Church Conference Planned Next Weekend in Manchester
The Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ will hold its 175th annual meeting in Manchester at the First Congregational Church from Friday through Sunday, May 13. The gathering includes 180 churches and 27,000 members, with ecumenical worship at St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church marking a first for delegates. Rev Gilmore of Hyde Park, conference president, opens at 1:30 p.m., with Rev Dr David M. Stowe of New York City leading worship and Rev James H. Hargett of New York outlining black ministry and Christian profiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
First Congregational Church
Vermont
David M. Stowe
New York City
United Church Board of World Ministries
Division of
Overseas Ministries
National Council of Churches
Stowe
St. Paul’s
James H. Hargett
New York
St Peter's Episcopal Fair Date Set for July 25
St Peter's Episcopal church sets its annual fair for July 25 with 11 am to 5 pm hours. Antiques to zebras on sale, various stalls and a snack bar on the church lawn. Chairmen include Mrs. N Y DuHamel, Mrs. Ferdinand Mayer, and Mrs. Richard Leake Jr, with several others assisting. The event features booths in the parish hall and guild room, and a home made goodies counter on the porch. The gathering also includes a Saturday UCC address by R Joseph H Evans and Rev Harold Baer on church matters, plus resolutions and conference budget discussions for 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
N. Y. DuHamel
Ferdinand L. Mayer
Richard B. Leake Jr
Pleasant Street
Leon Eldred
Thomas Foster
Anne Williams
Gerald Finnegan
Kenneth Porter
Donald Johnson
Pownal WSCS to Join Self Denial Service
Pownal Women’s Society of Christian Service will join the annual Call to Prayer and Self-Denial at 8 p.m. Tuesday, hosted by Rev. and Mrs. David Hubbard in Pittstown, N.Y. The observance supports world and national missions with the theme For the Now, guiding a mission study and offerings for designated projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Bennington area church events and services listed
A dense schedule of church activities across Bennington area churches includes Holy Communion and prayers at multiple parishes, sermons by various pastors, filmstrip viewings, Sunday School services, youth groups, and choir offerings. Also listed are Mass times, by faith communities in Arlington Dorset and Wilmington, plus meetings for BYF and UMYF groups and special devotional programs.
BREF Sets Programs On Religion in Schools
Two open meetings by the Bennington Religious Education Foundation address religion in schools with speakers Rev. J. W. Stonebraker of Gainsville Georgia and Rev. Richard Ushar Smith of Washington D C. Meetings on Monday at 8 p m at the Ecumenical Center and Tuesday at 7 30 p m board session at St Peter’s Episcopal Church will feature discussion and a report for the National Education Association. Residents are urged to attend and share views on religious education. In Finland a medieval brick furnace, possibly the oldest in the country, was found in Hattula supporting the legend that bricks for the 13th century church were burned in its kiln.
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Bennington Religious Education Foundation
J. W. Stonebraker
Gainsville
Richard Ushar Smith
Washington, D.C
Ecumenical Center
County St
Stonebraker
BREF
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Fr. Smith
National Educational Association
Hattula
Finland
Upi
Church Women United Plans May Fellowship Day Service
Church Women United in Bennington will observe May Fellowship Day Friday at Second Congregational Church Hillside Street. The event marks a long tradition of noting the first week of May to foster healing relations and understanding across education generations and cultures. Rev Howard O Stearns Jr of Burlington will speak on Vermont Summer Projects and lead the service with a luncheon to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
CWU
Howard O. Stearns Jr
Burlington
Vermont Ecumenical Council
Vermont
Mr. Stearns
Vermont Council of Churches
East Bethel
Holland
West
Halifax
Vermont Congregational Conference
Royalton
Tunbridge
Roderick Humphreys
Dean Hanson
LeRoy Marsden
Alvan Lawrence
Church Women United
Choral Concert by New England College at Molly Stark School
A choral group from New England Christian College will present a concert at 7 30 p.m. Monday sponsored by the Church of Christ in the Molly Stark School venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
New England Christian College
Molly Stark
Boston Laity Voice in Choice of New Archbishop
Boston Catholics to vote May 17 on possible archbishop successors to Cardinal Cushing. A 300 member Lay Caucus screens candidates and distributes ballots to parishioners on Pentecost Sunday for laity input, while priests' opinions have also been polled. The Pope will make the final decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Archdiocese of
Richard Cushing
Boston Lay Caucus
Cardinal Cushing
Thomas Simmons
Rome
Simmons
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St. Peter’s
United Church of Christ
United Church
R. Joseph H. Evans
Church of the Good Shepard
Chicago
Community Renewal Society
Chicago Urban League
Harold C. Baer
Pension Board of the
Martin Luther King
Northfield
David Powers
Rutland
Task Force On Communication
Jerome H. Hevey Jr
Kenneth Hill
WSCS
United Methodist Board of Missions
Board
ST Joseph
Sisters of St. Joseph
St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Robert L. Clayton
Church Barn
Arvel M. Steece
Nacy Hirsche
Mozart
Harold Macuen
Divine Redeemer
Gounod
ST. Margaret Mary Church
Arlington
Gerald T. Buckley
ST. James Episcopal Church
C. G. Belcher
First Baptist Church
Manchester Center
Joseph D. Huse
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
Masonic Temple
Main St
Federated Church East
John E. Geer
West Arlington
Society OF Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
Leonard Perrault
First Church OF God
W. Earle Forman
Missionary Alliance Church
Bible School
Richard Lenehan
Congregational Church
East Dorset
Lester Tufts
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
North Bennington
Church OF Christ West
United Methodist
David Hubbard
Dorset - East Rupert
Hal C. Miller
North Pownal
Berkshire Christian College
Lenox
Mass
Church School
ST. Francis DE Sales Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Baptist Church
Kenneth Schwebel
ST. Mary’s IN the Mountains
Wilmington
Russell Gale
Alfred Scott
Edward T. Patrick
H. Glenn Payne
Junior Byf
Central
First United Methodist Church
Shaftsbury
A. J. MacDonald
Henrietta Enners
UMYF
Melvin R. McGaughey
Cherub
Commission On
Sanctuary
OLD Stone Church
Independent Baptist
Elwin M. Ellis
Wilmin
Henry A. Peck
Our Lady OF Fatima
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
George C. Mills
ST. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah's Witnesses
Congregational
Richard U. Smith
Church Women United Plan
Barbara Holmes
Charles E. Holmes
Salem, N.Y
Ruth
Anne
Judith
Susan
Rebecca
A © Rend
Triple
Grand Union Empire
Javery
South Street
Remington
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
Walker
Tom Bell
Wilmington, VT
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