Area church notices in Shaftsbury March World Day of Prayer
Shaftsbury groups observe World Day of Prayer on Friday March 5. Mrs. Alvan J. Lawrence of Polymeadows Farm announced the event with the Latin American theme Education for All of Life. Local churches listed include First United Methodist Shaftsbury and many others across Bennington and Arlington areas.
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Shaftsbury
Alvan J. Lawrence
Polymeadows Farm
Church Women United In
Vermont
Thoreau muse in Concord revealed by curator
Anne Root McGrath, curator of the Thoreau Lyceum in Concord, describes Henry David Thoreau as a personable figure rather than a hermit. She shares stories from the collection, notes his circle, and highlights relics from his life and Walden Pond replica.
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Concord
Mass
UPI
Anne Root McGrath
Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau
New England
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lyceum
McGrath
Ecumenical Lenten Services Planned by Bennington Council
The Bennington Area Ecumenical Council of Churches will sponsor Lenten services starting Ash Wednesday March 3 at the First United Methodist Church of Shaftsbury. The series visits area churches and ends with a Good Friday service at St. Peter's. A sunrise Easter service is set for Easter morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital grounds with a rain option at the Old First Church meeting House. The Rev. Thomas Steffen also discussed fuel or food aid via the Council of Churches and Bennington Opportunity Council, with a ten mile CROP walk planned to raise funds.
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Family Bible School
John R. Carlson
Bruce Hatch
Roger Lenehan
Robert Wagner
Aline LaFlamme
Marion Carlson
Pastor Carlson
Pioneer Girls
Shikaris
Mildred Ross
Ruth Galusha
Daniel
Richard D. Campbell
Congregational Church
North Bennington
Church
Matthew Broadbent
Congregational
Baptist Churches
First Congregational Church
Manchester
Hal Harrison
Vermont
U.C.C
United Women’s Fellowship
Pilgrim Singers
Liberty Belles
First Baptist Church
Floyd la Bombard
Farrant
John Riddle Jr
Willian
Clokey
Bennington Area
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Old First Church
Thomas Steffen
Council of Churches
Bennington Opportunity Council
BOC
Steffen
Missionary Alliance Church
General Fund
Angus MacDonald
First United Methodist Church of
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Full Council of Churches
John Riddle
Christine Shumway
United Counseling Service
Mr. Harrison
Iowa
Grinnell College
Andover Newton Theological School
New Hampshire
Connecticut
First Church of Christ
Wethersfiled
Conn
Church Education Center
Hartford Seminary Foundation
Thoreau Life and Legacy Explored by Mrs McGrath
Mrs. McGrath recounts Henry David Thoreau's life from Concord beginnings to Walden Pond. She covers his family, education, writing career, love life with Ellen Sewall, friendship with Emerson, and lasting impact on American thought.
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Maine
Thoreau
Canada
Walden
Concord Life
God
Thoreaus
Concord
John Thoreau
America
John
Emerson
Walden Pond
Merrimack
Harvard
Ellen Sewall
Scituate
Ellen
Henry
McGrath
Unitarian
Redwood
Minn
Henry David Thoreau
New England
Belknap Street
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God Who
Voice of God Is
Hughes
Monica Murrary
Philip Elwell
Eugene Kosche
First Congregational
Old Bennington
Church Barn
Arvel M. Steece
Spencer Sweet
Missionary Alliance Crescent
Westside
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
First United Methodist Church
Main Street
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
North Pownal
United Methodist Church
Pownal
David Hubbard
Old Stone Church
Independent Baptist
Edwin M. Ellis
Young Prayer Meeting
Federated Church
Community Church
Pownal Center
Mary Burton- Beinecke
Ellie Sweet
Youth Fellowship
T. James Episcopal Church
Arlington
John T. Adams
Zion Episcopal Church
Guild of St. Margaret
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Hillside St
St&. Peter’s Episcopal Church
John P. Riddle Jr
Society of Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
Baptist Church
Wilmington
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
St. Mary’s In the Mountains
John C. Morris
East Dorset
Church of Christ West
John P. R. Morgan
West Arlington
David Bort
Unitarian Universalist
The
Unitarian Fellowship
McCullough Library
Route 67A
West Street
Church of God
Sandgate
Edward A. Clark
Union Church
Sunderland
Edward Clark
Church of Christ
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Congregation
Pownat
Kenneth Schwebel
United Church
Dorset-East Rupert
Church School
Hal C. Miller III
Howard Fish
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormons
Sacrament Meeting
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Rupert
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Allen Barnes
John Nyquist
Helga Lundy
All Faiths
By Marguerite del Giudice
Ecumenical Council
Harriet Davis
Miriam Chase
Phyllis Bronson
Barbara Wagner
Charlotte Galusha
Dorothy Hill
Edward Bronson
Dennis Dodge
Ted Rice
Dennis Hill
Thomas Sinclair
Clara Sweet
Winifred Ayres
Emily Chase
Velma Thayer
Wilma Sinclair
Cindy Chase
Roger Peterson
Nancy Lenehan
Sara Dodge
Wilma Sin Clair
Women’s Missionary Prayer Fellowship
Darlene Percey
Kathy Rice
Mona McDonald
Iva Macauley
Debbie Harrington
Barbara Allen
BRAC
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Cindy Galusha
Carolyn Nanktgeboren
Cole Wagner
Vermont Conference
U." United Church of Christ
Springfield
George Washington
Roberts Charge
Kokovis
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams, Mass
Swifts
Pkg
Walker