Local Congregations and Faith Communities
Religious life and worship services on campus are complemented and enriched with the availability of over twenty faith communities with regular services in surrounding Addison County.
There are ten houses of worship in Middlebury alone, most within walking distance from campus. We list them and many others here alphabetically by denomination. Please click on each denomination to open information about local congregations.
For more information, please visit the Addison County Independent newspaper at http://www.addisonindependent.com/services
*Those marked with an asterisk are within walking distance of campus.
Assemblies of God
Assembly of God Christian Center
1759 Route 7, P.O. Box 184, Vergennes
877-3903
Reverend Art Adams, Senior Pastor
Reverend Casey Higgins, Youth Pastor
Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 10:45 AM & 6 PM
Living Water Assembly of God
76 North Street, Forest Dale
623-6172
Lewis Butterfield, Pastor
Sunday Worship, 10 AM
Baptist, American
*Memorial Baptist Church
17 South Pleasant Street, Middlebury
388-7472
Greg Vigne, Pastor
Sunday Worship, 10 AM; Wednesday, 7 AM
Addison Community Baptist Church
Addison Four corners, Rtes 22A & 17
Rev. Stephen Payne
759-2326
Sunday worship, 10:30 AM
Baptist, Southern
*Grace Baptist Church
Merchants Row, Middlebury
453-3003
Robert Henley, Pastor
Sunday Worship, 10:15 AM
Buddhist
Vermont Zen Center
480 Thomas Road, Shelburne
985-9746
www.vermontzen.org
Shambhala Meditation Center
187 South Winooski Avenue, Burlington
802-658-6795
Open Meditation, Monday-Thursday 6-7 PM
Sundays, 9 AM-12 noon
Sunray Meditation Society
(Traditional Cherokee and Tibetan Buddhist Practices)
Sunray Peace Village
2202 Downingsville Road, Lincoln
http://www.sunray.org
453-4610
Catholic
*St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
19 College Street, Middlebury
388-4444
Father William Beaudin
Saturday Vigil, 5:15 PM,
Sunday Mass, 8 & 10 AM
Christian Science
*Christian Science Society
Middlebury Community House
6 Main Street
Contact: Steve Weber 443-5485(W); 545-2028 (H)
Sunday Worship, 10 AM; Wednesday, 7:30 PM
Eastern Orthodox
St. Jacob’s Orthodox Church
Northfield Falls, VT
(802) 485-9121, (802) 223-0480
services Sat. 5:00 p.m., Sun. 9:30 a.m.
Episcopal
*St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
On the Green, Middlebury
Rev. Merritt Greenwood (interim)
388-7200
Sunday Eucharist, 8 & 10 AM
Islamic
Islamic Society of Vermont
181 Hegeman Avenue, suite 1
Colchester, VT 05446
802-655-6711
Friday prayers 12:00 (standard time),
1:00 (during daylight savings time)
Jewish
*Addison County Jewish Congregation: Havurah
56 North Pleasant Street, Middlebury
Rabbi Ira Schiffer, 443-5762
Methodist
*Middlebury United Methodist Church
North Pleasant Street, Middlebury
388-2510
Rev. Elisabeth Smith, Pastor
Sunday Worship, 11 AM
East Middlebury United Methodist Church
Rt. 116 and Rt. 125, East Middlebury
388-2510
Rev. Elisabeth Smith, Pastor
Sunday Worship, 9:00 AM
Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
*Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Valley View Drive, Middlebury
Contact: Frank Morin, 453-2086, or
Nelson Purinton, 453-2626
Missionaries 388-1943
www.mormon.org
Sacrament Meeting Sunday, 10 AM
Native American Traditions
Sunray Meditation Society
(Traditional Cherokee and Tibetan Buddhist Practices)
Sunray Peace Village
2202 Downingsville Road, Lincoln
http://www.sunray.org
453-4610
Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene
Leicester/Rt. 7, Brandon
247-8879
Larry Keiser, Pastor
Sunday Worship, 11 AM & 6:00 PM
Non-denominational Christian
Valley Bible Church
Rt. 125, East Middlebury
388-7137
Sunday Worship, 10:45 AM & 6:30 PM
Hope Community Fellowship
Bridport Community Hall
759-2922
Rev. Jeff Kauffman, Pastor
Sunday Bible Study, 9:00 AM
Sunday Worship, 10:30 AM
Quaker (Society of Friends)
*Middlebury Friends Meeting
Meets at Havurah House
56 No. Pleasant St.
Contact: Win Colwell, 388-1961
Sunday Meeting, 10 AM
Reformed
New Haven United Reformed Church
1660 Ethan Allen Highway (Rte. 7), New Haven
Rev. Fritz Harms, 388-1488
Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday school 11:30 a.m.
Seventh Day Adventist
Seventh Day Adventist Church
3 Rocky Dale Rd, Bristol
453-4712
Benjamin Sosa, Pastor
Contact Chris or Paula, 545-2006, for transportation
Sabbath School, 9:30 AM; Saturday Worship, 11 AM
Unitarian-Universalist
*Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society
2 Duane Court, Middlebury
Rev. Emily Melcher (interim)
388-8080
Sunday Worship, 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM
(summer schedule: one service at 10:00 A.M.)
United Church of Christ (Congregational)
*The Congregational Church of Middlebury
Rev. Andrew Nagy-Benson, pastor
27 N. Pleasant Street, Middlebury
388-7634, Sunday Worship, 10 AM
First Congregational Church of Cornwall
Rt. 30 and Rt. 74, Cornwall
Rev. Mary Kay Cavazos
462-3111
Sunday Worship, 9:30 AM
The Weybridge Congregational Church
2790 Weybridge Rd., Weybridge
545-2579
Rev. Len Rowell (interim)
Sunday Worship, 10 AM
Wesleyan
Wesleyan Chapel
Route 7, Ferrisburgh
802-578-0441/email DrPal1@cs.com
Pastor Charles Paolantonio
Sunday Worship, 10 AM
Cross Roads
6 Main St., Middlebury
802-425-3625/email DrPal1@cs.com
Pastor Charles Paolontonio
Saturday Worship at 5:00 p.m.
