This Jewish worship center exists on lakefront property just off of Sheridan Road in Glencoe. North Shore Congregation Israel was founded in 1920 as a branch of the Classical Reform Sinai Congregation but split with Sinai four years later. Led by Rabbi Steven S. Mason, NSCI is a progressive Jewish community that offers a place of worship and Jewish education for North Shore families. NCSI also provides a Jewish education program for children newborn through four years.
Christ Presbyterian Church is a religious organization located on Centella Street in Carlsbad. The institution offers worship services throughout the week, including a contemporary and traditional prayer service on Sundays. The church offers a wide range of programs for children, youth and adults, including spiritual growth classes, missionary groups, religious education and more. The church also has a preschool, which accepts children ages two and a half to five years in age.
At one point the largest parish in the Archdiocese of Newark, St. Anne is still one of the largest with 3,400 member families. In 1909, the church started out of a house in the Warren Point section of Fair Lawn and by 1926 a church building was built on St. Anne's current site. The present church building was constructed in 1958, and the rectory, office complex and meeting rooms were added in 1966.
There are over 1,000 students enrolled in the church's Sunday classes, sacramental classes, summer sessions, home schooling, and special education programs. Bible study and pre-baptismal and parent sacramental programs are available for adults in the church's diverse community.
The sprawling church also offers boy scouts, girl scouts, a basketball league, six different prayer groups, a club for seniors, support groups, and a nursing ministry, among various other programs and societies.
The St. John Fisher Catholic Church features a chapel, a beautiful garden and a large school. Located at the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Crest Road, the parish is composed of more than 3,000 families from throughout the area. The pastor of St. John Fisher is the Rev. Msgr. David A. Sork.