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
Sunday Morning Worship Service at 10 a.m. and Wednesday Evening Bible Study and Worship at 7 p.m. Women’s Ministry meets the first Sunday of the month after the service for lunch. Men’s Ministry meets the first and third Saturday mornings at Ruby’s at 8:30 a.m. Services are in the Lang Park multipurpose Room on Wesley Drive. Child care and Children’s Ministry available Sunday. For more information call (949) 200-7388 or visit the website at 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 Hwy.
Laguna Beach
(949) 499-0770
Services are at 6:15 a.m. Monday through Friday, Fridays at 6 p.m., and at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Saturday. There is also Jewish Mysticism at 9:45 a.m. between services.
Rabbi: Eli Goorevitch
Services are open to the entire community. For seat reservations or more information, call (949) 499-0770, or visit www.chabadoflaguna.com
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CHURCH BY THE SEA
An Evangelical Free Church
468 Legion St.
(949) 494-6191
www.lagunachurchbythe sea.org
Sunday Services are at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
There is Sunday School for infants through junior high.
High School Youth Group meets Tuesday evenings and Junior High Youth Group meets Wednesday evenings.
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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.
Basic practical spirituality/ Science of Mind 100 classes start at 6:45 p.m. 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 Drive
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/project lagunapreach
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. and 10 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
Services 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.
Jan. 6: Reflections for the New Year
The holidays are barely over, and here we are facing the exciting opportunities and challenges of 2008. This service invites Lagunans to a gentle, mindful and compassionate start to the new year. It will include a collection of the Guest at Your Table boxes, benefiting the good work of the Unitarian Service Committee.
? 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.
Pastor: the Rev. Ginny Wheeler.
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