible Study Sundays 9 am.

 

ORATORY OF THE LITTLE WAY

8 Oratory Lane, Gaylordsville

860-354-8294; FAX 860-354-0574;

www.OratoryHealing.org

Soaking Prayer Wed 10 am-noon; Individual Prayer Ministry, prayer team members available by appointment. Call for public healing and worship service times and locations.

 

SARANG KOREAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

(formerly Connecticut Korean United Church)

20 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury;

426-8610 or 743-3299; DavidMKim@dreamwiz.com

David Kim, Senior Pastor

Daily morning meeting, 5:30 am; Sunday worship service, 11 am; Wednesday, Praise, Bible and Prayer Time, 8 pm; Saturday, Neighborhood Bible Study, 8 pm.

 

SOUTH BRITAIN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

A United Church of Christ, Route 172, South Britain

The Reverend Glen E. Rainsley, Pastor

Sunday worship service, 10 am, coffee hour follows; Choir Picnic will follow the June 4 worship service. Calendar includes: Monday, “Basic Christianity” course, 7:30 pm; Wednesday, Barnabas, 4:30 pm; June 8, service for prayer and peace, 5:30 pm; Monday (June 12), Christian Education Committee at 6 pm, “Basic Christianity” course at 7:30 pm.

 

STEPNEY BAPTIST CHURCH

423 Main Street, Monroe; 268-9680

 The Rev Dr George W. Britt, Pastor

David Esarey, Jr, Youth Minister

Sunday school for all ages (birth to adult), 9 am; fellowship, 10 am; worship service, 10:30 am, child care available. Youth Group, Wednesday 6:30 pm. Junior Youth Group, Sunday 6:30 pm.

 

ST JOHN’S EPISCOPAL

 5 Washington Avenue (Route 34),

 (Mailing address is PO Box 716),

Sandy Hook; 426-9938

The Rev Daniel Mattila, Priest

 Jack Hornak, Warden

Sunday service and Holy Eucharist, 9:30 am. Annual events include Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and Donut Drive-Thru first Saturday June–August (9 am to 1 pm). St John’s 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 John’s also is host to The Sandy Hook Organic Farmers’ Market.

 

ST PETER AND PAULORTHODOX CHURCH, OCA

A mission parish of the

Orthodox Church of America

93 Dodgingtown Road, Bethel;

791-9994; www.oca.org

Saturday, Vespers 6 pm. Sunday, Divine Liturgy at 10 am. Wednesday, prayer ministry 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 Milan Dimic, Parochial Vicar

 The Rev John Inserra, Parochial Vicar

Thomas F. Curran, Deacon

 Don Naiman, Deacon

Norm Roos, Deacon

Weekday Masses, 6:45 and 9 am; Saturday Masses, 8 am, 4 and 5:30 pm; Sunday Masses 7:30, 9, 10:30 am and noon. Confessions on Saturdays 3 to 4 pm or by appointment. Prebaptismal instruction on first Sunday at 1 pm (register with Religious Education Office, 426-2333). Holy Day Vigil, 7:30 pm; Holy Day Masses, 7:30 and 9 am, and 5:30 and 7:30 pm.

 

 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

36 Main Street; 426-9070

The Rev Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd, Rector

The Rev Carol E. Westpfahl, Assistant Rector

Sue Vogelman, Children’s Education Minister

Douglas Willcox, Youth & Family Minister

Fiona Smith Sutherland, Music Minister

Sunday, 7:30 am, Holy Eucharist, traditional service & language, no music or children’s service; 8:45 and 11:15 am, Holy Eucharist, traditional service with contemporary language, full music program and children’s service. Church school/adult education 10–11 am, full education program for children ages 3 and up, and for youth and adults. Fully staffed nursery available 8:30 to 11 am. Continental breakfast at minimal cost 8 to 11 am. Youth Sunday in worship is the second Sunday of the month at alternating service times. Child care is provided by a paid adult for the 8:45 and 11:15 am service each week and during the education hour. Mondays: Girls’ Choir rehearsal, 4:30 pm; Tuesdays: Morning Prayer 10 am; Boys’ Choir rehearsal 4:30 pm. Wednesday: Holy Eucharist and Healing, 7:15 pm. Thursday: Primary Choir rehearsal (K–2nd grade) 4 pm; Adult Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 pm; Compline, 9 pm. Three active youth groups; also ongoing opportunities for faith exploration and spiritual growth for adults, both short and long term. For meetings and events call the church office.

 

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

CONGREGATION OF DANBURY

24 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury

798-1994 (main office) or 203-438-7190 (DRE office); www.uuDanbury.org

Rev Linda Hansen, Minister

Mary Collins, Director of Religious Education (DRE)

Summer workshop schedule: Sunday Services at 10 am only, coffee hour follows. On June 4, Reverend Linda Hansen will lead a service on “What Do We Believe?” Religious education for pre-first through ninth graders is available at the 9 am service; child care for young children is available during both services. Annual Meeting will follow this weekend’s worship service. Senior High Youth Group meets at 4 pm.

 

 

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)

21 West Whisconier Road, Brookfield;

775-2624; www.Danbury.org/vpc

The Rev Ann Beams, Pastor

Sunday service 10 am; adult discussion group will meet at 9. For celebration of Pentecost, on June 4 the church youth will conduct the worship service; the Scripture lessons will be Acts 2:1–21 and John 16:4–15. Teachers will be recognized during the service. Sunday school for elementary grades starts after the Children’s Sermon; middle school and high school students will start their class following the sermon. Child care provided during worship service and Sunday school time. Fellowship and coffee follows the worship service. The adult midweek Bible study meets Tuesday, 7:30 to 9 pm.

 

WALNUT HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH

156 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel; 796-7373

 www.WalnutHillCC.org

Rev Dr Clive Calver, Senior Pastor

Worship services Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 8:10, 9:30 and 11:10 am, and CORE service 6 pm. Check website for info regarding childcare and all children/youth programs, also for special events, Bible study and small group information.

 

 

AREA SYNAGOGUES

 

B’NAI ISRAEL

A Reform Congregation

444 Main Street North, Southbury;

267-3394; www.BnaiIsraelSouthbury.org

 Rabbi Eric Polokoff

Shabbat evening services Friday 7:30 and all Jewish holidays. Full religious school, adult education and other Jewish programs. Judaica shop.

 

CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL

111 Huntingtown Road

(mailing address is PO Box 623); 426-5188

 www.CongAdathIsrael.org

Rabbi Shaul Praver

Friday services, 7:30 pm; the first Friday of the month is a family service. Saturday services on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, 9:30 am. Hebrew School Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 4:15 pm. Sunday School, 8 and 10 am. Also Tot Shabbat, 30-min services for young children & families, second Saturday each month 9:15 am and some Friday evenings at 6:45 (call for schedule).

 

CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL

“Danbury’s Only Conservative Congregation”

193 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury; 792-6161

Rabbi Vivian S. Mayer Shalom Lampell, President

Saturday services, 9:30 am. Following each weekly reading, Rabbi Vivian Mayer conducts an exchange of ideas relating to the theme of the reading.

 

UNITED JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUE

141 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury; 748-3355

 Rabbi Clifford Librach

Friday, Reform Services 8 pm. Family Service third Friday of each month, 7:30 pm. Traditional Services, Saturday 10 am.

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