NOTE: Due to reported illness, this program is being postponed; new date TBA. || Newtown Congregational Church will host an afternoon of conversation, coffee and refreshments with the Rev Dr Davida Foy Crabtree, a United Church of Christ minister with a keen application of the faith to daily life, on Sunday, September 29.

In honor of its 100th anniversary year, Congregation Adath Israel hosted a special Shabbat Sabbath service on Friday, September 13.

As friends and family members dined together, children jumped in a bounce house, tractor-pulled hayrides were underway, and dancers swung around each other with flair at the 44th Ukrainian Festival, hosted at Paproski’s Castle Hill Pumpkin Patch on September 15.

The congregation at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 85 Mt Pleasant Road, celebrated their third Annual Oktoberfest/German Food Fest on September 8.

Monsignor Robert Weiss, senior pastor of St Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, recently sat down with The Newtown Bee to discuss the role he plays and has played since arriving at the 160-year-old Catholic parish, as well as a bit of the church's deeper history.

The 44th Ukrainian Festival will take place Sunday, September 15, at Paproski’s Castle Hill Pumpkin Patch, 25 Sugar Lane (off Route 302).

The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, on Monday condemned anti-Semitic vandalism targeting a Newtown synagogue and expressed solidarity with the local Jewish community.

After five sessions of bible stories and lessons surrounding each story, he finale for Grace Family Church’s Vacation Bible School was celebrated on August 16 with children and adults gathering for a grilled lunch and games.

St Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church has been a lot of change this year — a renovated and expanded sanctuary, and a new garden, among other undertakings. Since July 1, the parish has also been home to Reverend Andy Vill, who is serving as a parochial vicar.

Trinity Episcopal Church is pleased to announce the call of The Reverend Matt Babcock as its new Curate. Rev Babcock plans to begin his ministry at the Main Street house of worship on Sunday, August 4.