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.

CALVARY SOUTHBURY

134 Main St. South (11A Bennett Square), Southbury; 267-5441

www.CalvarySouthbury.com

Pastor John Eastwood

Worship service and children’s ministry Sunday 10 am. Pastor John goes through the Bible, line by line and verse by verse, including application to everyday life. Tuesday Night is Prayer Night, 7:30 pm; Wednesday Night Recovery Bible Study (addictive behavior) 7:30 pm; Thursday Night Old Testament Bible Study/ Weekly Teen Meeting 7 pm. Also monthly men’s and women’s meetings.

CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH

85 Mt Pleasant Road at Tory Lane;  426-6300 or 426-0651

 www.CTKLutheranNewtown.org

Gregory Wismar, Pastor

The 20th Sunday after Pentecost will be celebrated at the 10:30 am worship service on Sunday, October 18. Sunday school and Adult bible class will begin at 9 am.

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

Sunday Sacrament Meeting, 2 pm; Sunday school (ages 12–adult) and primary school (18 months–age 11), 3:20 pm; Priesthood, Relief Society, and young women meeting, 4:10 pm; teenagers’ activities Wednesday, 7:30 pm. 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.NewtownOPC.org

Sunday worship services, 11 am and 5 pm (third Sunday 3 pm), with both services led by Pastor Tarullo. September through May, Sunday school begins at 9:30 am with classes for all ages. Nursery is available year-round. Additional ministries include Men’s Bible study, second and fourth Saturdays, 7 am; Women’s Bible Study, call for location and time; Men’s Night Out, first Thursday each month; Ladies Night Out, third Thursday each month; and various youth activities throughout the year.

FAITH AT NEWTOWN

Meets at 113 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook

Pastor Tim Kuhn; 364-1448; FaithBaptistCT.org

Sunday worship service 10 am. Small group bible studies available. Also, “Studying the Bible verse by verse: Applying it to everyday living,” ongoing.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

27 Roxbury Road (corner of Routes 6 & 67); Southbury; 262-1944

Sunday services and Sunday School (for up to age 20; small Bible-Lesson discussion groups for teens), 10–11 am. The subject of the October 18 Bible Lesson-Sermon will be “Doctrine of Atonement.” Golden Text — II Corinthians 5:20 (“…be ye reconciled to God”).  Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 pm there are readings from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, followed by testimonies of healing through prayer. Visitors can expect a respectful, warm welcome.

 

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH

466 Elm Street, Monroe; 268-7596

 The Rev Bryan A. Leone, Pastor

Worship services with Holy Communion Sunday at 8 and 10:30); nursery service available during second service. Christian education for ages 3 to adult at 9:15. Confirmation classes Monday 7 pm, adult forum Tuesday 7 pm, bell choir Thursday 6:45 pm, and choir Thursday 7:30 pm.

GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

174 Mt Pleasant Road; 270-1005

The Rev Barry Fredericks, Pastor

The Rev Sheila Fredericks, Associate Pastor

The Rev Adam Fredericks, Children & Youth Pastor

The Rev John Barago, Associate Pastor

Sunday Worship, 8:30 and 10:15 am; Youth Service, 10 am; Children’s Church and Nursery at all services. Wednesday worship, 7 pm; Thursday healing service, 1 pm. Also monthly healing service, fourth Wednesday 7 pm. Calendar includes: Oct 30, Hallelujah Night, 7 pm, family event for parents and children to age 12 with music, puppets, skits, games, prizes and lots of candy, nonviolent and nonscary costumes encouraged.

GUIDING LIGHT INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH

Meets at 2 Stony Hill Road (lower level), Bethel

Ernestine Urquhart, Pastor; 426-4338

This interdenominational Christian church meets Sundays, 10:30 am–12:30 am, for Morning Worship, with fellowship immediately following the service. Additional programs and services include: The Lion of Judah Reach Out Ministry, which helps men and women and teens transition from prison life to society; shelter for battered and abused women; housing for ex-offenders and battered women. Lion of Judah Reach Out Ministry also provides counseling and clothing for teens. A drill team for teens, including musical instruments, is also available for teens. Volunteers welcome. Women’s Group meets Wednesdays and Fridays 7 to 9 pm. Call the pastor for more information.

NEW HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH

Newtown; 770-3745; www.NewHope-cc.com

Rev James A. Solomon, Pastor

Jennifer Brittin, Minister of Music

Kevin & Valerie Delp, Youth Leaders

Worship service Sunday 5 pm, at Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street. Visit the website for information on midweek small group meetings and other events.

NEWTOWN BIBLE CHURCH

35 Sugar Street (Route 302); 426-6484; NewtownBibleChurch.org

The Reverend Joey Newton, Pastor; Bob Brainard, Elder

Sunday services begin with Fellowship at 9:30 am, Sunday School 9:45 (with classes for all ages), worship service 10:45 (nursery and children’s service is provided), and evening discipleship 6 pm. Other services and opportunities include Prayer Meetings Thursday, 7 pm; Men’s Fellowship, second Saturday of the month, at an area restaurant; Women’s Fellowship, fourth Saturday of the Month, at an area restaurant; and God’s Girls of Grace, third Wednesday of the month, for ages 8–100. Regular events include Vacation Bible School, Fellowship dinners, other events and ministries.

NEWTOWN CHRISTIAN CHURCH

210 Sugar Street, Newtown; 426-6189;; www.NewtownCC.org

Jack Tanner, Minister

Sunday services begin with Bible School for all ages at 8:45 am. Worship Celebration at 10 am for adults with a children’s worship time. Men’s Group on Monday at 7:30 pm; Ladies Group the second Saturday of each month. An after school program for children K–7th grade on Tuesdays at 4:30 pm; please call the church office with any questions.

NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

A member of the United Church of Christ

14 West Street; 426-9024;

www.NewtownCongregationalChurch.com

The Rev Matthew S. Crebbin, Senior Minister

The Rev Janice Touloukian, Associate Minister

Dan Coffman, Choir Director; Philip Crevier, Organ/Piano

“Great Service,” based on Mark 10:35–45, will be the sermon given by the Rev Janice Touloukian during the worship service on Sunday, October 18. The service will also include a presentation of bibles to the kindergarteners, third graders and Confirmands. Rev Matt Crebbin will assist during the worship service. Following the Children’s Message the children will go to their Garden Church School classes to learn about Moses. The third grade class will also have a visit from their pastors, who will speak with them about their new bibles. Child care is available for ages 3 and under. Calendar includes: Oct 18, Inquirer’s Class, following worship service for anyone interested in learning about the church; also Oct 18, CROP Walk, 2 pm at Fairfield Hills Cochran House.

NEWTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

92 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook

Rev Mel Kawakami, Senior Pastor

Rev Richard Yerrington, Associate Pastor

Rev E. Sue Klein, Deacon

426-9998; FAX 426-0865;; NewtownOffice@sbcglobal.net; www.NUMC.us

Sunday family worship at 8 and 10 am, Adult Bible study 9 am Sunday (also Wednesday 7:30 pm), Church School for all ages 10:30 am. Hymn for October is “We Utter Our Cry” (#439). Calendar includes: Oct 17, Annual Fall Arts & Crafts Fair, 10 am–4 pm, at Reed School.

 

SOUTH BRITAIN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

A United Church of Christ, Route 172, South Britain;

264-5890; SouthBritainChurch.org

Reverend Douglas Miller, Interim Minister

Sunday worship service, 10 am, coffee hour follows. Check website for meetings, special events, etc.

 

ST JAMES LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

111 Peter Road, Southbury; 264-6446; www.StJamesCT.org

Pastor Scott Nessel

Sunday School for all ages and Bible Study at 9 am, worship at 10:15. St James is an Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA).

 

ST JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

 5 Washington Avenue (Route 34), 

(Mailing address is PO Box 716), Sandy Hook; 426-9938

StJohns06482.blogspot.com

The Rev. Mark Moore

Bruce Moulthrop, Senior Warden; Jack Hornak, Junior Warden

Sunday service 9:30 am (Holy Eucharist). 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 ROSE OF LIMA CHURCH

46 Church Hill Road; 426-1014;

www.StRoseChurch.com

Monsignor Robert E. Weiss, Pastor

 The Rev Milan Dimic, Parochial Vicar ; The Rev Ignacio Ortigas, Parochial Vicar

Thomas F. Curran, Deacon;  Don Naiman, Deacon

Daniel O’Connor, 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. Holy Day Vigil, 7:30 pm; Holy Day Masses, 6:45 and 9 am, and 5:30 and 7:30 pm. Calendar includes: Oct 25, “Precious and Practical Profundities in The Greatest Book of the 20th Century: The Lord of the Rings,” 3:30 pm in Monsignor Conroy Room, program with author Peter Kreeft, PhD, who will discuss his book The Philosophy of Tolkien, book signing to follow.

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

36 Main Street; 426-9070; www.TrinityNewtownCT.org

The Rev Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd, Rector

Sue Vogelman, Children’s Education Minister

Fiona Smith Sutherland, Music Minister

Trinity will host a special 8:30 am Morning Prayer for stewardship canvassers at 8:30 am on Sunday, October 18; there will be no regular services. A special worship service and potluck dinner will be celebrated at 4:30 that afternoon, however. As part of the dinner, Trinity’s fifth and sixth graders will lead parishioners to join millions of people worldwide in a “Stand Up And Take Action” program, part of the Millennium Development Goals the church has embraced. Calendar includes: Oct 17, Centering Prayer Quiet Day, 9 am–5 pm; Oct 18, Stewardship Sunday & CROP Walk Sunday, no regular services: celebration service & Holy Eucharist, 4:30 pm, followed by all-parish potluck; Oct 23, Rite 13 YPF Halloween Party, 4 pm, reverse Trick or Treating on Main Street; Oct 23, All Youth YPF at Castle Hill Farm, 5–9 pm, all youth invited for corn maze, then pizza, hay rides, and bonfire.

 

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF DANBURY

24 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury

798-1994 (main office) or 790-1996 (DRE office); www.uuDanbury.org

Reverend Suzanne Spencer, Interim Minister

Mary Collins, Director of Religious Education (DRE)

Sherry Kyriacou, Office Manager

Worship services are on Sunday at 9 and 11 am, coffee hour follows. On October 18, Interim Minister Sue Spencer will lead the services on “Our Families, Ourselves.” Religious education: preschool through fifth grade at 9 and 11 am, sixth grade and up will go to the worship service, and Senior High Youth Group meets at 4 pm. Check website for meetings, special events, etc.

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)

21 West Whisconier Road, Brookfield; 775-2624; www.Danbury.org/vpc

The Rev Ann Beams, Pastor

With the start of the stewardship season, the Rev Ann Beams will present a morning message entitled “Unbound” during the 10 am worship service on Sunday, October 18. Adult Sunday School at 9 am, topic to be “Meet Your Bible” (bring yours if possible). Sunday school for elementary grade children starts at the end of the Children’s Sermon; middle and high school students start their class following the full sermon. Child care for infants through first graders is provided during the worship service and Sunday school time. Coffee and fellowship will be at 11 am. Check website for meetings, special events, etc.

WALNUT HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH

156 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel; 796-7373; www.WalnutHillCC.org

Rev Dr Clive Calver, Senior Pastor

Worship services Saturday 5 pm; Sunday 8:10, 9:30, 11:10 am and 6 pm. Also Brazilian service, in Portuguese, 7 pm. Check website for special events, etc.

AREA SYNAGOGUES

 

B’NAI ISRAEL

444 Main Street North, Southbury; 267-3394; www.BnaiIsraelSouthbury.org

 Rabbi Eric Polokoff

Shabbat evening services Friday 7:30 and all Jewish holidays. Check website for meetings, special events, etc.

 

CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL

115 Huntingtown Road (mailing address is PO Box 623, Newtown); 426-5188

 www.CongAdathIsrael.org

Rabbi Shaul Praver

Friday Night Services, 7:30 pm. First Friday of the month is a family service, 7–8 pm; Friday Learning Services 7–7:30 pm four times annually (next session in November); Saturday Morning Services generally second and fourth Saturday each month, 9:30 am (call for schedule); Tot Shabbat, 30-minute services for young children and families, October 24; Adult Torah discussions and services, 9:30 am in November (date to be determined). Sunday School at 9:30 until 11:45; Hebrew School, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, 4:15 until 6:15 pm; Children’s B’nai Mitzvah Program; also Adult Education and Adult B’nai Mitzvah tutorials. Calendar includes: Oct 16, evening services, 7:30 pm; Oct 17, Family Shabbat Services, 9:30–11:30 am, the Parshah is Bereshit; Oct 23, evening services, 7:30 pm, led by Rabbi Praver; Oct 24, Tot Shabbat service, 11 am, to feature The March of the Stuffed Animals for Parsha Noach.

 

CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL

193 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury; 792-6161

Rabbi Nelly Altenburger; Joel Levitt, President

Saturday services, 9:30 am.

 

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 10 am.