A mix of parishioners and interested local residents gathered in the crisp air around a pair of anvils in the parking lot of Newtown Congregational Church last Sunday afternoon.

With a small group of friends and family cheering them on, the inaugural Polar Pond Plunge served as the finale to the first phase of fundraising for Love Has A Home Here, a grassroots nonprofit planning to purchase Sticks & Stones Farm.

Newtown’s communities of faith found plenty to be thankful for in 2022.

Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown and Congregation B’nai Israel of Danbury co-hosted a Community Hanukkah Celebration at 115 Huntingtown Road on Sunday, December 18.

Newtown United Methodist Church will have two Christmas Eve services this year. The listing in last week’s print edition Worship Services had an incorrect time for the second service.

Bringing hope to the new year, the Right Reverend James E. Curry and Reverend Matthew Crebbin will co-host a Swords To Plowshares transformational experience at Newtown Congregational Church next month.

The founder of Love Has A Home is hoping he will not be alone when he jumps into the pond at Sticks and Stones Farm on New Year's Eve.

Newtown Interfaith Council presented a community prayer vigil on the evening of Wednesday, December 14, at Trinity Episcopal Church.

For the St Rose Knights of Columbus, there is no greater reward than the smiles and joyful excitement of young children on Christmas morning. Nine years ago the group renamed and continued to expand the project, honoring and memorializing a kindergartener who died on 12/14.

Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown and Congregation B’nai Israel of Danbury are pleased to announce a joint Hanukkah celebration to mark the first night of the holiday on Sunday, December 18, in Newtown.