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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1970

Page

3

Bennington Area Church Events and Services Listed

Local church listings for Bennington area cover worship times, sermons, and Sunday schools across multiple congregations including Congregational, Old Stone Baptist, Our Lady of Fatima, St Marys, St Peters, and First Baptist. Notable speakers include Leonard Perrault and Rev. W Earle Forman. services run from morning to afternoon with additional midweek prayers and youth activities.

First Church OF God W. Earle Forman OLD Stone Church Independent Baptist North Bennington Elwin M. Ellis Edward B. Geyer Jr St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Bennington Council of Churches First Methodist Church Old Bennington Church Barn Arvel M. Steece Nancy Hirsche Handel and Mozart Pilgrim Fellowship Ladies Aid Society

Palm Sunday Blankets Drive Aids Refugees In NH and VT

Manchester church leader designates Palm Sunday as Blanket Sunday for the World Service Appeal in New Hampshire and Vermont. Local Ecumenical Council urges an gathering of used blankets for refugees and disaster victims, with a spring drive ending April 10.

Manchester Robert L. Clayton Zion Episcopal Church New Hampshire Vermont Cannon Clayton Depotion Church World Service CWS Clothing Appeal P.O Elkhart Indiana

Religion in America Faces Budget Shortfalls as Giving Drops

Louis Cassels reports a nationwide decline in church contributions hitting major denominations. The Episcopal Church faced sharp 1970 budget cuts after 46 of 89 dioceses failed to meet quotas, with a deficit gap of about 3.28 million. Other denominations including United Methodist, United Presbyterian, and American Baptist also cut budgets. Catholic dioceses show deficits in cities like New York and Baltimore. Causes cited include distrust of leadership, disputes over mission and theology, inflation, and rising competition for donors.

The United Methodist Church United Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church In the United States American Baptist Convention Unitarian Universalist Church Archdiocese of New York Baltimore John E. Hines Episcopal Church American Association of Fund-Raising

Area Church Holds Annual Conference

SHAFTSBURY The Rev. John Rhinesmith presided at the charge conference of the First United Church where reports on church activities were presented. Reports noted the annual budget acceptance, record pledges, income and expenditures, and updates from missions youth and music programs.

Shaftsbury John Rhinesmith First United Church Victor Harwood Ernest Gratz Ralph Burgess Edward Armstrong Laura Montgomery Missions Ruberta Galusha A. Ranney Galusha Bolivia Russell Mack Alvan Gail Harwood Keith Mattison YMYF

Vatican church tops world Christian membership at 613760000

The Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano said on Thursday that the Roman Catholic church has a world membership of 613,760,000, the largest Christian church worldwide.

Vatican City UPI Vatican 1’Osservatore Romano

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Bennington Society OF Friends Quakers Bennington Free Library Congregational Church North Pownat Leonard Perrault Berkshire Christian College Lenox Mass Pownal Wilmington Henry A. Peck Our Lady OF Fatima Baptist Church ST. Mary’s IN the Mountains Russell Gale Earle Forman Seventh-Day Adventist Church George C. Mills United Church Dorset - East Rupert Hal C. Miller Church OF Christ Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses Watch Tower Congregational Bible Study ST. Francis DE Sales Catholic Church Sacred Heart Catholic Church ST. John the Baptist Catholic Church Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints Masonic Temple Main St Methodist Church West Arlington John E. Geer Other Church News Federated Church East Arlington Church OF Christ West David Hubbard First Congregational Church Christ Jerome J. Hevey Jr Manchester Ecumenical Council Religious Education Committee Missionary Alliance Church Bible School Richard Lenehan AYF Greenfield Women’s Missionary Prayer Fellowship Miriam Chase ST. James Episcopal Church C. G. Belcher Women of St. James Manchester Center St. Margaret Second Congregational Church Inquirer Marken First Baptist Church H. Glenn Payne Friendly Circle Gradauion First United Methodist Church A. J. MacDonald Voice of God Robert Hughes UMYF Patrick Melvin R. McGaughey Circle III Circle I Parlor Circle IV Cherub Sanctuary Joseph D. Huse Congregational Church East Dorset Jesus Lester Tufts Alfred Scott Ireland Edwin Austin First Church OF Christ Scientist Eallacy St. Francis de Sales Scribner Francis B. Flanagan Father Flanagan Deane Davis Stephen B. Martin Barre Clarence L., Hoch United Brethren Monument Plaza Meee Aaa & i Palm Sunday Bennington Banner Banner Publishing Corporation United Press International U.S Louis Cassels Episcopal National Church Area Church First National Stores North Bennington Road Bennington, Vermont Finast Can Swift Swift's Tom Bell Wilmington, VT
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