Bennington Area Church Events This Week
A dense notice lists worship services across Bennington Manchester Center and surrounding towns. It notes sermons on Ancient and Modern Necromancy, with hymns and choir events, and multiple readings rooms, Sunday School, and midweek meetings. Additional items include public lectures on Christian Science and various church schools, choirs, and youth groups at numerous parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Thessalonians
Women’s Fellowship
Verdmont
State Catholic women elect North Villager as treasurer
The silver anniversary meeting of the Vermont Council of Catholic Women was held at Malletts Bay with representatives from across the diocese. Mrs. Robert Flynn of North Bennington was elected state treasurer, and delegates from Bennington, North Bennington, and Manchester Center joined discussions on family living, Marriage Encounter programs, and parish women’s organizations. A panel urged practical gifts of service over endless meetings, and Bishop Joyce presided at the closing banquet with remarks by Father Cunningham on Near East missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colchester
Vermont Council of Catholic Women
Malletts Bay
Robert Flynn
North Bennington
VCCW
Bennington
Arthur Cole
Roger Cole
Frank Cummings
Robert Kellogg
Flynn
Keith Harrington
Manchester Center
Wayne Calarradera
Paul Bresnehan
Edward Koval
Essex Center
Dan Holt
Middlesex
Parish
James Dente
Barre
William Hahn
Jericho Center
Charles Keller
East Montpelier
Arthur Smith
Montpelier
Robert F. Joyce
James Engle
James Murray
Joyce
Catholic Women of
Vermont
James Cunningham
Paulist Fathers
Near East
Father Cunningham
Pownal church names full time minister Metcalf
The North Pownal Congregational Church hires Rev. Jim Metcalf as full time pastor starting June 1. A Nyack College grad, he has served with Rev. John Hatch in North Pownal and Williams town parishes and led Goshen and Hyde Park First Boston ministries before accepting the local pastorate. Metcalf and his wife Elizabeth Hatch have three children and will reside in the parsonage opposite the church. phone 823-5187. He calls the church a lighthouse guiding souls and invites unaffiliated worshippers to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Jim Metcalf
North Pownal
Mr. Metcalf
Congregational Church
Goshen
Mass
Hyde Park
Elizabeth Hatch
Elizabeth Anna Lee
James Alexander
Joanne Lee
Metcalf
Bishop Loder Urges Ageless Needs Over Reorganization
Bishop Dwight E. Loder of Michigan addressed 535 delegates at the Troy Annual Conference urging ministers to focus on ageless needs of man. He warned against chasing relevance alone and emphasized love and meaning in church life, citing apathy and the cost of love, and ended by urging personal commitment to what the world needs now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultney
Dwight E. Loder
Michigan
United Methodist Church
Troy
Garrett Theological Seminary
Evanston
Ill
Green Mountain College
Loder
Church aids young Ceylonese man with medical bill
Concord Trinitarian Church raises funds to cover a 14,000 medical bill for Nesakumar Kadirgamar 22 of Jaffna Ceylon brought to Boston for surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital after polio and a spinal curvature. He plans to attend Ursinus College as a ministerial student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mass
UPI
Concord Trinitarian Church
Nesakumar Kadirgamar
Jaffna
Ceylon
Nesan
United States
Project Hope
Hope
Pat Kenschaft
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Kenschaft
Nelan
Ursinus College
Pennsylvania
Unitarian Fellowship in Bennington Plans Wider Meetings
At its annual meeting the Bennington Unitarian Fellowship decided to continue and possibly enlarge its program of informal meetings. It endorsed NE Coalition on Nuclear Pollution in the Atomic Energy Commission hearing about Vernon nuclear plant licensing. An Executive Committee for 1971 72 was elected with Lloyd Oppenheimer as chairman Robert Matteson as secretary treasurer and Mrs Alma Dollard as a third member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Fellowship
Bennington
New England Coalition
Atomic Energy Commission
Vernon
Lloyd Oppenheimer
Robert Matteson
Alma Dollard
Clergy appointments include several who have served in area
The Most Rev. Robert F. Joyce announces June 1 clergy changes. Rev. Benjamin D. Wyscimerski returns to St. Francis de Sales parish with assistants Father John Hamilton and Father Richard E. Thompson. Rev. Francis M. Holland becomes chaplain of the Newman Apostolate at the University of Vermont. Several former St. Francis assistants receive new pastorates including Engle at Christ the King Rutland and Fitzpatrick at St. Andrew Waterbury. Lavallee becomes pastor of St. Patrick Fairfield and St. Anthony East Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin D. Wyscimerski
St. Francis de Sales Parish
Father Wysolmerski
John Hamilton
Richard E. Thompson
Francis M. Holland
St. Francis
Bennington
St. Mary Parish
Cambridge
St. John Parish
Johnson
Newman
University of Vermont
Catholic Center
Thomas J. Bransfield
St. Stephen Parish
Winooski
Archdiocese of
James T. Engle
Christ the King
Rutland
St. Anthony
White River Junction
Father Engle
Charles E. Fitzpatrick
St. Andrew
Waterbury
St. Patrick
Wallingford
Joseph F. Connolly
Sacred Heart Church
Connolly
St. Jerome’s
East Dorset
St. Edward Parish
Derby Line
Pierre A. Lavallee
Holy Angels Parish
St. Albans
St. Patrick Parish
Fairfield
St. Anthony Parish
East Fairfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Robert L. Clayton
First Congregational Church
Manchester
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Chancel
Ward
Wilson
Jackson
Circle M
Manse
Old Bennington
Church Barn
Holy Spirit
Arvel M. Steece
Christine Graham
Pepusch
Bach
North Adams
Robert H. Mitchell
C.B.S
Chestnut St
ST. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Edward B. Geyer
First United Methodist Church
Commission On
Parlor
WSCS
Phoenix House
Santuary
First Baptist Church
Joseph D. Huse
ST. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Arlington
Gerald T. Buckley
Shaftsbury
A.J. MacDonald
Norshaft Lions Club
Alfred Scott
Floyd I. la Bombard
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Dem
Colgate Hall
Second Congregational Church
ST. James Episcopal Church
Thomas Geer
Max H. Webster
John
Marion Riemann
Missionary Alliance Church
Franklyn L. Klein Jr
Church OF Christ West
Howard B. Ford Jr
United Church
Dorset —East Rupert
Hal C. Miller II
David Hubbard
Our Lady OF Fatima Catholic Church
Wilmington
ALL Faiths Chapel
Vermont Veterans Home
M. Everett Corbett
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
Church OF God
Leslie Wright
ST. John the Baptist Catholic Church
ST. Francis DE Sales Catholic Church
Alfred S. Cole
West Arlington
John Geer
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah's Witnesses
Watch Tower
Congregational Bible
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
George C. Mills
Baptist Church
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
Mormons
Masonic Temple
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Leonard Perrault
Kenneth Schwebel
Community Church
North Villager
God
The
National Council of Catholic Women
Thomas Burke
Carbondale
Pownal Church
Bishop Loder
Rollo May
Man
Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H
South Street
Burlington
Rutland Social Security Office
Enterprise
Grants Bradford House
Monument Plaza Shopping Ctr
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