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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1972
Page
3
The article questions whether Hope is a virtue and moral obligation as listed by St. Paul alongside Love and Faith. It explores whether hope is a consciously cultivated trait or largely a matter of disposition or circumstance.
Brother Raymond LaTour of Lewiston Maine will lead a two session workshop at St. Peter's Church on February 5 sponsored by the Bennington Religious Education Foundation. The first session from 2 to 5 p.m. covers electronic equipment and media use, the second from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. demonstrates non electronic media such as dance and music. Reservations are requested through St. Peter's parish office.
Guest speakers Mr and Mrs James Coughlin representing the Vermont Association for the Crippled spoke at the Church Women United annual meeting in North Bennington on January 19. Coughlin described VACs mission to help the lame see the blind hear and Jesus work in the world today. Mrs Coughlin shared their daughter Eileen s autism journey from diagnosis to progress with VAC s individualized approach. The group learned VAC serves about 1700 children and funds gifts such as Easter seals while inviting new members. A donation to VAC was approved and volunteers noted other community projects and new CWU officers were installed.
A long list of church services across Bennington area towns including Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. at multiple churches, sermons by various pastors, church school classes through grade 10, and nursery or youth programs. Also midweek prayer meetings, choirs, and special services noted for Congregational, United Methodist, Catholic, and other congregations.
St. Peter's Episcopal Church elected Elizabeth Armstrong, David Aldrich, John Duval and Richard Wohlson to three year vestry terms. Raymond Dewey will fill Harvey Kevorkian's unexpired term. Diocesan convention delegates are Castle, Murphy, Sweator, Riddle, Williams II and Welling with alternates Gilchrist, Hapgood, McCabe, and three others. Welling named senior warden, Williams junior warden, Kennedy clerk, Castle parish administrator, Horne, Bailey and Sinclair collectors. Welling and Murphy named representatives to Southwest Deanery. Brown and Myers named to other posts.
Janet Urie president of Church Women United in Vermont spoke at the January 13 state unit meeting in Barre about the CWU's 30th anniversary program in Washington The session covered seven topics and a morning worship titled The Morning Star Rises Attending events include a January 18 Bishop Joyce reception in Burlington and a March 3 Day of Prayer with All Joy Be Yours theme Other plans include a spring clothing drive on April 17 a May 17 WEC program in Barre a June 8 state CWU assembly likely in Brattleboro and a September New England Regional Conference in Pembroke NH The gathering closed with slides of Waterbury State Hospital
Zion Episcopal Church held its annual meeting January 20 in Manchester. Mrs. Charles L. Simmons was elected senior warden for 1972, the first woman to hold the post since the parish organized in 1782. Other vestry members elected were Mrs. John Fay, William Lassiter, Mrs. William Nawrath, and Mrs. Simmons. The meeting noted Council contributions and praised retiring vestry members including John Eckhardt and Garth Caldwell.
The Rev. Oswald A. Muller, serving North Hoosick Eagle Bridge and South Cambridge United Methodist Churches for eight years, announced retirement to take effect in May at the Troy annual conference. The Bennington district superintendent presided as trustees and church officers were re elected or appointed, and church reports noted repairs to the parsonage a new furnace and a church electric organ.
In Lenox Massachusetts an ecumenical service at Cranwell College will include communion making it possibly the first in Berkshire County and within the Springfield diocese The Rev Harris Hinchcliff and Rev Robert Gerrick S J will co officiate at 11 am in Pierce Chapel The service will use leavened bread shared between the two clergy and communicants may choose either minister for distribution
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