Vermont Chicks Sent to Congo Reach Leopoldville in January
Five thousand Vermont raised chicks arrived in Leopoldville on January 17 as CPRA led by Rev. John C. DeBoer expands its Chicks for the Congo program. The effort, funded by Vermonters and aided by Heifer Projects, aims to distribute chicks to new families across the Congo with nominal fees or none, fostering local ownership and eventual self-sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Congo
Leopoldville
John C. DeBoer
Vermont Congregational Conference
S.M.H. Lakerveld
Congo Protestant Relief Agency
CPRA
Heifer Projects, Inc
Ecuador
Lakerveld
Bishop Sees Ecumenical Climate in Vermont
In Montpelier the Most Rev. Robert F. Joyce, bishop of Burlington, praised Vermont as an ideal climate for ecumenism at a Governor's Prayer Breakfast. He described the movement as dialogue and cooperation, noting unity can exist with diversity among Christian groups. Governor Hoff, Lt. Gov. Foote, and about 200 officials attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoff
Ralph A. Foote
Joyce
Bennington Area Churches Schedule Ash Wednesday Events
Bennington area churches publish Ash Wednesday observances with multiple services at St Peter’s Episcopal Church and Second Congregational. Youth-led services at Second Congregational, Lent weekday services at St Peter’s, and church meetings including Boy Scouts, choirs, and interfaith events through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Vatican Faces Effects of De Gaulle China Move
Vatican officials weigh how France recognizing Red China may affect Catholic relations with Peking and influence priest freedom and Catholic attitudes toward communism amid Western unity on nonrecognition. A Vatican journalist notes France's shift weakens Western consensus and tests the Cold War balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Italy
Charles de Gaulle
France
China
de Gaulle
Vatican
Holy See
Peking
Frederico Alessandrini
L’osservatore Romano
Sunday Observer
Alessandrini
Bennington Area Church Services and Schedules
A list of church services in Bennington including Unitarian Fellowship Bennington Free Library Old Bennington area churches and Catholic and Protestant congregations with Mass times Sunday worship and weekday activities. Notable entries include Sacred Heart St Francis de Sales First Church of God Kin dergarten through adult programs and Bible study sessions across multiple streets and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of God
W. Earle Forman
Shaftsbury First Methodist Church
A.J. MacDonald
Alvan Lawrence
Lenten Breakfast Series Planned by Bennington Church
The Second Congregational Church of Bennington announces a weekly Lenten breakfast series for men, starting Ash Wednesday February 12 and running each Wednesday through March 25 in the church all purpose room from 7 to 8 a.m. Speakers include Rev. Melvin R. McGaughey Feb 26, Rev. Charles Chandler March 4, Cornelius Clarke March 11, and Fr. Frederick B. Wolf March 18 with a March 19 panel discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Congregational Church of
Bennington
Stephen C. Greene
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Charles Chandler
Church of Christ
Cornelius Clarke
The
Missionary Alliance
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Board of Deacons
Area Churches List Services and Schedules
A compiled list of church services across Vermont and nearby New York towns. It names denominations pastors and morning worship times, confessions, Sunday school, youth groups, and special services at locations including Bennington area churches, Manchester, Arlington, Dorset, and Hoosick Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
John Y. Elliott
Also Mentioned on This Page
Protestant Relief Agency
Ameredoort
Holland
World Council of Churches
Denomina
Vermont
Fienberg
Main ST
Kane
Main ST. Bennington
DIAL
America
Boy Scouts of America
Pilgrim Fellowship
ST. Peter’s Episcopal
St. Peter’s
Old Stone Church
First Methodist
WBTN
Dean Osgood
Bennington Ministerial Association
Paradise Restaurant
Bennington County Council of Churches
Second Congregational
Stephen Greene
Boy Scout
Old First Church
Christian Science
Christian Science Churches
Mary Baker Eddy
Herbert Hodgson
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, N.Y
Old Bennington
van der Groef
Miami Beach
Fla
Sol Silverman
Mollie
Miami Herald
Silverman
Bennington Church Services
Unitarian Fellowship
Friends Meeting
Religious Society of Friends
Quakers
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph Wiseman
First Baptist Church
H. Glenn Payne
B.Y.F
Missionary Alliance Church
Crescent Boulevard
Cornelius W. Clarke
Alliance Youth Fellowship
M.R. McGaughey
Ellen J. Gird
Junior Methodist
Senior Methodist
Bennington Church of Christ
South St
Charles
Chandler
Hillside St
Kingdom Hall
Pleasant St
Donald A. Webster
Seventh Day Adventist
Burgess Road
Ronald Seeley
First Church of Christ Scientist
Hillside Street
North Bennington
Independent Baptist
Elwin M. Ellis
Alfred Scott
Congregational Church
Charles J. Parsley
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
St. John the Baptist
Walter F. Miller
Walker
A.D
Mark
Warrengas
Lp.gas
Gulf Family of Quality Petroleum Products
GAS Service
Gulf Warrengas
No. Benn
Bennington, Vt
Area Church
Milton Pinsker
Lucien Loomis
Halvor Halvorsen
Elwin Bentley
Eugene V. Clark
Donald Davis
Carlton Holmes
Winfield Peck
John Millington Jr
Ford Robbins
Arthur Vanderbrugh
Robert Willard
Bell & Howell
Bennington Area Churches
West Arlington Methodist Church
Granville Greenwold
Wilmington Lady of Fatima
R.J. Powers
Manchester
Godfrey Parker
Zion Episcopal Church
R.L. Clayton
Church School
North Pownal
Pownal First Baptist Church
John C. Hatch
Methodist
James Bagley
Pownal Ctr
Community Church
Isabelle King
Sandgate Methodist Church
Woodford Hollow
Christian Advent Faith Bible Church
Ruth E. Smith
Albert Center
Dorset United Church
Robert G. Dana
East Dorset
East Arlington Federated Church
Arlington St. Columban’s
Gerald T. Buckley
St. James’ Episcopal
C.G. Belcher
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Joel B. Miller
United Church Presbyterian
Wesley P. Miles
J. JH
Hoosick, N.Y
All Saints Episcopal
Phillip A. Lewis
Taylor B. Light
Bennington Garage
Main
Bett Saving
DR. Fleetwood
Chevrolet
W.H
Eddington
Drysdale’s
U.S
Salem’s
Hanson
Walbridge
Hanson- Walbridge
National
Arlington
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