BAHA’I FAITH OF NEWTOWN

Contact Margo Deselin

241-5525; WintonFarms@aol.com

Devotional meetings; spiritual discussion meetings; discussions of social issues from a spiritual perspective. The meetings are held at various locations in Newtown. Call for meeting locations or questions.

 

CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH

85 Mt Pleasant Road at Tory Lane

 426-6300 or 426-0651

 www.CTKLutheranNewtown.org

Gregory Wismar, Pastor

July 16, the sixth Sunday after Pentecost, will be celebrated at the 9 am service (worship services are at 9 am for July and August, as well as for the first Sunday in September). Vacation Bible School begins this Sunday at 5:15 pm with a barbecue. Sessions will run Monday through Thursday, beginning at 6:15; call the church office to register or for additional information.

 

 

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS

16 Saw Mill Road; 203-438-3026;

www.LDS.org or www.Mormons.org

Family History Center, 426-1752

Bishop David H. Oakes

Sunday Sacrament Meeting, 1 pm; Sunday school (ages 12-adult) and primary school (18 months-aqe 11), 10 am; Priesthood, Relief Society, and Young Women meeting, 3:10 pm; teenagers’ activities Wednesday, 7:30 pm. The women’s organization also sponsors classes on topics dealing with the family and homemaking, most months on second Thursday, 7 pm; call for schedule and topics. Family History Center is open Tuesday through Thursday evenings and on Saturdays.

 

COMMUNITY ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Meets at Newtown Meeting House,

 31 Main Street (at the flagpole)

The Rev Robert Tarullo, Pastor; 270-3730;

Pastor@NewtownOPC.org;

www.CommunityOPCct.org

Sunday worship services, 11 am and 6 pm. Adult Sunday school; nursery is provided in the morning and evening. Weekly Prayer Meeting and Bible Study at the home of the pastor and a monthly Women’s Bible Study are also offered.

 

 

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 and 10 am; Youth Service, 10 am; Children’s Church and Nursery at all services. Wednesday worship, 7 pm; Thursday, Weekly Healing School, 1 pm; Friday “Home Improvement” service, 7 pm; Ladies Fellowship, Leading Ladies, and Bible Study first Monday of the month, 7 pm; Men’s Fellowship, Breakfast of Champions, first Saturday, 8 am; Saturday Bible Blast, held quarterly, for age 4-12; 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; 426-4338

This interdenominational Christian church meets Sundays, 10 am, for morning worship in the town hall’s Mary Hawley Room, with fellowship immediately following the service. All are welcome. Women’s Group meets Fridays, 7:30 pm.

 

NEW HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH

PO Box 179, Newtown; 770-3745

www.NewHope-cc.com

Rev James A. Solomon, Pastor

Worship service 9:30 am Sunday, The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road (Route 6), Newtown. Teaching/prayer/healing service first and third Wednesday (except May; contact pastor for details) at Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street.

 

NEWTOWN BIBLE CHURCH

(formerly Bible Baptist Church)

 35 Sugar Street (Route 302); 426-6484

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;

www.NewtownCC.org

Jack Tanner, Minister

Sunday services 10 am. The church offers Bible School Hour for adults and children at 8:45 am Sunday. The first and third Tuesdays of each month is “Kidz Group,” 4:30 pm, for K-6th grade.

 

NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

14 West Street; 426-9024;

www.NewCongChurch.homestead.com

The Rev Lee A. Moore, Interim Minister

The Rev Janice Touloukian, Associate Minister

The Rev Alastair Sellars, Pastor Emeritus

Edwin Corfey, Licensed Lay Minister

Dan Coffman, Choir Director

Philip Crevier, Organ/Piano

The Reverend Lee Moore be leading the 10 am worship service on Sunday, July 16, when the students and sponsors of workcamp will be welcomed home after their week of helping others in New York state. Workcampers Sharon Goodkowsky and her son, Alex, will sing “You Raised Me Up.” Philip Crevier will be at the organ and piano.

 

NEWTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

92 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook

The Rev Terry W. Pfeiffer, Pastor

Rev Richard Yerrington, Associate Pastor

The Rev E. Sue Klein, Deacon

426-9998; FAX 426-0865;

NewtownOffice@sbcglobal.net;

www.NUMC.us

Summer schedule, through Sept 3: Adult Bible study 8 am, worship service 9 am; July 2, outdoor worship service, on parsonage lawn; Sept 3, outdoor worship service, on parsonage lawn. Adult Bible study also Wednesday 7:30 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 to 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 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

Norm Roos, Deacon

Weekday Masses, 6:45 and 9 am; Saturday Masses, 8 am, 4 and 5:30 pm; Sunday Masses 7:30, 9, 10:30 am and noon. Confessions on Saturdays 3 to 4 pm or by appointment. Prebaptismal instruction on first Sunday at 1 pm (register with Religious Education Office, 426-2333). Holy Day Vigil, 7:30 pm; Holy Day Masses, 7:30 and 9 am, and 5:30 and 7:30 pm.

 

 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

36 Main Street; 426-9070

The Rev Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd, Rector

The Rev Carol E. Westpfahl, Assistant Rector

Sue Vogelman, Children’s Education Minister

Douglas Willcox, Youth & Family Minister

Fiona Smith Sutherland, Music Minister

Sunday, Holy Eucharist, 8 and 10 am; the 10 am service will include a Children’s Liturgy for younger children on several Sundays. Child care is provided by a paid adult for the 10 am service each week. Church School special events: Blessing of the Animals, All Saints’ Celebration, St Nicholas Day, Christmas Pageant, intergenerational events, Lenten projects, Good Friday Children’s service, Rogation Sunday, outreach projects, and Children’s Liturgy. Three active youth groups, also ongoing opportunities for faith exploration and spiritual growth for adults, both short and long term; for information call the church office.

 

 

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CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL

111 Huntingtown Road

(mailing address is PO Box 623); 426-5188

 www.CongAdathIsrael.org

Rabbi Shaul Praver

Note: No Shabbat services on Friday, July 7, or Saturday, July 8. On July 14, services will be conducted by the synagogue’s sisterhood.

Regular Friday 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, 4:15 pm. Sunday School, 8 and 10 am. Also Tot Shabbat, 30-min services for young children & families, second Saturday each month 9:15 am and some Friday evenings at 6:45 (call for schedule).