Theologian challenges view doubt as bad in faith
UPI reports theologian Geddes MacGregor argues doubt is not evil but a path to knowing God beyond belief. The USC dean cites scripture and reason, saying true knowledge comes only after reaching the edge of despair and embracing a hard, existential quest.
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Geddes MacGregor
God
MacGregor
Oxford
Sorbonne
University of Edinburgh
Graduate School of Religion
University of Southern California
Lippincott
Dr. MacGregor
Jehovah's Witnesses Cite Family Role in Curbing Delinquency
Local Jehovah's Witness representative Harvey Hiatt in Bennington argues the best method to fight juvenile delinquency starts at home. He emphasizes strengthening family circles as the first step in any effective program.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
Harvey Hiatt
Bennington
Hiatt
Montreal
Woodstock Vermont Grange service at Woodstock Church
The Vermont State Grange holds its twentieth annual church service at the First Congregational Church in Woodstock with Green Mountain Grange No. 347 as host. Rev Elden G Bucklin of Colchester delivers the sermon as part of a day including choirs, youth department participants, and awards in a dress contest. A basket lunch follows at the Grange Hall in West Woodstock.
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Woodstock
Vermont State Grange
First Congregational Church
Green Mountain Grange No
Elden G. Bucklin
Colchester
State Grange
Memmonite
Junior Grange
State Grange Youth Department
State Grange Junior Grange Department
Grange Hall
West Woodstock
Belle Decker
Wells
State Grange Home Economics Department
Elnora Watson
Taftsville
Bennington Area Church Services and Schedule
A list of worship services across Bennington churches with times, leaders, and activities. Holy Communion and morning worship at multiple churches, Sunday School, youth trips, and weekday prayer meetings. Also notes about church hours, Christian Science services, and related lessons.
St Peter's in Rome Tourists Find Welcome At Vatican
St Peter's draws vast crowds daily with 12 000 to 20 000 visitors regular and up to half a million during Easter accesses. The basilica hosts tourists and worshippers amid Michelangelo's Pieta and Bernini's baldachin. Pope Paul’s audience at 11 a.m. draws mixed pilgrims and sightseers, with multilingual brief address and a temple of art and history including St Peter’s Tomb and Michelangelo’s Dome. The venue remains unfinished since 1662, with new doors installed in 1964, while 44 altars host morning Mass by visiting clergy. A Vatican coffee bar serves cappuccino to visitors and clergy alike. Sunday and weekday services, choir rehearsals, Bible school, and youth activities fill the church schedule.
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Rome
St. Peter’s
Peter the Apostle
Petrus
Peter
San Pietro
150th Anniversary Marked By American Bible Society
Governor Hoff proclaims 1966 The Year of The Bible in Vermont marking the American Bible Society’s 150th anniversary. The ABS promotes Bible distribution and translation worldwide, with praise from President Johnson for its historic role and wartime support, and a target of 10 million new readers in 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bible Society
Montpelier
Philip H. Hoff
ABS
United States
New York City
Johnson
Former Bennington curate named state Catholic Charities head
Burlington Rev. Paul M. Bresnehan, formerly a curate in Bennington, was named director of Vermont Catholic Charities. The appointment marks a leadership shift in the state Catholic charity organization.
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Bennington
State Catholic Charities
Burlington
Paul M. Bresnehan
Vermont Catholic
Don Bosco School to Close After 21 Years of Service
Burlington’s Don Bosco high school for boys, the state’s only such institution, will close this summer after 21 years. Vermont Catholic Charities board voted to shift resources to intensified social casework and foster care, while the last class of 11 boys is placed in foster homes or other programs. The closure aims to expand counseling, guidance, and educational planning for more youths.
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Burlington
Vermont Catholic Tribune
Don Bosco School
Vermont Catholic Charities
Don Boscoe
VCC
Paul M. Bresnehan
Bennington
Bible Classes and Services Schedule Led by Charles Chandler
A church weekly timetable lists 10 a.m. Bible classes for all ages with an adult class on the Life of Christ and Judean ministry, 11 a.m. worship and Lord’s Supper, 7:30 p.m. sermons on David’s life and Psalms, and Tuesday and Wednesday study and broadcast sessions led by minister Charles Chandler. Lessons cover How the Bible Came to Us and How to Study the Bible with WBTN radio and Channel 13 Herald of Truth.
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Richard Lenehan
Lenehan
WBTN
Ladies Missionary Prayer Band
Herbert Macauley
Hotel Putnam
Christian Science Branch
Science
Health
Mary Baker Eddy
Baden Davis
Paul Williams
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Charles Chandler
David
South Street
Herald of Truth
Christ
Wbtn Radio
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Louis Cassels
UPI
Woodstock Church
Vermont Grange Service
State
Everett A. Willard
Newport
Norman Boynton
Canada
Frederick B. Wolf
N.Y. DuHamel
Whitingham Lake
Linn Wilson
Women of
Methodist Church
Sandgate
Granville Greenwold
Vermont Soldiers Home
W. Earle Forman
Lawrence Larrowe
Troy Methodist Conference
First Church OF God
Missionary Alliance
First Church OF Christ Scientist
St. Peter’s In
Papal
Vatican
First Methodist Church
James A. Perry
Hagaman
N.Y
George Jepson
OLD First Church
Old Bennington
Milton S. Craft
East Northfield
Mass
John Mason
John Prindle Scott
Spicker
Harold McDonald Jr
First Baptist Church
Shaftsbury
Eleanor Lawrence
Adam Cole
Janior
Stewart Hensley
United Press International
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Latin America
Geneva
Laos
Vienna
Bandung
Bennington Banner
Bresnehan
Martin Clancy
James T. Engle
Raymond E. Lovett
Church OF Christ
Main Street
Hanson
Walbridge
National
Arlington
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