BAHA’I FAITH OF NEWTOWN

Contact Margo Deslin

364-1167 or 241-5525; WintonFarms@aol.com

Devotional meetings; spiritual discussion meetings; discussions of social issues from a religious perspective. The meetings are held at various locations in Newtown.

 

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

The 45th anniversary to the day of the first worship service held by the members of Christ the King Lutheran Church will be observed at the parish’s Sunday service at 10:30 am on January 22, which will also be the third Sunday after Epiphany. Hymns sung during the first service in 1961 will be incorporated into the anniversary service this weekend. The choir will sing “Come, Bless the Lord” as the anthem, and the Sunday School Singers will also present an anthem. A celebratory coffee hour will follow the worship service. Sunday School and Bible class begin at 9 am. The calendar for the week includes choir rehearsal Wednesday at 7:30 pm, Confirmation meets on Thursday at 7 pm followed by Bible study at 8 pm, and on Friday the Bible Group meets at 12:30.

 

CHRIST THE SAVIOR ORTHODOX CHURCH

1070 Roxbury Road, Southbury; 267-1330

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. Sunday, Divine Liturgy at 9:30 am; coffee hour and fellowship follows. Saturday, Great Vespers, 5 pm.

 

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS

16 Saw Mill Road; 203-438-3026

Family History Center 426-1752

Bishop David H. Oakes

Sunday Sacrament Meeting, 9:30 am; Sunday school and primary school at 10 am; Priesthood, Relief Society, and Young Women meeting, 11 am; teenagers’ activities on Wednesday, 7 pm. The women’s organization also sponsors monthly classes on topics dealing with the family and homemaking on the second Thursday at 7 pm.

 

CHURCH OF BETHEL

239 Greenwood Avenue

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

Sundays: 10 am worship service, 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 • www.communityopcct.org

Worship service Sunday at 11 am and 6 pm. Sunday School begins at 9:30 am, children’s classes are available for all ages. Adult Sunday school is currently viewing lectures by R.C. Sproul. 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 (call for location).

 

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

27 Roxbury Road (corner of Routes 6 & 67),  Southbury; 262-1944

Sunday services, 11 am. 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 Lord’s Prayer. Sunday School for children to age 20 at 11 am. New pupils are asked to come a few minutes early. Child care also is provided. Wednesday, Testimony Meeting on the healing effects of prayer in daily lives, 7:30 to 8:30 pm; everyone is invited.

 

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH

466 Elm Street, Monroe; 268-7596

 The Rev Bryan A. Leone, Pastor

Sunday worship services with Holy Communion at 8 and 10:30 am. Christian education for preschool through adult at 9:15 am. Tuesday evening Adult Bible Study with Pastor Leone at 7 pm. Bell Choir and Senior Choir on Thursday at 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 Healing Service, second Friday of the month, 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 ages 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; 270-8882

This interdenominational Christian church meets Sundays, 9 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.

 

NEWBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

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

The Rev Paul R. Ricard

Worship service 10 am. Refreshments served in Fellowship Hall immediately following the morning worship. Sunday school provided for all youth who wish to attend. Anyone who needs special assistance should contact the church office.

 

NEWTOWN BIBLE CHURCH  (formerly Bible Baptist Church)

 35 Sugar Street (Route 302); 426-6484

Pastor/Teacher Steve Plodinec; NBibleC@yahoo.com

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 also holds a Bible School Hour for adults and children at 8:45 am on Sundays. The first and third Tuesdays of each month is the “Kidz Group” program, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm, for kindergarten through fourth grade; call for time and location.

 

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

The Rev Lee Moore will be preaching at the 10 am service on Sunday, January 22. He will be assisted by the Rev Janice Touloukian. The Senior Choir will sing “In the bleak mid-winter” for the anthem, with solos by Keith Roberts and Maureen Kelly, “Cantante Domino” for the introit, “Like as a Father” for the offertory, and “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” for the benediction. Dan Coffman will lead the choir, and Philip Crevier will be at the piano and organ.

 

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.

 

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, followed by coffee hour.

 

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 meets Wednesday, 6:30 pm. Junior Youth Group meets Sundays at 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 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 are 7:30, 9, 10:30 am and noon. Confessions on Saturdays at 3 to 4 pm or by appointment. Prebaptismal instruction on first Sunday at 1 pm (register with the parish secretary); Holy Day Vigil, 7:30 pm; Holy Day Masses, 6:45 and 9 am, 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)

Sunday Services 9 and 11 am. On Sunday, January 22, the Rev Linda Hansen will lead “Arts Sunday I,” during which she will explore why the arts are so essential, and why she is so grateful for the arts and artists. Religious Education for pre-first through ninth graders is available at the 9 am service; childcare for young children is available during both services; and Senior High Youth Group meets at 4 pm. For meetings and events call the church office or visit the website.

 

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)

21 West Whisconier Road, Brookfield; 775-2624; www.Danbury.org/vpc

The Rev Ann Beams, Pastor

Sunday service 10 am; an adult discussion on “The Bible Alive” will begin at 9. The Reverend Ann Beams will present the message “Living in Trust” at the January 22 worship service. The Scripture lessons will be Psalm 62:5-12 and Mark 1:14-20. Sunday school for elementary grades will start at the end of the Children’s Sermon; middle school and high school students will start their class following the sermon. Childcare will be provided during worship service and Sunday school time. Fellowship and coffee will follow the worship service. The adult midweek Bible study meets each 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 9 and 10:45 am, and CORE service 6 pm.

 

AREA SYNAGOGUES

 

B’NAI ISRAEL A Reform Congregation

444 Main Street North, Southbury;  267-3394; www.BnaiIsraelSouthbury.org

 Rabbi Eric Polokoff

Shabbat evening services Fridays at 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 or 426-6817

 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 at 4:15 pm. Sunday School 8–10 am and 9:45–noon.

 

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 at 10 am.