WHERE TO WORSHIP

NEIGHBORHOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

340 St. Ann’s Dr.

Laguna Beach

(949) 494-8061

An “Open and Affirming” Congregation of the United Church of Christ.

Services are at 10 a.m. Sunday for adult and children’s service. A coffee hour follows.

Interim Pastor: Rev. Dr. Bill Peterson

ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA990 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

ST. FRANCIS BY-THE-SEA430 Park Ave.

Laguna Beach

(949) 497-4678

Services are at 9 a.m. Sunday

Pastor: Archbishop Simon Talarczyk

ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL428 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

ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN1190 Morningside Drive

Laguna Beach

(949) 494-7998; St_PaulsLutheran [email protected]Services are 10 a.m. Sunday. Sunday School and adult Bible study classes begin at 9 a.m.

Vicar Douglas D. Francik, Pastor.

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS685 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

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP429 Cypress Drive

Laguna Beach

(949) 497-4568

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

Co-ministers: The Rev. Sarah Moldenhauer-Salazar and Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale.

May 27: Folk Songs of Soldiering, From the Crimean War to Vietnam; performed by Clark Branson. A musical Memorial Day service dedicated to veterans. Branson is a folk singer and storyteller. He did graduate studies in the folklore/mythology program at UCLA. He will accompany his songs and stories with the music of the dulcimer and concertina.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

21632 Wesley Drive

Laguna Beach

(949) 499-3088

Sunday services are at 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. During the 8:30 a.m. service, child care and elementary Sunday School is provided. During the 10 a.m. service, child care and elementary through high school Sunday School is provided.

The Youth Group meets Sundays from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. There’s snack supper, fun and fellowship.

Pastor: The Rev. Ginny Wheeler

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 [email protected]. Please include the name of the place of worship, the address, phone number, service times and pastor or rabbi.

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.

CHABAD JEWISH CENTER30804 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

CHURCH BY THE SEAAn Evangelical Free Church

(Formerly Calvary Evangelical Free Church)468 Legion Street

(949) 494-6191

www.LagunaChurchBy TheSea.org

Sunday Services are held 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.

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.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM

284 Forest Ave.

(949) 494-4503

Open daily except Sundays and major holidays.

HARE KRISHNA CULTURAL CENTER285 Legion St.

(949) 494-7029

Public Service is at 5 p.m. Sunday

Tukaram Garvey, Director

LAGUNA BEACH NEW THOUGHT SPIRITUAL CENTER

Center for Prosperous Living

204 Santa Rosa Court

(949) 715-0294 or www.lagunabeach-cpl.orgSunday, noon, Sacred Sunday Gathering and potluck at the center office.

Rev. Diane Wolcott Watson, Founding Minister and Spiritual Director

Offering accredited practical spirituality classes; mediation, peacemaking and nonviolence trainings; Science of Mind and metaphysical workshops and movies.

LAGUNA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

415 Forest Ave.

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

A traditional Sunday service is at 9 a.m. and a contemporary service is at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. There is a nursery, toddler care and Sunday school.

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

CALVARY CHAPEL SEASIDEThere 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