BAHA’I 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.

 

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.

 

CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH

85 Mt Pleasant Road at Tory Lane

 426-6300 or 426-0651

 www.ctklutherannewtown.org

Gregory Wismar, Pastor

The traditional Christmas Eve service of Carols and Light will be celebrated on December 24 at 7:30 pm. The Christmas Day Festival Service is at 10 am. For more information call the church office at 426-6300.

 

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, 5 pm.

 

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS

Saw Mill Road; 203-438-3026

Family History Center 426-1752

Bishop David H. 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; teenagers’ activities on Wednesday, 7 to 8:30 pm. The women’s organization also sponsors monthly classes on topics dealing with the family and homemaking on the second Thursday at 7 pm.

 

CHURCH OF BETHEL

239 Greenwood Avenue

Pastor Dan Kelly, 791-8015

www.churchofbethel.org

Sundays: 10 am worship service, kids’ church and nursery; 6 pm Sunday School, children, youth, and adult. Monday: 9:30 am Ladies’ Bible study, child care provided. Thursday, 7:15 pm Youth Group. Prayer meeting for men and ladies.

 

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

A Christmas Eve Service will be held on Saturday, December 24, at 7 pm. Christmas worship service Sunday at 11 am and 6 pm. Pastor Tarullo will preach on the birth of Immanuel in the morning and from First Peter in the evening. Sunday School begins at 9:30 am, children’s classes are available for all ages. Adult Sunday school is currently viewing lectures by R.C. Sproul. 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 (call for location). Contact Pastor Tarullo for more information at 203-270-3730 or www.newtownopc.org

 

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 Lord’s 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.

 

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH

466 Elm Street, Monroe; 268-7596

 The Rev Bryan A. Leone, Pastor

Christmas Eve candlelight worship services at 7 and 11 pm on December 24. Christmas Day worship at 10 am. New Year’s Day worship service at 10 am on January 1.

 

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; Children’s Church and Nursery at all services. Wednesday worship, 7 pm; Thursday, Weekly Healing School, 1–2:30 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; Men’s Fellowship, Breakfast of Champions, first Saturday, 8–10 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.

 

GUIDING LIGHT INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH

Meets at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street

Ernestine Urquhart, Pastor; 270-8882

This interdenominational Christian church meets Sundays, 9–10:45 am, for morning worship in the Mary Hawley Room of Edmond Town Hall, with fellowship immediately following the service. All are welcome. Women’s Group meets Fridays, 7:30–8:45 pm; call the pastor for more information.

 

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

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

(National Association Congregational Christian Churches)

Corner Route 133 at Tower Road, Brookfield,

775-1392

The Rev Paul R. Ricard

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.

 

NEWTOWN BIBLE CHURCH

(formerly Bible Baptist Church)

 35 Sugar Street (Route 302); 426-6484

Pastor/Teacher Steve Plodinec; NBibleC@yahoo.com

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 also holds a Bible School Hour for adults and children at 8:45 am on Sundays. The first and third Tuesdays of each month is the “Kidz Group” program, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm, for Kindergarten through fourth grade. Please call for time and location. For more information, call the church or log on to the website.

 

NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

14 West Street; 426-9024

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

Christmas Eve services will be conducted at 5, 7:30 and 11 pm with the Rev Lee Moore, interim pastor, and the Rev Janice Touloukian, associate pastor, presiding. The 5 pm service will be the Children’s pageant and the 7:30 and 11 pm services will be candlelight services with the music by the Senior Choir directed by Dan Coffman. The Ringers in Faith Bell Choir play under the direction of Carole Andrews and Gale Whitford. Christmas memories will be shared by Licensed Lay Minister Edwin Corfey at the 7:30 service and by Darlene Jackson at the 11 pm service. Candle lighters will be the Walker family at the 5 pm service Miklaszewski family at 7:30 and Margee and Bob Keegan at the 11 pm service. Christmas morning services at 10 am will be led by Rev Touloukian with assistance from Rev Moore.

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; email newtownoffice@sbcglobal.net

website: www.NUMC.US

Family worship Sundays at 8 and 10 am. Church school, all ages 10:30 am. Adult Bible Study Sundays 9 am. Open hearts, open minds, open doors. All are welcome!

 

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.

 

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.

STEPNEY BAPTIST CHURCH

423 Main Street, Monroe; 268-9680

 The Rev Dr George W. Britt, Pastor

David Esarey, Jr, Youth Minister

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.

 

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 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.

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 morning mass, 8 am. Confessions 10 am to noon. Christmas Eve masses 4 pm in the church, 4 pm in the parish hall, and 4 pm in the Newtown High School auditorium with children’s pageant and Folk Choir Concert at 3:30 pm; 6 pm in the church, 11 pm in the church with choir concert at 10:30 pm.(Due to fire safety codes, overcrowding will not be permitted at these services.) Christmas Day Masses in the church at 7:30 am, 9 am, 10:30 am, noon.

 

 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

Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24 4:40 pm carol sing followed by 5 pm Holy Communion with children’s sermon (no incense); 10:30 pm choral prelude, 11 pm Festival Holy Communion with choir (with incense). The 5 pm service provides a worship service with Eucharist for younger members and others for whom the 10:30 pm service may be too late. It will include a children’s moment instead of an adult sermon and festival music with the Boy’s and Girls’ Choirs. Christmas Day service, 11:15 am Holy Communion with music.

 

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 two services on Christmas Eve at 5:30 and 7:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall at 24 Clapboard Ridge Road. Rev Linda Hansen, DRE Mary Collins and some of our own musicians will lead us in reflecting on the meanings of Christmas through stories (gospel and contemporary) and carols. The 5:30 service will be designated with children in mind and the 7 for adults, but all are welcome at both. On Christmas Day there will be one service at 10 am. Rev Hansen will lead a an informal service on Winter Light and Hope, looking at the different ways winter holidays — Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa — all offer light and hope in this dark and cold time of year. Children and adults are welcome to join her, and to share some of the ways you bring light and hope into your lives and the lives of others. For more information, call the church office or visit the website.

 

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)

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

The Rev Ann Beams, Pastor

For the Christmas Eve Candlelight service at 7:30 pm, the Rev Ann Beams will deliver the message “Joy to the World.” The scripture lessons will be Isaiah 9:2–7 and Luke 2:1–14. After the service, there will be a Wassail bowl for fellowship and Christmas cheer with cookies and mulled cider. On Sunday, Christmas Day the worship service and communion will be at 5 pm. Rev Beams will deliver the message “The Light Shines in the Darkness.” The scripture lessons will be Isaiah 52:7-10 and John 1:14. There will be no Sunday school on Christmas day. Child care is provided during the worship services. The adult mid-week Bible study meets each Tuesday evening, 7:30-9 pm.

 

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 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.

 

AREA SYNAGOGUES

 

B’NAI 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.

 

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 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 at 4:15 pm. Sunday School 8–10 am and 9:45–noon.

 

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.

 

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.