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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1976
Page
3
Local church listings describe worship services, masses, and meetings across Bennington area churches including Quaker, Baptist, Catholic, United Methodist, Congregational, Episcopal, Lutheran and more. Entries name church, time, service type, pastor or leader where given, plus Bible studies and youth activities.
Mrs Alvan Lawrence Vermont state CWU president presided over the CWU National Board of Managers Meeting at Mercy Center Farmington Hills April 29 to May 2. The 130 member board guides the 1974 77 triennium and ECUMENICAL movement with 2000 local units and millions of women. Leaders outlined programs, and a Friday panel with corporate leaders from Reliance Electric Caterpillar and General Motors examined multinational firms role in world peace and development. To be continued next week.
The Rev. Stanley Manierre, longtime pastor in Weston Mass and former Japan missionary, will speak at 7 p.m. at North Bennington Baptist Church. He was shot down over Japan in World War II, spent months as a POW, and later studied Japanese culture and postwar development. The talk includes a tale of a Japanese POW who risked his life to aid prisoners. The public is invited.
The Christian and Missionary Alliance reports over 100000 dollars raised worldwide for Guatemala earthquake relief. A May 16 rally in Norfolk will climax the drive while a first phase delivering 13 tons of materials and 25 block making machines arrived in Guatemala City. The effort involves 32 Alliance churches in Guatemala and ongoing construction plans with government approvals anticipated.
Open house and coffee hour after Sunday service in Manchester First Congregational Church to showcase the Bicentennial Quilt. Rooms available for church and civic groups to sell quilts and materials. Various church groups coordinate, with contact details for the Fowler family. Banquets and programs at multiple churches list dates, prices, and hosts, including a Mother Daughter Banquet at North Bennington Baptist and a Sanctuary Choir Bicentennial program with a Colonial theme.
The Mountain Congregational Association holds its annual meeting at Windsor Congregational Church on Sunday May 16 with 4 p.m. devotions led by Rev. Lester E Tufts and a heritage lecture by Rev. Harvey L Pierce on John Wise. Moderator Ruth Adell will lead business sessions and Rev Calvin C Fox will preach at the evening service. Reservations for the 6 p.m. dinner are due by May 11 with Rev. Michael Harry.
A reflective Mother's Day piece by Herbert W. Lorenz honors mothers and motherly love. It recalls Kipling and Payne while urging gratitude to living and departed mothers, stressing the enduring bond from childhood to death and the debt of appreciation owed to mothers everywhere.
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