BAHA'I FAITH OF NEWTOWN
BAHAâI 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.
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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.
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CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH
85 Mt Pleasant Road at Tory Lane ⢠426-6300 or 426-0651
Gregory Wismar, Pastor
Sunday service 10:30 am. The third Sunday after Pentecost and confirmation will be celebrated at the 10:30 am service on June 5. The choir will sing the anthem âA Choral Benediction.â Sunday school and Bible class begin at 9 am. The calendar for the week includes a meeting of the fall craft workers on Monday at 7:30 pm. On Thursday, Confirmation I meets at 7 pm followed by Bible study at 8 pm. On Friday, the Bible group meets at 12:30 pm in the church office.
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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, 6 pm.
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CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
Saw Mill Road; 203-438-3026 â¢Â 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; teenagersâ activities on Wednesday, 7 to 8:30 pm. The womenâs organization also sponsors monthly classes on topics dealing with the family and homemaking on the second Thursday at 7 pm.
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CHURCH OF BETHEL
239 Greenwood Avenue
Pastor Dan Kelly, 791-8015; www.churchofbethel.org
Sundays: 10 am worship service, kidsâ church and nursery; 6 pm Sunday School, children, youth, and adult. Monday: 9:30 am Ladiesâ Bible study, child care provided. Thursday, 7:15 pm Youth Group. Prayer meeting for men and ladies.
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COMMUNITY ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Meets at Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street (at the flagpole)
The Rev Robert Tarullo, Pastor, 270-3730; www.communityopcct.org
Worship services, Sunday at 11 am. Sunday school classes are available for all ages. Nursery is provided. Bible study meets at the home of the pastor on Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Womenâs Bible study meets the first Friday of each month.
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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 Lordâs 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.
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GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH
466 Elm Street, Monroe; 268-7596
 The Rev Bryan A. Leone, Pastor
Sunday worship service with Holy Communion at 9 am during the summer.
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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; Childrenâs Church and Nursery at all services. Wednesday worship, 7 pm; Thursday, Weekly Healing School, 1â2:30 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; Menâs Fellowship, Breakfast of Champions, first Saturday, 8â10 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.
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GUIDING LIGHT INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH
Meets at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street
Ernestine Urquhart, Pastor; 270-8882
This interdenominational Christian church meets Sundays, 9â10:45 am, for morning worship in the Mary Hawley Room of Edmond Town Hall, with fellowship immediately following the service. All are welcome. Womenâs Group meets Fridays, 7:30â8:45 pm; call the pastor for more information.
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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.
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MATTATUCK UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY
122 South Pomperaug Avenue, Woodbury; 266-4810
The Rev Carol Wolff
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.
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NEWTOWN BIBLE CHURCH
(formerly Bible Baptist Church)
35 Sugar Street (Route 302); 426-6484
Pastor/Teacher Steve Plodinec; NBibleC@yahoo.com
Childrenâs and Adult Bible Groups, 9:30 am Sunday; Worship, 10:45 am, with child care.
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NEWTOWN CHRISTIAN CHURCH
210 Sugar Street, Newtown; 426-6189; www.NewtownCC.org
Jack Tanner, Minister
This  Sunday, June 5 the Newtown Christian Church will begin a series of sermons from the Old Testament. The congregation is encouraged to read through a portion of the Old Testament each day during the previous week and
Pastor Jack Tanner will be preaching a message from some portion of the previous weeks readings. This weekâs message is entitled, âThe Choice Is Oursâ from Genesis 6:1-18. The church also holds a Bible School Hour for adults and children at 8:45 am on Sundays and an evening prayer time at 6:00 pm. The first and third Tuesdays of each month is the âKidz Groupâ program, from 4:30 - 5:30 pm, for Kindergarten through 4th grade. For information concerning any activity please call the church office or log on to the website.
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NEWTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
92 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook
The Rev Terry W. Pfeiffer, Pastor
 The Rev E. Sue Klein, Deacon
426-9998; Fax 426-0865; email newtownoffice@sbcglobal.net
website: http://NUMC.US
Summer Worship Schedule, June 5- September 4: 9 am Sundays Including Church School. Adult Bible Study, 8 am Sundays. We are the church of âOpen Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.â All are welcome.
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NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
14 West Street; 426-9024
The Rev Janice Touloukian,
 Acting Pastor / Associate Minister
The Rev Alastair Sellars, Pastor Emeritus
Edwin Corfey, Licensed Lay Minister
Mary Andreotta, Music Director
Sunday worship 10 am. On June 5, the Rev Janice Touloukian, acting pastor/associate minister, will be leading the morning worship and confirmation service. âNobody Knows But My Lordâ will be the anthem by the church choir, under the direction of Mary Andreotta. Philip Crevier will be at the keyboards. The Menâs Club breakfast will precede the worship service in the Great Room at 8 am. All men of the congregation are invited. There will be hot coffee and tea, orange juice, pastries, and bagels. A $5 donation would be appreciated.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ST JOHNâS 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 JuneâAugust (9 am to 1 pm). St Johnâs 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 Johnâs also is host to The Sandy Hook Organic Farmersâ Market.
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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.
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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
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. Director of Religious Education, Pam Arsenault; Coordinator of Religious Education, Patti Wasicki; Sacrament Coordinators, Kim Braun and Janice Gerry; Music Director, Joseph Jacovino; Womenâs Club President, Frances Gargano; Men of St Rose, Jack Hickey-Williams.
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 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
36 Main Street; 426-9070
The Rev Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd, Rector
The Rev Carol E. Westpfahl, Assistant Rector
Sue Vogelman, Childrenâs Education Minister
Douglas Willcox, Youth & Family Minister
Fiona Smith Sutherland, Music Minister
Sunday, Holy Eucharist, 8 and 9:45 am. Church School begins with family worship at the 9:45 am service, with Childrenâs Liturgy for younger children, and classes for ages 3âadult following worship until noon. Youth Sunday is the second Sunday of the month. Child care is provided by a paid adult for the 9:45 am service each week. Mondays, Boysâ & Girlsâ Choir rehearsal, 4:45 pm in the choir room. Tuesdays, Morning Prayer 10 am. Wednesdays, Spiritual Refreshment Study 12:30 pm; Holy Eucharist & Healing, 7:15 pm. Thursdays, adult choir rehearsal, 7:30 pm.Church School special events: Blessing of the Animals, All Saintsâ Celebration, St Nicholas Day, Christmas Pageant, intergenerational events, Lenten projects, Good Friday Childrenâs service, Rogation Sunday, outreach projects, and Childrenâs Liturgy. Trinity has three active youth groups; for youth group meetings and events call the church office. Ongoing opportunities for faith exploration and spiritual growth for adults, both short and long term. For meetings and details, call the church office. Staff includes Ann Tabler, administrative assistant; Marcia Funk, office manager/bookkeeper; and Jack Qubick, sexton.
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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)
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury will hold one Sunday Service at 10 am throughout the summer 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. On Sunday, June 5, the Rev Linda Hansen and DRE Mary Collins will lead an Intergenerational Flower Communion Service. Each person who attends is asked to bring a flower as a sign of the unique and wonderful gifts each person adds to the congregation. Child care for young children is available during the service. Contact the church office at 798-1994 for information about summer Religious Education classes or check the website.
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VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)
21 West Whisconier Road, Brookfield; 775-2624; www.Danbury.org/vpc
The Rev Ann Beams, Pastor
Sunday service 10 am. For Communion Sunday, June 5, the Rev Ann Beams will present the morning message, âFaith Healing.â The scripture lessons will be Psalm 22:1â12, Romans 4:13â25, and Matthew 9:9â13, 18â26. Sunday school for children and the adult Christian Education class are at 9:15 am. Child care is provided during the Sunday school time and during worship at 10 am. Coffee and fellowship hour will be at 11 am. The adult midweek Bible study meets each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9 pm.
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WALNUT HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH
156 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel; 796-7373 â¢
 www.WalnutHillCC.org
Rev Dr Clive Calver, Senior Pastor
Worship services: Saturday 5 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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AREA SYNAGOGUES
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BâNAI 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.
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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; Menâs Club president, Dan Federman. Traditional events include a Purim Carnival, Progressive Dinner, Corn Party and Community Break-The-Fast.
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CONGREGATION BâNAI ISRAEL
âDanburyâs Only Conservative Congregationâ
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.
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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.P