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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

February 5, the fifth Sunday after Epiphany, will be celebrated at the 10:30 am service. The calendar for the week includes choir rehearsal Wednesday at 7:30 pm, Confirmation meets on Thursday at 7 pm followed by Elders at 8 pm, 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;

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-aqe 11) at 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

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;

Pastor@NewtownOPC.org;

www.communityopcct.org

Worship services Sunday at 11 am and 6 pm. Sunday School at 9:30 am, children’s classes are available for all ages. 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 (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 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; 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

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 the “Kidz Group” program, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm, for kindergarten through sixth 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

Adult Bible study meets Sunday at 8:30 and 11:30 am. The Rev Janice Touloukian, associate minister, will be preaching at the 10 am worship and Communion service on Sunday, February 5. She will be assisted by the Rev Lee Moore, interim minister. The Senior Choir will sing the introit and anthem, “Have Ye Not Known/Ye Shall Have A Song.” There will be an offertory solo and a Communion anthem, “Simple Trust,” Dan Coffman will direct the choir, and Philip Crevier will be at the piano and organ. Sunday School (“The Garden”) children will remain with their parents for the opening of the worship service, will be dismissed during the service, and will return prior to the serving of Communion.

The church will host a Bottles of Hope workshop on Saturday, February 4, at 10 am; Men’s Club will meet Sunday at 7:30 pm; Wednesday Bible Study begins at 11:30 am; Linda Manganaro will host a Bible Study, sponsored by Chruch Women United, on Friday, February 10, from 9:30 am until 2 pm, in the church library, open to all; and the Men’c Club will sponsor a Valentine’s Breakfast for women of the church on Sunday, February 12, with seatings at 8:15 and 9:30 am.

 

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 at 6 pm. Sunday, Divine Liturgy at 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 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, February 5, Rev Linda Hansen will lead a service on “Charity is Not Enough.” 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 “The Mystery of God” at the February 5 Communion worship service. The Scripture lessons will be Isaiah 40:21-31 and Revelation 1:12-18. The Sanctuary Choir, under the direction of Thomas Cultice, will sing “I Will Sing with The Spirit.” 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 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. Check with the church office for information regarding child care and all children/youth programs taking place during services and throughout the week. Check the website 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 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

 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 and 10 am.

 

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.

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