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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1974
Page
3
A long list of church services and events across Bennington area towns. Worship and Sunday School times appear for First United, St Marys, St Margaret Mary, North Bennington, Sacred Heart, Open Bible, St Francis de Sales, St John the Baptist, and others, plus ecumenical council activities and youth groups.
A compilation of worship schedules across Petersburg N Y Manchester Center North Pownal Arlington Shaftsbury Bennington Old Bennington and nearby towns. It lists 10:30 worship at Broken Wheel Campground church picnics and sermons by Rev Allen Barnes Wayne A Dalton Rev M Everett Corbett Rev Canon Robert L Clayton and others along with Holy Communion services public Bible lectures nursery care circle meetings Sunday School and parish events throughout the week.
The Council of Churches annual meeting opens with a 6 30 p m covered dish supper at Second Congregational Church Hillside St The deputy state's attorney Raymond Bolton will discuss Prison Reform and Correctional Institutions Loomis Dana will report on officers and after voting the new slate will be installed by Rev Richard D Campbell Mimeographed reports for president vice president and treasurer will be distributed The event is open to all attendees asked to bring a family salad or casserole
United Methodist Women in Shaftsbury heard Miss Dianne Peters describe Day Care and Head Start programs at Brick School. Head Start serves four year olds from low income families, with staff ratios of one teacher and an aide for every 15 children. Programs, now under United Counseling Service, include home visits and year long Day Care. The meeting included a business session, fundraising plans, a picnic date, and scholarships to Skye Farm Camp. Next meeting set for Sept 10 with a covered dish supper.
About 75 delegates from the Bennington congregation will attend a four day district convention in Utica June 27 30 with a public rededication recital at First Baptist Church marking the 1896 Johnson Tracker Organ renovation. The Utica event is one of 85 district assemblies planned in the US and Canada with 7000 delegates expected and near one million total attendance.
Five charter members of Court St. Rita 894 Catholic Daughters of America will be honored at a fiftieth anniversary dinner in Manchester. A high Mass at 6:30 will be followed by a 7:30 covered dish meal in St. Paul’s parish hall. The event marks the court’s founding on June 22, 1924 with Rev. Martin F. Clancy presiding and speakers including Rev. John Hamilton and state officers from Essex. Attendees are asked to bring enough food for a family, with dish choices by last name.
The First United Methodist Church in Shaftsbury will host the annual interdenominational Daily Vacation Church School from Monday to Friday, June 28, with 9:30 to 11 am sessions for children aged 4 to Grade 6. Registration is 50 cents. directors include Mrs. Eugene Kosche and registrar Mrs. Ralph Burgess.
At the Vermont Religious Education Foundation fifth annual meeting in Montpelier on June 6, Sister Nancy Kearney was elected president, succeeding Rev. Mardale Leysath. Trustees reported progress on a combined religion and education major at the University of Vermont, and on legislative gained released time for Vermont communities. Rabbi Solomon Goldberg urged value education in public schools, outlining five core Jewish values and stressing Israel and Soviet Jewry. New officers include Rev. Kriss as vice president and Rev. Burbank and Rev. Stearns in clerk and treasurer posts, with MACOS highlighted for fall worship themes.
In Rome an official questionnaire on Protestant churches triggers protests over perceived police surveillance. The Interior Ministry seeks data on activities and wealth of non Catholic denominations across 93 provinces. Protestants note card indexing, pastors summoned or questioned, and church membership details requested. The piece also covers Redeemer Lutheran Church services and upcoming schedule changes in Petersburg New York.
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