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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1969
Page
3
A reflective piece argues that ministers' wives deserve a special place in heaven for bearing the hardships of clerical life with quiet fortitude. It notes husbands may not fully grasp the patience and dedication required in the role.
Dr. Robert H. Woodworth, Bennington College biologist since 1935, speaks at St Marys Guild fall pot luck lunch at St Peters Episcopal Church parish house on Thursday Sept 4 at 1230 pm. He will show time lapse motion pictures on plant growth and development. He has taught at Williams College University of Florida Radcliffe Harvard Hiram College and Bennington. He was curator at Harvard Gardens 1930 to 1935 and made biological movies with University Film Foundation. He has contributed to scientific journals and served on the Executive Committee Institute for Research in Tropical America 1939.
The Rev. Dr. Arvel M. Steece will introduce Rev. Malcolm K. Burton at a 3 p.m. Sunday National Congregational Fellowship service in the Cathedral of the Pines, Rindge New Hampshire. Midlands ministers join with Burton who formerly led Long New London church. Burton an ecclesiastical law expert and author of Destiny for Congregationalism and How Church Union Came.
The Bishop's Fund for Charities and Development of the Catholic Diocese of Burlington reports $330,416.89 contributed so far this year, $70 more than last year with almost 900 visits outstanding. Districts list Burlington topping at $121,356 and Rutland $58,337, as 7,400 potential donors remain to be contacted in the 11th annual campaign.
A wide range of local church schedules is listed for Bennington area towns. Services include worship, Sunday School, Holy Communion, and prayer meetings, with multiple churches and pastors named across Bennington, Pownal, Manchester, Shaftsbury, and Arlington. Specific times span 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and include Catholic, Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist, and other denominations.
In Munich auxiliary bishop Matthias Defregger faces international controversy over his role in the 1944 machine gun executions of 17 civilians near Filetto di Camarda Italy. He defends his actions amid a televised interview, asserting he served the church during war.
NORTH ADAMS MASS The Adams Society of Friends Descendants invites area residents and neighboring Quaker Meetings to attend the annual worship at 3 p.m. Sunday Sept 7 in the old Quaker Meeting House. The event includes silent worship with messages from moved participants and a talk by Mrs Pearl C Hall, co-director of Powell House New York Yearly Meetings of Friends.
First Baptist Bennington North Bennington Baptist and First Congregational Old Bennington unite to sponsor a School for Growth in Christian Living. Four courses run 7 30 to 9 30 p m on five Wednesdays from Sept 24 to Oct 22 at First Baptist Main Street. Courses include Knowing the Living God led by Rev John Y Elliott The Story the Old Testament Tells led by Rev Alfred Scott The Christian's Role in a World of Tension and Rapid Change led by Rev Dr Arvel M Steece and Creative Teaching in the Church led by Rev H Glenn Payne. All welcome.
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