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,

Newtown; 426-6300 or 426-0651

Gregory Wismar, Pastor

Johanna Perry, Parish Worker

The day of Saint Mary Magdalene will be celebrated at the 9 am service on July 22. Special music will include a solo, “Lord of Life,” by Cheryl Rizzardi. At 5 pm there will be a barbecue on the church grounds to begin the annual summer evening vacation Bible school. Sessions will also be held Monday through Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8 pm each evening. On Friday, the senior youth and their counselors will be leaving for the National Lutheran Youth Gathering, held this year in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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, 6 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, 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

Rev Birgitt Ivarson, Vacancy Pastor

Sunday worship service with Holy Communion at 9 am during the summer.

GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

The Rev Barry Fredericks, Pastor

The Rev Sheila Fredericks, Assoc 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

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

Rev Bonnie Vegiard

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

 860-355-4955

Rev Carl E. Mesnig

Sunday worship service is at 10 am during the summer months. The Sacrament of Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month. ”Our Father,” the first of a series of five sermons on The Lord’s Prayer, is the message by Rev Mesnig for Sunday, July 22. The Children’s Moment is entitled “A Survivor Kit.”

NEWTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH

102 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook, 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. Continuing in the series “Standards for Living,” this week’s message is entitled “Protecting Your Torch.”  For small group studies call the church office for place, time, location. The congregation is a fundamental Bible teaching group which is locally autonomous.

NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

14 West Street

The Rev Steven Gordon, Senior Minister

The Rev Janice Touloukian, Associate Minister

The Rev Alastair Sellars, Pastor Emeritus

Edwin Corfey, Commissioned Lay Minister

14 West Street, Office at 41A Main Street, 426-9024

The Rev Steven Gordon, senior minister, will be preaching Sunday morning, July 22, at the All-Church worship service at 10 am. The Rev Janice Touloukian, associate minister, will be assisting in the service and will give the Children’s Message. Youngsters will be worshiping with their parents until Church School resumes in September. Nathan Crevier will be playing “Morning is Broken” for the anthem on the piano and will then join his father, organist Philip Crevier, to play  “Amazing Grace” for the offertory.

NEWTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

92 Church Hill Road; 426-9998

The Rev Terry W. Pfeiffer, pastor

Rev E. Sue Klein, deacon

Sunday services at 9 am during the summer. Adult Bible Study at 8 am. Children’s Summer Church School activity during the 9 am service. Fellowship hour follows the service. We are the church of “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors” and all are welcome.

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 to 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 theOrthodox 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

Thomas F. Curran, 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 3-4 pm or by appointment. Pre-baptismal 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. Parish Education Coordinator, Pam Arsenault; Director of Religious Education, Alice Kohler; Music Director, Joseph Jacobino; Women’s Club President, Debra Sennefelder; Men of St Rose, Patrick Shevlin. Annual events include a parish carnival, a Christmas fair, and parish dances.

TRINITY CHURCH

36 Main Street; 426-9070

Rev Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd, Rector

The Rev Kurt J. Huber, Assistant to the Rector

Summer schedule for Sunday services, June 17 to September 9. One service at 9 am. The Children’s Liturgy and Nursery Care continues through the summer. Morning Prayer on Tuesdays will begin again on September 11. Bible Study continues on Wednesdays at 12:30 pm in the Johnson Room except in August. Wednesday’s Holy Eucharist at 7:15 pm will continue through the summer. Administrative Assistant, Patricia G. Ehlers; Music Minister, Maria Coffin; Parish Secretary, Margaret Cassin; Sexton, Jack Qubick; Church School Director, Sue Vogelman; Wardens, Dick Kraycir and Ellsworth Stringer; Treasurer, Judy Pierce; 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, Dir of Religious Education

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Northern Fairfield County has one Sunday Service at 10 am during the summer. On Sunday, July 22, congregation member Jean Renjilian will share “The Churches” by Rev James Chalmers, pastor of the Calvinistic Congregational  Church in Fitchburg, Mass., and Ms Renjilian’s grandfather, which includes his description of Unitarians. Religious education and childcare for young children are available. For more information, call the society office, 203-438-428. The church office will be closed July 6-23.

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)

21 West Whisconier Road, Brookfield; 775-2624

The Rev Royal B. Garren

In ttoday’s harried society, we are confronted by multiple distractions every day. How often do you start out your morning with your plan for the day, only to have it go an entirely different way? What distractions are keeping you from getting closer to God? Rev Ann Beame will deliver the message “True Focus” at the worship service Sunday, July 22, at 9:30 am. Fellowship and coffee hour follows at 10:30 am. Childcare is provided. Adult mid-week Bible study meets each Wednesday from 1 to 2:30 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 6:45 pm, Sunday 9 am and 10:45 am. Childcare and children’s programs available during all services. Junior and Senior High Primetime at 5 pm on Saturday and 9 am on Sunday. Adult small groups and Bible studies as well as children and youth activities throughout the week. See the Web site for specifics or contact the church office.

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 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 am-noon. President is Mark Moskowitz, 426-5655. The sisterhood is made up of ladies of the synagogue; President is Marsha Moskowitz (426-5655). Eric Israel (426-2932) is president of the Men’s Club. 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 Monday through Friday between 9:30 am and 1 pm.

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.