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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1970
Page
3
UPI reports mixed church trends as Catholic and Lutheran memberships slip while United Methodist declines around 2 percent. Assemblies of God rises about 9 percent, Churches of Christ grow similarly, and the Mormon Church adds new congregations at roughly one daily.
The Bennington Council of Churches will sponsor seven midweek Lenten services at First United Methodist Church each Wednesday at 12 05 p m with a 12 30 p m feedback lunch in the social hall. The series theme centers on love for God and neighbor with various local pastors speaking among them Rev H Glenn Payne opening February 18 and others through March 25. Coffee and tea provided. attendees bring their own lunch.
Johnson Vermont United Church of Christ launches a three day fundraising drive starting with a February 22 banquet to rebuild its 151 year old colonial church destroyed by fire. The drive aims to raise 40,000 toward a 100,000 project with 50,000 insurance plus pledges, while a March 26 Faure Requiem service in Johnson State College's Stearns Hall involves the church choir under Mrs. R H van der Linde.
A long schedule of worship services and church activities across Bennington area churches. Includes times for Sunday services Sunday School and midweek meetings at churches in Bennington North Pownal Wilmington Arlington Manchester Center and Dorset East Rupert and nearby towns with notes on sermons pastors and nursery facilities.
Hoosick Falls officials will elect officers for the council and directors for the board at the annual meeting of the Policy Advisory Council for the Rensselaer Commission on Eco. The meeting sets the new leadership and outlines future governance.
Rock R. Rogers will host A Tribute to Poets on WBTN 1370 this Sunday at 10 a.m. honoring Abraham Lincoln. A rural opportunity meeting is set for Thursday Feb 12 at 8 p.m. in the OEO office 4 Third St. Two Hoosick Falls Pittstown reps and one Grafton rep will be elected to serve families aided by local centers and support poverty relief community action programs in Rensselaer County. The public is invited.
Johnsonville area hosts third annual demonstration series by Danbury United Methodist Educational Council at Christ United Methodist Church. Sessions run 9 15 a.m. to 1 45 p.m. each Sunday for preschool through grades 7 8, with luncheons at noon. Staff include Mrs. Francis Long and Miss Elizabeth Goodrich, plus local organizers.
According to Harvey R hiatt presiding minister of the Bennington congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses about 48 members from this area will attend a three day Bible conference February 13 to 15 in White River Junction. Sessions at Hartford Memorial School will be attended by about 750 delegates from Vermont and New Hampshire congregations. The assembly centers on the theme Sacrifices That Please God with delegates reviewing community activities and a home Bible course The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life being implemented locally. The event is part of a national program by the Watchtower Society and will conclude February 15 with the Bible lecture Withstanding the Pressures of Our Day.
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