Shelter Island Heights, NY is a small town located on the eastern end of Long Island in Suffolk County. With a population of just under 1,000 people, the town has several local religious congregations that serve the community. These churches include United Methodist Church of Shelter Island Heights, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, and Congregation Tifereth Israel. The United Methodist Church is known for its traditional service offerings while St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is a more liberal congregation that offers both traditional and contemporary services. Congregation Tifereth Israel is an established Reform Jewish congregation that regularly hosts Shabbat services and other community events at their synagogue in town. Each of these churches provides a place for spiritual growth within the Shelter Island Heights community and helps to bring residents together in times of celebration and hardship alike.
72.6% of the people in Shelter Island Heights (zip 11965) are religious:
- 0.4% are Baptist
- 0.8% are Episcopalian
- 60.0% are Catholic
- 2.2% are Lutheran
- 1.7% are Methodist
- 0.8% are Pentecostal
- 1.0% are Presbyterian
- 0.2% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 2.2% are another Christian faith
- 1.4% are Judaism
- 0.4% are an eastern faith
- 1.3% affilitates with Islam
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