Eight Protestant Denominations Discuss Uniting at Dallas Meeting
Eight denominations plan a potential merger to form a united church with 24 million members. Details outline faith, worship, baptism, Lord’s Supper, ministry, and two local unit types including parishes and vocation based task forces. Unification could take 5 to 15 years with provisional governance during transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Washington
UPI
United Church
Tex
United Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Church
United Church of Christ
Disciples of Christ
Evangelical United Brethren
Brattleboro To Be Weekend Host Of Vermont Episcopal Convention
Brattleboro will host the 176th annual Episcopal Diocese of Vermont convention on May 6 7 at St Michael s Church. Bishop Harvey D Butterfield will preside with 46 active priests and 166 lay delegates from 52 parishes. Activities include openings devotions choral evensong the Eucharist and elections to diocesan offices. A testimonial dinner honors four retiring diocesan servants Miss Doris E Wright Miss Agnes Hamilton Mrs Lenard Steele and their guests. Representatives from southwest Vermont parishes attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Episcopal Diocese of
Vermont
St. Michael’s
Harvey D. Butterfield
Green Mountain State
Butterfield
St. Michael’s Church
Episcopal Church
Roger Albright
Vermont Church Council
Doris E. Wright
Rock Point
Leonard W. Steele
Brookhaven
Chelsea
Wright
Hamilton
Steele
Agnes W. Belcher
Francis F. Dunbar
Richard K. Miles Jr
Bennington Area Churches Plan Busy Sunday Schedule
A long list of Bennington church activities outlines worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m with Rev Glenn Payne preaching on Christ's Use of the Commonplace and observance of the Lord's Supper. Music features Mrs Williams on organ and choirs directed by Paul Williams, plus Sunday School, youth outings, and a full midweek and weekend program across First Church of Christ Scientist First Methodist Church and Unitarian Universalist and other congregations in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniting Churches
Glenn Payne
Paul Williams
Hughes
Bach
Roff
Memorial Park
Christain Education Building Council
Masonic Temple
WBTN
Christaan Science Church
I John
Mary Baker Eddy
Christ
Galilee
Charles Chandler
Pilgrim Fellowship
Women’s Fellowship
Sanctutry
Melvin R. McGaughey
God and Country Scouting
Alan Hollister
David Peterson
Main Street
Bennington
Methodist Mothers’ Fellowship
Joyce McDonald
North Bennington
North Bennington Congregational Church
Waterbury Hospital
Monument Circle
Roscoe Mott Giles
Emmanuel Baptist Church of
Albany
N.Y
Harold McDonald
Merkel
John Mason
Lyne
Conant
Ladies Aid
Ian Mitchell
Eleanor J. Lawrence
Bennington Methodist Church
MYF
Viet Nam Profile Film Shown At Missionary Alliance Church
Viet Nam Profile, a feature-length documentary praised as a top Vietnam War era film, will be shown at Missionary Alliance Church on Crescent Boulevard at 7 p.m. Sunday. Produced by Dr. Bob Pierce of World Vision, the film portrays war-torn Vietnam and the role of missionaries and aid workers, with an appeal for Christian servicemen centers and support for allied missions. An offering will be collected after the screening. admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lenehan
Lenehan
Viet Nam
World Vision
Junior Alliance Youth Fellowship
Miriam Chase
Dorothy Harrington
Senior Alliance
Margaret Hill
Scott Neville
Missionary Alliance
Crescent Boulevard
Bob Pierce
World Vision, Inc
Churches of the Christian and Missionary Alliance
Pierce
Orient
Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance
The
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Evangelical Church
Alliance Missionary Work
Holy Name Speaker Reverend William Aber In Mass
The Rev. William Aber leads the 8:30 Mass at Holy Name, delivering a sermon to parishioners. The service draws attendees and reflects on faith themes of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Greenwold
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Louis Cassels
Vermont Episcopal Convention
Old First
First Baptist Church
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Church OF Christ
South Street
First Church OF God
W. Earle Forman
Church School
First Methodist Church
OLD First Church
Old Bennington
Sandgate
Unitarian - Universalist
Unitarian Fellowship
Bennington Free Library
William Anderson
North Adams State Teachers College
ST. Peter‘s Episcopal
St. Mary’s Guild
Christian Education Committee
Shaftsbury
Missionary Alliance Church
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
First Church OF Christ
Scientist
Brattleboro, Vermont
Jane O. Robbins
C. S. of
Boulder, Colorado
Mother Church
Boston
Massachusetts
Putney Road
William Aber
Nethy
Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart Church
Hanson
Walbridge
Arlington
National
Ruan F Manson
Redwood
Main St
Dial
Bennington, VI
the Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Bellows Falls
Chester
Rutland
Manchester
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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