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 am; Worship Service 10:45 am with nursery and Children’s Church; Evening Bible Study 5:30 pm Wednesday: Prayer and Bible Study 7:30 pm.

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

Easter Sunday 7:30 am Sunrise service, with anthem “Easter Carol,” followed by an Easter breakfast, then an egg hunt for the Sunday school children. 10:30 am Festival Service, anthem “Heavens Proclaim.” Confirmation, Thursday, 7 pm followed by a meeting of the Church Council at 8 pm. Bible Group Friday, 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 topics dealing with the family and homemaking on the second Tuesday at 7 pm.

COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Meets at Newtown Meeting House, 36 Main Street (at the flagpole); 270-3730

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 William Egbert 270-3730.

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. 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. Childcare also is provided. Testimony Meeting on the healing effects of prayer in daily lives, Wednesday 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

Good Friday choral Tenebrae Service 7:30 pm. Easter Sunday worship service 8:30 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 each month. Men’s Fellowship at 8 am on first Saturday. Ladies Fellowship at 10 am on third Saturday.

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

Easter events will begin at 9:30 am with a pancake breakfast immediately followed by an Easter egg hunt. All members and friends are invited to attend. The Rev Mark Horton will lead the 11 am worship service, “Putting Christ in His Place,” and the youth moment, “Inside Outside.” Sunday school is available for all youth who wish to attend.

NEWTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH • 426-3819

Pastor Allen Johnson

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.

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

Easter services will be at 6 am on top of Castle Hill with two All-Church worship services in the sanctuary at 9 and 11 am. The Rev Steven Gordon will lead the two later services and the Rev Janice Touloukian will assist and give the children’s message. “The Joyful Eastertide” and “Fanfare for Easter” will be the music by the senior choir. Tim Cardosa will be playing the timpani and Christopher Benson will play trumpet, while Philip Crevier will be at the keyboards.

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 to 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 houses 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

Good Friday, April 18: Morning prayer 8 am; confessions 10–noon; blessing of food 2 pm; Easter Vigil 7:30 pm; Easter Sunday Sunrise Mass 6 am parish grounds, weather permitting. Mass 7:30 am in church, 9 am church, 9:30 am at Newtown High School; 10:30 am church, 11 am Newtown High School, noon church. 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

Good Friday, Children’s Liturgy 10 am; The Way of the Cross, 12:10 pm, Good Friday Liturgy 7:30 pm. Holy Saturday, April 19, the Great Vigil of Easter with Baptisms and Holy Eucharist (with incense) 8 pm, Agape Feast follows. Easter Sunday, April 20, 9 am Festival Holy Eucharist with choirs (without incense), child care available at 9 am; Festival Holy Eucharist with choirs (with incense) 11 am. Music Minister Maria Coffin; Interim Administrative Assistant Ann Tabler; Church School Director Sue Vogelman, Parish Secretary Margaret Cassin; Sexton Jack Qubick.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF DANBURY

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 has Sunday Services at 9 and 11 am. On April 20 Rev Ranck will discuss some reflections on what this Christian holiday can mean for UUs, “What was Jesus trying to do in his ministry? What inspiration can we draw from his words?” Religious Education and child care for young children are available during the service.

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)

21 West Whisconier Road, Brookfield; 775-2624

The Rev Carie Stanley, Interim Minister

Sunday service 9:30 am with the morning message, “How Many Tears Have Been Shed?” Child care is provided. Fellowship and coffee hour 10:30 am. There will be no Sunday school for children or adults. Adult midweek Bible study Tuesday 7:30 to 9 pm. Youth Group, first and third Fridays 6 to 7:30 pm.

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 service for young adults 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

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 to noon. President, Mark Moskowitz, 426-5655. Sisterhood President Margo Zimmerman (270-6329). Mark Rebb, Men’s Club president (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. 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.