Worship Calendar
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a partial list of places to worship in Laguna Beach. If you would like to list yours, e-mail [email protected]. Include the name of the place of worship, the address, phone number, service times and worship leader.
CALVARY CHAPEL SEASIDE
1278 Glenneyre St., No. 113
(949) 200-7388
https://www.calvaryseaside.org
Sunday morning worship service is at 10 a.m. and Wednesday evening Bible study and worship is at 7 p.m.
Women’s Ministry meets the first Sunday of the month after the service for lunch. Men’s Ministry meets at 8:30 a.m. the first and third Saturday mornings at Ruby’s. Services are in the Lang Park multipurpose Room on Wesley Drive. Child care and Children’s Ministry available Sunday.
CHABAD JEWISH
CENTER
30804 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 499-0770
https://www.chabadoflaguna.com
Services are at 6:15 a.m. Monday through Friday, 6 p.m. Fridays, and 10:30 a.m. Saturday. There is also Jewish Mysticism at 9:45 a.m. before the service. Services are open to the entire community. Torah Tots Preschool is available Monday through Friday. Chabad Hebrew School meets from 4:15 to 6:15 p.m. Tuesdays.
Rabbi Eli Goorevitch
CHURCH BY THE SEA
An Evangelical Free Church
468 Legion St.
(949) 494-6191
bythesea.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. Mid-week meetings and studies are listed on the web site under “connect groups,” and prayer meetings are listed under “prayer.”
Pastors: Brad Coleman, Jeff Tacklind, Jay Grant, Clarke Brogger, Jeremy Zach.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
635 High Drive
(949) 494-3040
Service times are at 10 a.m. Sunday. There are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday testimonials. Sunday school is at 10 a.m. Sunday. Child care is provided for all services.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM
284 Forest Ave.
(949) 494-4503
Open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Monday through Saturday.
HARE KRISHNA CULTURAL CENTER
285 Legion St.
(949) 494-7029
Public service is at 5 p.m. Sunday.
Tukaram Garvey, director
LAGUNA BEACH NET-WORKS
(714) -729-3023
works.org
303 Broadway, Suit 107
Prayer walks are from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays.
A Spiritual 12 Step Meeting is from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Mondays.
A marketplace prayer takes place from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesdays.
The men’s group meets from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays.
The community group meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at 303 Broadway, and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Coffee Pub, 384 Forest Ave.
Discovery Talkes are from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Coffee Pub.
Don Sciortino, pastor
For more information, contact Don Sciortino at (714) 231-1230 or don@lagunabeachnet-
works.org.
Special Events:
Worship, sharing on the theme of “hope” and fellowship will highlight the Palm Sunday celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. April 17 at the Aliso Creek Inn, 31106 S. Coast Hwy. This gathering will also inaugurate the ministry of Laguna Beach Net-Works at the Aliso Creek Inn, where they will begin to hold a monthly Sunday evening service, beginning at 6:30 pm. May 22. This event is hosted by Pastor Jay Grant of Church at the Sea and Pastor Don Sciortino of Laguna Beach Net-Works. For more information, please call Pastor Jay at (949) 315-1398 or Pastor Don at (714) 729-3023.
LAGUNA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
415 Forest Ave.
(949) 494-7555
https://www.lagunapreschurch.org
Sunday services at 8:30 and 10 a.m. in the restored sanctuary. Childcare at 8:30 a.m. Sunday school through high school at 10 a.m.
Pastor’s Bible studies are at 9:15 a.m. Tuesdays in Hills Hall and 7 a.m. Wednesdays in the Youth Center.
Docent tour of sanctuary, 11:15 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month.
The Rev. Jerry Tankersley, the Rev. Steven Sweet, the Rev. Kathy Sizer.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
340 St. Ann’s Drive
(949) 494-8061
Adult and children’s service is at 10 a.m. Sunday. Coffee and refreshments served afterward.
The Rev. Brian J. (“BJ”) Beu, minister.
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, 9, and 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. (in Spanish) and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Confessions are from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The Rev. Eamon O’Gorman.
ST. FRANCIS BY-THE-SEA
430 Park Ave.
(949) 497-4678
Services are at 9 a.m. Sunday
Archbishop Simon Talarczyk
ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL
428 Park Ave.
(949) 494-3542
beach.org
Sunday Services are at 8 and 10:30 a.m. with adult and junior and senior high school youth. Education service is at 9:15 a.m. in the Guild Hall. Child care is available at 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. Lectio Divina service is at 5 p.m. Mondays; meditation is at 5:30 p.m. Mondays. Taize Service is at 7 p.m. the third Monday of each month. Healing Service is at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Women’s Bible Study is from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday. Men’s Bible Study is from 7 to 8 a.m. Thursday. The parish office is open 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
The Rev. Elizabeth Rechter.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
685 Park Ave.
(949) 494-6095
Services are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday and at 7 p.m. Wednesdays for teens.
Bishop Christopher Wilson.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
429 Cypress Drive
(949) 497-4568
Worship is 10:30 a.m. Sunday with a children’s religious education program at the same time. Other events are throughout the week.
The Rev. Kent Doss.
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
21632 Wesley Drive
(949) 499-3088
Sunday service at 10 a.m. Child care and elementary Sunday school available.
The youth group gathers from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Sundays with snack supper, fun and fellowship.
Pastors Doug and Cindy Williams.