BAHA’I 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. The meetings are held at the home of Susan and Michael Dutton at 32 Pond Brook Road in Newtown. Call 364-1738 with any questions.

BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH

35 Sugar Street (Route 302); 426-6484

Pastor Steve Plodinec

bbcct@attglobal.net

Sunday: Children’s Sunday School, Teen’s Group and Adult Bible Group 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service 10:45 a.m. with nursery and Children’s Church; Evening Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Wednesday: Prayer and Bible Study 7:30 p.m.

CALVARY INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH

3 Side Cut Road (near the RR station),

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

Gregory Wismar, Pastor

Johanna Perry, Parish Worker

The second Sunday in Lent will be celebrated at the 10:30 am service on March 16. The choir will sing the anthem, “People Need the Lord.” Sunday school and adult Bible class begin at 9 am. The calendar for the week includes a soup supper at 6:15 pm on Wednesday followed by a Lenten service at 7:30 pm and a rehearsal of the choir at 8:15 pm. On Thursday, Confirmation meets at 7 pm followed by a meeting of the Church Council at 8 pm. The Friday Bible group meets at 12:30 pm.

CHRIST THE SAVIOR ORTHODOX CHURCH

Middle Quarter Mall

706 Main Street South, Woodbury; 263-0809

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

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, 9:30 to 10:30 am; Sunday school and primary school at 10:30 am; Priesthood, Relief Society and Young Women meeting, 11:30 am; teenagers’ activities on Wednesday, 7 to 8:30 pm. The women’s 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); 270-3730

The Rev Richard Mozer, Pastor

Sunday School, 9:45 am; worship service, 11 am; evening service, 6 pm. Home Bible Studies and Women’s Bible Study are held in members’ 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

The 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 Lord’s 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. Child care is provided for children too young to attend Sunday School. Wednesday, Testimony Meeting, 7:30 to 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

The Rev Bryan A. Leone, Pastor

Sunday worship service with Holy Communion at 8 and 10:30 am. Christian education for preschool through adult at 9:15 am every Sunday. On Thursday the following groups meet: Women’s Bible Study at 9:30 am, Bell Choir at 6:45 pm, Senior Choir at 7:30 pm.

GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

174 Mt Pleasant Road; 270-1005

The Rev Barry Fredericks, Pastor

The Rev Sheila Fredericks, Associate Pastor

Christopher Caton, Administrator

Adam Fredericks, Children & Youth Pastor

Worship services: Sunday 8 am and 10 am, Wednesday 7 pm. Children’s church and nursery available during all services. Junior and senior high youth meet on Sundays at 10:30 am and 7 pm. Healing service at 7 pm on second Friday of each month. Men’s Fellowship at 8 am on first Saturday of each month; Ladies Fellowship at 10 am on third Saturday of each month.

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. Guests and visitors are always welcome.

MATTATUCK UNITARIAN

UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY

122 South Pomperaug Avenue, Woodbury;

266-4810

The Rev Bonnie Vegiard

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

NEWBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Corner Route 133 and Tower Road, Brookfield;

775-1392

Sunday service 11 am. The Rev Mark A. Horton will lead the worship service on March 16. He will deliver the youth moment “Scary Stories” and the morning message “Who Wants to Follow?” Sunday school is available for all youth who wish to attend, and refreshments will be served in the Fellowship Hall immediately following the morning worship.The church membership will host a ST Patrick’s Day fundraising event on Saturday evening March 15 with a corned beef and cabbage dinner from 5 to 7:30 pm.  Anyone who has any questions or who needs special assistance is asked to call the church office at 775-1392.

NEWTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH • 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 Children’s 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

Sunday Bible School, 8:45 am; worship service 10 am. Nursery is provided. For small group studies call the church office for place, time, and location. The congregation is a fundamental Bible teaching group that is locally autonomous. “We gather and grow that we might give and go to glorify God.”

NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

14 West Street, Office at 41A Main Street;

 426-9024

The Rev Steven Gordon, Senior Minister

The Rev Janice Touloukian, Associate Minister

The Rev Alastair Sellars, Pastor Emeritus

Edwin Corfey, Commissioned Lay Minister

Sunday service 10 am. The Rev Steven Gordon, senior minister, will lead the all-church worship service on March 16. The Rev Janice Touloukian, associate minister, will assist. There will be no Sunday School. Carl Lindquist will give the Children’s Message during the regular service. “Fall, Slow Tears,” based on Psalm 51: 10-11, will be the anthem by the Senior Choir under the direction of Mary Andreotta. Philip Crevier will be at the keyboards. The Sunday Lenten Bible Studies will be at 8:45 with Rev Touloukian and following the worship service with Rev Gordon. Both will be in the sanctuary. Members are requested to consider car pooling for the Sunday services; construction of the new Sunday School addition has temporarily reduced the parking spaces.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

92 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook, 426-9998

The Rev Terry W. Pfeiffer, Pastor

The Rev E. Sue Klein, Deacon

Family worship each Sunday at 8 am and 10 am. Children go to Church School during the 10 am service. Adult Bible study Sundays at 9 am. We are the church of “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.” All are welcome.

SOUTH BRITAIN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

United Church of Christ, Route 172, South Britain

The Rev Dr Peter J. Meister, Interim Minister

Sunday worship service, 10 am, followed by coffee hour at 11 am.

STEPNEY BAPTIST CHURCH

423 Main Street, Monroe; 268-9680

The Rev Dr George W. Britt, Pastor

David Fairclough, Youth Director

Sunday school for all ages (birth to adult), 9 am; Fellowship, 10 am; worship service, 10:30 am, child care available. Youth Group for grades 7-12 meets Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm.

ST JOHN’S EPISCOPAL

Washington Avenue (Route 34)

(Mailing address is PO Box 716),

Sandy Hook; 426-9938

The Rev Daniel Mattila, Priest

Joanne Hornak and Vinny Keenan, Co-Wardens

Sunday, Holy Eucharist and sermon, 9:30 am, child care provided; Church school for children 9:30 am. Annual events include Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. 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 is presently housing The Back Door Cafe, sponsored by Newtown’s public schools.

ST PETER AND PAUL ORTHODOX 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 Lawrence A. Larson, Parochial Vicar

The Rev Peter J. Towsley, Parochial Vicar

Thomas F. Curran, Deacon

 Don Naiman, Deacon

Weekday Masses, 6:45 and 9 am; Saturday Masses, 8 am, 4 pm, 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); 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 Pam Arsenault; Coordinator of Religious Education Terri Berthier; Sacrament Coordinators Kim Braun and Patty Wasicki; Music Director Joseph Jacovino; Women’s Club President Deborah Reilly; Men of St Rose, Patrick Shevlin. Annual events include a parish carnival, a Christmas fair, and parish dances.

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

36 Main Street; 426-9070

The Rev Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd,

 Rector Searching, Assistant to the Rector

The Rev Caroline G. Garside,

 Deacon Searching,

Youth & Family Minister

Sundays: Holy Eucharist, 8 and 9:45 am; Scripture Study at 9 am. Church School begins with family worship at the 9:45 am service (with children’s liturgy for younger children) and classes following worship until noon. Youth Sunday is the second Sunday of the month. Tuesdays: Morning Prayer, 9:30 am; Girls’ & Boys’ Choir rehearsal, 4:30 pm. Wednesdays: Spiritual Refreshment Study, 12:30 pm; Girls’ & Boys’ Choir makeup rehearsal, 4 pm; Holy Eucharist & Healing, 7:15 pm. Thursdays: Adult Choir 7:30 pm. Church School special events: Blessing of the Animals, All Saints’ Celebration, St Nicholas Day, Christmas Pageant, Intergenerational events, Lenten projects, Good Friday Children’s service, Rogation Sunday, Outreach projects, and Children’s Liturgy. For youth groups meetings and events call the church office. Music Minister Maria Coffin; Interim Administrative Assistant Ann Tabler; Church School Director Sue Vogelman, Parish Secretary Margaret Cassin; Sexton Jack Qubick.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY

OF NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY

9 Picketts Ridge Road, Redding

438-4281 (main office) or

438-7190 (DRE office)

The Rev Shirley A. Ranck, Interim Minister

Mary Collins, Director of Religious Education

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Northern Fairfield County will hold ONE Sunday Service at 10 am on March 16. This Single Service will be followed by lunch and a Congregational Meeting; childcare will be provided. Interim Minister Rev Shirley Ranck will lead The Briarpatch Society, “Celebration Sunday – sharing our passion and our resources to make our dreams come true.” Religious education and child care for young children are available during the service. Please call the church office, listen to WLAD 800 AM or WDAQ 98.3 FM Radio, or watch WFSB TV Channel 3, for information regarding cancellation of services due to inclement weather.

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)

21 West Whisconier Road, Brookfield; 775-2624

The Rev Carie Stanley, Interim Minister

Sunday service 9:30 am. Fellowship and coffee hour will be at 10:30 am. Sunday school for children and adults is at 11 am. Child care is provided during worship and Sunday school. Adult midweek Bible study meets each Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 pm. Youth Group meets on the first and third Fridays of each month from 6 to 7:30 pm. For more information call the church office at 775-2624.

WALNUT HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH

156 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel; 796-7373

www.WalnutHillCC.org

Joel Eidsness, Senior Pastor

Worship services: Saturday 5 pm and Sunday 9 am, 10:45 am and CORE at 7 pm (CORE is a service for young adults). 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

444 Main Street North, Southbury 06488;

(mailing address is PO Box 350)

202-267-3394; www.BnaiIsraelSouthbury.org

Rabbi Eric Polokoff

Reform services Fridays at 7:30 pm and Saturday mornings. Religious school for children ages 5+ held Tuesday afternoon and Sunday morning. Call for information regarding services, membership, religious school, adult education, or the High Holy days.

CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL

111 Huntingtown Road

 (mailing address is PO Box 623);

426-5188 or 426-6817; www.CongAdathIsrael.org

Rabbi Shaul Praver

Friday night 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 to 10 am and 9:45 am to noon. President is Mark Moskowitz, 426-5655. The sisterhood is made up of ladies of the synagogue; president is Margo Zimmerman (270-6329). Mark Rebb is president of Men’s Club (270-1539). Traditional events include a Purim Carnival, Progressive Dinner, Corn Party, and Community Break-the-fast.

 

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. All are welcome. Saturday, March 15:Vayikra: We begin the third book of the Torah which deals with the sacrificial rites of the Priesthood (the Kohanim). For more information, call the synagogue office at 792-6161.

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.