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?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 [email protected]. 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.

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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

[email protected]

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

www.KingsfieldChurch.org

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. (“BJâ€Â) 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 [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.

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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