WHERE TO WORSHIP

?EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a partial list of places to worship in Laguna Beach. If you would like to list your church, temple or synagogue, send us your listing via fax to 494-8979 or e-mail to coastlinepilot@latimes.com. Please include the name of the place of worship, the address, phone number, service times, and pastor or rabbi.

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CALVARY CHAPEL SEASIDE

There is Sunday Worship Service at 10 a.m. and a Friday Night Worship Service at 7 p.m. at the Lang Park Multi-purpose Room, Wesley Drive. Child care and Children’s Ministry available. For more information call (949) 200-7388 or visit www.calvaryseaside.org

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CALVARY LAGUNA

There is a 6:30 a.m. service Saturday, at Main Beach.

Men’s Prayer 6:30 a.m. Saturdays at Laguna Main Beach

The Edge, a Bible Study for all ages, meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at the Coffee Pub, 384 Forest Ave. For information, call (949) 679-1000 or www.CalvaryLaguna.com.

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CHABAD JEWISH CENTER

30804 S. Coast Highway

Laguna Beach

(949) 499-0770

Services are Monday through Friday at 6:15 a.m., Friday at 6 p.m., and Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. There is also Jewish Mysticism at 9:45 a.m. before services.

Rabbi: Eli Goorevitch

YOM KIPPUR

?Sept. 21: Kol Nidrei Services: 7 p.m.

?Sept. 22: Morning Services: 10 a.m.; Yizkor Memorial Service: 12:30 p.m.

Mincha & Neilah Services: 5 p.m.; Fast Ends at 7:26 p.m.

Services are open to the entire community. For seat reservations or more information, call (949) 499-0770, or visit our website at www.chabadoflaguna.com

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CHURCH BY THE SEA

An Evangelical Free Church

(Formerly Calvary Evangelical Free Church)468 Legion Street

(949) 494-6191

www.LagunaChurch ByTheSea.org

Sunday Services are at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

There is Sunday School for infants through junior high.

Junior High & High School Youth Group meets Tuesday nights from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

635 High Drive

(949) 494-3040

Service times are at 10 a.m. Sunday. There are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday testimonials.

Sunday school is at 10 a.m. Sunday.

Child care is provided for all services.

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM

284 Forest Ave.

(949) 494-4503

Open daily except Sundays and major holidays.

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HARE KRISHNA CULTURAL CENTER

285 Legion St.

(949) 494-7029

Public Service is at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Tukaram Garvey, director

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THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND PROSPERITY

Center for Prosperous Living

204 Santa Rosa Court

(949) 715-0294 or www.lagunabeach-cpl.org

Sacred Sunday Gathering 11 a.m., potluck directly following.

The Rev. Diane Wolcott Watson, senior minister; the Rev. Linda Morris, staff minister.

Parking is limited, so please come early. Spiritual counseling and practitioners available by appointment.

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LAGUNA PRES- BYTERIAN CHURCH

415 Forest Ave.

(949) 494-7555; www.lagunapreschurch.org

Sunday services at 8:30 and 10 a.m. There is a nursery, toddler care and Sunday school.

Jerry Tankersley, Steven Sweet, Kathy Sizer, the Rev. Jim McCluskey, ministers.

?Pastor’s Bible studies at 9:15 a.m. Tuesdays in Hills Hall and 7 a.m. Wednesdays in the parlor.

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NEIGHBORHOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

340 St. Ann’s Dr.

Laguna Beach

(949) 494-8061

A sanctuary for individual and communal spiritual growth, guided by the teachings of Jesus, with openness to all spiritual paths and all people who seek to know God, in the hope of transforming ourselves and the world. Please join us in this journey.

Adult and children’s service at 10 a.m. Coffee and refreshments served afterward.

Interim pastor: the Rev. Dr. Bill Peterson.

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PROJECT LAGUNA PREACH

Project Laguna Preach leads a Bible study on Main Beach boardwalk every Sunday at 4:30 p.m.

(949) 364-0635

Website: groups.myspace.com/ projectlagunapreach

Leader of teaching: Jared Personius

Leader of Worship: Travis Wheeland

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ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA

990 Temple Terrace Drive

Laguna Beach

(949) 494-9701

Service times are 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and noon Sunday. A Spanish mass is celebrated at 1:15 p.m. Sunday. Confessions, 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday

Pastor: The Rev. Eamon O’Gorman

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ST. FRANCIS BY-THE-SEA

430 Park Ave.

Laguna Beach

(949) 497-4678

Services are at 9 a.m. Sunday

Pastor: Archbishop Simon Talarczyk

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ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL

428 Park Ave.

Laguna Beach

(949) 494-3542

Service times are 8 a.m. and10 a.m. Sunday, with child care available at 10 a.m.

A healing service is 10 a.m. Tuesdays The parish office is open 9 a.m. to noon Mondays and Fridays; and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays

Rector: The Rev. Elizabeth Rechter

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ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN

1190 Morningside Drive

Laguna Beach

(949) 494-7998; St_PaulsLutheran Church@msn.com

Services are 10 a.m. Sunday. Sunday School and adult Bible study classes begin at 9 a.m.

Vicar Douglas D. Francik, pastor.

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THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

685 Park Ave. at Manzanita, across from Laguna Beach High School.

Laguna Beach

(949) 494-6095

Services are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesdays for teens.

Bishop Christopher Wilson

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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP

429 Cypress Drive

Laguna Beach

(949) 497-4568

Service times are 10:30 a.m. Sunday. A children’s religious education program is provided. Coffee and conversation follow services.

Minister: The Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale.

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Sept. 23: Holding Tight and Letting Go.

The challenges of change call us to be imaginative and perseverant; to discern what to hold on to and what to let go. This is so both in our personal lives and in the life of a faith community. The Rev. Bets Wienecke, who is the Pacific Southwest District’s Ministerial Settlement representative, will share one of her favorite stories about adventuring into the unknown and outline the process of searching for and finding a new settled minister for this congregation.

? UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

21632 Wesley Drive

Laguna Beach

(949) 499-3088

Sunday service at 9:45 a.m. Child care and elementary Sunday School available.

The Youth Group gathering Sundays from 5 to 7:30 p.m. with snack supper, fun and fellowship.

Pastor: The Rev. Ginny Wheeler.