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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1968
Page
3
A dense listing of church services across Bennington Arlington Shaftsbury and surrounding towns with times for worship sermons nursery programs and youth activities. Notable events include Rev Richard Lenehan at Bennington Area Church and Rev W E Forman at Vermont Soldiers Home plus multiple sermons at St James St Pauls Manchester St Marys and First Baptist among others.
Controversial churchman Malcolm Boyd will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday at Saratoga Springs Junior High School Lake Avenue. Admission is free with a Q and A session. VIP hosts hope many attend to hear a pastor famous in civil rights era and modern church renewal circles.
Liberal theologian Dr. Roger L. Shinn, of Union Theological Seminary, warns church leaders and intellectuals that hatred of President Johnson is dangerous. He argues haters include white supremacists, black militants, hawks, and doves, forming a strange political mix against the Great Society. He urges cogent criticism over personal hostility, noting Johnson’s personal flaws and the self-defeating impact of hate on public life.
Thousands attend the 31st Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra New York from July 29 to August 3. More than 450 costumed performers depict events from 600 B.C. to 421 A.D. with Jesus Christ’s appearance. The pageant, based on the Book of Mormon, is a major religious spectacle with no admission or parking fees. Performances run nightly at 9:15 p.m. Hill Cumorah is on New York Route 21 about 25 miles east of Rochester.
The Rev. Dr. Gibson Winter of the University of Chicago Divinity School will guest preach at Zion Episcopal Church and St. John's Chapel in Manchester this Sunday. He will celebrate Holy Communion at 8 a.m. at Zion and preach at 11 a.m. at St. John's. Winter, author of The Suburban Captivity of the Churches and The New Creation as Metropolis, has four children and a Dorset home. He has served in Connecticut and Massachusetts, was a Naval Reserve chaplain, and joined Chicago in 1956. The St. John's annual meeting follows the 11 a.m. service next Sunday July 28.
The late 1940s to 1950s saw a religious boom with Billy Graham filling large venues and Fulton J. Sheen high in TV ratings. By 1965 church attendance had dipped from 49 percent in 1955 to 44 percent, yet faith endures. Past danger periods show religion survives popularity by deepening its mission amid adversity.
The Baptist Youth Fellowship of the First Baptist Church elected Sally Ameden as president and Philip Jordan as secretary treasurer at its recent meeting. Ameden, a Burr and Burton Seminary senior, is active in clubs and church programs and will serve as youth representative on the Manchester Ecumenical Council. Jordan, a Burr and Burton junior, writes for the school paper and pursues Vermont railroads history. Summer activities include a splash party at Lake St Catherine, a work day, a drug-use discussion, and a two day Boston trip.
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