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 [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 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 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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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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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.

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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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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

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: Reverend Stefanie Etzbach-Dale.

?Sunday: Caring Through Touch, Rev. Hannah Petrie

Guest minister Rev. Petrie, will share her spiritually formative experience at seminary and beyond of caring for the homeless through massage.

Caring for the homeless is a ministry of presence that can present a challenge to UUs because it may fix nothing, but is readily accessible to both giver and receiver.

Rev. Hannah, a lifelong UU, is a graduate of Starr King School for the ministry and is currently serving Neighborhood UU Church in Pasadena as the Assistant Minister of Social Justice. Service Leader: John Mutz

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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 gathering Sundays from 5 to 7:30 p.m. with snack supper, fun and fellowship.

Pastors: Doug and Cindy Williams.