North Shore Community Baptist Church is an evangelical church where a multigenerational family of believers from a variety of denominational backgrounds worship and serve the community together. The church offers small group, youth and children ministries, as well as mother's groups, college ministry and other outreach opportunities.
Worship takes place on Sunday mornings at 8:30am and 11:15am. During summer months, Sunday services are held at 9:30am.
This Temple, founded in the 1970's, was named Hebrew words, Beth Haverim, meaning "House of Friends." In addition to reform Jewish services and ceremonial rituals, this Temple also sponsors several groups available to members of the congregation. There is a youth group available to the younger members of this religious community, various youth and child educational programs offered, social action and volunteer projects run, among other seasonally-offered services. More information about joining the congregation is available by phone or via the website.
The University Lutheran Church is the primary facility for the Stanford Episcopal and Lutheran community. The Episcopal Lutheran Campus Ministry (ELCM), comprised of Stanford undergraduate and graduate students, commonly uses this church for worship as well as non-faith based activities. More commonly known as "UniChu," the church is the hub of a community committed to social justice and hospitality to strangers. A ministry of Episcopal and Lutheran churches, the community welcomes people of all (or no) faiths.
The organization also meets in the CIRCLE Common Room at Stanford University. The gathering includes dinner, conversation and prayer. Other activities include Bible study, current event discussion, games and movies.
The church also houses the Amigos de Palo Alto program, a Spanish Immersion preschool housed at, but not affiliated with, the University Church. It provides a comfortable environment where parents can leave their children for daycare services. Bilingual instructors teach children English in a natural setting.
The church also hosts The Friends Program, a therapeutic group that addresses the developing needs of young children with Asperger's Syndrome. The program aids children with social communication and helps them face the daily challenges of school.
Resurrection Lutheran Church is a Christ-centered church. It offers Sunday worship service and Sunday School. The church was created as an offspring of the merger between two historic Lutheran congregations on Chicago's North Side, Trinity and Messiah.
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.
All Souls Episcopal welcomes all races, colors, creeds and sexual preferences. The services are not in the high Episcopalian tradition, as the music and services are more eclectic and include a choir and Appalachian music band. Child care is available during services. Visit the parish's website for more information.
First Parish in Framingham is a Unitarian Universalist Congregation located next to the Town Green. The church's history dates back to the founding of Framingham in 1700.
The spiritual leader of the Congregation is Rev. Kathleen Hepler. The congregation hold weekly services on Sundays at 9:15 and 11am Sept. through May. 10 am services are available from Memorial day through August.
First Parish offers many opportunities to connect, deepen and serve for youth and adults. Religious exploration programs for pre-k through grade 8, and youth groups for teenagers. Childcare is available during both services. First Parish is very active with social action work groups, fellowship events, spiritual journey groups and more. The congregation has a choir, children's choir, handbell choir and youth chimes choir.
Riverbluff Church is a Christian Baptist church of Christ followers. It offers Sunday worship service with contemporary music. Its worship service is also a time where current issues are discussed, with Biblical teachings around it. The church's lead pastor is Curt Bradford.
Trinity Episcopal Church, led by Rev. Tony Buquor, was founded in 1884. Sunday services are at 8am in the chapel (no music) and 10am in the main church (full choir and hymns).
Church school for children ages 4 to 14 is conducted at 10am, and a nursery is available for infants and very young children. A coffee hour follows both services.
Once during the year, the church offers a class for people interested in learning more about the Anglican Church and the background and meaning of its worship. The class lasts four weeks and begins after the 10am service.
Trinity offers a wide variety of other activities, including a book group, bike club and outreach programs. A schedule of events is available on its website.
The congregation of Crowfield Baptist Church worships in a large, modern, brick building. The church complex has facilities for various events, including church activities, Bible study groups, prayer meetings and much more. The Crowfield Baptist Church emphasizes the importance of staying involved, not only in the lives of its parishioners, but also the wider community. This facility is particularly lively, with some sort of group meeting, event or function taking place nearly every night of the week. Community outreach undertaken by the church includes clothing and food drives for the needy, various mission groups, blood drives and other charitable endeavors.
The oldest house in Pleasantville is the Rectory of St. John's dating from 1785. The current church, however, dates back to 1912.
Lifelong Episcopalians, converts, mixed-faith families and seekers and mixed faith families make up the congregation. The church serves Pleasantville, Hawthorne, Thornwood and Valhalla and surrounding communities. The church has outreach initiatives, both locally and abroad.
Congregation Beth Elohim is a community synagogue. It celebrates diversity and is proud to have members of various ages, ethnicities and spiritual backgrounds and welcomes all people. Congregation Beth Elohim combines Jewish tradition and culture with progressive thought and provides weekly worship services and Jewish education for adults and children. Its library houses more than 3,000 items of Judaica for children, teens and adults.
This Chestnut Hill church is the result of a 1993 merger between the Evangelical Lutheran Christ Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension and its consolidating further into one parish in 1999.
The day care here offers a variety of indoor and outdoor activities and programs. The day care staff is proud of their high teacher to child ratio and are committed to openly communicating with parents. There is an online parent handbook in PDF form.