WHERE TO WORSHIP
?EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a partial list of places to worship in Laguna Beach. If you would like to list yours, e-mailcoastlinepilot@ latimes.com. Include the name of the place of worship, the address, phone number, service times, and worship leader.
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CALVARY CHAPEL SEASIDE
949) 200-7388
Sunday morning worship service is at 10 a.m. and Wednesday evening Bible study and worship is at 7 p.m.
Women’s Ministry meets the first Sunday of the month after the service for lunch. Men’s Ministry meets at 8:30 a.m. the first and third Saturday mornings at Ruby’s. Services are in the Lang Park multipurpose Room on Wesley Drive. Child care and Children’s Ministry available Sunday.
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CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING
(949) 715-0294
Armchair Ministries meets in parishioners’ homes.
The Rev. Diane Wolcott Watson, senior minister
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CHABAD JEWISH CENTER
30804 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 499-0770
Services are at 6:15 a.m. Monday through Friday, at 6 p.m. Fridays, and at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. There is also Jewish Mysticism at 9:45 a.m. before the service. Services are open to the entire community. Torah Tots Preschool is available Monday through Friday. Chabad Hebrew School meets from 4:15 to 6:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoons.
Rabbi Eli Goorevitch
?7:30 p.m. Wednesday: Community Passover Seder. $36 for adults, $18 for children. Reservations needed by Sunday.
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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 8:30 and 10:30 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 is at 6:30 a.m. Saturday at Main Beach.
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LAGUNA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
415 Forest Ave.
(949) 494-7555
Sunday services at 8:30 and 10 a.m. There is a nursery, toddler care and Sunday school.
Pastor’s Bible studies are at 9:15 a.m. Tuesdays in Hills Hall and 7 a.m. Wednesdays in the parlor.
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 Street.
Jerry Tankersley, Steven Sweet, Kathy Sizer, the Rev. Jim McCluskey, ministers.
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NEIGHBORHOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
340 St. Ann’s Drive
(949) 494-8061
Adult and children’s service is at 10 a.m. Coffee and refreshments served afterward. The Rev. Brian J. (“BJ”) Beu
?10 a.m. Sunday: Palm Sunday Processional and Dramatic Worship Service. A dramatic retelling of the last days of Jesus will follow the traditional Palm Sunday Processional. Revs. B. J. Beu and Mary Scifres will share reflections and memories of the Jesus’ Passion and Death through the eyes of Peter and Mary Magdalene. All are welcome, followed by a brunch reception in Bridge Hall.
?7 p.m. Thursday: Holy Thursday Drama & Worship: A re-enactment of the Last Supper will take place. Worship also includes Communion, open and available to all who wish to receive the sacrament.
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PROJECT LAGUNA PREACH
(949) 364-0635
groups.myspace.com/ projectlagunapreach
Project Laguna Preach leads a Bible study on Main Beach boardwalk every Sunday at 4:30 p.m.
Jared Personius, leader of teaching, and Travis Wheeland, leader of worship
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REDEMPTION CHURCH
(949) 715-4698
www.redemption community.org
New nondenominational church meets for 9 a.m. Sunday Service at the Boys and Girls Club, 1085 Laguna Canyon Road. Nursery and Kids’ Ministry available for infants through elementary school-aged children.
Pastor Phil Wood
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ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA
990 Temple Terrace Drive
(949) 494-9701
Service times are 8 a.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Saturday; 7:30, 9, and 11 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. (in Spanish) and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Confessions are from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The Rev. Eamon O’Gorman
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ST. FRANCIS BY-THE-SEA
430 Park Ave.
(949) 497-4678
Services are at 9 a.m. Sunday
Archbishop Simon Talarczyk
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ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL
428 Park Ave.
(949) 494-3542
www.stmaryslagunabeach .org
Sunday Services are at 8 a.m. Said Service is at 10 a.m. Choral Eucharist, Sunday school; child care is available at 10 a.m. Healing Service is at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Centering Prayer is at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday. Taize Service is at 7 p.m. the third Monday of each month. The parish office is open 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Rev. Elizabeth Rechter
All members of the community are invited to participate in any services planned during Holy Week.
?Sunday: Palm/Passion Sunday: 8 a.m., Rite I; 10 a.m., Rite II.
?Wednesday: 8 a.m. Morning Prayer.
?Thursday: 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday Services.
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THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
685 Park Ave.
(949) 494-6095
Services are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday and at 7 p.m. Wednesdays for teens.
Bishop Christopher Wilson
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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
429 Cypress Drive
(949) 497-4568
Services are 10:30 a.m. Sunday. A children’s religious education program is provided. Coffee and conversation follow services.
?Sunday: Stephen Gutwillig, the state director for Drug Policy Alliance Network will speak about the failures of America’s “war on drugs” and discuss more compassionate and effective drug policies in the future. Service followed by an inexpensive lunch so attendees the opportunity to speak with Gutwillig.
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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
21632 Wesley Drive
(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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