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. Call for current schedule.

BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH

35 Sugar Street (Route 302) 426-6484

Pastor Steve Plodinec

Sunday, Children’s Bible Hour and Adult Bible Groups, 9:30 am; Worship, 10:45 am with nursery; Wednesday, Bible and Prayer Group, 7 am and 7 pm.

CALVARY INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH

2 Side Cut Road (next to RR station) West Redding

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 for Youth and Education

Good Shepherd Sunday will be celebrated at the 10:30 am service. Special music includes the duet “Far Above Riches” sung by Alicia and Erin Thomas, a selection by the Chime Choir, and the choir anthem “The Lord Never Closes His Eyes.” Flowers will be distributed to those in attendance by the Sunday School children, who will be singing the song “Someone Special.” Trumpeters during the service are Kurt Texiera and J.D. Chaisson. The calendar for the week includes a meeting of the craft workers on Monday at 7:30 pm, and a meeting of the Finance Committee on Tuesday at 8 pm. On Wednesday, the choir rehearses at 8 pm. On Thursday, Confirmation II meets at 7 pm followed by Council at 8 pm. The Friday Bible Class meets in the church office at 12:30 pm.

 

CHRIST THE SAVIOR ORTHODOX MISSION

Middle Quarter Mall, 706 Main Street South

 Woodbury; 263-0809

Fr  Vladimir Aleandro, Priest

Gregory Curran, Youth Director

Christ the Savior is a pan-Orthodox, all English mission of the New England Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America. Sunday Divine Liturgy 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 to 10 am; Sunday School and Primary School at 10:20 am; Priesthood, Relief Society and Young Women meeting, 11:10 am; Teenagers’ Activities on Wednesday, 7-8:30 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)

Rev William Kessler, 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, please 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

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. Childcare is provided for children too young to attend Sunday School.

Wednesday, Testimony Meeting, 7:30-8:30 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

Julia Haspel-Schoenfeld, Pastor

On Sunday, worship services with Holy Communion will be at 8 am and 10:30 am. The Sunday Church School will meet at 9:15 am.

 

GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

174 Mt Pleasant Road, Newtown; 270-1005

The Rev Barry Fredericks, Pastor

The Rev Sheila Fredericks, Associate Pastor

Christopher Caton, Administrator

Adam Fredericks, Children & Youth Pastor

Sunday worship, 8 and 10 am; Children’s Church and Nursery at all services. Wednesday, worship 7:30 pm. Ladies’ Fellowship and Bible Study third Saturday of the month, 10 am at the church. Men’s Fellowship, first Saturday, 8 am, breakfast at the church. Care Group, second Sunday.

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH

Eighth and Roberts Avenues, Danbury; 748-0671

Fr Luke Mihaly, Priest

Robert Hubiak, Youth Director

Susan Paltauf, 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

Rev Bonnie Vegiard; 266-4810

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

 

NEWBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Corner Route 133 and Tower Road, Brookfield

Rev Carl E. Mesnig; 860/355-4955

“In Jesus’ Name” is the topic of the serman by the Rev Carl E. Mesnig at the 11 am worship service on May 14. The children’s Moment will be “Jesus Voice.” A special presentation of the 50-year veteran’s medal of Connecticut Masonry will be made during the worship service to Carl Lemb, member of Newbury, by Right Worshipful George Greytak, senior grand steward of the Connecticut Grand Lodge of Masons. Members of Brother Lemb’s Hiram Masonic Lodge will be present.

 

NEWTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH

102 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook

Pastor Allen Johnson; 426-3819

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

Alan Richardson, Youth Minister

Sunday Bible School, 9:45 am; Worship, service 11 am, nursery is provided. Wednesday mid-week prayer, 7 pm; mid-week Bible Study 8 pm. Monday, youth meetings for middle school and high school students on Mondays at 7 pm. The church hosts a number of youth activities, including National Youth Week in January, Vacation Bible School in July and August, special outings for junior high and senior high students, and a Christmas workshop during December. The congregation is locally autonomous.

NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

The Rev Steven Gordon,  Senior Minister

The Rev Janice Touloukian, Associate Minister

The Rev Alastair Sellars, Pastor Emeritus

Edwin Corfey, Commissioned Lay Minister

Jodi Miklaszewski will give the sermon on Mothers Day Sunday at the 10 am All-Church Worship service presented by the youth of the church. There will be a multi-generational choir singing “Gather Your Children.” Instrumentalists will include Katie Benson on flute, Tim Cardosa on tympani, and Renee Whippie. All the children will worship with their parents. There will be no regular Church School.

NEWTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

92 Church Hill Road; 426-9998

The Rev Terry W. Pfeiffer, pastor

Rev E Sue Klein, deacon

Worship Service each Sunday, 8 am. Adult Church School Classes are at 8:45 am followed by Family Worship with Church School at 10 am.

STEPNEY BAPTIST CHURCH

423 Main Street, Monroe; 268-9680

Rev Dr George W. Britt, Pastor

David Edwards, Youth Director

Sunday School for all ages (birth-adult), 9 am; Fellowship, 10 am; Worship Service, 10:30 am, childcare available. Youth Group for grades 7-12 meets Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm.

 

ST JOHN’S EPISCOPAL

Washington Ave (Route 34)

(mailing address is PO Box 716)

Sandy Hook; 426-9938

The Rev William Padgett, Priest

Lois Pratt and Joanne Hornak, Co-Wardens

Sunday, Holy Eucharist and Sermon, 9:30 am, childcare 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 Rd, Bethel

791-9994; www.oca.org

Saturday, Vespers 6 pm. Sunday, Divine Liturgy 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

Deacons are Kenneth Stroud, Thomas F. Curran

Daily Masses, 6:45 and 9 am; Saturday, 8 am and 5 pm; Confessions are Saturday from 4-5 pm, or by appointment; Sunday Masses are 7:30, 9, 10:30 am and noon; pre-baptismal instruction on first Sunday at 1:30 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, Alice Kohler; Organist and Choir Director, Delores Gerety. Parish Advisory Council Chairman, Stan Karpacz; Women’s Club President, Debra Sennefelder. Annual events include a parish carnival, a Christmas fair and parish dances.

TRINITY CHURCH

36 Main Street; 426-9070

The Rev Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd, Rector

The Rev Kurt J. Huber, Assistant to the Rector

Holy Eucharist, Sunday, 8 and 9:45 am. Tuesday, Morning Prayer, 9:30 am; Girls’ Choir, 5 pm. Wednesday, Bible study, noon; Holy Eucharist and Healing, 7:15 pm. Thursday, Boys’ Choir, 5 pm; Adult Choir, 7:30 pm. Primary Choir, call church for day and time. Administrative Assistant, Patricia G. Ehlers; Organist/ Choirmaster, Maria Coffin; Parish Secretary, Margaret Cassin; Sexton, Jack Qubick; Church School Director, Carol Zimmerman; Wardens, Paul Parvis and Anne McWhirter; Treasurer, Ellsworth Stringer; Clerk, Patricia Patrick; Altar Guild Co-Directors, Sallie Meffert and Peg Watson.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY

OF NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY

9 Picketts Ridge Road, West Redding

438-4281 (main office) or 438-2534 (minister’s study)

Rev Dr Daniel Simer O’Connell, Minister

Karen Judd, Director of Religious Education

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Northern Fairfield County has Sunday Services at 9 and 11 am. On Sunday, May 14, Marcia Brooker, the Sunday Services Committee chairperson, and others will celebrate Mother’s Day with a Quilt Service. Religious Education and childcare for young children are available during both services.

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)

21 West Whisconier Road, Brookfield; 775-2624

The Rev Royal B. Garren

Pastor Rev Royal Garren will present a message on “How Do You Hear God’s Call?” during the Sunday, May 14, 9:30 am worship service. A fellowship hour will follow the service. Sunday school for all ages will be at 11 am. Childcare will be provided. A two-week series of one-hour new member classes will begin on May 14 with a discussion of the history of Presbyterianism, the Presbyterian Church (USA) in America, and the role of the local church in the community. The class will be at the church and will start at 11 am after the worship service. The public is invited to attend. Snacks and childcare will be provided. For more information call 775-2624.

 

Area Synagogues

 

B’NAI ISRAEL

122 South Pomperaug Ave

Woodbury; 263-3213

Friday services, 7:30 pm. Saturday services, 9:30 am. All are welcome.

CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL

111 Huntingtown Road

(mailing address is PO Box 623);

426-5188 or 426-6817

Rabbi Moshe Betan

Friday Night Services, 8 pm, except the first Friday of the month, at 7:30 pm, which is a family service. Saturday services on the second and fourth Saturday of the month, 9:30 am. Hebrew School, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 4:15 pm. Sunday School, 8-10 am and 9:45 am-noon. President is Dr Henry Danziger (270-9827). The sisterhood is made up of ladies of the synagogue; President is Marsha Moskowitz (426-5655). Traditional events include a Purim Carnival, Community Seder, 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. All are welcome. On Saturday, May 13: Emor – we read of the holiness among the priestly class followed by description of holiness in time: The Jewish Holy Days. On May 13, after services end at 12:30 pm, the woman’s group will mark Mothers Day with a special lunch and get-together. Participants are invited to share their thoughts and memories of their mothers and the role their mothers played in their lives. For more information, call 792-6161.

UNITED JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUE

141 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury; 748-3355

Rabbi Bradd Boxman

Friday, Reform Services 8 pm. Family Service, 3rd Friday of each month, 7:30 pm, and Saturdays during the school year at 11:15 am. Traditional services, Saturday 8:45 am.