Simon's Rock Seeks To Overcome Usual Neglect of Negro History
STOCKBRIDGE Mass I HAVE just finished my first effort as a teacher In seminary there were abortive attempts to teach Sunday school but last fall I was given the opportunity to teach on a twice weekly basis at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington The course called Contemporary Social Criticism dealt largely with the way that Black writers have envisioned America There were 14 girls in the class averaging about 19 The semester read W E B Du Bois Dusk of Dawn and works by Martin Luther King Jr Malcolm X Claude Brown Jr Dick Gregory Stokely Carmichael and Charles Hamilton Each girl produced a seminar paper on a social problem By semester end the class was largely run by the students and discussions were active in the spring they plan to continue
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Simon’s Rock
Great Barrington
America
W. E.B. du Bois
du Bois
Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm X
Claude Brown Jr
Dick Gregory
Stokely Carmichael
Charles Hamilton
Marx
Jesus
Marx and
Marcuse
New Left
Malcolm
Mecca
Now Prophets Explained To WSCS in Shaftsbury
A WSCS meeting at First United Methodist Church in Shaftsbury featured Mrs. Angus MacDonald detailing the “Now Prophets” concept, with emphasis on modern leaders aiding the needy in Harlem and rural areas, followed by church notices including fundraisers and upcoming events for February and December.
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Shaftsbury
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First United Methodist Church
Ralph Prouty
Angus MacDonald
Eugene Kosche
Forrest Montgomery
Prouty
Jeremiah
Micah
Hosea
Israel
Angus J. MacDonald
van Danman Thompson
Bennington Area Churches Publish Weekly Schedule
A comprehensive church notices page lists services, study groups, youth activities, choirs, and meetings across Bennington area churches. Highlights include worship services at multiple congregations, Sunday schools, youth programs, and midweek prayer and choir rehearsals, with nursery care and special events noted.
Pope Defends Vatican Reform Against Protestant Spirit
Vatican City and Manchester report Pope Paul VI warned reformers not to imitate Protestant forms as the Vatican II era calls for interior spiritual renewal. He cautioned against dismantling church structures and rejected Catholic cooperation with Communists. In Manchester, First Congregational Church schedules its annual meeting for Sunday January 26 with 1969 officer elections.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Italy
Manchester
First Congregational Church
Manchester Notes Week of Prayer and Ecumenical Activities
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity observed in Manchester with materials on display at Mark Skinner Library. Joint Commission recommends prayer, study and dialogue to foster Christian unity. Listings include Holy Communions, parish Eucharists, choir rehearsals, and various community group meetings across denominations.
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Manchester
Mark Skinner
Joint Commission For Christian Unity
Faith and Order Committee
Vermont Ecumenical Council
Ecumenical Commission
Burlington
Witnesses Plan To Attend Bible Education Seminar
Harvey R R Hiatt presiding minister of the Bennington Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses says local members will attend a three day Bible education seminar February 7 to 9 at Bellows Free Academy in St Albert The event aims to attract about 650 members from 16 congregations across Vermont New Hampshire and eastern New York with lectures symposiums dramatizations and classes on Bible study Also a public lecture Law and Order When and How by HA Fetzik northeast district supervisor on February 9.
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Harvey RR. Hiatt
Bennington
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Bellows Free Academy
St. Albert
Hiatt
Area Witnesses
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Fetzik
Northeast
Services Planned Next Week To Pray for Christian Unity
A week of nightly services opens Sunday at the former Bennington Catholic High School with folksongs by Holy Cross N ovitiate men and dialogue with Sister Judith Levins and BREF participants. The week continuing at 7 30 p m features bennington churches First United Methodist Bennington North Bennington Congregational First Church of God St Francis de Sales First United Methodist Shaftsbury and St Peter's Episcopal Bennington.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosick Baptist Church
West Hoosick Baptist Church
Raimund, Tumberston
ST. James Episcopal Church
Arlington
Women of
Church School
Guild of St. Margaret
Esther Shaw
Congregational Church
North Bennington
Christian Unity
First Church OF God
W. Earle Forman
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
Masonic Temple
Main St
Baptist Church
Alfred Scott
Istor
BYF
Women’s Fellowship
Bennington Catholic
Holy Cross
Judith Levins
SSJ
Bennington Religious Education Foundation
BREF
First United Methodist Church
Bennington
North Bennington Congregational Church
Church of God
St. Francis de Sales
Shaftsbury
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Workshops Planned by United Counseling Services
Manchester and Rutland Counties counseling group will hold joint all day workshops from Monday to Wednesday. Sessions run 9 15 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Church School building of the First Congregational Church.
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Manchester
United Counseling Services
Bennington
Rutland
First Congregational Church
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By Stephen C. Rose
Stockbridge, Mass
WSCS
Howard Stevens
William Pencey
Commission On Stewardship and Finance
Ernest Gratz
Harold McDonald Sr
Kathryn Reich
Cole Hall
Dewey Bronson
Stella Hawkins
MacDonald
Peter Marshall
de Toqueville
Max Weber
Marx and Marcuse
Lester Maddox
Kingdom Hall
Watch Tower
Congregational Bible Study
Melvin R. McGaughey
MYF
Circle III
Parlor
Sanctuary
Pilgrim Fellowship
United Women’s Fellowship
Manse
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Missionary Alliance
Bible School
Richard Lenehan
Greenfield Gospel
Ruth Palmquist
Alliance Youth Corps
South America
James Peterson
Peterson
First Baptist Church
Destiny
H. Glenn Payne
Women’s Society
Manchester Center
Joseph D. Huse
Second Congregational Church
Wilmington 11
Asm
Henry A. Peck
Our Lady Fatima
Wilmington
Pownal
Youth Alive Group
OLD Stone Church
Independent Baptist
Elwin M. Ellis
Ernest Charles
Ladies Aid Society
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
North Pownal
Community Church
Pownal Center
Faith Bible Baptist Church
Woodford Hollow
Kenneth Schwebel
Federated Church East
John E. Geer
Methodist Church
West Arlington
ST. Mary's IN the Mountains
Russell Gale
United Church
Dorset - East Rupert
Hal C. Miller
Church OF Christ
Jerry Moffitt
Unitarian-Universalist
First Church OF Christ Scientist
God
Jesus Christ
Our Lord
el Putnam
Kroewler
China
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Walker
Bennington County
VEW
Blain Goad
Lenny the Clown
Will M.C
Hanneford
Kathy Maloney
Mary Petras
Nichols
Morgan Jones
Greenberg
Main Street
Hanson
Walbridge
Mortiglans Deen FV
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Finast
Mersman
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