Bible gifts for Christmas span translations and formats
Religion writer Louis Cassels surveys several new Bible editions for Christmas gifts. The list includes the English Bible by British scholars, the American Bible by American Catholic scholars, and the deluxe Jerusalem Bible with Dalí plates. Also featured are Good News for Modern Man, children’s Bible stories, Arch Books, and talking Bibles. Prices range from 35 cents to $39.95, with ordering details for the American Bible Society and options for the blind or vision-impaired. A separate note describes the National Presbyterian Center’s Alabama limestone monument measure in Washington.
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Oxford
Cambridge University
St. Anthony Guild Press
Catholic Book Publishing Co
Salvador Dali
Doubleday
Dali
American Bible Society
Arch Books
Concordia Publishing Co
Society
Bennington Area Church Events Highlights Listings
Multiple congregations in Bennington area publish a Sunday timetable listing worship times sermons and youth activities for North Pownal Dorset East Rupert East Dorset West Rupert Pownal West Arlington Arlington Wilmington and Manchester Center with specifics on pastors services and ancillary programs including Sunday School BYF UMYF choirs and feast days. The note also mentions a weekend gathering of Bennington Friends, with location shifts to Bennington Elementary School and the New Englander Motor Inn for a Vermont and New Hampshire interlude.
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Bennington
Vermont
New Hampshire
New Englander Motor Inn
Bennington Road
Author to preach Sunday in Manchester at Zion Parish
The distinguished English author Leslie Paul, born 1905 in Dublin, will be the 11 a.m. preacher at Zion Parish Manchester on a return visit. Paul, a longtime scholar and writer with works including Eros Rediscovered, has held positions at Ashridge College Kenyon College and Queen's College Birmingham. He arrives in Manchester after lecturing at Kenyon University Seabury Western and Bexley Rochester Divinity School and will stay three days at the rectory.
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Manchester Center
Zion Parish
Leslie Paul
Eros
Born
Dublin
Paul
London
World
Progressive Review
Plan
East End
Austria
Ashridge College of Citizenship
Brasted Place
Kenyon College
Ohio
Church of England
Atlantic
Leverhulme
T.S. Eliot
Queen’s College
Birmingham
England
Manchester
Kenyon College, University
Seabury Western
Bexley-Rochester Divinity School
Rochester
John Hines
Episcopal Church
North Bennington Baptist Women Meet at Home
The North Bennington Baptist Church Women’s Fellowship gathered at Mrs. Merritt Hewitt’s home with 22 members. Devotions by Mrs. Arthur Pierce reflected Thanksgiving, poems were read, and a prayer of thanksgiving followed. Treasurer Mrs. John Cook reported a balance of 271.08, with funds allocated to CARE packages Leper Colony Bible Society White Cross and other fellowship projects.
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Women’s Fellowship
North Bennington Baptist Church
Merritt Hewitt
Arthur Pierce
John Cook
Bible Society
Special Interest Missionary
White Cross
Week of Proclamation planned by Troy Conference Methodists
The Troy Conference with 350 United Methodist Churches is organizing a Week of Proclamation December 6 to 11. About 24 clusters will host nightly services led by guest ministers from the General Board of Evangelism or neighboring districts. Teen programs, community outreach plans, and a Christmas party are part of the initiative.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
United Methodist
Troy Conference
New Life Mission
General Board of Evangelism
Nashville
Tenn
Richard Campbell
Schenectady
Rowland S. Conklin
Albany
John G. Rhinesmith
Bennington-Troy
Clarence L. Hoch
Burlington
Milton M. Lavery
Glens Falls
Messiah to Be Sung by Area Choral Society
Albany area readers are invited to two performances of Handel's Messiah by the Capitol Hill Choral Society. The 200 voice chorus, with Oratorio Orchestra and Allen Mills at the organ, will perform Friday and Saturday December 4 and 5 at 8 30 p.m. in Chancellors Hall. Judson Rand directs. Soloists Judith Hubbell Anne Cleaves Leonard Johnson and Samuel Ramey headline. Free parking available in the state employees lot at Elk and Hawk, tickets on sale now with student discounts.
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Albany
N.Y
Capitol Hill Choral Society
Chancellors Hall
Hawk Street
Washington Avenue
Oratorio Orchestra
Allen Mills
Judson Rand
Judith Hubbell
Anne Cleaves
Leonard Johnson
Samuel Ramey
Washington, D.C
Miss Hubbell
Juilliard School of Music
Juilliard Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New Jersey Double Chorale
Lincoln Center
New York City
New York State
Elk Street
Albany Area
Daybreak routine inside St. Peter's Basilica described
The Vatican unfolds with priests arriving in St. Peter's Square to vest and celebrate at 45 altars, then gather in the sacristy cafe-bar. Policemen at the papal guardhouse manage traffic near Pope Paul VI's palace as Vatican workers begin their day and the Pope conducts mass followed by audiences and paperwork.
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Vatican City
St. Peter’s Basilica
Peter
Farnese Palace
Rome
St. Peter’s
Vatican
Jean Villot
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Church Barn
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Houston
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Wilmington
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Good News Club
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Baker Trailer Park
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Union St
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Paul Crane
Ronald van Orden
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Melvin R. McGaughey
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Bennington Free Library
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Santa Fe Opera Company
National Opera Company of
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Barry James
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
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Jenny Coulter
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