Religious Services

Aquinnah

Gay Head Community Baptist Church. Established in 1693. The Rev. Roger H. Spinney, pastor. Organist, Mrs. A. Douglas Stewart. Sunday worship services at 9 a.m. Tel. 508-693-1539.

Chilmark

Chilmark Community Church, 9 Menemsha Cross Road. Sunday worship at 9 a.m.

Edgartown

Edgartown United Methodist Church (Old Whaling Church), corner of Main and Church streets, part of the United Methodist Cooperative Parish of Martha’s Vineyard, the Reverend Susan Heafield and Richard M. Rego, pastors. Sunday morning worship in April 2009 is at the Christ United Methodist Church (the stone church on the corner of church and Williams streets in Vineyard Haven) at 10 a.m. Worship is followed by coffee hour. United Methodist Cooperative Ministry Office: 508-693-4424.

Faith Community Church, (Reformed and evangelical) 316 Meetinghouse Way off Herring Creek (Katama), Jeff Winter, pastor. Sunday worship and children’s hour at 10 a.m. Nursery available. Youth group meets on Sundays at 5:30 p.m., 450 Lambert’s Cove Road (FOCUS property). Men’s Bible study, Mondays at noon, Ocean View Restaurant, Oak Bluffs; Women’s Bible study, Mondays at 7 p.m., 5 Pine street, Edgartown; Pastors Bible study, Wednesdays at 7 p.m., 359 County Road, Oak Bluffs. Tel. 508-687-9097.

Federated Church, a federation of the First Church of Christ on Martha’s Vineyard, founded in 1642 by Thomas Mayhew Jr., and the First Baptist Church of Edgartown, founded in 1832 by William Hubbard. Corner of South Summer and Cooke streets. The Rev. Dr. Jerry Fritz, minister. Regular Sunday worship and church school at 10:30 a.m. Activities for children during the service time and toddler care available. Coffee time following the service. Junior high youth group meets on Sundays from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and the senior high youth group meets on Sundays from 6 p.m. Tel. 508-627-4421.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, North Summer and Winter streets. The Rev. Stphen J. White, interim priest. Sunday services at 8 a.m. (Holy Eucharist Rite I) and 10 a.m. (Holy Eucharist Rite II). Tel. 508-627-5330.

Oak Bluffs

Apostolic House of Prayer, at 7 Sachem Way. Pastor, Marcia Buckley. Sunday Bible study at 10 a.m., worship service at 11 a.m. Fourth Friday, 7 p.m. community prayer. Wednesday Bible study at 6:30 p.m. Call for directions. Tel. 508-696-9916.

Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Martha’s Vineyard Branch. Divine Worship, Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. at Bethel Chapel at Martha's Vineyard Hospital. Tel. 508-693-4229.

Trinity United Methodist Church in the Camp Ground, Trinity Circle, part of the United Methodist Cooperative Parish of Martha’s Vineyard, the Reverends Susan Heafield and Richard M. Rego, pastors. Sunday morning worship in April 2009 is at the Christ United Methodist Church (the stone church on the corner of church and Williams streets in Vineyard Haven) at 10 a.m. Worship is followed by coffee hour. Tel. 508-6493-4424.

Union Chapel, 1870-2006, interdenominational worship at 10 a.m. on Sundays from late June to early September at 10 a.m., at the corner of Kennebec and Circuit avenues. All are welcome. Tel. 508-627-4440.

World Revival Church Assembly of God/Igreja do Avivamento Mundial. Assembleia de Deus, 52 Edgartown Road. Pastor Ronie Rezende. Restoration services Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Victory services Saturdays at 8 p.m. Worship services Sundays at 7:30 p.m. Tel. 508-696-3835 or 508-696-7978.

Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, 22 Massasoit avenue, Oak Bluffs. The Rev. Michael R. Nagle, pastor. Saturday Vigil Mass at 4 p.m. Sunday Mass at 8 a.m., Children’s Mass at 9:30 a.m. and Teen Mass at 5 p.m. Confessions at 3 p.m. on Saturday before Mass. Tel. 508-693-0342.

West Tisbury

First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, founded 1673. The Rev. Cathlin Baker, minister. Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. Child care provided. Tel. 508-693-2842.

Bodhi Path Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation Center, 21 Laurand Drive, near the airport in West Tisbury. Meditation Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 a.m. Meditation Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. Sunday meditation or teaching from 10 a.m. All are welcome. For information or a schedule of teachings by visiting Lamas, call 508-696-5929.

Jehovah’s Witnesses, Kingdom Hall, 48 State Road, West Tisbury. Sunday talk at 10 a.m. Watchtower study, Sundays at 10:45 a.m. Tel. 508-693-6356.

Vineyard Haven

Christ United Methodist, corner of Church and William streets, part of the United Methodist Cooperative Parish of Martha’s Vineyard, the Reverends Susan Heafield and Richard M. Rego, pastors. Sunday morning worship is at 10 a.m. Worship is followed by coffee hour. Tel. 508-693-0476.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon), 2 Merchant’s Mart, 7 State Road. Sunday meetings, 9:30 a.m. Family history center Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tel. 508-693-8642.

Christian Science Society of Martha’s Vineyard, 123 New York avenue. Services and Sunday School at 10 a.m. Wednesday evening services at 7:30. Reading room on Beach Street extension in Tisbury is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon. Tel. 508-693-6464.

Community Gospel Assembly of God/Comunidade Evangelica Assembleia de Deus, The Stone Church, 89 William street. Sunday worship at 7:30 p.m., Sunday school at 5:30 p.m. Saturday prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Tel. 508-696-9668

First Baptist Church, Spring and William streets. The Rev. Roger H. Spinney, pastor. Sunday worship services at 11 a.m. (nursery care provided); Sunday school, 9:45 a.m., breakfast 9:30 a.m. Tel. 508-693-1539.

Grace Episcopal Church, William street and Woodlawn avenue. The Rev. Robert Hensley, pastor. Sunday services at 8 a.m. (Holy Eucharist, Rite 1); at 9:15 a.m. (Worship in a New Key, for the young and young-at-heart); and at 11 a.m. (choral Eucharist). Thursday Eucharist at 12:15 p.m. Tel. 508-693-0332.

The Growing Church/A Igreja Que Cresce, 44 Pine Tree Road, Paul Tenorio, pastor. Worship services Sundays at 7 p.m. Tel. 508-693-1400.

Lambert’s Cove Christian Church, The Rev. R. George Eli, minister. Worship services Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethel American Legion Hall, across from the Tisbury School on the corner of Martin Road and William street. Tel. 508-693-5573.

Martha’s Vineyard Bible Church, Mark Guilford, pastor. Services held at the American Legion Hall, Post 257, 34 William street, Vineyard Haven (across from Tisbury School). Sundays 10 a.m. worship service; Children welcome. Tuesday night Bible study, call for time. Tel. 508-693-4031.

Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, Centre street. Rabbi Caryn Broitman. Friday Shabbat services at 5:30 p.m. Saturday Torah services at 10 a.m. Tel. 508-693-0745.

Religious Society of Friends (Quaker). Meetings for worship are Sundays at 11a.m. at the Hillside Village Community Center, Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road. Tel. 508-693-1834.

Unitarian-Universalist Society of Martha’s Vineyard, 238 Main street. The Rev. Polly Leland-Mayer, interim minister. Sunday services at 11 a.m. Marianne Goldsmith. Tel. 508-693-8982.

Vineyard Assembly of God, 1048 State Road, the Rev. Heather Rogero, pastor. Sunday prayer at 9:30 a.m., worship at 10:30 a.m. and prayer meeting at 6:30 p.m. Girls and boys’ ministry downstairs on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Tel. 508-696-7576. for youth, seniors and other meeting groups.

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