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 your listing to [email protected]. Include the name of the place of worship, the address, phone number, service times, and pastor or rabbi.

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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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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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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.

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 on Second Street while the church is undergoing major retrofitting and refurbishing for earthquake safety and restoration. All are invited.

?Wednesday: Ash Wednesday Communion Service at 7 p.m.

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NEIGHBORHOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

340 St. Ann’s Drive

(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. Adult and children’s service at 10 a.m. Coffee and refreshments served afterward.

Pastor: the Rev. Brian J. (“BJ”) Beu

?Wednesday: Ash Wednesday services begin the season of Lent with a soup supper at 6 p.m. prior to a worship service at 7 p.m.

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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

groups.myspace.com/ projectlagunapreach

Leader of teaching: Jared Personius

Leader of Worship: Travis Wheeland

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REDEMPTION CHURCH

(949) 715-4698

www.redemption community.org

New nondenominational church meets for 9 a.m. Sunday Service at 1085 Laguna Canyon Road (parking lot at Boys and 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

(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.

(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

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

Pastors: Doug and Cindy Williams.