Area church notices and schedules across multiple congregations
A dense listing of area church activities across many churches. It covers worship times sermons and themes, nursery and Sunday School details, midweek meetings, choirs, youth groups, and special events through the week for Federated Church Arlington First United Methodist Church Shaftsbury Congregational Church North Bennington Redeemer Lutheran Church Missionary Alliance Church Zion Episcopal Church Arlington Church of God Old Stone Church Jehovahs Witnesses Sacred Heart St Francis de Sales St John the Baptist Church Christ West Rupert Congregational Dorset East Rupert United Methodist West Arlington Seventh-day Adventist United Church Dorset East Rupert Sandgate Community Church Old Bennington Our Lady of Lourdes St Marys in the Mountains St Margaret Mary Quakers and others. Includes dates, times, sermons, and service formats for many denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Church East
Missionary Alliance Church
Family Bible School
John R. Carlson
Charlotte O’maley
Pioneer Girls
Nancy Gilmore
Stratford
Sunapee
N.H
Lutherans Seek Concord In St Louis Convocation
UPI Religion Writer reports that the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod convenes in St Louis from April 14 to 18 for a theological meeting on Holy Scripture to pursue doctrinal consensus and reconciliation amid internal divisions. Committee head Lloyd Behnken says the convocation aims to foster peace under the Word of God and is a major step toward unity within a 2.8 million member denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Luther
Diet of Worms
Luther
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
St. Louis
Lloyd Behnken
Florida-Georgia
Synod
Rev Steece to England on international Congregational meeting
The Rev Dr Arvel M Steece of Bennington will join an American delegation at a May 11 14 planning meeting of Congregationalists in Foxbury Chislehurst Kent England He will preach in Wales and England April 27 May 4 and May 11 with pulpit duties in Bennington replaced by Rev Mrs Eleanor W Cronk. The piece also notes ongoing doctrinal disputes within the Missouri Synod and previews a convocation in St Louis to discuss Bible inspiration and historical criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvel M. Steece
First Congregational Church of
Bennington
World Christian Relations Commission
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
USA
Foxbury
Chislehurst
Kent
England
Congregational Federation of England and Wales
Westminster Chapel
London
Steece
Swansea
Llanelli
Wales
Leamington Spa
Old First Church
Eleanor W. Cronk
Shelburne Falls
Cronk
Connecticut College
New London
J.A.O. Preus
Preus
Concordia Seminary
Concordia
John Tietjen
Tietjen
Hoa O
Missouri Synod
St. Louis
Episcopal Diocese of Vermont 185th Convention Opens in Burlington
About 250 lay and clerical delegates will convene April 25 26 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul for the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont 185th annual convention led by Rt Rev Robert S Kerr. Resolutions address world hunger capital punishment ordination of women and other church issues. Registration begins at 9 00 a m April 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Episcopal Diocese of
Vermont
St. Paul
Robert S. Kerr
Albert Sears
Boston
Diocese of
Massachusetts
Beverly Lamb
Vergennes
Episcopal Church
National Con
Ventions
Jerome Diarmond
Howard van Dine
South Burlington
Peter Floyd
St. Peter’s Church
Lyindonville
Anne Allen
William Allen
Moom
United Church Delegates Face Future At Vermont Conference
Burlington delegates to the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ will meet at Grace Congregational Church in Rutland April 25 to 27 for the 180th annual session themed Hope In A Hurting World. They will consider changes for human survival addressing war welfare energy aging and waste plus a $7500 basic clergy salary and fiscal questions. Dr. William Holladay of Andover Newton will deliver keynotes on the jam we are in and the shape of our hope with presiding Rev. Richard Armstrong and committee chairs guiding business and environmental honors here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancel
Pilgrim Singers
Carollers
Melinda
Stanley Flower
Louise Dalton
Ann D’andrea
Robert Buckley
Wayne Dalton
Handel
Flower
Carter
Dalton
Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ
Grace Congregational Church
Rutland
Burlington
Vermont Conference of the United Church
Charles Chamberlain
William Holladay
Andover Newton Theological Seminary
Vermont
Church of Christ
Chalotte Congregational Church
Christ
Brandon
St. Francis
Marilyn Cochran
Audrey Graves
David Deam
Grace Church
Wallingford Church
West Rutland Winited
Pittsford Congregational Church
Proctor Usion
Court St Rita Meeting and Tea Cup Auction
Court St Rita will meet at 8 p.m. May 7 in St Margaret Mary's Parish Hall Arlington. Election of new officers and a tea cup auction are planned. Leaders ask attendees to bring a small gift and pennies and to look for the Catholic Daughters Bulletin at St Pauls Manchester entrances.
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Court St. Rita
St. Margaret Mary’s Parish Hall
Arlington
Catholic Daughters
St. Paul’s Church
Manchester
Odinism in Milwaukee drew mixed reactions from leader N J Templin
N J Templin, head of the Baltic League, explains Odinism as a symbolic Norse heritage with Aryan supremacist ties and anti Christian views. He notes about 2,000 Odinists exist, expects hundreds to attend a summer meeting, and says he would sue anyone calling him a Nazi.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
N.J. Templin
Odin
Thor
Templin
Baltic League
Germany
Jonah
Third Reich
Interfaith Dessert Highlights Church Women United Gathering
Mrs Rickert entertained 200 plus women at Colgate Hall for Church Women United annual Interfaith Dessert. Volunteers assisted with tickets and seating while diners enjoyed cake and coffee. Mrs Jolivette oversaw guest seating and young servers aided by Mrs Hoth. Mrs Rickert, Vermont Teacher of the Year, gave light verses and spoke on listening and healing. She urged action beyond mere activity and referenced biblical phrases about doing good. Closing hymns suggested unity and purpose, with May Fellowship Day set for May 2 at Shaftsbury Methodist Church under Mrs Latif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
Shaftsbury
United Methodist Women
Russell Mack
Colgate Hall
Church Women United
William Castle
Raymond Peirce
Fritz Fricke
Carl Jolivette
Frederic Hoth
James V. Rickert
Vermont
Jesus
Harry Hayden
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Joseph Latif
Brahms Requiem slated by North Adams church choir
Brahms Requiem will be sung by the Northern Berkshire Ecumenical Choir at First Baptist Church North Adams on Pentecost Sunday May 18. The choral orchestral work uses scripture texts sung by a baritone and soprano with choir and instruments. The interfaith choir meets Friday evenings with rehearsals and registration for interested singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Johannes Brahms
Northern
Berkshire
First Baptist Church
Brahms
Northern Berkshire
Frank Chilson
Walker St
K. B. Licht
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Women’s Fellowship
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Society of Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
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