The Norwalk Hour

Saturday

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Beit Chaverim Synagogue of Westport

85 Post Road W., Westport

Traditiona­l Shabbat services and weekly Torah readings led by Rabbi Greg Wall at 9 a.m.

Friday services at 7 p.m.

Congregati­on Beth El Norwalk

109 East Ave. Saturday morning Shabbat services, 9:30 am

Friday night Shabbat services, 6:30 pm

Sunday St. Peter’s Lutheran Church

208 Newtown Ave., Norwalk

10 a.m. Sunday worship service. Sunday school and Bible study at 8:45 a.m. Public welcome.

The Rev. Robert Beinke is pastor.

St. Paul’s on the Green

60 East Ave., Norwalk Solemn Eucharist at 9 and 11 a.m., Sunday school at 10:10 a.m. Child care during 9 and 11 a.m. services. Coffee hour follows services.

9 p.m.: Compline, 20 minutes of Gregorian chant in a candlelit church.

Noroton Presbyteri­an Church

2011 Post Road, Darien Chapel: 8:30 a.m.; sanctuary: 10 a.m.; chapel: 5 p.m.

Only Sunday morning services have profession­al child care. Bible studies, ministry activities and small groups for adults and fun activities for youth. www.norotonchu­rch.org

The Rev. John Seiders, interim senior pastor; the Rev. Brandi Drake, associate pastor; and the Rev. Jimmy McPherson, associate pastor.

Emmanuel Episcopal

285 Lyons Plain Road, Weston

Holy Eucharist Rite II at 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II with music at 10 a.m. Sunday school for children in pre-kindergart­en to sixth grade at 10 a.m.

Eucharist service Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. is followed by Bible study at 10:30.

The Rev. Katharine Piazza is priest-in-charge.

Christ Episcopal Church

2 Emerson St., Norwalk The Holy Eucharist is celebrated at 8 and 10 a.m. on Sundays. Church school and child care available. christchur­cheast norwalk.org.

Bethel AME Church

Merwin and Academy streets, Norwalk

Services at 8 and 10:30 a.m., Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Bible study at 6 and 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Pastor is the Rev. Richard W. Clarke.

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

36 New Canaan Road, Wilton

Holy Eucharist at 8 and 10 a.m. The Rev. Mary Grace Williams is rector.

Saugatuck Congregati­onal Church

245 Post Road East, Westport

10 a.m. services. The Rev. Alison Buttrick Patton is pastor.

Shiloh Baptist Church

68 Van Zant St., Norwalk 10 a.m. service, Sunday school at 9 a.m. Prayer and Bible study Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The Rev. Alan B. Thorne is pastor.

First Congregati­onal Church of Norwalk

Park and Lewis streets 10 a.m. Sunday worship. Sunday school children included at beginning of service.

The Rev. Mark Montgomery is interim pastor.

Miracle Temple Church of God in Christ

2 Trinity Place, Norwalk Sunday school at 9 a.m., worship service at 10. On Monday, Prayer Hour of Power at 6:30 p.m.; on Tuesday, Bible study at 7 p.m., and on Thursday, Men’s Group at Fellowship Hall at 7 p.m.

The Rev. Jacob Kelly is pastor.

First Congregati­onal Church of Darien

14 Brookside Road 8:30 and 10 a.m. services. The Rev. Dale Rosenberge­r. Gary Morello is associate minister. Church school and child care available during 10 a.m. service. uccdarien.org

Calvin Reformed

19 Lexington Ave., Norwalk

9:30 a.m. worship service. The Rev. John Cardamone is pastor.

St. Michael’s Lutheran Church

5 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan

10 a.m. worship and communion. Nursery care available during service. Fellowship hour follows service. Senior choir 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

New Light Missionary Baptist Church

22 Lexington Ave., Norwalk

Service at 9 a.m., Sunday church school at 10:45.

Hope Church

240 Wolfpit Road, Wilton Worship at 9:30 a.m. Nursery care for children up to age 3, children’s church for first to third grades. Crossroads spiritual training for adults, teens and children at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Don Hay is senior pastor.

Cornerston­e Community Church — A United Methodist Church

718 West Ave., Norwalk Merged congregati­ons of East Avenue United Methodist Church, Norwalk United Methodist Church and El Camino. The Rev. R. Randy Day is pastor.

10 a.m. worship service with Bible study to follow. Nursery care and Sunday school. Fellowship time after service. All are welcome.

United Methodist Church of Westport/Weston

49 Weston Road Worship and Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. Heather Sinclair is senior pastor.

Zion’s Hill United Methodist Church

470 Danbury Road, Wilton

Service at 11:30 a.m. A time of fellowship follows worship. The Rev. Michael H. Barry is pastor.

Rowayton United Methodist Church

Pennoyer Street and Rowayton Avenue, Norwalk

Service at 10 a.m. The Rev. Michael Cobb will preach. Sunday school at 10:15 a.m. Child care. Fellowship time.

Church of the Good Shepherd

163 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk

10:30 a.m. Sunday services with the Rev. Kevin Mullins.

Community Baptist Church

105 East Ave., Norwalk Sunday school for all ages at 9 a.m. Worship at 10 a.m.; nursery and children’s care during service. Fellowship following service. Monday prayer at 6:30 p.m.

The Rev. Gregory Saunders is pastor.

Parkway Assembly of God

260 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk

9 a.m. Sunday school for all ages. 10 a.m. worship service. 6 p.m. evening worship.

Praise and Prayer service is Thursday at 7 p.m. Youth meeting is Saturday at 10 a.m.

Mount Zion Baptist Church

96 S. Main St., Norwalk Services at 10 a.m. Sunday school at 8:30 a.m.

Christian Fellowship

139 Lexington Ave. Extension, Norwalk

Sunday school at 9 a.m., service at 10 a.m. Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Nondenomin­ational.

The Rev. Marlon Smith is pastor.

Crossroads Fellowship of Wilton

15 Station Road (Trackside Youth Center)

All welcome. Grace and truth inspired by the Holy Spirit is preached. Interdenom­inational service at 10 a.m. led by the Rev. Peter Westfield. Children’s church, refreshmen­ts, handicappe­d access.

Call 203-665-8246 for prayer or informatio­n.

Word Alive Bible Church

536 West Ave., Norwalk Worship at 10 a.m. led by the Rev. Artie Kassimis. Sunday school classes for fifth- and sixth-graders at 9 a.m., and preschool through fourth grade at 9:45 a.m.

Evening service and youth services at 7 p.m. Wednesday with child care.

Wilton Congregati­onal Church

70 Ridgefield Road, Wilton

10 a.m. Sunday service. Church school and nursery care at 10 a.m. Contempora­ry service Saturday once a month. The Rev. Anne Coffman is transition­al senior minister.

Norwalk Church of the Nazarene

146 Main St., Norwalk Worship at 10 a.m. Bible study at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Teen night at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Keith Welch is pastor.

A Religious Science of Life Center

10 a.m. service led by the Rev. Fred Ogletree and the Rev. Pat Ogletree. Meditation at 9:30 a.m.

Wilton Presbyteri­an Church

48 New Canaan Road Service and Sunday school at 10 a.m. The Rev. Shannon A. White is pastor.

Church of God at Norwalk

463 Flax Hill Road, Norwalk

10 a.m. service. A brethren church. Nondenomin­ational. Bilingual English/Spanish.

World Internatio­nal United Church

Doubletree Hotel, 789 Connecticu­t Ave., Norwalk

House of Prophecies and Prayer

2 Berkeley St., Norwalk Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Sunday school is 1:30 to 2 p.m.

Praise and worship from 2 to 3 p.m., service at 3 p.m. Prophet Sadie Lee Miles.

Quakers at Friends Meeting House

317 New Canaan Road, Wilton

Peace, strength and optimism come from the communal meditation at 10 a.m. Give your children this experience, too. Child care is available.

Norfield Congregati­onal Church

64 Norfield Road, Weston

First Church of Christ, Scientist

55 Compo Road S., Westport

Church service and Sunday school at 10 a.m.

Christian healing and testimony meetings at 12:15 p.m. in Reading Room, 1767 Post Road East, and at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church.

United Church of Rowayton

210 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk

Services at 10:15 a.m. Sunday. Holy Communion celebrated the first Sunday of every month. This week features a living Nativity with inspiratio­nal music and the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke.

The Rev. John Livingston is pastor. Marsha Hall is the director of music and Judi Livingston is the children’s choir director.

Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church

25 Van Zant St., Norwalk Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., worship at 10:30.

Bible study at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Prayer meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Rev. William N. Davis is pastor.

Calvary Baptist Church

21 Concord St., Norwalk 10:15 a.m. worship, Sunday church school at 9 a.m.

Prayer service and Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday afternoon Bible study at 1 p.m. The Rev. Jeffrey A. Ingraham is pastor.

United Congregati­onal Church

275 Richards Ave., Norwalk

Sunday service starts at 10 a.m. The Rev. Susan M. Pfeil, guest pastor, will deliver the message “Peace, Patience, and Preparatio­n,” with Scripture readings Baruch 5:1-9 and Luke 3:1-6.

Unity Center of Norwalk

3 Main St., Norwalk 10:30 a.m. celebratio­n service led by the Rev. Shawn Moninger, senior minister.

unitycente­rnorwalk.org.

Northeast Community Church

185 East Ave., Norwalk Contempora­ry service at 10:30 a.m. led by the Rev. Thomas Mahoney. Children’s classes at 10:30 a.m.

New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist

139 Lexington Ave. Ex Services at 10 a.m., Sunday school at 9 a.m.

Bible study at 7 p.m. Tuesday (TNT), followed by prayer service.

The Rev. Henry G. Floyd Sr. is pastor.

Kingdom Restoratio­n Ministries

11 Commerce St., Norwalk (rear entrance)

“Restoring the kingdom one soul at a time.”

Kingdom Institute at 1 p.m., followed by worship at 2. Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m. The Rev. Kevin D. Profit is pastor.

Christ & Holy Trinity Church

75 Church Lane, Westport

8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I; 9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II. First Sunday of month, 11:15 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite II. The Rev. John Betit will lead worship.

St. James Missionary Baptist Church

60 Rockland Road, Norwalk

Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Services at 11 a.m.

Prayer service and Bible study Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

Christ Community Church

988 Post Road, Darien Sunday service is at 10:30 a.m., with child care.

Pastors are Landon Reesor and Chad Wade.

Community Advent Christian Church

16 Van Zant St., Norwalk 11 a.m. service, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. 7:30 p.m. Friday Bible study. Traditiona­l music with pipe organ.

Holy Temple Church of God in Christ

1 Butler St., Norwalk Worship service is at 11 a.m., Sunday school starts at 9:30.

Thursday night pastoral preaching is at 7:30.

Elder Sylvester Williamson is pastor.

Wilton Baptist Church

254 Danbury Road, Wilton

9:45 a.m. Sunday school for all, 11 a.m. worship.

The Rev. Caroline Smith is pastor.

Community Baptist

174 Cherry St., New Canaan

Worship service 10 a.m., Sunday school at 9 a.m.

The Rev. Daniel Hickman Sr. is pastor.

Gethsemane Outreach Ministries

25 Kossuth St., Norwalk

 ?? Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticu­t Media ?? Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, of Beth Israel Synagogue in Norwalk, lights the menorah during the Weston/Westport Hebrew School Family Fun Chanukah Event on Tuesday evening at the Norfield Grange in Weston. The Weston/Westport Hebrew School is accepting registrati­on for its new semester that begins Jan. 8. The after-school Hebrew schedule features the very popular Aleph Champ Hebrew reading and writing program for first- through seventh-graders, with a special curricula for kindergart­ners. The program also prepares students for bar and bat mitzvah.
Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticu­t Media Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, of Beth Israel Synagogue in Norwalk, lights the menorah during the Weston/Westport Hebrew School Family Fun Chanukah Event on Tuesday evening at the Norfield Grange in Weston. The Weston/Westport Hebrew School is accepting registrati­on for its new semester that begins Jan. 8. The after-school Hebrew schedule features the very popular Aleph Champ Hebrew reading and writing program for first- through seventh-graders, with a special curricula for kindergart­ners. The program also prepares students for bar and bat mitzvah.

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