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. 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

Gregory Wismar, Pastor

Palm Sunday will be celebrated at the 10:30 am service on March 20. The choir will sing the anthem “Hosanna.” Sunday school children will process with palms and sing “Palm Sunday Song.” The calendar for the week includes the Maundy Thursday service of Holy Communion on Thursday at 7:30 pm and the Good Friday Service of Darkness on Friday at 7:30 pm. On Easter Sunday, March 27, there will be a Sunrise Service at 7:30 am, Easter breakfast at 8:30 am, Sunday school celebration at 9 am, and Easter Festival Service with Holy Communion at 10:30 am.

 

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

Saw Mill Road; 203-438-3026  • Family History Center 426-1752

Bishop David Oakes

Sunday Sacrament Meeting, 9:30 to 10:30 am; Sunday school and primary school at 10 am; Priesthood, Relief Society and Young Women meeting, 11 am; teenagers’ activities on Wednesday, 7 to 8:30 pm. The women’s organization also sponsors monthly classes on topics dealing with the family and homemaking on the second Thursday at 7 pm.

 

COMMUNITY ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Meets at Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street (at the flagpole)

The Rev Robert Tarullo, Pastor

Worship services, Sunday at 11 am and 6 pm. On March 20 Rev Tarullo will lead the worship and preach from Philippians 3 at 11 am and John 6 at 6 pm. Sunday School begins at 9:30 am, children’s classes are available for all ages. Nursery is provided. For information call 270-3730 or visit the church’s website at www.communityopcct.org. Good Friday service March 25 at 7 pm. Come here the Passion of Christ where “we preach Christ crucified…”

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 service with Holy Communion at 8 am and 10:30 am. Sunday Church School, Adult Bible Study, and Confirmation Class at 9:15 am on Sunday. Thursday 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

The Rev Christopher Caton, Associate Pastor The Rev Adam Fredericks, Children & Youth Pastor

Sunday Worship, 8 am and 10 am; Youth Service, 10 am; Children’s Church and Nursery at all services. Wednesday worship, 7 pm; Thursday, Weekly Healing School, 1–2:30 pm; Friday Healing Service, second Friday of the month, 7 pm; Ladies Fellowship, Leading Ladies, and Bible Study first Monday of the month at 7 pm; Men’s Fellowship, Breakfast of Champions, first Saturday, 8–10 am, at the church; Saturday Bible Blast, held quarterly, for children 4 to 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, 9–10:45 am, for morning worship in the Mary Hawley Room of Edmond Town Hall, with fellowship immediately following the service. All are welcome. Women’s Group meets Fridays, 7:30–8:45 pm; call the pastor for more information.

 

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 at Tower Road, Brookfield; 775-1392

The Rev Dr Mark Horton

Worship service 10 am. Refreshments served in Fellowship Hall immediately following the morning worship. Sunday school is 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

 Jack Tanner, Minister

Sunday worship celebration 10 am. Bible School Hour for adults and children at 8:45 am on Sundays; evening prayer 6 pm. Nursery is provided. 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. For small group studies call the church office for place, time, location. The congregation is a fundamental Bible teaching group that is locally autonomous. For more information, call the church office or visit www.NewtownCC.org.

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

Mary Andreotta, Music Director

The Rev Steven Gordon, senior minister, will be preaching Sunday, March 20, at the 10 am Palm Sunday worship service. The Rev Janice Touloukian, associate minister, will be assisting and Carl Lindquist will give the Children’s Message. Following the service and Sunday school, the children will have an Easter egg hunt. After the egg hunt there will be a farewell potluck luncheon for Rev Gordon, who will be leaving following the Easter services. “His the Scepter” will be the anthem by the Church Choir under the direction of Mary Andreotta, who will also direct the All-Church Choir that will practice at 9 am Sunday morning with the regular adult choir. ”Tis Midnight” will be the anthem by the Church Choir on Maundy Thursday worship service, March 24, at 7:30 pm, in the sanctuary. Soloist Sharon Goodkowsky will sing “Were You There?” Philip Crevier will be at the organ and piano for both services. There will also be a Good Friday service, March 25, at 7:30 pm. Easter Day services will be at sunrise, 9 and 11 am.

 

NEWTOWN 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 and 10 am. Church School from 10 to 11:30 am. Adult Bible study Sundays at 9 am and Wednesdays at 7:30 pm. We are the church of “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.” All are welcome.

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

United Church of Christ, Route 172, South Britain

The Glen E. Rainsley, Pastor

Sunday worship service, 10 am, followed by coffee hour. There will be a stewardship potluck luncheon after church.

 

STEPNEY BAPTIST CHURCH

423 Main Street, Monroe; 268-9680 • The Rev Dr George W. Britt, Pastor

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–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 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 Milan Dimic, Parochial Vicar • The Rev John Inserra, Parochial Vicar

Thomas F. Curran, Deacon • Don Naiman, Deacon

Palm Sunday weekend, Saturday Mass 8 am; confessions 2-4 pm, vigil masses 4 and 5:30 pm; Palm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9, 10:30 am and noon; weekday masses (Monday–Friday) 6:45 and 9 am; Holy Thursday Celebration of the Lord’s Supper, 7:30 pm; Adoration in chapel until midnight; Good Friday Stations of the Cross by parish youth at noon; Lord’s Passion at 3 pm; confessions to follow until 5 pm; Way of the Cross dramatic and musical presentation at 8 pm; Holy Saturday morning prayer 8 am; confessions 10 am–noon; Blessing of Food, 2 pm; Easter Vigil 7:30 pm (long liturgy). Easter Sunday 6 am Sunrise Mass, outside, weather permitting; 7:30 am and 9 am in the church; 9:30 am at Newtown High School; 10:30 am in the church; 11 am at Newtown High School; noon in the church.

 

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

36 Main Street; 426-9070

The Rev Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd

The Rev Carol E. Westpfahl, Assistant Rector

Sue Vogelman, Church School Director

Douglas Willcox, Youth & Family Minister

Martha Galie, Interim Music Minister

Palm Sunday, March 20, The Passion According to St Mark, 8 am; Walking the Way of Jesus, 9:45 am; Monday, evening prayer, 7:30 pm; Tuesday, morning prayer, 9:30 am; Wednesday, Tenebrae 7:30 pm; Maundy Thursday with foot washing, 7:30 pm; The Watch, 9 pm–9 am; Good Friday: Children’s Passion Walk 10 am; Stations of the Cross 12:10 pm; Proper Liturgy for Good Friday, 7:30 pm; Holy Saturday, March 26: Great Vigil of Easter, 8 pm; Easter Sunday, March 27: Easter Eucharist 9 am and 11 am.

 

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF DANBURY

24 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury

 798-1994 (main office) or 438-7190 (DRE office) www.uudanbury.org

Rev Linda Hansen, Minister

Mary Collins, Director of Religious Education (DRE)

Sunday Services at 9 and 11 am in Alumni Hall, at the corner of Dr James Roach Avenue (formerly Seventh Avenue) and Roberts Avenue, on the campus of Western Connecticut State University. Childcare for young children is available during both services. On Sunday, March 20, guest speaker Maria Sliwa will present Slavery in the 21st Century. “For the past five years, Ms. Sliwa has put her skills to work to raise public awareness of modern-day slavery. A former NYPD undercover police officer and director of corporate research for 10 years for a prestigious firm in Manhattan, she became energized in 1998 when she encountered a man who had survived 14 years of torture and imprisonment in Romania under Joseph Stalin, who pleaded with her regarding the plight of children in the Sudan. Her news service, Freedom Now News, disseminates information to over 100,000 subscribers worldwide. This newsletter provides a central outlet to inform people about human rights abuses that are underreported in the news.” Religious Education classes for pre-first through ninth grades meet at 9 am; the Senior High Youth Group meets at 4 pm Sunday afternoons at the church office

 

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)

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

The Rev Ann Beams, Pastor

Sunday service 10 am. On March 20 the Rev Ann Beams will present the morning message, “Lo, Your King Comes To You.” The scripture lessons will be Zechariah 9:9–10 and Matthew 21: 1–11. Fellowship and coffee hour will be at 11 am. The Adult Christian Education Class is at 9 am. Sunday school for children is at 10:15 am. Child care is provided during the worship service and Sunday school. 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

Joel Eidsness, Senior Pastor

Worship services: Saturday 6 pm and Sunday 9 am, 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.

 

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B’NAI ISRAEL A Reform Congregation

444 Main Street North, Southbury 06488;

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 night services, 7:30. 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. President is Eric Israel; Sisterhood co-presidents, Beth Israel and Ellen Lacko; Men’s Club president, Dan Federman. 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. For more information, call the synagogue office.

 

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.