With more than 600 students, the Immaculate Conception School is a private, parochial school located in the heart of Towson.
Students at this school include pre-schoolers ages three and up and grades kingergarten through third grade.
The school campus includes a parish church, a preschool building and two main buildings. It is open to both males and females.
Two of the school's main goals are to provide all students with opportunities for a strong faith life and continue to champion superior standards of academic excellence and growth development.
The Hilltop Assembly of God offers Sunday School, Sunday morning worship and mid-week worship for children and teens. The church actively engages in missionary work in Honduras and Iceland, and sponsors various Carroll County community groups. Visit its website for more information on upcoming events, worship podcasts and community news.
Rich in history and tradition, Heritage Baptist Church has been a part of the community of Annapolis for more than a century. The church, which currently has a congregation of about 200 people, originated in 1903 when five members of the Eastport Baptist Church dreamed up its creation and raised enough money to see it through. The church's first location was on College Avenue and it remained there until the church moved to its current spot on Forest Drive in 1972. It was then that the Church became known to residents as Heritage Baptist. The church sanctuary includes four beautiful stained-glass windows, which were moved from the College Avenue facility. Reverend Henry Green serves as the church pastor.
St. Joseph's Catholic Church invites Catholics and those wanting to learn more about the Catholic faith to attend one of its many mass services and/or community events. Masses are celebrated Mondays, Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
The Sugarloaf Unitarian Church prides itself on its acceptance of all people, regardless of religion, creed or sexual orientation. Their teachings advocate liberal religious principles. According to their mission statement, the ministry "is a spiritual community that welcomes questions, explores answers, and shares the lessons of life. We celebrate theological and cultural diversity and are united by our caring for humanity and the earth."
The minister is Rev. Megan Foley. Coffee is served after Sunday service.
United Church of Christ of Annapolis, founded in 1962, is the only UCC parish in Anne Arundel County. An autonomous congregation, it offers children's and adult ministries and church events like Third Sunday Potlucks, Easter projects, Sunday Lunch-Bunch and activities in the memorial garden. In addition, it has a strong mission and outreach program including Lighthouse Shelter, Boys and Girls Club, Sarah's House, Chrysalis House and Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network. In addition, the church is home to Cornerstone Pastoral Care and Counseling Center, an interfaith counseling service with six certified counselors on staff.
Berwyn Baptist Church holds two Sunday worship services each week as well as a weekly Bible Study group for all ages. Community work tdone through the church includes ESL programming and a Pregnancy Aid Center. Religious education is also offered each Sunday. The Brewyn Christian School is also located at this address.
Congregation Har Shalom is a progressive, egalitarian, participatory conservative Jewish congregation located in Potomac. Har Shalom first began in 1964, when a few dozen families used a portable ark and a borrowed Torah and practiced the faith in members' homes and school auditoriums. Now, more than 800 families attend Har Shalom. The congregation has daily services and offers active and diverse educational, social, religious, cultural and community-oriented programs for all ages.
For nearly 14 years, St. Nicholas Episcopal Church held services in borrowed spaces around town before moving into its own church building in May 2009. With 13 acres of land and its central Darnestown location, St. Nicholas is looking to become not only a welcoming church community but also a place for the larger Darnestown community to come together for events.
The church offers several adult programs throughout the week including book study, discussion groups, and Bible study. Following a service on Sundays, the church hosts a discussion group called "Bible and the Sunday paper," about the intersection of faith and current events.
This church's motto is "a place to belong, a place to become," and the church promotes itself as having no prerequisites necessary for attending but rather a place where people are challenged to be the best they can be.
The church is actively involved in community outreach through service projects and mission trips. The congregation has a partnership with an orphanage and vocational training center in Honduras called El Hoger.
In addition to worship services, University United Methodist Church offers an impressive array of study groups and ministries to its members. Knitting ministry, Visual Arts Guild and coffee hours are just a few of the ways in which University United Methodist Church engages its congregation. Hours of worship vary slightly in the summer. Check out the church's Web site at uumcp.org for more details.
