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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1976

Page

3

New pastor Rev John Cooper brings faith and ecumenism to Clinton AME Zion

GREAT BARRINGTON MASS. Rev John Cooper named pastor of Clinton AME Zion Church and arrives with a Bible centered gospel. He values faith over scholarship, cites Paul the apostle, and believes the spirit of God binds churches, while acknowledging no easy ecumenism before Judgment Day.

Great Barrington Mass John Cooper Clinton Ame Zion Church Cooper Douglas E. Lawrence Price Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Pittsfield Jesus Georgia Hartford, Conn East Orange N.J New York Goodwin Memorial Ame Zion Amherst Price Memorial Ame Zion Linden Street Willard H. Durant New England Ame Zion

Preschool at Zion Episcopal Church Manchester Center

The Zion Episcopal Church preschool for three and four year olds operates in Zion Parish House with two-day and three-day weekly sessions starting September 9 and 10 respectively. The program blends free play and group activities to foster learning and self attitude with the What do you see approach. Head teacher Mrs. Marjorie March, with Mrs. Joy Green assisting, notes openings remain. contact Mrs. Betty Clayton at 362 1987. Also listed are Redeemer Lutheran Church worship at 9:00 a.m. no August nursery, Our Lady of Fatima Mass times, St Marys in the Mountain service, and East Dorset Congregational worship at 9:30 a.m.

Manchester Center Zion Episcopal Church Zion Parish Marjorie March Joy Green Betty Clayton

Knights of Columbus hear on secular humanism at convention

Delegates in Boston heard Supreme Court rulings advance secular humanism, with Supreme Knight John McDevitt lamenting prayers in public schools. He warned 40 million students may be taught without God, calling it unconstitutional to mention God on campus. He urged faith amid church events and film showings at churches in Vermont venues.

Boston UPI U.S. Supreme Court Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight John McDevitt McDevitt Daniel A. Cronin Fall River Supreme Courts

U.N. finds slavery persists in Americas Africa

A U.N. report says slavery remains widespread in Latin America and Africa with babies sold for about two dollars in some areas. It cites forced labor in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, apartheid in South Africa, and legal slavery-like practices in Rhodesia. The Ache of Paraguay face critical conditions. The United States calls for heightened global attention.

Geneva Switzerland UPI Latin America Africa U.N United States U.N. Commission On Human Rights South Africa Rhodesia Paraguay Chase- Sardi el Salvador Honduras Guatemala Nicaragua Equatorial Guinea

Religion Courses Offered at SCV in Bennington

Southern Vermont College and BREF announce religion courses open to students and community members for credit at 45 dollars and auditors 15 dollars. Fall offerings include The Religions of Man East and West and Mysticism in Children's Literature with spring plans for Pilgrimage The Bible as Literature and Catholic studies colloquium.

Southern Vermont College Bennington Bennington Religous Education Foundation BREF

Area Church Notices in Pownal Center and Nearby Areas

Classified church notices list weekly worship services across many churches in Pownal Center and North Pownal, Arlington, Dorset and surrounding towns. It records service times, sermon topics, catechism, coffee hours, and special events including markets and meetings with pastors and church staff.

Evangelical politics gains respectability and scrutiny

UPI reports Senator Mark Hatfield says evangelical voters shifted from withdrawal to engagement under leaders like Carter and Anderson. The piece highlights tensions between faith and politics, evangelical conservatism, and Hatfield’s call for a Christian nonviolence ethos against crusading political aims.

Mark O. Hatfield Hatfield John Anderson Ill Jimmy Carter UPI William Jennings Bryan Carter Jesus Christ Vietnam Nixon

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Rev. Cooper New England District Conference Christianity Redeemer Lutheran Church Lutheran Church Second Congregational Hillside St Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Wilmington St. Mary’s In the Mountain John C. Morris Congregational Church East Dorset Kot Chead Chuck Colson Gospel Films Missionary Alliance Church Charles W. Colson Time Magazine Richard Nixon Colson Christ St. John’s Chapel Manchester Crescent Blvd Westside Drive Family Bible School John R. Carlson Ted Weber Shaftsbury State Park First Congregational Church Old Bennington Marlene Walt Malotte God Thiman Church Lane First United Methodist Church Shaftsbury Ernest Gratz Leon O’dell Ranney Galusha U.S Beverly Carter Jr SCV Area Church Notices Community Church Pownal Center Isabel King Pownal Country Market Federated Church East North Pownal All Faiths Chapel Vt. Veterans Home Father Quinn M. Everett Corbett Charles G. Chamberlain Vermont The United Church of Christ Fire Place St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Pleasant Street Randall B. Krum George M. Conger Hoosac School St. James Episcopal Church Arlington Joseph Caron Cambridge Rectory Society of Friends Quakers Bennington Free Library Baptist Church St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church United Methodist Church Sandgate Edward A Clark Union Church Sunderland Edward Cark Church of God Baptist’ Church North Bennington Church of Christ Sacred Heart Catholic Church Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses Congregation Second Congregational Church Hillside Street Curch of Christ, Scientist Main Street Bible Baptist Church Independent Fundamental Mt. Anthony Jr. High Mike Twardy Pownal Kenneth Schwebel United Church Dorset -East Rupert Church Hal C. Miller III Howard Fish St. Francis de Sales Catholic St. John the Baptist Catholic Church John P. R. Morgan West Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mormons McCullough Library Sacrament Meeting Rupert Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church David Hubbard Old Stone Church Independent Baptist Edwin M. Ellis Church of Christ West Monument Plaza Shopping Center David E. Anderson Word Books America Swift's Premium Walker
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