Area Church Notices from Bennington and Manchester
Area churches across Arlington Bennington Dorset and nearby towns list worship services Sunday school Holy Communion and sermons led by reverends including Corbett Broad bent Adams and Steece with programs for youth nursery and coffee hours plus midweek Bible studies and choir rehearsals The Manchester Ecumenical Lenten School of Religion begins March 8 touring local churches through April 5 with model Seder on April 2 and a $1 registration limit
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North Bennington Congregational Church
W. Matthew Broadbent
Church Bazaar Set for Nov 20 by Bennington UMC
The First United Methodist Church of Bennington will hold its fourth annual Cranberry Bazaar on Saturday November 20. Co chairs are Mrs Gladys Carner and Helen Atwell. Church groups and members are invited to prepare projects in the coming months. The United Methodist Youth Fellowship enjoyed a skiing weekend at Camp Missisquoi with nine youths led by President Tom Blackstone. Adult sponsors were Mrs Marion Tomm and Rev Charles Graham. Regular meetings resume Sunday at 7 pm. The United Methodist Women of Shaftsbury met at Mrs Robert Booths home with devotions led by Mrs Ernest Gratz. The group discussed social outreach, collected the Fellowship Of The Least Coin, and heard about The Christian Presence in Southeast Asia. The UMW designated funds to aid the church fuel bill and the Executive Committee meets Feb 17. Eleven members traveled to White Creek NY to hear Mrs Robert Trost speak on Africa. The next UMW meeting is March 9 at Mrs Ellen Harwood's with Mrs Carl Farnham hosting. Mrs Steven Fritz will discuss The Equal Rights Amendment and a Lenten program will be presented by Mrs Angus MacDonald. Refreshments included a birthday cake for Mrs Ranney Galusha. In Sacramento, California, retirees must file a new certificate of existence to verify they are alive for pension benefits, prompted by one abuse case. the form is to be filed every July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
Bennington
Gladys Carner
Helen Atwell
United Methodist Youth Fellowship
Camp Missisquoi
Tom Blackstone
Marion Tomm
Charles Graham
United Methodist Women
Shaftsbury
Robert Booth
East Street
Ernest Gratz
Angus MacDonald
National Board of Global Ministries
Alvan Lawrence
Global Concerns
Southeast Asia
Ranney Galusha
UMW
Francis Peters
White Creek
N.Y
Robert Trost
Troy
Africa
Ellen Harwood
Cleveland Avenue
Carl Farnham
Steven Fritz
Mrs. Galusha
Harold McDonald
Sacramento, Calif
UPI
Sacramento County
Roger Hendrickson
Old First Church in Bennington Vermont Its Legacy and Life
The Old First Church in Old Bennington founded in 1762 stands as Vermont’s enduring colonial shrine. Its ministers, from Jedediah Dewey to Arvel M. Steece, shaped education and missions, with figures like Job Swift the Apostle of Vermont and Absalom Peters helping to found the American Home Missionary Society. Today a small membership sustains weekly worship, Dial-A-Devotion, and community programs, while the church remains active in regional denominational work and global missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Old Bennington
Vermont
First Congregational Church of
Bennington
First Church of Christ In
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New England
Church of Christ In
First Church
Old First Church
Jedediah Dewey
Job Swift
Yale
Dartmouth
Williams
Middlebury
Daniel Marsh
America
Absalom Peters
American Home Missionary Society
AHMS
Peters
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
Edward William Hooker
Dial-Adevotion
Bennington College
Thomas T. Street
Arvel M. Steece
Hiram Bingham
Hawaii
Calvin Bingham
Bradford Smith
Paradise
Caroline Hubbell
Hollis Read
Newfane
India
Greece
Hong Kong
West Germany
Philippines
Susan L. Throckmorton
Madras
More money for Troy Conference reported
The Troy Conference United Methodist Church increased overall giving by nine percent in 1975, with total receipts of 1,204,456 from 346 churches. Gains were strongest in administrative support and benevolent programs including the Black College Fund and Ministerial Education Fund. The council will propose a conference benevolence budget of 127,940 to the May session. Community church details and events at Old First Church in Old Bennington are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Glens Falls
N.Y
Troy
United Methodist Church
Council On Finance and Administration
E. Clayton Burgess Jr
S. Glens Falls
Robert A. Hammond
Saratoga Springs
Burgess
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Vermont Veterans
Paul
M. Everett Corbett
St. James Episcopal Church
Arlington
John T. Adams
Arlington Youth Fellowship
St. James
Women of
Barbara Taylor
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Hillside St
Federated Church
Arlington Chorale
First Baptist Church
Floyd la Bombard
Ramsey
John Riddle Jr
John Riddle
Purvis
Colgate Hall
Society of Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
Baptist Church
Wilmington
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
First Congregational Church
Church Barn
Sound Investments
Nancy Elwell
Handel
J.S. Bach
Ladies Aid Society
Jesus, the
Good Shepherd
Richard D. Campbell
Circle III
Circle I
Circle IV
Gladys Butler
North St
Commission On Education
Cherub
Sandgate
Edward A. Clark
Union Church
Sunderland
Edward Clark
North Bennington
Church of Christ
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Congregation
Pownal
Kenneth Schwebel
United Church
Dorset-East Rupert
Church School
Hal C. Miller III
Howard Fish
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
McCullough Library
Congregational Church
Rupert
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
North Pownal
David Hubbard
Old Stone Church
Independent Baptist
Edwin M. Ellis
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
John P. R. Morgan
West Arlington
David Bort
Henry Smart
Eugene Kosche
Lanus Oesta
Council On Ministries
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Mary’s Guild
Manchester
Wayne A. Dalton
Farrant
Leo Burns
Equinox Choraliers
Hillside
Unitarian-Universalist
Unitarian Fellowship
Route 67A
West Street
North
Church of God
St. Mary’s In the Mountains
John C. Morris
Congregational Church East
Dorset
Church of Christ West
Family Bible School
John R. Carlson
Christian Home
Robert Wagner
Aline LaFlamme
Marion Carlson
God
Pioneer Girls
Pownal Center
Mary Burton-Beinecke
Church School For
Women’s Fellowship
June Kauppi
Manchester Ecumenical Council
Zion Episcopal Church
Israel Congregation
St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
North Pownal Congregational
Washington
Matthew
Thomas Hooker
Theological Institute of Connecticut
Hartford Theological Seminary
Isaac Jennings Sr
Isaac Jennings Jr
Black College Fund
New York
Evangelical and Reformed Church
United Church of Christ
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Monument Avenue
Covenant
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