Church schedules annual meeting

OLD LYME — Members and friends of Saint Ann's Parish will gather for their Annual Meeting at 11 a.m. Jan. 29 at the church. The meeting will be preceded by a 9:30 worship service. Light refreshments will be served after the service and before the annual meeting. The meeting is a celebration of the work of the parish for the year 2022. Reports are given and a slate of officers and members for the board, the Vestry, is presented for election. A highlight of this year's meeting will be the adoption of proposed revisions to the bylaws. All are welcome to join the fellowship and business of the day.

Saint Mary School to hold open house

MILFORD — In celebration of “Catholic Schools Week,” Saint Mary School in Milford invites the community to explore and learn more about the school and its offerings, and to meet teachers, staff and Saint Mary families during an Open House event, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31. RSVP or for more information visit saintmaryschoolmilford.org.

‘Real People Real Talk’ lectures offered

ORANGE/WOODBRIDGE — Chabad of Orange/Woodbridge presents Real People Real Talk. The guest speaker Jan. 29 is Judge Ruchie Freier, a New York City Criminal Court Judge. She began her career in 2001 as an intern in the Manhattan office of then- US Senator, Hillary Clinton. In 2011, she founded Ezras Nashim, an all-female Orthodox Jewish volunteer EMT ambulance service established with the goal of preserving women's modesty in emergency medical situations, especially childbirth. To purchase tickets go to https://rbgy/qgxmsp

Congregation BEKI announces programs

NEW HAVEN — Congregation Beth El – Keser Israel [BEKI], 85 Harrison Street in Westville, offers in-person services twice daily, led by Rabbi Eric Woodward or congregants. Weekday services are also available on Zoom. Details at beki.org

Feb. 11: Author Roya Hakakian will speak about Women, Life and Liberty: Current Protests in Iran. Born and raised in Tehran, she arrived in the U.S. in 1985. Her writing includes the memoir Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran and Assassins of the Turquoise Palace.

Feb. 22: BE SMART for Kids will be the topic for a Zoom conversation Wednesday evening, February 22 with Joanna Taczanowsky, who is the state lead of that effort. The presentation will address gun accidents and the risk of guns in suicide.

March 1: A new documentary conceived and narrated by Carol Anderson, will be shown on Zoom, followed by a conversation with the producer, titled I, Too, from the Langston Hughes poem with those opening words. Details at beki.org

March 6: Erev Purim festivities; Adar celebration will begin a week earlier, Feb. 24-25, with Crazy Hat Shabbat.

Adults and children are encouraged to wear crazy hats as a warmup to Purim, when full costumes are encouraged. Details at beki.org

Congregation B’Nai Jacob schedules services, events

WOODBRIDGE — Congregation B'nai Jacob, 75 Rimmon Road, Woodbridge, announces the following services and programs. We are streaming and live for Shabbat evening and morning services. We are no longer Zooming these services. We ask that anyone entering the building vaccinated, including boosters.

Saturday: 9 a.m., Bread and Torah; 9:45 a.m. Shabbat Services, including the Bar Mitzvah of Ethan Vatner, son of Amy and Dan Vatner

Feb. 5: 11 a.m., Adult Ed Zoom Program “Sisters of Salaam Shalom”.

Feb. 12, 10 a.m. Adult Ed. Zoom book discussion with Rachel Korazim

Evening Minyans at 6 p.m.. Friday night Shabbat services begin at 6 p.m. until further notice.

Weekday morning Minyans, 7:45 a.m. in the Chapel and on Zoom. Come in person to the chapel to read Torah on Mondays and Thursdays.

Congregation Or Shalom schedules services

ORANGE — Congregation Or Shalom, 205 Old Grassy Hill Road, Orange, is holding the following services and programs. To register for a Zoom event, call the office at 203-7992341 or email coshalom@sbcglobal.net

Minyan Services on Zoom: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday, 8:30 a.m.; Thursday, 8:30 a.m.

Shabbat Services on Zoom and in person: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.

Temple Beth Sholom services

HAMDEN — Temple Beth Sholom, 189 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, offers daily morning and evening minyans, and Friday night and Saturday morning Shabbat services. All services are in-person and on Zoom.

Morning Minyan is held Monday through Friday at 7:15 a.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.

Minyan is held MondayFriday at 6:45 p.m.

Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat service begins at 7:30 p.m. Shabbat morning service begins at 9:30 a.m.

More information can be found on https://tbshamden.com/worship.