Area Church Notices Highlight Arlington Bennington Services
A dense listing details weekend mass times and weekday activities for multiple area churches including St. Margaret Marys United Methodist West Arlington Sunderland Union Federated First Baptist Second Congregational United Church of Christ and many others. It notes Mass times worship services Sundays Advent sermons coffee hours youth groups choir rehearsals vestries and community events at churches across Arlington Bennington and nearby towns with specifics on times locations and leaders.
Dorset and East Rupert Church Schedules and Services
Church listings for Dorset East Rupert Manchester Center and nearby towns show multiple services daily. Ministers include Rev Hal C Miller III Rev Robert L Clayton and Rev Howard B Ford Jr with activities ranging from Sunday worship and Sunday school to morning prayer and youth fellowships.
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Dorset East Rupert
Hal C. Miller III
Shaftsbury First United Methodist Christmas Bazaar Schedule
Shaftsbury First United Methodist announces a weekend long Christmas Bazaar starting Saturday with 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and related workshops and services. Church activities include Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and Divine Worship at 10:45 a.m. with the Advent candle lighting and a Junior Harwood led choir. A Bazaar workshop and booth setup details are given for Tuesday through Friday at the homes of Mrs. Harwood and Mrs. Ellen Harwood, with non perishable item donations requested.
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Second Congregational United Church of Christ
Thomas D. Steffen
Advent Study Group
Advent
Women’s Fellowship Board
Eugene Kosche
Junior Harwood
UMW
Harwood
Sycamore Lane
Pownal Church Services and Schedules
Pownail hosts 10 a.m Sunday school and 11:15 a.m worship led by Rev Kenneth Schwebel. Wednesday choir at 6:30 p.m. prayer and Bible study at 7:30. North Pownal offers 9 a.m Sunday School and 10:15 a.m worship with Rev Herbert Lorenz. Sermon: The Decisive Event. Junior topic An Ancient Question. Visitors welcome Saturday 1 to 4 p.m.
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Church of Christ
North Bennington
W. Matthew Broadbent
Church of Christ West
Baptist
Kenneth Schwebel
North Pownal
Herbert Lorenz
Bishops End Fall Meeting With Teachings Gap Highlighted
Washington based report notes the NCCB fall session ends with a call for closer bishop theologian cooperation. Archbishop Bernardin warns of past crises between the church arms while bishops push for reaffirmed teaching authority through the 254 page National Catechetical Directory, setting norms for Catholic instructional material.
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Washington
UPI
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Joseph L. Bernardin
NCCB
Bernardin
Pownal Church Youth Fellowship Reorganizes Activities
The youth fellowship of Pownal Center Community Church reorganizes and meets weekly at the Rounds home. John C. Chapin of Manchester, former Michigan resident, joins the Diocese of Vermont stewardship group. He will speak on stewardship at Zion Episcopal Church Manchester Center on Nov 27 at 10 a.m. The group plans Christmas Eve services, a church bazaar on Dec 3, and wreath making during tomorrow night’s meeting. All youth are welcome.
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Gospel Ministry Mission
Bennington Recreation Center
Gage Street
The
Pownal Center
Manchester Center
John C. Chapin
Manchester
Michigan
Vermont
Kerr
Chapin
Zion Episcopal Church
Farewell reception for Rev Hourihan and wife
North Bennington Baptist Church honored the Rev. and Mrs. Leo Hourihan as they prepare to join the First Baptist Church in Leominster Massachusetts. Hourihan, ordained in 1972, came from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary with a master of divinity. Interim pastor Rev. David K. Norrie has been called as the Hourihans relocate with their children. a gift from members included a substantial check, an antique clock and a side table.
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North Bennington Baptist Church
Leo Hourihan
First Baptist Church
Leominster
Mass
Arthur Whitman
Hourihan
Sheila
David K. Norrie
Bennington
Community pot luck and concert at St Francis de Sales
On November 12 about 250 Christians from multiple denominations gathered at St Francis de Sales Parish Hall for a free pot luck supper and evening of entertainment. The event featured The Tenth Coin from Batavia, Leandra Hardison, Ted Lausville, and Mert Snow, with Mercy Jones from North Adams leading. Attendees came from Hoosick Falls, Pittsfield, Adams, North Adams, Rowe and surrounding areas. Expenses totaled 169.90 with donations of 174.42 received.
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St. Francis de Sales
Mr. Hale
Pownal
Francis Grogan
Sacred Heart Church
Batavia
N.Y
Leandra Hardison
Ted Lausville
Mert Snow
Mercy Jones
North Adams
Mass
Hoosick Falls
Pittsfield
Adams
Rowe
Rupert
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
United Methodist Women's Christmas Bazaar in Shaftsbury
On Saturday December 3 at First United Methodist Church in Shaftsbury the annual UMW bazaar runs 10 am to 4 pm in the social room. Items for sale include handmade wreaths decorations gifts custom jewelry homemade food fudge plants and serendipity with a snack bar available. Family and friends are invited.
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Shaftsbury
First United Methodist Church
Dial A Devotion Aimed at Bennington Fire Impact
The Dial A Devotion line is temporarily out of order due to a fire at the Old First Church Barn in Old Bennington. The Sunday School of Temple Beth El in Bennington will host Hanukah craft sessions from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Nov 27 and Sunday, Dec 4, with Hadassah selling Hanukah candles at the synagogue 10 a.m. to noon on Sundays. For details call Susan Faller at 442-4977.
The Myth of God Incarnate Debate Takes Center Stage
United Press International reports a new Westminster book edited by John Hick challenging the necessity of affirming Jesus as God for Christian faith. The conservatives insist Jesus must be divine to be savior, while radicals argue salvation is God’s activity revealed through Jesus.
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Jesus
God
Westminster
John Hick
Christ
Advent Meaning Sermon at Our Lady of Lourdes and Parish Events
The Rev Charles N Graham interim pastor preaches on The Meaning of Advent at Our Lady of Lourdes with mass at 9am and 7pm and Sunday School at 11. Youth Fellowship meets at 6pm during the annual Christmas bazaar in Town Hall. Confessions precede masses. At Our Lady of Fatima Masses 10am Saturday 7:30pm and worship by Rev John P R Morgan Sunday Holy Communion at 11. Falls NY All Saints Episcopal Route 10:45 service with varying worship patterns by Sunday.
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St. James Episcopal
John T. Adams
St. Mary’s Altar Guild
Ingrid Hirsch
Redeemer Lutheran
Second Congregational
Hillside Street
North Adams
Mass
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Summer Street
Brookside Apts
Bennington
Sidney J. Lambert
UMW
Joanne Green
UMWF
Cherub
Pownal Center
Charles N. Graham
Charles Rounds
Women’s Fellowship
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
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Area Church Notices
Arlington
St. Margaret Mary’s
United Methodist
Sunderland Union
Lester Tufts
Federated Fast
David Andrews
Jane Davis
Bailey Hall
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormons
Molly Stark
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah's Witnesses
Congregation
Bible Baptist Independent Fundamental
Michael Twardy
Mt. Anthony Junior High School
Main St
Sacred Heart
St. Peter’s Episcopal
John P. Riddle Jr
All Faiths
Vermont Veterans Home
M. Everett Corbett
First Baptist
Floyd I. la Bombard
Colgate Hall
Hilltop House
Missionary Alliance
Pioneer Girls
North Bennington Baptist
First Congregational
Old Bennington
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship
McCullough Library
Route 67A
West Street
St. John the Baptist
Old Stone Church
Independent Baptist
Edwin M. Ellis
Society of Friends
Quakers
Monument School
Church of God
Edward Buehler
First United Methodist
Dorset
United Church of Christ
Congregational
East Dorset
Zion Episcopal
Holy Communion
Robert L. Clayton
Presentation of the United Thank
Foyer II
Theodore Talbot
Danby
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Pilgrim Singers
Crib
Joe Billo
Sr. Hi
Sandgate
Fe Fey
Finast
United States
Catholic Theological Society
Bishops’ Committee On Doctrine
Pownal Church
Mrs. Hourihan
UMW Bazaar
United Press International
David Hubbard
Our Lady of Lourdes
North
Wilmington
St. Mary’s In the Mountains
Episcopal
Our Lady of Fatima
John P. R. Morgan
Hoosick
Falls, N.Y
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