World Community Day Observed by Church Women United
Raymond Pierce of Dodge Industries in Hoosick Falls spoke at World Community Day in Bennington County, urging aid to undeveloped nations and the formation of local Peace Corps efforts. The event raised funds for blankets, clothing drives collected 588 pounds of fabric, and gifts for Waterbury State Hospital patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Women United
Raymond Pierce
Dodge Industries
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bennington
Waterbury State Hospital
Marion Hardy
Ladies Aid Society
First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
Bennington Area Church Listings Feature Many Services
A compact roundup of Sunday and midweek worship services across Bennington area churches. Listings include First Baptist in Manchester Center, North Bennington, Pownal, Old Bennington, West Arlington, Dorset East Rupert, and other parishes, detailing service times, sermons, nursery care, choir rehearsals, youth programs, and special events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Manchester Center
Joseph D. Huse
Baptist Church
North Bennington
Alfred Scott
OLD Stone Church
Independent Baptist
Elwin M. Ellis
Congregational Church
East Dorset
Lester Tufts
Bishop Butterfield Urges Christian Responsibility in Vermont
In a pastoral letter read across Vermont Episcopal congregations, Bishop Harvey D. Butterfield urged the church to back a national drive for 200000 for black economic development and 100000 for American Indians and Eskimos. Vermont’s share is 2000, funded solely by voluntary offerings, symbolizing renewed church unity and commitment beyond money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Harvey D. Butterfield
Vermont
Vermont Episcopalians
Butterfield
National Church
South Bend
Ind
Bazaar plans and youth programs across local churches
WSCS meeting reveals Christmas bazaar set for Saturday December 6 from 10 am to 6 pm in the church social room with multiple booths. Organizers include Mrs. MacDonald and Mrs. Peters plus Santa grab bag and white elephant items. Youth fellowships in Old Bennington and Hoosick Falls announce Sunday sessions and discussions on peace and life after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Jesus Christ
Bennington Unitarian Fellowship
Bennington Free Library
Lucian Hanks
Shaftsbury
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First United Methodist Church
Russell Mack
Forrest Montgomery
Eugene Kosche
Francis Peters
Angus MacDonald
Dewey Bronson
Alvan Lawrence
MacDonald
Howard Stevens
Edward Armstrong
Joseph Morin
Harold McDonald Sr
Montgomery
Peters
Steven Fritz
Bronson
Kenneth Cornell
A. Ranney Galusha
John Millington
Lawrence
Wanda Lawrence
Vermont
Mack
Stella Hawkins
Kosche
Kathy Mack
Muriel Galusha
Hoosick
N.Y
United Youth Fellowships
Hoosick Falls
Bible Reading Stressed By Hoosick Area Churches
Hoosick area churches mark Bible Sunday on November 23 and start National Bible Week through Thanksgiving week and world wide reading from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Theme this year is Truth for Modern Man. For the first time the American Bible Society and the Layman's National Bible Committee join the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
American Bible Society
National Bible Committee
Catholic Biblical Association
America
Cheney Library
Hoosick Falls
Bennington
WBTN
Manchester Church Hosts Vermont UCC Conference Meet
Vermont Conference leaders meet at First Congregational Church in Manchester to plan the annual gathering on May 13 with about 400 delegates. Rev. Jerome J. Hevey Jr. welcomes attendees. Rev. Donald Morgan chairs the planning committee. Rev. Edward S. Treat reviews past meetings and urges greater delegate participation. Mrs. Kenneth Hill chairs the host committee. The conference comprises 190 churches and 27,000 members across 39 United Church of Christ conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvan Lawrence
First Baptist Church
Bennington
North Bennington Baptist Church
Second Congregational Church
Congregational Church
North Bennington
Manchester
Vermont
United Church of Christ
First Congregational Church
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Donald Morgan
Grace Congregational Church
United Church of Christ In
Rutland
Edward S. Treat
Burlington
Kenneth Hill
Wallace Short
Montpelier
John Irons
William Taylor
James Gilmore
Hyde Park
Lois Sundeen
John Nutting
United States
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Elwin Bentley
David Hayden
Fred McGuire
Maynard Catchings
National Board of the United Methodist Church
Harold Riemann
Max Webster
Gerald Nelson
Eleanor Schaffer
William Castle Sr
Robert Santway
Edward B. Geyer Jr
Bernard Whitman
U.S
Council
Matthew Canzoneri
VISTA
First Church OF Christ Scientist
ST. James Episcopal Church
Arlington
C. G. Belcher
Family Circle
Pownal
Youth Alive Group
Church Barn
Arvel M. Steece
John Mason
Dickson
Lymes
Pilgrim Fellowship
Barn
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
Mormons
Masonic Temple
Main St
Federated Church East
Nursing Home Visitors Committee
Melvin R. McGaughey
Circle III
Circle I
Circle IV
Myra van Nostrand
County Council of Churches
Parlor
Howard Stearns
Vermont Ecumenical Council
Church OF Christ West
ST. Mary’s IN the Mountains
Russell Gale
Church OF Christ
Jerry Moffitt
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Watch Tower
Congregational Bible Study
Methodist Church
West Arlington
John E. Geer
ST. Francis DE Sales Catholic Church
Psm
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
ST. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Allen James
Elizabeth Goodrich
Danbury Education Council
Community Church
Leonard Perrault
W. Earle Forman
George C. Mills
United Church
Dorset - East Rupert
Hal C. Miller
Reed
The
ST. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Milton Mackey
Missionary Alliance
Richard Lenehan
Margaret Rupp
West Irian
United Methodist Church
David Hubbard
Society OF Friends
Quakers
Faith Bible Baptist Church
Woodford Hollow
Kenneth Schwebel
North Pownal
Church
Sandgate
First Church OF God
Suneday School
Wilmington
Henry A. Peck
Our Lady OF Fatima
Bishop Butterfield
Episcopal Church
Giani
Artery Arcade
North Adams
WSCS
Old First Church
Chet Hart
Berkshire Christian College
Lenox
Mass
Teen-Age Service
Hoosick Area
Youth Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Bondage
Ossie Davis
Ruby Dee
the Voices, Inc
South
Baptist Church of
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Finast
Caeen
Monument Plaza Shopping Ctr
SWIFT
Chuck
Walker
Turkey
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Squaresville
Advertising Council
Religion In American Life
International Newspaper Advertising Executives
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