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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1970
Page
3
The piece discusses how to explain God to children without childish images or abstract terms. It suggests two New Testament analogies, God as loving like a mother and as a superior father, while warning about misimagination from flawed human fathers and stressing careful presentation to avoid misleadings.
The Vatican signals a shift as Pope Paul VI trims penalties for dissidents and mixed marriages, reducing excommunication and related bans. The piece notes historical context with papal bulls and Elizabeth I and mentions ongoing caution about abandoning censures entirely. It also covers a separate church event in Missouri and a children's crusade in New York.
A schedule of worship services across Bennington and surrounding towns lists many churches with times and sermon topics. Notable items include First United Methodist Shaftsbury worship at 10 45 am centered on Prayer by John Millington with Lucinda Stout, and Rev Jerome H Hevey Jr preaching Take No for an Answer in Manchester, with Leonard Stokes and Doris Laurence performing Mendelssohn pieces.
Memorial service at 11 a.m. Sunday in First Congregational Church Old Bennington features minister on The Bequest of Freedom. Arthur Murray sings Come Unto Him and If With All Your Hearts. John Riddle organist plays prelude and postlude. After postlude, procession to cemetery for Daughters of the American Revolution wreath. Ellen Carpenter and Cherie of Children of the American Revolution participate. Taps by Susan Stone and Spencer Sweet precede parade view.
Adams Mass. The annual Quaker Meeting for worship will be held at the Quaker Meeting House at 3 p.m. Sunday Sept 6. Miss Ruth Browne says Harmon H. Bro Ph D will speak on Dreams in the Life of Prayer. Bro is a researcher and lecturer on religions. He lives in North Vermont and attends Bennington Meeting. In observance of Susan B Anthony Days society members will be at the Meeting House Sunday Aug 23 and Wednesday Aug 26.
Joseph D. Huse will be ordained at an 8 p.m. service Sunday at First Baptist Church in Manchester. The sermon, Ordained for Troubled Times, will be delivered by Rev. Lawrence E. Carter of Boston University. Carter, a Columbus, Ohio native, holds multiple theology degrees and is pursuing a psychology of religion doctorate while serving as a Boston University counselor. Organist for the service is Mrs. James Sivert of Rockford, Illinois, a longtime friend of Huse. Out-of-town guests include Dr. Otto Nallinger and other clergy. a Bible presentation will be given to Huse. A separate Vacation Bible School starts Monday at the Bennington Church of Christ on South Street.
Vineland New Jersey United Press International reports Father William F Collins 37 native of Atlantic City tours southern New Jersey migrant vegetable workers with a 2400 square mile parish in a Winnebago motor home converted to a mobile church He serves as spiritual leader adviser and educator to laborers many of whom are Spanish speaking from Puerto Rico or Cuba Since spring 1969 he has driven and preached daily from the trailer which houses shelves an office desk filing cabinet and a projector linked to a public address system He aims to educate workers about housing laws politics medical facilities and the world beyond their camps
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