Bennington Area Churches and Services Schedule
A long list of church services in Bennington area towns including Bennington West Rupert Dorset East Rupert North Pownal Arlington Manchester Shaftsbury and surrounding areas. Services range from 8 a.m. Holy Communion to 11 a.m. worship with sermons by named pastors and various Sunday School programs. Also notes a bi monthly meeting of the Bennington Council of Churches with the Rev. Miller presenting the FISH program and refreshments provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Rupert
Howard B. Ford Jr
United Church
Dorset - East Rupert
Hal C. Miller
Congregational Church
North Pownal
Leonard Perrault
Berkshire Christian College
Lenox
Mass
Church School
David Miller
Rutland
Bennington
OLD Stone Church
Independent Baptist
North Bennington
Elwin M. Ellis
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester Center
Robert L. Clayton
Guild of St. Margaret
East Arlington
John E. Geer
Manchester
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
East Dorset
Lester Tufts
Shaftsbury
Church of the Future
A.J. MacDonald
UMYF
Temple Beth El to Hold Passover Service Monday
Temple Beth El will host Passover services at 7 PM Monday as the eight day festival begins at sundown. A model Seder by Religious School children is planned for Sunday at 10 30 AM with a focus on the Exodus story and the themes of freedom and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Beth el
Temple
Israel
Egypt
God
District WSCS To Meet In Bennington April 24
Donald Marsh, choirmaster and arts director, will lead a Workshop in Creative Worship at the Bennington-Troy District Women's Society of Christian Service spring meeting. The event runs 10 am to 3 pm on Friday, April 24 at First United Methodist Church, with 200 women from 60 societies expected. Luncheon reservations to Mrs. Gordon Foster. program includes banners depicting the Dallas assembly theme Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Marsh
First Presbyterian Church
Port Jervis
N.Y
Bennington-Troy
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First United Methodist Church
Marsh
Richard Avery
Robert Trost
Cohoes
Marjorie Gardner
Gordon Foster
Foster
BL Life
Dallas
Texas
Calvin Hoisington
Springfield
Troy
Wilbur Curtis
Mechanicville
Troy Conference
Burlington
John Rhinesmith
Bennington
Merle Doud
Waterford
Kenneth Randles
Watervliet
Melvin R. McGaughey
Stanley Brown
Schenectady
Green Mountain College
Poultney
Church Women United
Second Congregational Church
WSCS
Gerhard Gerlach
Angus MacDonald
North Village Church To Hear Youth Worker
The Rev. William N. James of Pinnacle New York will be guest preacher at the 11 a.m. service at North Bennington Baptist Church. He has a decade in Youth for Christ International, recent Korea assignment, and earlier ministry in Toronto. He leads Camp Pinnacle’s year‑round ministry planning, staffing, and collaboration with local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. James
Camp Pinnacle
New York
Vachor
Bennington
Shaftsbury WSCS hears talk on senior citizens activities
Mrs. Nedra Hager of the Bennington Senior Citizens Center spoke on center services for those 55 and older at the First United Methodist Church WSCS meeting. Members showcased crafts and discussed projects aiding ambulatory nursing home patients and Easter favors for Putnam Memorial Hospital. Officers were elected and district meetings announced. a second item noted a folk service and sermon at St. John’s Church in Williamstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
WSCS
Nedra Hager
Bennington
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First United Methodist Church
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Alvan Lawrence
Dewey Bronson
Lawrence
Russell Mack
Howard
List Prepared of Possible Successors to Bishop Joyce
Burlington The Most Rev. Bishop Robert F. Joyce plans retirement in 1971 at age 75 and will forward three Vermonter clergy names to the Provincial Council of Bishops. The selection came from Priests' Senate, Pastoral Council, and Sisters' Senate via a five member supercommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce
Burlington
Robert F. Joyce
Provincial Council of Bishops
Candlelight Service Honors Sanford Rudd at Hoosick Falls Church
Candles and candleholders were dedicated at the last Sunday April 12 worship service in the Hoosick Falls Baptist Church in memory of Sanford Harrison Rudd, given by his wife Mary. The dedication completed the communion table symbols and the communion ware for bread and cup. The Hoosick Baptist Church plans its 100th birthday celebration on June 7 with committee members listed. The West Hoosick Baptist Church Youth Fellowship plans two events, a litter walk on April 24 and a box lunch social on May 3 after worship. A United Youth Fellowship program on April 26 features films The Hat and I Have a Dream with additional items. The Provincial Council will forward three nominees for a Burlington diocese bishop to Rome. speculation centers on several Monsignors as potential candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Sanford Harrison Rudd
Mary
The
Hoosick Baptist Church
Robert Cook
Mary Jones
Ethel Pierce
Florence Sweet
Lyman Rudd
Raimund Tumberston
West Hoosick
Martin Luther King
United Youth Fellowship
Baptist Memorial Hall
Hoosick Falls
Burlington
Joyce
Rome
Vermont
Mother Daughter Banquet Planned by United Women
The United Women's Fellowship of the First Congregational Church in Manchester plans a mother daughter banquet at 6 30 p m on Friday May 8. G Ray Terrell will perform magic. Tickets are 2 for adults and 1 for children. Reservations are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
United Women’s Fellowship of the
First Congregational Church
G. Ray Terrell
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Bennington Area Church
Church OF Christ
United Methodist
Pownal
David Hubbard
ST. Francis DE Sales Catholic
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Kenneth Schwebel
ST. Mary’s IN the Mountains
Wilmington
Russell Gale
Society OF Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
Community Church
First Church OF God
W. Earle Forman
Henry A. Peck
Our Lady OF Fatima
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
George C. Mills
ST. Margaret Mary Church
Arlington
Gerald T. Buckley
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
Masonic Temple
Main St
Federated Church
Methodist Church
West Arlington
ST. John the Baptist Catholic Church
ST. James Episcopal Church
C. G. Belcher
Women of
Herald of the Great
Parlor
Circle I
Circle III
Circle IV
Louise Dunham
Elm St
First Baptist Church
H. Glenn Payne
Woman’s Society
North
H. E. Friederich
BYF
Old Bennington
Church Barn
Daniel
Arvel M. Steece
Kim Wheeler
J.S. Bach
Pilgrim Fellowship
Barn
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Watch Tower
Congregational
First Church OF Christ Scientist
John
ST. Peter’s Episcopal
Edward B. Geyer Jr
Missionary Alliance Church
Bible School
Richard Lenehan
Joseph D. Huse
Joseph Saunders
North Village Church
Main Street
Folk Service
Williamstown
St. John’s Church
Park Street
Peter Rodgers
Edith Beaumont
New Hampshire
Maine
Church
U.S
Apostolic Delegate
Charles Marcoux Jr
St. Joseph’s Parish
John A. Lynch
John Frader
Our Lady
Mt. Carmel
Charlotte
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Msgr
Paul Bresnahan
Vermont Catholic Charities
St. Francis de Sales Church
Save Way
Mammoth Mart
H.O
Knapp’s
Javery
South
Remington
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Tom Bell
Wilmington, VT