Unity Picnic at Willow Park Brings Beers and Faiths Together
Bob and Evelyne Beers headline a 1:30 p.m. Sunday Christian Unity Community Picnic at Willow Park. Fifteen year old Dennis Hoth to ring the bell signaling a short service before a cross, with 12 year old Jeffrey Metcalfe leading prayers. Paul Bohne Jr. will be announcer and lead. All are invited to bring lunch, no cooking allowed, blankets on the hill, with facilities for basketball volleyball tennis and a softball game. Beers, renowned folk performers, have played at Carnegie Hall White House Lincoln Center Newport Opera and TV and radio stages. Numerous church groups plan picnics in conjunction with the unity event. Members include Mrs Lorretta Amadon Leonard Black Mrs Norma Finnegan Mrs Gloria Humphreys Mrs Jane Keppler Albert Ray and Fred Keppler.
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Christian Unity Community
Willow Park
Dennis Hoth
Jesus Christ
Petersburg
N.Y
Evelyne
Bob Beers
Beers
Arthur Godfrey
Johnny Carson
Hugh Downs
Lorretta Amadon
Leonard Black
Norma Finnegan
Gloria Humphreys
Jane Keppler
Albert Ray
Fred Keppler
Daily vacation church school opens at Shaftsbury church
Shaftsbury reports the annual Daily Vacation Church School of the first United Church opens Monday and runs through Friday June 25. Classes for ages four to those completing Grade 6 meet 9:30 to 11 a.m. five days weekly. Open to all community children regardless of faith. Mrs. Eugene Kosche directs. registration is 50 cents per child or one dollar per family.
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Shaftsbury
The
First United Church
Eugene Kosche
First United Methodist Church
Stanley Lincoln
Gideon International
E.K. Heyser
Bennington Church Council Meets Tuesday Night
The Bennington Council of Churches annual meeting will be held Tuesday at the Old Church Barn in Old Bennington starting at 6 30 p m with a covered dish supper The Rev Howard Stearns executive minister of the Vermont Ecumenical Association will speak on Ministry to the Youth A Day Camp film will be shown and 24 mimeographed reports including Loomis Dana on year highlights will be circulated The event features several reports on budgets nominating and other committees plus a school program taught by multiple instructors and a concluding two week school picnic Volunteers are urged to help with the school and to contact Mrs Kosche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
A. J. MacDonald
Arvel M. Steece
David Wilkerson
Melvin McGaughey
Edward B. Geyer Ar
Old Bennington
Church School
Crimond
David Crowell
West Road
Bennington Council of Churches
Federated Church East
Committees Named at Hoosick Falls Baptist Meeting
Nine from First Baptist Church attended the Regional Women's Conference at Sacadaga Bible Conference grounds. On Monday the Advisory Council named committees for music planning flowers social ushers auditing and other duties with Joseph Auering re elected secretary. Future meetings include two Sunday services trustees and Board of Deaconesses on June 20 and a Board of Christian Education session at West Hoosick.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
First Baptist Church
Broadalbin
Clayton Sherman
Ira Cornell
Charles Cornell
George Scott
John Elliott
Lawrence Wheaton
Ida van Wert
Thryra Ferre Bjorn
Thryra Ferre Bjorn, Author of “‘Pappa
Elliott
William Cottrell
Arthur Lynds
Douglas Sherman
David Cornell
Carl Adams
Osmond Eldredge
Cornell
Carlton Robinson
William Robers
Gordon Jones
Scott
Francis Kyer
Joseph Auering
Board of Deaconesses
Board of Christian Education
West Hoosick
Advisory Council
Children’s Day Observed at Congregational Church Bennington
North Bennington area residents attend 11 a.m. service with banners from the Church School to celebrate Love. Bibles are given to primary graduates and certificates to others. Handel Fantasia and Bach Minuet performed by local musicians. Also gospel singer Rusty Wellington appears at Church of God tonight and The Challengers perform Thursday.
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North Bennington
Congregational Church
Peter Calabro
David Rowe
Bach
Rusty Wellington
Church of God
Bennington Road
Wellington
Leslie Wright
Bennington Area Church Events and Services Listed
A compiled listing of church services and events across Bennington and surrounding towns. Includes times, sermon topics, sacraments, choir performances, Bible studies, and special gatherings from Benedictine to United Methodist, Congregational and Catholic churches with multiple locations and pastors named.
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Bob and Evelyne Beers
Jeffrey Metcalfe
Paul Bohne Jr
Vrro
Jeffery Metcalfe
Shaftsbury Church
Church Council
Susan Godkin
Andrew Mattison
Jeffrey Clawson
Kosche
St. Paul
Gospel Singers
First Congregational Church
ST. Francis DE Sales Catholic Church
Wilmington
Alfred S. Cole
Methodist Church
West Arlington
John Geer
ST. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Arlington
Gerald T. Buckley
Church OF Christ West
Howard B. Ford Jr
Our Lady OF Fatima Catholic Church
ST. Mary’s IN the Mountains
Russell Gale
Society OF Friends
Bennington Free Library
Church OF Christ
OLD Stone Church
Independent Baptist
Edwin M. Ellis
Our Lady OF Lourdes Catholic Church
North Pownal
United Church
Dorset—East Rupert
Hal C. Miller III
ST. John the Baptist Catholic Church
United Methodist Church
Pownal
David Hubbard
Baptist Church
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah's Witnesses
Watch Tower
Congregational
Jim Metcalf
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
Mormons
Masonic Temple
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Missionary Alliance Church
Franklyn L. Klein Jr
ST. James Episcopal Church
Larry Brush
Kenneth Schwebel
Leonard Perrault
Alfred Scott
BYF
Women’s Fellowship
Congregational Church East
Dorset
Robert L. Clayton
Manchester
Clara May Hemenway
Norris L. Tibbetts
Jane Armstrong
Forrest Munger
Handel and
Burnett
Parlor
United Women’s Fellowship
Grand Union
John
Max H. Webster
Silver St
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
George C. Mills
Saratoga
New York State
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Robert Sheehan
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Albany
College of St. Rose
Magdalene York
Zion Lutheran Church
Schenectady
Bethlehem Senior High School
Nick Brignola
Non-Prophet Organization
Floyd I. la Bombard
Plymouth
Marjorie Hay
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Evermore
Sandgate
Manchester Center
Joseph D. Huse
ALL Faiths Chapel
Vermont Veterans Home
M. Everett Corbett
Melvin R. McGaughey
Mr. McGaughey
Other Church News
Mission Study Committee of
Church Women United
Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church
Livingston Merchant
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Tibbets
Riverside Church
New York City
Hyde Park Baptist Church
Chicago
Robert L. Anderson
Rutland
Charles A. Herrick
Princeton Theological Seminary
Eben Chapman
Sacred Heart
Annette Roy
Cecilia
Margaret McDevitt
St. Ann Society
Punch
Alda Cole
Alma Cole
Velta Thayer
Diane Roy
Donald Raina
Gary Jarvis
Jenni Baki
Jim Britton
David Page
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H
South Street
Vermont
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Globe
Washington
U.S
Astor Station
Boston
Massachusetts
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