BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH

Pastor Steve Plodinec

35 Sugar Street (Route 302); 426-6484

E-mail, bbcct@IBM.net

Children’s Bible Hour and Adult Bible Groups, 9:30 am, Sunday; Worship, 10:45 am with nursery. Bible and Prayer Group, 7 am and 7 pm on Wednesday.

Calvary Independent Baptist Church

2 Side Cut Road (next to RR station),

West Redding

Kenneth Brooks, Pastor

Sunday School 10:00 am, Sunday Morning Service 11 am, • Sunday evening service 6 PM Wed. evening service 7 pm • Nursery care provided

CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH

Gregory Wismar, Pastor

Deanna Ray, Parish Worker for

 Youth and Education

85 Mt Pleasant Road at Tory Lane,

426-6300, 426-0651, FAX, 270-8178

The Twentieth Sunday, October 10, after Pentecost will be celebrated at the 10:30 am service. New members will be welcomed during the service. Sunday School and bible Classes are held at 9:00 am. At 2:00 pm the Youth Group will be going on a Mystery Apple Picking Expedition. The calendar for the week includes a rehearsal of the Senior Choir on Wednesday at 8:00 pm and a meeting of the Confirmation class on Thursday at 7:00 pm. The Friday Bible Study Group meets at 12:30 in the church office.

CHRIST THE SAVIOR ORTHODOX MISSION

Middle Quarter Mall

706 Main Street South, Woodbury, CT 06798

Fr  Vladimir Aleandro, Priest, 263-0809

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 afterwards. Saturday Great Vespers, 6pm.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

OF LATTER DAY SAINTS

Bishop Gary Hutchison

Saw Mill Road, 270-1455

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, second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm.

COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Meeting in The Old Meeting House

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, please 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, SOUTHBURY

27 Roxbury Road (corner of Rts. 6 & 67)

Southbury, CT • 262-1944

Sunday Services at 11:00 a.m. Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. for young people up to age of 20. Wednesday testimony meeting at 7:30 p.m. Child care is provided.

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH

466 Elm Street, Monroe, CT; 268-7596

Julia Haspel-Schoenfeld, Pastor

On Sunday, October 10, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will have worship services with Holy Communion at 8:00 am and 10:30 am. The Sunday Church School will meet at 9:15 am.

 

GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

174 Mt Pleasant Road, Newtown, 270-1005

The Rev Barry Fredericks, Pastor

The Rev Sheila Fredericks, Associate Pastor

Christopher Caton, Administrator

Adam Fredericks, Children & Youth Pastor

Sunday worship 8 am & 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 10:00 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

Fr Luke Mihaly, Priest

Robert Hubiak, Youth Director

 Susan Paltauf,  Choir Director

Sunday Divine Liturgy, 10 am. Coffee hour follows. Church School every Thursday at 6:30 pm Perogie cooking sessions Tuesday, 9 am to noon. We are a New Calendar, English services parish. Guests and visitors always welcome.

MATTATUCK UNITARIAN

UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY

122 South Pomperaug Avenue, Woodbury

Rev. Bonnie Vegiard

 266-4810

service this Sunday, October 10 at 10:30 am.  The service will take place in the Society’s meetinghouse, 122 South Pomperaug Ave in Woodbury. Religious Education and Child Care are available during the service. Visitors are welcome.

Newtown Baptist Church

102 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook

Pastor Allen Johnson

426-3819

The Newtown Baptist Church is a local church with a world-wide vision for reaching souls with the Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We are a warm and friendly church with a ministering heart. Our goal is to help meet the spiritual needs of the individual, the family, as well as our community. Sunday School - 10 am, Sunday Morning Service 11:00 am, Sunday Children’s Church 11:00 am, Sunday Evening Service 6;00 pm, Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:00 pm. (Nursery is provided for all of our services.)

NEWTOWN CHRISTIAN CHURCH

210 Sugar Street, Newtown; 426-6189

Jack Tanner, Minister

Alan Richardson, Youth Minister

Elders, Joe Glynn, Jack Tanner

Deacons, Bill Hemby, Bob Marcinka

Treasurer, Ron Malin.

Bible School, 9:45 am; Worship, 11 am; Mid week Bible Study and Prayer, Wednesday, 7:30 pm. Women’s Fellowship. The church hosts a number of youth activities, including National Youth Week in January, Vacation Bible School in July and August, special outings for junior high and senior high students, and a Christmas workshop during December. The congregation is locally autonomous. 

NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

The Rev Steven Gordon, Senior Minister

The Rev Janice Touloukian, Associate Minister

The Rev Alastair Sellars, Pastor Emeritus

Edwin Corfey, Commissioned Lay Minister

Church at 14 West Street

 Office at 41A Main Street; 426-9024

Rev Steven Gordon, will lead the 10:00 am worship service, Sunday, October 10, assisted by Rev Janice Touloukian. There will be a special announcement of the coffee hour speaker in the undercroft following the service. Keegan Finlayson, who was the Fairfield East Assoc of the United Church of Christ Youth Delegate at the national 1999 Synod in Providence, RI, will share his experience. Also there will be announcement of the Crop Walk, the ecumenical fund raiser set for October 26. Kathy Burton from Church World Service will lead the Church School Chapel from 9:45-11:15 am in the Church House 41-A Main ST.

 

NEWTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

The Rev Terry W. Pfeiffer, pastor

Rev E Sue Klein, deacon

92 Church Hill Road, 426-9998

Newtown United Methodist Church will hold Worship Service each Sunday at 8:00 am. Adult Church School Classes are at 8:45 am followed by Family Worship with Church School at 10:00 am.

STEPNEY BAPTIST CHURCH

423 Main Street, Monroe • 268-9680

The Stepney Baptist Church service times are as follows: Sunday School will begin at 9:00am, Fellowship time 10:00 amd and the Worship Service is at 10:30 am. For more information, please contact the church office at 268-9680.

ST JOHN’S EPISCOPAL

The Rev William Padgett, Priest

Kim Keenan and F. David Minor, Co-Wardens

(St. John’s continued)

Washington Ave (PO Box 716)

Sandy Hook, 426-9938

Sunday, Holy Eucharist and Sermon, 9:30 am; Church school for  children, 9:30 am. Child care provided. Annual events include Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. St John’s is the home of FAITH’s food pantry, an ecumenical ministry which 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 Backdoor Cafe, sponsored by Newtown’s public schools.

ST PETER AND PAUL

 ORTHODOX CHURCH, OCA

A mission parich of the

 Orthodox Church of America

93 Dodingtown Rd, Bethel, CT

Vespers, Sat. at 6:00 pm; Divine Liturgy, Sunday 10:00 am. Prayer ministry on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm with class following. Calls us at 203-791-9994 or visit www.oca.org for directions. Services in English, All are welcome!

ST ROSE OF LIMA CHURCH

The Rev Robert E. Weiss, Pastor

The Rev Lawrence A. Larson, Parochial Vicar

The Rev Peter J. Towsley, Parochial Vicar

Deacons are Kenneth Stroud, Thomas F. Curran

46 Church Hill Road; 426-2572

Daily Masses, 6:45 and 9 am; Saturday, 8 am and 4 and 5:30 pm; Confessions are Saturday from 3-4 pm, or by appointment; Sunday Masses are 7:30, 9, 10:30 am and noon; pre-baptismal instruction on first Sunday at 1:30 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. Director of Religious Education, Alice Kohler; Organist and Choir Director, Delores Gerety. Parish Advisory Council Chairman, Stan Karpacz; Women’s Club President, Debra Sennefelder. Annual events include a parish carnival, a Christmas fair and parish dances.

TRINITY CHURCH

The Rev Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd, Rector

The Rev Kurt J. Huber, Assistant to the Rector

36 Main Street; 426-9070

Holy Eucharist, Sunday at 8 and 9:45 am; Morning Prayer, Tuesday, 9:30 am; Wednesday, Holy Eucharist and Healing, 7:15 pm; Wednesday, Bible Study, noon; Girls Choir, Tuesday, 5 pm; Boys Choir, Thursday, 5 pm; Primary Choir (call church for day and time); Adult Choir, Thursday, 7:30 pm. Administrative Assistant, Patricia G. Ehlers; Organist/ Choirmaster, Maria Coffin; Parish Secretary, Margaret Cassin; Sexton, Jack Qubick; Church School Director, Carol Zimmerman. Wardens, Paul Parvis and Anne McWhirter; Treasurer, Ellsworth Stringer; Clerk, Patricia Patrick; Altar Guild Co-Director, Sallie Meffert and Peg Watson.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY

of Northern Fairfield County

Rev Dr Daniel Simer O’Connell, Minister

9 Picketts Ridge Road, West Redding,

438-4281 (main office) or

 438-2534 (minister’s study)

UUSNFC has two Sunday services at 9:00 and 11:00 am. On Sunday, October 3, our minister, Rev Dr Daniel O’Connell, will lead a service on Overcoming Temptation. We will aslo perform child dedications today. Religious Education and child care for young children are available during both services.

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)

21 West Whisconier Road, Brookfield; 775-2624

The Rev Royal Garren

An eight-week discussion series on God’s Word for Contemporary Christians began on Sunday, September 19. A small group setting will be used to explore relevancy and application of Scriptures for today’s Christian. The discussion group will be held at Valley Presbyterian church and will start at 11:00 am, after the 9:30 am worship service. The discussion group is open to the public. For more information, contact the church office or Rev Royal Garren.

Area Synagogues

B’NAI ISRAEL

122 South Pomperaug Ave

 Woodbury, CT, 263-3213

Friday services at 7:30 pm.

CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL

Rabbi Moshe Betan

PO Box 623, Huntingtown Road

426-5188 or 426-6817

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 Saturday of the month, 9:30 am; Hebrew School, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 4:15 pm; Sunday School at 8-10 am and 9:45 am-noon. President, Dr Henry Danziger, 270-9827. The sisterhood is made up of ladies of the synagogue. President, Susan Morse, 426-5197. Traditional events include a Purim Carnival, Community Seder, 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

Laura Duvall, President

Congregation B’nai Israel services holds services every Saturday morning at 9:30 am. All are welcome. Saturday, October 9, Bereshit: (Announcing the new moon) Genesis I: The meaning of being created in the image God.

UNITED JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUE

141 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury; 748-3355

Rabbi Bradd Boxman

Reform Services Friday 8 pm. Family Service, 3rd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm. Saturdays during the school year at 11:15 am. Traditional services, Saturday 8:45 am.