Love this church.. the atmosphere is great and welcoming. Pastor Carey is amazing, if you're…read morelooking for a church to praise Jesus and feel connected to God this is it.

Pastor Cary and the members are friendly and welcoming to all. I would never thought I would be…read moregoing to church every Sunday and Emmanuel Baptist church and Jesus has me looking forward to attend every Sunday. My family started attending also. Daycare is also offer.

Neither my wife nor I are members of the First Church, and before today neither of us had even set…read morefoot into the building. But we were both there today to participate in a volunteer event in the church's Fireside Room where a group of volunteers sourced, filled, and decorated cookie boxes with 60 dozen cookies and a hand written card for distribution by a local charity. I really love seeing our religious institutions get involved in community events like hosting Red Cross Blood Drives or Boy Scout meetings, or something like today's event. Some of today's volunteer helpers included several church members who came out to support the cause. Thank you First Church for being such a gracious host.

Hey everyone. First a little bit of my background when it comes to my spiritual beliefs and my…read more relationship with God. As a very young kid, (five years old to be exact) my mom remarried to my step dad. He was and assuming still is an athiest. Basically you either believed what he believed in all aspects of life or you keep your mouth shut. My mom and I learned that very quickly. It was not the best of situations as a child, mother or a wife. They remained married until I turned 18 , then got divorced. The healing process for me and my mom immediately began..... So I have always wanted to go to church because even though I went through so much pain and with my family situation as a kid I never lost faith. I had my private relationship with God and truly believed and know now that is what got me though..... Gods Love... Now let's talk about the present..... I've been wanting to go to church for so long but just was afraid I guess to just go in not knowing what to expect, what you have to do, how to do it, where you should sit, even wondering how people would accept me at their church..... A few months ago I was out with a friend and we ended up having a deep long conversation about God and both our beliefs. It was a few hours long and it felt like 20 minutes lol. Towards the end of our talk she said to me that if I would like and felt ready that I could go to her church one Sunday and she would kinda show me the ropes and be there for me if needed . That church is the South Congregational First Baptist church in New Britian. Two Sundays later I went to this church very nervous but knowing my friend would be by my side was excited and very ready! My first experience was aaamazing. The service was so beautiful. Everyone I met not only accepted me but talked to me in coffee hour after the service and I immediately felt loved and welcome. I cannot say enough wonderful things about Pastor Jane. She not only welcomed me with the most amazing smile but listened to my story and will be helping me get baptized at some point in the near future! Her sermons are so beautiful and sometimes very unique which I'm sure everyone will agree it's what makes her so good at delivering Gods Message.... The church welcomes all. Anyone who wants to come can come. They have bible studies which I am currently doing and learning so much. Great discussions. They have get aways for great causes. Miranda, the friend I told you about, recently planned a very fun and successful trip to the science center. She is also the teacher for the Sunday school there and does such an amazing job with the kids. They recently had a holy surprise for everyone a few Sundays ago. It was beautiful! I know there has to be so so many beautiful churches out there, but I can only tell you about this one cause it's all I know. I can't see how anyone could go wrong with at least trying something. If you are thinking about going to a new church or trying a different one, maybe like me, going for your first time, I highly suggest you give this church a try. I have been there around 3 months now and can't even imagine going anywhere else. I look forward to every Sunday now. Thanks for reading my story and my journey!

Me and My Daughter we have been going to this church for years now it's so beautiful I highly…read morerecommend

6.12.22 Attended the 10am mass. Parking and pees filled up quickly. The organ and singing were loud…read moreand powerful. I'm Catholic and I enjoy visiting other Catholic churches. I've been to at least 60 different ones in CT and they're all unique and beautiful in their own way. Holy Cross is big and open and light indoors with stained glass windows and some dark wood but it's mostly light and open. A beautiful and holy place to worship.

Priest reacts with inconvenience for request for dying parishoner's last rites: My mother has been…read morea member of this parish for about 50 years and attended mass every Sunday, contributing money weekly. On April 29, I called the church a little close to 10:00 PM after traveling from out of state to learn that my mother may not live through the night at a nursing home minutes away from the church & needed her last sacrament (last rites). When I finally reached Father Dariusz, his first response was "You should've called earlier! I just got home & I don't know if I can make it! I'll have to see." No sympathy, no support. Instead almost a scolding for the inconvenience. I was floored. This is a woman who believed in all of her sacraments and was committed to the church and to God. And this woman was dying. My cousin was there and called Sacred Heart Church. My mother hadn't set foot in that church in decades but within 10 minutes Monsignor Dan was at her bedside with no questions asked. He administered the sacrament & offered his sympathy. She died shortly after. While making arrangements at the funeral home, the director asked what church she belong to and where her funeral mass should be held. I chose Sacred Heart. I refused to give Holy Cross even one more dime for a funeral mass. As a member of close to 50 years, she deserved better. Death does not work around the convenience of others. After all, isn't that the job of a priest? To be on call for times like these? This task would have taken less than 30 minutes yet that was the response I got. I can't begin to tell you how disgusted My family is! This is unacceptable! And it will never be forgotten! Shame on him! And kudos to Sacred Heart for stepping in! Holy Cross Lost all of my family as members from that moment on. Prior to this incident we called the church to get baptism, communion, and confirmation records all that took place at holy cross through my nephew whose parents paid tuition for many years as well as contributions to the church. We were told he no longer belongs to the church so they would not share his records. My nephew lived in Massachusetts and was attending a new church. My mother had to go in there and bribe the priests with a $200 "donation" to get copies of those records which should have been free given our families commitment to the church. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR!

Amazing to see so many changes since we started coming 16 years ago. We've grown from a family of…read morethree to a four. Calvary has been rebranded to 180 life. Pastor Josh has taken the reins from Pastor Bill and soon a new building. In all this growing our church has remained a biblically focused as well as community oriented place of worship where I get to see new faces almost every week.

180 Life Church are you using Malachi 3:10 to bolster your 90-day Tithe Challenge like the…read moreprosperity churches do? Disappointing as I was researching churches in my area to join. Are you truly asking folks to challenge God to pour blessings on them with a false guarantee to return 100% of the money if they are not fully satisfied with the result. It says all this on your website, but I am grateful to have been able to discern my path forward and away from false teachings. Quote from your site, "If you commit to tithing for the next 90 days and are faithful to that commitment, we are confident that God will bless you-so confident, that if at the end of the 90 days, you regret giving, we will refund 100% of your tithe. How's that for a challenge? What do you say-are you in? Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it." - Malachi 1:10" You even sighted the wrong verse it is Malachi 3:10

My favorite place! There's already a listing for it so not sure why there's a duplicate now but…read morehey I guess the more the merrier when it comes to the House of the Lord

What a magnificent building!! You can get a tour of this new temple before they close the door to…read morethe public. The public can tour this temple till October 22, 2016. All you have to do is go to the website templeopenhouse.org and select the time your interested in. The tour is free!