Rest ethic in Bible emphasized over constant toil
The piece argues that the Bible teaches a rest ethic alongside the work ethic, urging withdrawal from daily hustle to renew mind and spirit. It cites Jesus and Isaiah, noting Sabbath as a divine gift for rest, with Christ inviting the weary to find rest. Also details consecration services at Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington with two services this weekend.
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Jesus
Isaiah
God
Burlington
St. Paul
Christmas musical invite at North Bennington Church
The North Bennington Baptist Church invites all musically inclined area youths to join a community Christmas musical. Songs include Everything Is Beautiful Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man and It's Only Just Begun as its theme. First rehearsal at 6 p m Sunday at the North Bennington Church prior to the holidays.
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North Bennington
Church Women Observe World Community Day Observance
The World Community Day service at First United Methodist Church in Shaftsbury featured Rev. Kenneth W. Costin of St. Peter's Episcopal guiding practical sympathy from the parable of the good Samaritan. About 50 women attended as Bennington area CWU arranged the program and a business meeting.
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Kenneth W. Costin
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
First United Methodist Church
Shaftsbury
Father Costin
Fair set for next Saturday at North Bennington church
The North Bennington Baptist Church Women’s Fellowship plans its annual fair from 1 to 5 p.m. next Saturday, November 17, in the church social rooms. Handmade items include knitted hats shawls and mittens while the food table features cakes cookies pies candies jams and breads. A white elephant table grab bag and Christmas decorations accompany tea luncheon and sales. Edith Burns Evelyn Delaney and others head committees. A Thanksgiving program by Mrs. Angus J. MacDonald closes the day at 7:30 p.m. in the Shafts bury United Methodist Women meeting.
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Thomas Harrison
CWU
CWA
Eleanor Schaffer
Waterbury Project
Angus J. MacDonald
John Wood
Russell Mack
Women’s Fellowship of
The
North Bennington Baptist Church
Edith Burns
Evelyn Delaney
Shirley Hewitt
Martha Williamson
Viola Jolivette
Avis Whitman
Ben Maxon
Sue Briggs
Jean Powers
Eilene Peckham
Nancy Bushee
Abbie LeClair
Shirley Young
Grace Cherbonneau
Mary Stearns
Gertrude Harrington
Marietta Ward
Helen Shaw
Marilyn Kenyon
Ann Mackey
Joanne Preston
Waltrude Peirce
Helen Croiser
Bea Lusignan
Gladys Paddock
Ruth Ketchum
Mamie Paddock
Millie Harrington
Lucille Cook
Shaftsbury
United Methodist
Robert Booth
Francis Peters
Bennington Area Churches Sunday Worship and Services
Read at multiple sites across Bennington County including Monument School and Woodford Hollow. Worship services range 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with sermons such as What Is Worth Everything You Have and Personal Response to the Divine Compassion. Choirs, Sunday School, and nursery care listed. numerous church groups meet Mondays through Saturdays with varied times and locations.
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Richard D. Campbell
Council On Ministries
Parlor
Circle IV
Myra van Nostrand
Harwood Hill
Commission On Education
Circle II
Cherub
Cranberry Bazaar
Open Bible Church
Woodford Hollow
Paul M. Carr
Old Stone Church
Independent Baptist
North Bennington
Edwin M. Ellis
Old Bennington
Church Barn
Arvel M. Steece
Russell W. Gerleman
C.P.E. Bach
Federated Church East
Enterprise Society
Arlington Chorale
Congregational Church
J. Richard Sherlock
Helen Campbell
Missionary Alliance Church
Franklyn J. Klein Jr
Adam
Man
Hosea
Israel
National Bible Week Dates Set for 33rd Year
New York The Laymen's National Bible Committee announces National Bible Week will run from Sunday, November 18 through November 25, for the 33rd year. Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish and Protestant lay groups lead the observance with wide cooperation from churches, societies, libraries, media and the armed forces.
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New York
National Bible Committee
Catholic Biblical Apostolate
U.S. Catholic Conference
National Council of
Churches Division of Christian Education
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
Jewish Committee For National Bible Week
American Bible Society
New York Bible Society International
Armed Forces
Cranberry Bazaar Gifts Sale At First United Methodist Church
The Cranberry Bazaar sponsored by First United Methodist Church will be at the church on November 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring home cooked foods crafts art treasures children toys hobbies plants and a attic treasure auction at 3 p.m. Oldtime movies will be shown and a snack shop will offer lunch items from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All are invited.
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First United Methodist Church
Arthur Rogerson
Peale booklets on America’s religious heroes surge in schools
A flood of requests for Dr. Norman Vincent Peale’s booklets shows strong demand for teaching America's religious heritage in public schools. The Foundation for Christian Living reports 200,000 daily orders, with over 2.5 million copies of A New Birth of Freedom and 4.5 million of One Nation Under God requested or distributed nationwide. The materials, offered free of charge and funded by donations, cover figures from Marquette to Sequoia to King, and recount how faith underpins American freedom. Copies available by mail from the Pawling, New York foundation.
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Pawling
N.Y
America
Norman Vincent Peale
Foundation For Christian Living
FCL
The
Foundation
Myron L. Boardman
Supreme Court
Peale
United States Supreme Court
Hawaiian Islands
Haym Salomon
Martin Luther King
Dr. Peale
Korea
Vietnam
Johnny Appleseed
Ruth Stafford Peale
Marble
Collegiate Church
New York City
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Community Church
Woodford
Louis A. Cook
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
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McCullough Library
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West Arlington
David Bort
United Church
Dorset - East Rupert
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Society of Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
John P. R. Morgan
Kingdom Hall
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
North Pownat
East Dorset
Kenneth Schwebel
St. Mary’s In the Mountains
John C. Morris
Jim Metcalf
Douglas Weiss
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
George C. Mills
First Congregational Church
Second Congregational Church
Thomas D. Steffen
Manchester
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
St. James Episcopal Church
Lawrence A. Sherwin
Church of God
Leslie Wright
First Baptist Church
Floyd I. la Bombard
Philip Elwell
Judas Maccabaeus
Colgate Hall
All the Saints
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Church of Christ West
Howard B. Ford Jr
All Faiths Chapel
Vermont Veterans Home
M. Everett Corbett
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester Center
Robert L. Clayton
Guild of St. Margaret
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Super Duper
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United Counseling Service
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