Where To
Worship
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a partial list of places to worship in Laguna Beach. If you would like to list yours, e-mail coastlinepilot@latimes.com. Include the name of the place of worship, the address, phone number, service times and worship leader.
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
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
iskcon.lagunatemple.com
Bhagavad-gita class at 7 p.m. Fridays followed by prasadam, a meat-free feast. Learn the wisdom of the Vedas, India’s 5,000-year-old philosophy that can be applied to your daily life. Regular service is at 5 p.m. Sundays with full kirtan, or congregational chanting, lecture on Vedic philosophy and prasadam. All events free.
Tukaram das, temple president
LAGUNA BEACH NET-WORKS
(714) -729-3023
https://www.lagunabeachnet-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 Talks 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. Sunday 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
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
https://www.stmaryslagunabeach.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.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
429 Cypress Drive
(949) 497-4568
https://www.uulagunabeach.org
Special Events:
Great Decisions starts with multilateralism at 1:30 p.m. and nonproliferation at 7 p.m. Tuesday.