Easter Services Fill Bennington Area Churches
Easter worship begins at 11 a.m. with Rev. John Ward Vander Groef delivering The Garden of Hope from John 20. Organist Mrs. William M. Thomson and soloists lead, followed by Easter offerings from parishioners and a full week of church activities at Congregational, Unitarian, and Episcopal churches in Bennington and North Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ward Vander Groef
Garden of Hope
John
William M. Thomson
John H. Mason
Nancy Hirsche
Richmond Page
Arthur J. Holden
Persis Holden
Clarence Holden
Fabian Kunzelmann
Robert Parmelee
Weston Hadden
Gerald Nelson
Cora Smith
Paul Bohne
Jane McKee
School of Religion
Philippians
Colossians
Lois Barrett
William Smith
Gradatim Group hears NRT reports at Bennington library
The Gradatim Group of the First Baptist Church heard Gloria Gil describe two graduate non resident term participants Misses Molly Coye and Diane Sandoli. Iandoli discussed emotionally disturbed nursery work and a homeless shelter stint. Coye spoke of Edinburgh Scotland with study of Russian and interpreter prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Gil
Benenington College
Molly Coye
Diane Sandoli
First Baptist Church
Bennington Free Library
William G. Towart
Gil
Iandoli
Miss Coye
Edinburgh
Scotland
France
Spain
Colege
Rise in Church Membership Brings New Record Share
New York agencies report a rise in church and synagogue membership per the 1965 Yearbook of American Churches. Total members reach 120,965,234 or 64 percent of the population, higher than 63.4 percent last year and 63.6 percent in 1960. Growth outpaced population gains in 1963 and matched 1962, while 1961 trailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Women to Observe 25th Anniversary in Cambridge
The Rev. Katie J. MacNeill of First Baptist Church will preach at an Easter Sunrise Service at 6 30 A M in the Mary Mc Clellan Hospital parking lot Sunday. Choir will provide recorded selections before breakfast at 7 30 A M at the Joseph Sourcliffe mansion with a freewill offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N. Y
Katie J. MacNeill
First Baptist Church
Mary McClellan Hospital
Joseph Sourcliffe
Howard van Horn
Fletcher Hall
Handel
Christ
Mary
Timothy Roberts
Ernest Roberts
Old Rugged Cross
Charles W. Rounds
Jesus
Hallellujah
New Officers Elected By Methodist Women
At the First Methodist Church Shaftsbury the Woman's Society of Christian Service announced a slate for the coming year. Elected were Ar della Morin president Mary Stevens vice president Eleanor Lawrence secretary Stella Hawkins treasurer Emma Hoyt secretary of Christian social relations Louise Mee Donald program materials Laura Montgomery missionary education and service Eleanor Lawrence membership cultivation Lucy Mattison spiritual life Virginia Dooley vacations. Installation with a candlelight service scheduled May 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the church social room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Lucy Mattison
Ardella Morin
Mary Stevens
Eleanor Lawrence
Stella Hawkins
Christian Social Relations
Emma_ Hoyt
Louise Mee« Donald
Laura Montegomery
Virginia Dooley
Roy Short
Waterbury State Hospital
Jane Carter
Bennington College
Jay Mattison
Albert Schweitzer
Punch
Mildred Millington
Edna Prouty
Lina Armstrong
New York
Bennington- Troy
Bennington Methodist Church
Calvin Hoisington
Springfield
Robert Lansing
Greenwich
N.Y
Children of the Light
James Stevenson
Republic of the Congo
Lawrence Larrowe
Thousands Expected Easter At Cathedral Of The Pines
More than 5,000 worshippers are set to attend Easter at the Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge New Hampshire. The interdenominational service begins at 4 30 a m and ends at sunrise with the sun over Halo Hill. Established in 1945 as a World War II memorial the site features the Altar of the Nation built from stones donated by people worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rindge
N.H
UPS
Cathedral of the Pines
Halo Hill
New Hampshire
Douglas Sloane
Sandy
Truman
Eisenhhower
Kennedy
Lawrence A. Larson
Fitchburg
Mass
Pownal Churches Plan Special Easter Services
All churches in Pownal plan Easter observances with Sunrise Services, music, readings, sermons, and baptisms. Churches include Pownal Center Community, Pownal Baptist, Pownal Methodist, North Pownal Congregational, and Our Lady of Lourdes with services, breakfasts, and special music led by pastors and organists.
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Pownal
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
North Pownal
Leo Bisson
George M. Renner
Easter Sunrise Service at Putnam Memorial Hospital Grounds
The Bennington Youth Council sponsors a sunrise service at 6 a.m. Easter morning on the hospital grounds with a mixed chorus and brass quartet from North Bennington High School. John Riddle Jr. on organ, Kenyon Simpson delivering the sermon, and BYC participants. A breakfast at 7 a.m. at Second Congregational Church follows, with a 50 cent donation requested for expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Youth Council
North Bennington High School
John Riddle Jr
Kenyon Simpson
BYC
Second Congregational Church
Pilgrim Fellowship of the Church
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Bennington
Unitarian Bennington Free Library
OLD First Church
ST. Peter’s Episcopal
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Federated Church East
Arlington
George Albee
Bailey Hall
Congregational Church
North
Sandgate Methodist Church
Granville Greenswold
Alvan Lawrence
Dunn
Johnston
Bach
John Flitecroft
John W. Vander Groef
Ethel Richmond
Kathryn Young
Leon Orr
Brattleboro
Benenington Free Library
Rob Roy Peery
Caleb Simper
G. F. Handel
Baar
Shelley
Joseph Vallee
Earl Hamilton
Dean Osgood
Mozart Reigger
Harold McDonald
Cyrdle Brant
Bible Study
MYF
Mission
Circle I
Bennington High School
Fresheman
Commiss Cion
Circle IV
Helen Atwell
Union St
Commission On Education
The
Methodist Messenger
Robert Gibbs
College Road
North Bennington
Bethune - Cookman Colege Concert Chorale
Daytona Beach
Florida
Thomas D. Demps
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Hillside St
WBTN
Christian Science Churches
Mary Baker Eddy
Charles D. Myers
Board of Trustees
Bethune-Cookman College Concert Chorale
Fla
Warren Clark
Pompano
P. James Jenkins
West Palm Beach
Clementine Hightower
Kathleen Crockett
Jacksonville
Cambridge, N.Y
Pownal Center Community Church
Sandra Patterson
Jennifer Rounds
Gail Ware
Barbara Patterson
Jeffrey Rounds
Women’s Fellowship
Pownal Center
Pownal Baptist Church
Kenneth Snyder
Elizabeth Hatch
John C. Hatch
Pownal Methodist Church
David C. Hubbard
Charles F. Mason
Otis Dorman
North Pownal Congregational Church
Lyle Grusendorf
Our Lady OF Lourdes
B.C
By Charles M. Schulz
Johnny Hart
Peter
Blondie
Steve Canyon
Bychie Young
Milton Caniff
Col.canyon
Heart of
Juliet Jones
Taipe
Animal Woman
Ey Sian Drake
Jackie
Istad
Hanson
Walbridge
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