World Neighbors uses churches to push development
John L. Peters leads World Neighbors, a $1.8 million program active in 21 countries focusing on agriculture, health, literacy, and small industries. It funds local projects via revolving loans, avoids government aid to stay away from bureaucratic entanglements, and aims to preserve dignity as the core of development while engaging indigenous churches and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. McNamara
World Bank
John L. Peters
World Neighbors
Church
Peters
Zaire
Indonesia
India
Gandhi Memorial Association
U.S
Rabbis Deplore Loss of Youths in Orthodox Judaism
Miami Beach reports show American Orthodox rabbis admitting failure to win the hearts of educated Jewish youths. Leaders warn against secular and nihilistic influences while noting rising intermarriage and a shift toward college-educated, ideologically diverse young Jews. A council committee will study factors behind interfaith unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Spiegel
N.Y
Miami Beach
Fila
Fabian Schonfeld
Rabbinical Council of America
Rabbinical Council
Caribbea Hotel
Schonfeld
Walter S. Wurzburger
Tradition
Council
Journal of
Orthodox Jewish Thought
Rabbi Wurzburger
Joseph Grunblatt
Touro College
New York
Raphael G. Grossman
Memphis
Bernard Twersky
CWU Plans Fall Learning Fellowship and Clothing Drive
CWU will sponsor a Fall Learning Fellowship spanning six Tuesday mornings starting Sept 10 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with the theme Global Understanding. The group also backs a Church World Service clothing drive on Sept 27 collecting men and children clothing and baby layettes, plus health and school kits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
CWU
The
Church World
Harold Riemann
William Gillette
Thomas Harrison
Lyman van Nostrand
Memphis
Tenn
A.E. Wickenden
Bennington Area Church Notices and Schedules
A list of church masses and services across Bennington Dorset Rupert and surrounding towns. Dates include Sunday worships at St Francis de Sales St John the Baptist and many others with times from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. plus weekday Bible studies prayer meetings and social events. Renowned pastors and churches named include Rev John Geer Rev Howard Ford Jr Rev Hal Miller III Rev Gerald Buckley Rev David Bort and Rev Joseph Meyer among others. Local congregations plan Sunday School sessions confirmations and choir activities at North Bennington Dorset East Rupert Arlington Manchester Woodford Pownal and East Dorset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard B. Ford Jr
United Church
Dorset-East Rupert
Church
Hal C. Miller III
Congregational Church
North Pownal
Jim Metcalf
Peru Church Sets 9 A.M. Sunday Services For July
Peru Kermit Reilly announced that Peru Congregational Church will begin Sunday services at 9 a.m. for this week and the four Sundays in July. Rev. Stanley L. Houston will preach, as he has a second morning service at Weston Congregational Church. From August through mid October services shift to 10 a.m. with Reilly conducting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Kermit Reilly
Stanley L. Houston
Weston Congregational Church
Houston
Greenfield Hill
Fairfield
Conn
Shaftsbury church plans Sunday picnic
Weather permitting a First United Methodist church picnic will be held Sunday at Shaftsbury State Park. The annual event is sponsored by the Council on Ministries with Mrs. Alvan Lawrence as chairman. Attendees should bring packed lunches and meet at the church at noon to travel together. Leonard Black of Bennington will supervise games and activities with prizes arranged by Mr. and Mrs. John Millington. If it rains, the picnic will be canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury State Park
Council On Ministries
Alvan Lawrence
Leonard Black
Bennington
John Millington
Mrs. Lawrence
Bible Society launches Good News America campaign
The American Bible Society announces Good News America a bicentennial effort to publish the entire Bible in Today's English Version by 1976 and distribute free scriptures to the needy. Led by Rev Dr Laton E Holmgren and Rev Dr Robert Bratcher the plan covers town to town sharing from Kentucky to Louisiana with river route stops and a nationwide reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Society
Good News
America
New York
American Bible Society
Laton E. Holmgren
Robert G. Bratcher
The
American Bible
Bible Sccerty
Harrodsburg
Fort Harrod
Alleghenies
Kentucky
Society
Ohio
Mississippi
Samuel Mills
Mississippi River
Marietta
Parkersburg
W.V
Hun
Pope Paul VI reforms cathedral Mass rules
Pope Paul VI issued a motu proprio reforming canons of cathedrals by removing mandatory daily Masses for long dead benefactors whose gifts have dwindled. The decree allows bishops to authorize cathedral canons to say Mass only for specific purposes, aligning with Christ’s teaching that laborer deserves wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Catholic study notes secular influence on American church
A National Conference of Catholic Bishops study warns secular ideas such as abortion and birth control increasingly influence American Catholic beliefs, though it says the church is not collapsing. It frames a shift toward secular values and contemplates future guidance for a world synod. An accompanying Vatican note discusses changes to Mass offerings to reflect bishops’ authority and financial realities, effective July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Synod of Bishops
Vatican
United States
Vestryman Guide Becomes Popular Episcopal Manual
The 64 page vestry guide describing duties, parish structure, programs, and canon law is in its fourth printing. Published by The Seabury Press for the Episcopal Church Foundation, it has sold over 33,000 copies since 1972 to more than 7,000 parish vestries nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church Foundation
Seabury Press
Deadline advanced for church page items this week
Due to the Fourth of July holiday the deadline for items for the church page has been advanced to Wednesday noon for this coming week only.
Also Mentioned on This Page
David E. Anderson
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
First United Church of the
Bennington Area
Women United
Bennington Area Church Notices
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
North Bennington
Methodist Church
Sandgate
John Geer
Church of Christ West
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormons
McCullough Library
Sacrament
United Methodist Church
West Arlington
David Bort
First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
Gideons
Joseph Meyer
Joan Roberts
First Church of Christ, Scientist
John
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester Center
Robert L. Clayton
St. John’s Chapel
Episcopal
Manchester
Wayne A. Dalton
Bach
Jesus
Burroughs
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
Wilmington
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Society of Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
John P. R. Morgan
Rupert
Old Stone Church
Independent Baptist
Edwin M. Ellis
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Congregation
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Arlington
Gerald T. Buckley
Baptist Church
Community Church
Woodford
Louis A. Cook
Open Bible Church
Woodford Hollow
Paul M. Carr
Missionary Alliance Church
Church of Christ
Church of God
Leslie Wright
Pownal
David Hubbard
St. Mary’s In the Mountains
John C. Morris
First Baptist Church
Floyd I. la Bombard
All Faiths Chapel
Vermont Veterans Home
Joseph Quinn
C.S.C
M. Everett Corbett
East Dorset
First United Methodist Church
Angus J. MacDonald
Lani Smith
J. Richard Sherlock
Second Congregational Church
Richard D. Campbell
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Allen Barnes
W. Costin
Federated Church East
Commission On Education
St. James Episcopal Church
Joseph Caron
Cambridge
Robert Kerr
Vermont
Leo Hourihan
Shaftsbury Church
Tington
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Ashland
Covington
Louisville
Owensboro
Paducah
Evansville
Ind
Cairo
Walker
Pope Paul
Popular Guide
Vermont National
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