RELIGION

Saturday 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.

9:30 a.m. Saturday morning Shabbat services, 6:30 p.m. Friday evening Shabbat services, 8 a.m. weekday Minyan Monday through Friday.

Navasky Hebrew School and Nitzan Nursery School.

Free Baby n Me, 9:30 a.m. Thursdays.

Rabbi Ita Paskind.

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 candlelit church.

Noroton Presbyterian Church

2011 Post Road, Darien The Rev. Gregory Doll, senior pastor; the Rev. Brandi Drake, associate pastor; the Rev. Jimmy McPherson, associate pastor; and the Rev. Gary Morello, associate pastor.

Summer services held at Weed Beach, 8 a.m. each Sunday and open to all visitors. Bring a lawn chair and sunglasses. No Darien beach sticker is required for entry.

Each week the beach service is followed by a more traditional worship service in the church’s airconditioned chapel, beginning at 10 a.m. (with professional infant care provided).

Call the church at 2036551451 or visit our website www.norotonchurch.org for more information.

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 prekindergarten 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 priestincharge.

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.

christepiscopalnorwalkct.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. Marissa S. Rohrbach 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 in 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 holy communion.

The Rev. Derrick Fallon is pastor.

Nursery care available during the service. Fellowship coffee hour follows service. Sunday school for preK through grade 6 at 9:15 a.m. Bible study on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

All are welcome.

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. Liz Abel 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 is pastor. Sunday school at 10:15 a.m. Child care. Fellowship time.

Broad River Church

163 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk

Sunday services at 9 and 10:30 a.m. with Pastor 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 2036658246 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 sixthgraders 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

9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday services with church school and nursery care. The Rev. Anne Coffman is senior minister.

Norwalk Church of the Nazarene

146 Main St., Norwalk Worship at 10 a.m. Bible study at 7:30 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 South, 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 and Rowayton United Methodist Church

The United Church of Rowayton and the Rowayton United Methodist Church have joined hands for summer services at 9:15 a.m. in Pinkney Park. Summer worship leadership will be shared by Pastors John Livingston and Michael Cobb. Bring your own lawn chairs/ blanket, coffee and enjoy the beauty of the Five Mile River and the peaceful setting by the gazebo. All are welcome. If it is raining, worship will be held in the sanctuary of Rowayton United Methodist Church across the street.

The Rev. Livingston will deliver the message “Word & Work.” Scripture Reading: Luke 10:3842.

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 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.

Holy Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of every month.

Guest pastor is the Rev. Tom Lilly

Scripture: Amos 7:717, Luke 10:2537.

Sermon “Plumb Neighborly”

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. Extension

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.

Unity Center of Norwalk

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

unitycenternorwalk.org.

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.

The Rev. Brian S. Hampton is interim pastor.

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