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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1976
Page
3
Parish calendar lists worship services across many churches in Bennington area. Denominations include Quakers Baptists Methodists Catholics Jehovah's Witnesses Episcopals Latter-day Saints. Times range from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with Sunday School nursery and youth programs and midweek study or choir rehearsals.
Warren and Marlaine Ells recording artists from Butler Pennsylvania will present a music program at the Missionary Alliance Church on Monday night July 12 at 7 30 p m Warren Ells is a Westminster College 1971 Bachelor of Music graduate who taught instrumental music in the Slippery Rock Area School District and
The Old First Church in Old Bennington will host an eight talk series starting July 15 at 7 30 p m titled Two Centuries of American Religious Experience A Vermat s Eye View The first lecture Asa Burton and the New England Theology will be given by Charles Latham Jr of North Thetford Vermont Educated at Princeton and Harvard he is director of library and studies at Episcopal Academy Philadelphia and president of the Thetford Historical Society The second lecture August 19 at 7 30 p m features Dr Lloyd F Dean on Ethan Allen and Grassroots Liberalism Dean a Geneva College professor was educated at Gordon and Boston University and previously pastors East Glenville Community Church in Scotia New York The series continues with September 16 Hiram Bingham et al A Concern for World Mission October 21 Revivals and Revivalism November 18 Absalom Peters et al Home Missions April 21 197 Mormonism and May 19 1977 Roman Catholicism June 16 1977 Manners and Morals Review and Forecast The program includes music from several churches and involvement by Marlaine Ells who holds a Bachelor of Music from Westminster College and a Master of Music Education from Duquesne University She is a church music leader in Butler and the Ells duo pursues gospel singing with youth rallies radio TV Bible conferences and evangelistic services The program is free and open to the public.
Lutheran Youth Convo plans a world hunger benefit concert during the eighth biennial Lutheran Church in America convention in Boston. Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary will perform a two hour show at 8 pm on July 24 in the Grand Ballroom of the Boston Sheraton Hotel. Donation is $5.
The article notes a Christian Education Workshop on Saturday September 11 at First Baptist Church Bennington with nursery care, under Mountain Congregational Association sponsorship. It also covers Old First Church Bennington planning a centennial tribute to Dr Vincent Booth at 11 am on Sunday July 18, and reports on the two week Daily Vacation Church School at First United Methodist Shaftsbury concluding with a park picnic, listing staff, aides, and Gold and Silver Star recipients.
A knitted coverlet will be raffled at the Peter's Church Fair on Saturday July 17 with doors opening at 10 a.m. The natural ecru crochet work by Corine Williams Lauriston Wilcox and Luise Horne will be displayed July 12–17 at the CVPS office then at St Peter's. Tickets are 25 cents each or $1 for a five pack.
A sunny Fourth of July service at North Bennington Baptist Church drew a large crowd. Rev Leo Hourihan and elder Merritt Hewitt led a program echoing colonial Baptist worship with members and Vermont legislators on the platform. Grace Cherbonneau played the organ as attendees wore period attire. The first Bennington church formed near a Shaftsbury cemetery in August 1768 with Thomas Mattes as pastor, and lasted 76 years.
An international exhibition of liturgical arts featuring about 350 works will be shown at the Philadelphia Civic Center from July 29 to August 8. Organized by the 41st International Eucharistic Congress, the display spans painting sculpture drawings and crafts with two commissioned works and loans from notable artists including Giacomo Manzu Jean Ipousteguy Leonard Baskin Robert Arneson and Romare Bearden.
The Southern Presbyterian Church in the U S moved toward approving a new 20th century creedal statement. After three hours of debate at the General Assembly, commissioners voted overwhelmingly to pursue the modern expression of faith for contemporary believers.
The 18th annual Bishop's Fund for Charities and Development starts August 1 with three initial meetings for pastors assistants and parish chairmen across seven districts. Meetings run July 13 14 and 15 at Morrisville South Burlington and Manchester Depot. Also discussed is a new Declaration of Faith in a 10 chapter structure stressing the story of God with Israel and the church and confessing past antisemitism.
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