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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1974
Page
3
Worship services and church activities listed for Bennington area churches including Saint John the Baptist in North Bennington and open Bible Church in Woodford Hollow. Notes include masses, choir specials, church school classes, picnics, and committee meetings across multiple days and locations.
The Rev Jerome J Hevey Jr minister of the First Congregational Church received a surprise reception after Sunday service to mark his 25th ordination anniversary and his 50th birthday. The church diaconate organized the event with 25 flowers from the Church School and greetings from neighboring churches and Manchester clergy.
The Pentecost Sunday service at First United Methodist Church features an annual Church School program directed by Eugene Kosche and Mrs Kosche with two plays by grades 3-4 and 5-6. Participants rehearse at 9:30, as the event marks the end of Church School sessions until September, followed by a reception.
Sunday worship and Sunday School schedules listed for multiple churches including Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints St Marys In the Mountains Episcopal East Dorset St Francis de Sales United Methodist West Arlington Our Lady of Lourdes Dorset-East Rupert and Mountain Congregational Association. Times range from 8 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. with services, sacraments, choir rehearsals, and study groups. Notable details include worship services led by Rev Kenneth Schwebel Rev John C Morris Rev Hal C Miller III and Rev Dr Arvel M Steece, plus special musical items and Sunday School classes through Grade 8 and at the barn location in East Rupert.
Rev Canon Robert L. Clayton invites Zion Parish members to attend Pentecost Holy Communion at 8 and 10 a.m. The 10 a.m. service will feature guest preacher Rev Frederick Buechner of Rupert. Buechner, born 1926 in New York City, is an author educated at Lawrenceville, Princeton, and Union Theological Seminary. He has taught at Phillips Exeter and published notable works including A Long Day's Dying and Wishful Thinking. He resides in Rupert with his wife and three daughters and serves as Burr and Burton Seminary trustee.
Mrs. Paul Wiley of Johnsonville N Y will speak at 7 30 p m Tuesday for the United Methodist Women June meeting in the church sanctuary on Main Street The event includes invited UMW units from Shaftsbury and Pownal and features musical contributions by Maxine Wanko and Candace Kasson The guest is district coordinator of Christian personhood and has a background in physical education and Methodist mission work with service at Scarritt College Allen High School Vashti School Camp Aldergate and local church roles
The article discusses Pentecost as the church’s birthday, linking it to Babel’s dispersion. It notes unity in Christ, the Spirit’s role, and the controversial gift of tongues as glossolalia. It contrasts tongue speaking with divine language gift and church unity restored.
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