Churches Schedule Highlights in Bennington Vermont Area
A detailed listing of worship services, Sunday Schools, and church activities across Bennington area towns. Includes specific times for services at Bennington Congregational East Dorset North Pownal St. Peter's Episcopal Wilmington Dorset Rupert Pownal Sacred Heart Catholic St. Marys in the Mountains Church of God United Methodist North Bennington and North Pownal. Clergy named include George C. Mills Jim Metcalf Hal C. Miller III David Hubbard Walter P. Davenport J. Richard Sherlock John C. Morris Kenneth Schwebel Alfred Scott and Leslie Wright. Also notes Youth Fellowships BYF prayer meetings Bible classes choir rehearsals and Advent worship reminders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
North Bennington
J. Richard Sherlock
Richard D. Campbell
David Martin
Jesus
Sanctuary
Parlor
Circle I
Elizabeth Gibbs
Bryant Street
Council On Ministries
Circle II
Thelma Mills
Gates Street
John M. Mook
Crescent Blvd
Circle IV
John H. Parke
International Order of St. Luke
Christ Episcopal Church
Rochdale
Mass
Bennington Area
Christmas program at Shaftsbury WSCS Tuesday
Mrs Russell Mack, vice president of the Women's Society of Christian Service, will present a Christmas program titled I Give You Something to Make You Wise at the First United Methodist Church December meeting at 7 p.m. in the social room. Hostesses are the Executive Committee. attendees should bring a gift for a Friendly Sister or a $1 gift for someone else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Russell Mack
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First United Methodist Church
Angus J. MacDonald
Bortniansky
WSCS
Church notices schedule full of services and events
A Monday to Saturday slate for multiple churches lists Holy Communion services, morning prayers, and sermons led by rectors and visiting clergy. Church School classes, youth activities, choirs, and fellowship meetings are scheduled with nursery care provided, plus a community Christmas carol sing and a Messiah performance by local choruses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UCL
Robert L. Clayton
Richard Duff
Parlor
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Desert
Jennings
Pilgrim Singers
Holy Temple
Price
Sanctuary
Manchester Interfaith Chorus
Bennington Community Chorus
Pilgrim Fellowship
United Women’s Fellowship
Vestry
ST. James Episcopal Church
Arlington
Lawrence A. Sherwin
Women of
James Sigorelli
Annual Renewal of Church Membership Sees Nominal Christians Targeted
Louis Cassels reports on a Lutheran Church in America proposal for annual voluntary renewal of church membership. The plan would require each member to affirm stay or exit yearly, with those who do not renew being removed from rolls. Advocates say this clarifies commitment, strengthens the church's witness, and follows examples from small Christian communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church In America
Community of Christ
Washington, D.C
Catholics Shift on Vietnam War Noted in Almanac
Huntington Ind Catholic bishops increasingly back selective conscientious objection since 1966, with at least 32 bishops recorded. Our Sunday Visitor 1972 edition highlights this shift, defines the term, and notes the almanac’s long history and current pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
United States
Our Sunday Visitor Inc
Robert J. Quinn
OSW
Vermont bulls shipped to Honduras to upgrade cattle
A plane load of 20 Vermont bred Holstein bulls aged 8 to 13 months will fly from Miami to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Purchases by the New England Heifer Project Committee involve 11 Vermont farmers and two in Massachusetts, with gifts and below market sales. Accompanied by Hodgdon and Rev Howard Stearns, the shipment supports rural development via Diakonia Honduras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Honduras
Burlington
Miami
San Pedro Sula
New England Heifer Project Committee
Massachusetts
U.S
Diakonia Honduras
Heifer Project, Inc
Philip Hodgdon
Randolph Center
New England Heifer Project
Bridgewater
Mass
Hodgdon
Howard Stearns
Vermont Ecumenical Council and Bible Society
New England
Heifer Project
VEC
Vermont Alliance For Progress
United States
Ruben Sanchez
Jose Vivas
Vermont Technical College
Tyler Atwood
West Newbury
John Brooks & Sons
Swanton
Lecore Dexter
Vergennes
John Hunt
Rochester
Jerry Lawson
Newport
Alan Howe
Tunbridge
Luis Maxfield
North Hartland
Sheldon Miller
Ely
Edmund Petit
Howe Bull
Frank Lewis
Woodstock
Jesus Birthday Party Christmas program at First United Methodist Church
The church's Church School presents a 4 p.m. Sunday program featuring a worship service in the sanctuary, a younger children pantomime in the dining room, Advent candle rites, and a birthday cake lighting by Patricia Forrest. Cast includes Kim Nelson Betsy Smith Michael Colliano Patti Hollister and others. gifts go to local welfare and Brooklyn Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
Kim Nelson
Betsy Smith
Brown
Church School
Michael Colliano
Mr. Brown
Patti Hollister
Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Lynn Rogerson
Patricia Forrest
Christmas in the Philippines broadcast across 3200 stations
The Lutheran Hour plans a Christmas program titled Christmas in the Philippines heard Dec 19 to 31 on 3200 stations worldwide reaching nearly one billion listeners. Dr Oswald Hoffmann hosts interviews with President and Mrs Marcos and speaks with two Filipino students about Christmas, while networks include Vatican Radio Radio Free Europe and Armed Forces Radio Service among others. The program is in its 39th season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Lutheran Hour
Philippines
Oswald Hoffmann
Lord Jesus Christ
Dr. Hoffmann
Christ
Hoffmann
Ferdinand Marcos
Jesus Christ
Vatican Radio
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Ceylon
Armed Forces Radio and TV Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
George C. Mills
Congregational Church East
Dorset
North Pownat
Jim Metcalf
St. Peter’s
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
John P. Riddle Jr
King’s College
Cambridge
England
Lucille Croscup
Arthur B. Murphy
Baptist Church
Wilmington
Society OF Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
United Church
Dorset-East Rupert
Church
Hal C. Miller III
Pownal
Douglas Weiss
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
ST. Mary’s IN the Mountains
John C. Morris
Kenneth Schwebel
Church OF God
Leslie Wright
United Methodist Church
David Hubbard
Apostolic Pentecostal Church
North Pownal
Walter P. Davenport
Sarkis Trailer Park
Alfred Scott
Union
Church OF Christ
West Rupert
Howard B. Ford Jr
ST. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Gerald T. Buckley
Our Lady OF Fatima Catholic Church
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
Masonic Temple
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Congregation
Our Lady OF Lourdes Catholic Church
ST. Francis DE Sales Catholic
ST. John the Baptist Catholic Church
OLD Stone Church
Independent Baptist
Edwin M. Ellis
Missionary Alliance Church
Franklyn J. Klein Jr
First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
Church Barn
Barn
Arvel M. Steece
Middlebury College
Ladies Aid Society
Second Congregational Church
Redeemer Lutheran Church
St. Joseph College
Allen Barnes
First United Methodist
Manchester
Church Council
Parke
Princeton University
General Theological Seminary
U.S. Army
California
Arizona
Methodist Church
West
John Geer
Federated Church East
Enterprise Society
First Church OF Christ Scientist
God
Preserver
Man
First Baptist Church
Floyd I. LaBombard
BYF
ALL Faiths Chapel
Vermont Veterans Home
M. Everett Corbett
Louis Cassels
UPI
Quinn
U.S. Supreme Court
United Counseling Service
The
Korea
Vietnam
Europe
Japan
Caribbean
Far North
Alaska
Armed Forces Network
Greek Armed Forces
Kingdom of
Jordan
Radio
Ethiopia
Istanbul University
Heritage House
Maine
Rolls
North Bennington Road
Betty Manning
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