Religion Notes
Branch of Life Christian Fellowship
The Branch of Life Christian Fellowship is at 4818 Coronado Parkway in Cape Coral and is a non-denominational, Spirit-filled, contemporary Christian fellowship.
Contact the church office for a listing of weekly programs, outreach ministry opportunities and the Master’s School of Ministry Seminary. All faith backgrounds are welcome.
Cape Alliance Church
Join Cape Alliance Church every week at 9:30 a.m. for an uplifting and transforming time of worship, grounded in God’s word, enriched with an authentic blend of traditional and contemporary music.
Women in the Word, a study of the New Testament, meets Monday evenings, beginning at 7.
Each Tuesday morning at 10:30, Ordinary Adult Kingdom Seekers is a weekly Bible study for those who would like to learn more about the Bible.
Students meet at the Nomad Lounge Sunday nights at 6. All students in grades 6-12 are welcome!
Cape Alliance Church is at 4307 Skyline Blvd., Cape Coral. Call 239-542-7844 or visit Cape4Christ.com for information. Sunday worship celebration is at 9:30 a.m. – family atmosphere, casual dress. Nursery care through age 4; KIDMO worship for children age 5 through 5th grades.
Cape Baptist Church
All 7th-12th graders are invited to Cape Baptist Church’s Impact Youth Group. It meets every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8. The group plays games, enjoys snacks and learns how God wants teens to live their lives.
All kids ages 3 years old through 6th grade are welcome to visit the church each Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m., for AWANA Youth Clubs. The club plays games and learns about Jesus.
The Ladies’ Bible Study meets every Friday at 2 p.m. It is currently studying “Women of the Bible.” All ladies are invited to attend.
For more information about these events or any of the ministries, visit the church’s website at www.capebap-tist.org or call 239-242-8022. Cape Baptist Church is at 435 S.E. 10th Terrace, Cape Coral.
Cape Christian
Located at 2110 Chiquita Blvd., South, Cape Christian is a contemporary church that has a focus on helping families experience God’s fullness. Weekend services are offered Friday evenings at 6:30, Sunday mornings at 9, 10:15 and 11:30 or online at www.capechristian.tv on Sundays at 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Childcare, classes, and services for children from 3 months old through 8th grade are available during our Friday evening and Sunday morning services. An additional worship gathering, Youth Night, takes place on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 for middle and high school students.
Tony & Ada’s, Cape Christian’s own cafe, prides itself on serving premium, handcrafted coffee drinks prepared with high-quality beans ordered from the best farmers around the globe and handmade crepes with fresh ingredients. All proceeds from the sale of Tony & Ada’s products are re-invested into local and global humanitarian causes. The Cafe is open Sunday-Saturday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. For additional information, visit www.tonyandadas.com.
Cape Christian always has new and exciting opportunities for you and your family, from special worship services and service projects to chances to find help, support and encouragement.
For more information on Cape Christian and all of its activities, check out www.capechristian.com or contact the church office at 239-772-5683.
To join in the conversation, visit www.facebook.com/capechristian.
Cape Coral Community Church
Cape Coral Community Church is inviting everyone to attend its Thanksgiving Feast Sunday, Nov. 23, from noon to 4 p.m.
There will be lots of food, a waterside, games for kids, music and more.
Come join the church community and share in the joy of food, family and fun.
The church has also planned three Christmas Eve candlelight services at 4, 5:30 and 7 p.m.
Cape Coral Community Church is at 811 Santa Barbara Blvd., Cape Coral. For more information, call 239-574-1148 or visit www.capecoralchurch.com
Cape Coral First
United Methodist Church
Celebrate Recovery every Monday, 6-9 p.m. Transforming people with hurts, habits and hang-ups by connecting them to God and each other. Contact Ken F. at 239-945-8477
Foundations Early Learning Center provides childcare, preschool and afterschool care for children from 1-5 years old, as part of the growing family and youth programs at CCFUM. The preschool’s website is www.foundationselc.org. It offers small class sizes with an experienced staff and affordable rates. A discount is available for children of “first responders” (police, fire, EMT) as well as Lee County teachers. Come visit, tour the facility, and meet Director Mary Richardson. For information, contact mrichardson@capecoralfirst.org or call 239-542-4051.
The Intersection Youth Ministry of CCFUMC meets from 5-7 p.m. Middle and high school students gather in The Intersection Youth Center, located on the upper floor of the church. The Curbside Cafe will also be open. All students, 6th-12th grade are welcome!
Cape Coral First is located at 4118 Coronado Parkway, Cape Coral. Call 239-542-4051 or visit www.capecoralfirst.org. Sunday services are at 8:45 a.m. – Traditional Service; and 11 a.m. – Casual Service. Come as you are!
Center for Spiritual
Living Cape Coral
Located at 406 S.E. 24th Ave., in Cape Coral, the Center for Spiritual Living Cape Coral invites the public to visit its spiritual community to explore new possibilities for your life.
The Center is dedicated to teaching how individuals’ spiritual tools can transform their lives and make the world a better place. It is an inclusive community, bringing together the wisdom of the ages and emerging science of today. These teachings point toward the truth that there is one life and one source of all things.
The Center for Spiritual Living is where you can join with many others who are also exploring their personal spirituality.
The Center fulfills its purpose by holding Sunday morning meditation and celebrations as well as classes and workshops designed to guide you in the exploration of your spiritual path.
Meditation begins at 10 a.m. and the Sunday Celebration begins at 10:30 a.m.
For information, call 239-574-6463.
Christ Lutheran Church
Are you a sheep or a goat? Lutherans believe that each of us is both saint and sinner, both sheep and goat. Come to worship this coming Sunday, the last Sunday of the church year, when the church will praise Christ as the great judge who gathers us around his throne both now and at the end of time.
The regular weekend schedule includes celebrations of the Eucharist on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. and Sundays at 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday School is offered during the 9 a.m. liturgy for children through the 5th grade. A Youth Group for middle school and high school youth meets Wednesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.
Christ Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Florida-Bahamas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Rev. Dr. William E. Bogholtz is the pastor. The church is at 2935 Del Prado Blvd., S., Cape Coral.
For more information about the services or the church, call 239-542-2709 or check the website www.christlutherancapecoral.org, or like us on Facebook.
Crosspoint Cape
IOU…Creating An Irresistible Community continues at Crosspoint Christian Church. This six-week series will reveal that a healthy community is created when we realize there are attitudes and actions that we owe each other.
Crosspoint offers three worship opportunities each Sunday at 9, 10:20 and 11:40 a.m. A safe, enriching program for children birth through fifth grade is offered during each of the services.
Crosspoint is located at 204 S.W. 11th Place in Cape Coral. For more information, visit crosspointcape.com or call 239-574-1422.
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Evangelical Presbyterian Church invites the public to its worship service this Sunday at 10:30 a.m as Pastor Brent Lauder continues in our current series, Jonah. Two Adult Sunday school classes are offered at 9:15 a.m.: 1. “Battle for the Bible: Text, Transmission, & Translation” and 2. “Adult Bible Survey”.
On Tuesdays, a ladies’ Bible study called Women of the Word is at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Currently the group is studying the books of Leviticus and Numbers.
Evangelical Presbyterian Church is at 701 Mohawk Parkway, Cape Coral. Visit www.epchurch.net or call 239-549-5556.
Faith Presbyterian Church
Faith Presbyterian Church was the first church building in Cape Coral and continues to thrive as a welcoming congregation to all. Many people are involved in the children and youth, music and mission ministries (including a food ministry that feeds more than 1,000 people per month). Several hundred people also take advantage of the Faith Center each week for recreation and fitness activities.
On Sunday, traditional services are held at 8:15 and 11 a.m., while a family service and church school, is offered at 9:30 a.m.
Faith Presbyterian is located at 4454 Coronado Parkway (between Del Prado Boulevard and Cape Coral Parkway).
For additional information, call 239-542-2858 or visit us online at www.faithcapecoral.org.
Fellowship Life Church
Fellowship Life Church is a non-denominational church where all faiths, backgrounds and cultures are welcome.
The church truly believes that Jesus loves and offers forgiveness to all people regardless of who they are, where they come from or what they have done. It is a church that cares about all people.
Join the congregation Sundays at 10 a.m., at the Lake Kennedy Senior Center, 400 Santa Barbara Blvd, Cape Coral.
Small Group Ministry meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the pastor’s home.
For more information, contact Pastor Mark at 239-770-6103.
First Baptist Church
Cape Coral
First Baptist Church Cape Coral continues with a weekly Saturday night worship service with a “casual and contemporary” style at 6 p.m., meeting each week in the worship center at the church, 4117 Coronado Parkway, Cape Coral.
The worship leader is Scott Branan, with Senior Pastor Dr. James Wigton preaching and teaching the word of God.
For information, call 239-542-3703 or visit www.firstbaptistcapecoral.com
First Church of God
The First Church of God, 2213 Country Club Blvd., Cape Coral, holds the following services: Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Adult Sunday School; 10:30 a.m., Worship Service; Wednesday, 7 p.m., Children and Youth Ministry; All Church Prayer Meeting; Friday, 4 p.m., prayer meeting at the Grants.
For information, call 239-574-5271 or visit www.cogcapecoral.com
Sunday morning at 9:30, the congregation and guests can hear the sounds the “Praise Team” rehearsing in the sanctuary and the adult Sunday school class assembles in the fellowship hall. As members and guests arrive, there is a coffee and donut bar in the foyer to enjoy while visiting with friends.
“Worship countdown” begins at 10:25 a.m. and worship starts at 10:30 a.m. A blend of contemporary, as well as traditional songs, prepares the worshipers for an inspiring, Bible-based message from Pastor Don Neace.
Wednesday evening activities include adult Bible study and prayer, and also youth and teen programs.
Call 239-574-5271 or visit www.cogcapecoral.com for more information.
First Congregational Church
Join the First Congregational Church, at 312 Santa Barbara Blvd., Cape Coral, for worship service each Sunday at 10 a.m. Visitors will quickly discover that this is a “small church with a big heart” with people who gather in faith, worship in freedom and live in fellowship. The doors are always open as well as our hearts.
The church offers communion, group study, choir, chimes, mission programs, birthday celebrations, coffee hour and many fellowship events.
For more information, call 239-574-6184 or check out the web at www.firstchurchcape.org.
Upcoming events:
A study group called the Genealogy of People of God is held each Wednesday this month at 10 a.m. It’s a unique look into the New Testament.
All are welcome!
The Annual Holiday Bazaar will be held Saturday, Nov. 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the church at 312 Santa Barbara Blvd., Cape Coral. The church is looking for vendors of arts, crafts and collectibles of all kinds – plus produce, plants, honey and flowers.
Last year the event had over 70 vendors. The church will also have a homemade candy and baked goods sale along with a lunch.
For information about the Holiday Bazaar, contact Sharon 239 549-7938 or visit wwwfirstchurchcape.org.
Messiah Lutheran Church
Messiah Lutheran Church, located between the communities of North Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Fort Myers, at 2691 N.E. Pine Island Road, at the corner of Corbett Road, and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, offers a variety of worship services, educational programs, fellowship opportunities and social justice and mission endeavors.
Messiah is a welcoming and caring family of God, centered in the good news of Jesus. Its mission is to educate, equip and energize believers to serve as disciples. Everyone is welcome!
Worship times are Saturday, 5 p.m. (informal), and Sunday at 8 and 11 a.m. (traditional).
Fall Adult Study groups have started on Tuesday evenings at 7 and Wednesday mornings at 10:30. The class will explore a contemporary look at the Ten Commandments that also takes seriously the original context (place & time) of the commandments in Israel’s history. This will be done by viewing a DVD featuring Sister Joan Chittister O.S.B
For more information, call 239 995-0133
Seventh-day Adventist
Church of Cape Coral
Weekly church services for the Adventist Church are Wednesday evenings, “A Place for Prayer,” at 7 p.m.; Bible Study Classes for all age groups on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.; and weekly Worship Service on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Call 239-357-4122 for additional information about the church or its programs.
St. Katharine
Drexel Parish
St. Katharine Drexel Parish will offer a six-week series entitled “Catholics Returning Home,” presented by lay members of the parish, beginning Monday, Dec. 29, from 7-8:30 p.m., at the Faith Formation Building.
The sessions are for non-practicing Catholics who are seeking answers to questions about returning to the church.
If you know someone who has left the church, please invite them to join the discussion.
St. Katharine Drexel is at 1922 S.W. 20th Ave., Cape Coral.
For more information, call Jane Di Paola at 239-573-8766 or Andy Halek at 239-471-7315.
The parish is also hosting Bunco games the second Thursday of the month starting at 12:30 p.m. The cost is $5 at the door. There will be prizes, laughs and refreshments..
Trinity Reformed
Church of Cape Coral
Trinity Reformed Church of Cape Coral will hold the following services:
– Sunday, Nov. 23:
9:15 – 9:55 a.m. – Sunday School (children and adults).
9:55 – 10:15 a.m. – Fellowship
10:20 a.m. – Announcements/prelude
10:30 a.m. – Worship service – Sermon:?”The Church in the Lord’s Service (Mark 6:6b-13)
6 p.m. – Worship service – Sermon: “Drawing Near God”?(Selected Scripture from the book of Hebrews)
The church’s Missionary of the Month is Dr. Cornelius Hegeman, an academic dean of Miami International Seminary (MINTS). He supervised distance education for pastors around the world. He travels extensively throughout Latin America, teaching classes to pastors of churches who lack a desirable level of education. Regular seminary-level courses are offered in all areas, and degrees are awarded as the students advance to higher levels of learning. The pastors then teach others courses so that the program is growing exponentially.
Trinity Reformed Church is a member of the United Reformed Churches of North America, a federation of churches located throughout the United States and Canada. It is part of the wider Reformed and Presbyterian family of churches.
You can listen to Trinity Reformed Church’s sermons every week for free at www.sermonaudio.com/trinityreformed.
The church is located at 2220 Hancock Bridge Parkway, Cape Coral. Call 239-574-1424 for additional information.