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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CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING
(949) 715-0294 or www.lagunabeach-cpl.org
Armchair Ministries meets in parishioners’ homes.
The Rev. Diane Wolcott Watson, senior minister.
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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 10:30 a.m. Saturday. There is also Jewish Mysticism at 9:45 a.m. before the service.
Rabbi: Eli Goorevitch
Services are open to the entire community. For more information, call (949) 499-0770, or visit www.chabadoflaguna.com.
Torah Tots Preschool Monday through Friday
Chabad Hebrew School meets Tuesday afternoons from 4:15 to 6:15 p.m.
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CHURCH BY THE SEA
An Evangelical Free Church
468 Legion St.
(949) 494-6191
www.lagunachurchby thesea.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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KINGSFIELD CHURCH
(949) 679-1000
Men’s Prayer Service 6:30 a.m. Saturday at Main Beach.
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LAGUNA PRESBYTERIAN 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.
Note: Services are in Fellowship Hall while the church is undergoing major retrofitting and refurbishing for earthquake safety and restoration.
Fellowship Hall is on Second Street, between Forest Avenue and Mermaid Streets. All are invited.
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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.
Pastor: the Rev. Brian J. (“BJ”) Beu
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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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REDEMPTION CHURCH
(949) 715-4698
www.redemptioncommunity .org
New nondenominational church meets for 9 a.m. Sunday Service at 1085 Laguna Canyon Road (parking lot at Boys & Girls Club). Nursery and Kids’ Ministry available for infants through elementary aged children.
Pastor: Phil Wood
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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 Friday; 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Saturday; 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m.; 1:30 p.m. (in Spanish) and 5:30 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.
(949) 494-3542
www.stmaryslaguna beach.org
Sunday Services: 8 a.m.
Said Service: 10 a.m.
Choral Eucharist, Sunday school; child care available at 10 a.m.
Healing Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday
Centering Prayer: 11:45 a.m. Wednesday
Taize Service: 7 p.m., third Monday of each month
The parish office is open 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
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.
Meetings are quarterly, call for dates and times.
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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.
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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 gathers from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Sundays with snack supper, fun and fellowship.
Pastors: Doug and Cindy Williams.
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