The Beacon Hill Friends House is a Quaker meeting house and a nonprofit residential co-op. Two adjoining row homes on Chestnut Street house 21 tenants who pay rent in exchange for room and board. The rent money goes to support the Beacon Hill Friends House, which hosts a Quaker meeting service every Sunday from 10:30am - 11:30am.
The Friends House mission is to embody the principles of simplicity, integrity, community and faith. The property was handed over to the Quakers when the owner died in 1957. In addition to serving as a co-op and a meeting house, the Friends House hosts a Quaker Studies Program every fall and occasionally presents speakers.
Residents of the co-op typically only stay for two years. Many are Quakers but the house invites anyone to apply for a spot and they encourage diversity among tenants. The rent is lower than the average rent on Beacon Hill and meals are included in the price. The Friends House has a charming library and parlor for resident use.
The meeting space is simplistic but classically beautiful and looks out onto a lovely garden. Typically, between 30 and 40 people attend meeting services.
Gracepoint Gospel Fellowship is a nondenominational body of believers meeting on New Hempstead Road in New City. The parish community represents over 70 different nationalities, and is dedicated to inclusive and cooperative Christianity. For more information about the parish's programs, visit the Gracepoint Gospel Fellowship website.
St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, in Dover, is located on Springdale Ave. Led by Rev. Mark McKone-Sweet, St. Dunstan's prides itself on community outreach and fundraising for causes such as the Walk for Hunger and the Rodman Ride for Kids. Its Sunday worship services begin at 8am and 10am.
The Tawheed Center is a religious education center for adults and children primarily serving as a Masjid to the Islamic community. The Tawheed Center serves not only as a social community for Muslims but as an Islamic Da'wah center. The center has a gym with open gym, ladies gym, badminton, volleyball and basketball at set times. The center also has Maktab, Quran Nazira and Sunday School programs for boys and girls. It also offers Hifz school every day except Sunday. The Dhuhr prayer is on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Located in historic Filipinotown, Our Lady of Loretto is a part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It serves the very large Philipino area residents and are very involved in the community. It offers many programs for not only the congregation, but the community as well. The doors are always open to help the poor and suffering.
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.
University Lutheran Church is located across from UCSD. It is a small church with a traditional structure. The courtyard and entryway are heavily shaded with oak trees. For further information about the congregation, visit University Lutheran's website.
Living Word Lutheran Church is part of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and meets Sundays at 9am and 10:15am for worship services. Its led by Pastor Jeffrey Smith.
South Shore Baptist Church began as a Bible study group and grew until the members decided to make it a proper church and relocated to its current location in 1958. The congregation is friendly and encourages new faces and visitors to join Sunday services. The church has childcare available for youngsters through pre-school age. Children in kindergarten and 1st grade can attend children's church during Sunday service. There is also adult, youth, and children's Sunday school from 9:45-10:45 am. In between the t 8:15 a.m. and 11am services, there is a coffee fellowship for attendants to meet in friendship and faith. Visit the church's website for more information and to listen to past sermons.
Alpharetta First United Methodist Church on North Main Street is a Christian chuch with a vibrant youth group. It hosts both contemporary and traditional services, child care, missionary programs and many family-oriented activities.
After this church's current facility was built in 1995, the building was expanded to include a wing for Sunday school classrooms. Services are casual, and all are welcome to attend. A preschool is associated with the church. Visit the website for more information.
The Mentor Christian Church has existed since 1828 and counts Zeb Rudolph, the father-in-law of President James A. Garfield, as one of its former ministers. In fact, while Garfield was the minister of another Christian Church, he would often visit its sister church in Mentor. Mentor Christian's current church was built in 1915, and Minister Gary L. Walling now oversees services. Sunday school begins at 9am with the morning service following at 10am. A Spanish-speaking service is held by a separate congregation, Mision Cristian Emanuel, at 1 pm on Sunday, in the same building.
St. Martha Catholic Church is an excellent resource to Catholics in the community. Providing plenty of youth programs, as well as communion and confirmation programs, the congregation donates time, money and food to the community. Wednesday and Sunday service is available, and the large building provides classrooms, halls for prayer, as well as facilities to celebrate larger events, like weddings and wakes.
Saint Clare Catholic Church is led by Pastor Steven Foppiano, Vicar Artur Najera, Deacon Carl Kube and Deacon Richard Driggs. Church ministries include altar services, arts, Bible study, children's liturgy, circle of friends, communion for shut-ins, forever young, Knights of Columbus, and the library. Music is an important part of Mass services; there are five choir groups, including youth choir. There are Vacation Bible School, Bible study groups, and many youth programs available.