Bennington Area Church Events
World-Wide Communion will be held at 9 and 11 a.m. services at First Methodist Church with nursery at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Various youth groups meet, choir rehearsals, and a World Wide Communion service at North Bennington Congregational Church. Parish canvass planning and services at multiple churches noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Intercity
Susan White
Lynn Oldendorph
North Bennington Congregational Church
Hapgood Pond
the Abernethys
Bennington Missionary Paddock to Speak at Church Supper
Bennington native Rev. Royal C. Paddock, a 19 year missionary in India, will be guest speaker at the First Baptist Church Fall covered dish supper Tuesday at 6 30 p m. He is the son of Mrs. Charles Paddock of 25 Bradford Place and studied at Gordon College and Eastern Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. His wife Mabel is a trained nurse who has worked with him in the Pimpather mission field. In Washington President Johnson proclaims the week starting next Monday as American Landmarks Week to promote preservation of historical and cultural sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Royal C. Paddock
First Baptist Church
Mr. Paddock
India
Charles Paddock
Bradford Place
Bay Path Institute
Gordon College
Eastern Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Mabel
Pimpather
Washington
UPD
Johnson
Bennington Area Churches List and Services
A roundup of church listings across Bennington area including First Baptist with Rev. John C. Hatch morning worship 9:00 a.m. and youth events, Methodist 9:30 a.m. service, Lady of Lourdes 9:00 a.m. masses, Community Church with Rev. Isabelle King Howard van Horn schedule, and multiple other congregations. Notes mention family details: The Paddocks have two children Sharon and Daniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
John C. Hatch
Community Church
Isabelle King Howard van Horn
First Methodist Church
A.J. MacDonald
Alvan Lawrence
Methodist Church
Granville Greenwold
John Y. Elliott
H.glenn Payne
Christian Patience in a Busy World
Louis Cassels argues impatience is a moral flaw yet scripture urges waiting on the Lord. He cites Psalm 37, Lamentations, Isaiah, and Kennedy quotes to frame waiting as faith, urging calm reliance on God’s timing amid modern haste and testing. The piece notes New Testament praise of patience as a key Christian virtue alongside faith and hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah
John F. Kennedy
The
Corinthians
St. Paul
Hoosick Falls Church Seeks Congo Offering
Hoosick Falls First Baptist will take part in the World Fellowship Offering to aid Congo missions. Local goal is 100 of a 475000 national drive, supporting Busala and 14 village churches. Rev. John Y. Elliott will preach at 11 AM, World Communion Sunday observed. youth group to screen Strange Gods of India and elect officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Congo
First Baptist Church of
America
Busala
Vanga
John Y. Elliott
India
Robert Gardner
Warren Roberts
North Bennington Church To Hear National Officer
The Old Stone Church in North Bennington will host Rev. Glen A. Lehman from Chicago at 6 30 p m Sunday. Lehman is national executive secretary of the Independent Fundamental Churches of America, a group of about 1000 ministers and 460 affiliated churches. He studied engineering before ministry, graduated from Moody Bible Institute, and has 22 years as a pastor prior to his 1959 appointment. He serves on multiple mission and educational boards and chairs Calvary Bible College in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Churches
Mary Baker Eddy
North Bennington
Glen A. Lehman
Chicago
Old Stone Church
Lehman
Independent Fundamental Churches of America
Moody Bible Institute of
Geraldine Moorhead
Cicero
Ill
Calvary Bible College
Kansas City
Independent Church Foundation
Progressive Group First Fall Meeting at First Baptist
The Progressive Group of the First Baptist church held its first fall meeting on September 16 at the church. After a covered dish supper, president Mrs. William Smith led devotions and group plans covered Woman’s Society Bazaar quotas for November 20–21 and a rummage sale for October 9–10. Volunteers for Bazaar and Sale committees were named, slides from the Wagners’ West Coast trip were shown, and the October meeting was set for October 21 at Mrs. Lewie Dodge’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
William Smith
Paul Williams
Osborne Gaines
Raymond Aja
Harold Hilliard
White Cross
Francis Morrisey
Franklin Riley
George Corey
Ernest Shepard
George Dupee
Robert Wagner
Wagners
West Coast
Canada
Lewie Dodge
Peace Corps of churches runs 26 summer camp projects
The peace corps of Protestant and Orthodox churches operates work camps in 26 countries this summer, with over a thousand Christian students and young people joining international groups. Projects include rehabilitation of North African families in France and a literacy program in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Peace Corps
Europe
Asia
Africa
North
South America
National Council of Churches
C. Frederick Stoerker
Council
Commission On Ecumenical Voluntary Service
France
Atlanta
Bennington Church Services and Clergy Listings
A long list of church services and pastors in Bennington includes Old First Congregational led by Rev. H.C. Greene with morning and evening worships and staffed choir. Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Joseph Wiseman Mass times. St. Francis de Sales mass schedule. St. Peter's Episcopal with Rev. Bederick Wolf and Rev. Donald Webster. The Bible Speaks program on WBTN. First Church of God with Rev. W. Earle Forman. Seventh Day Adventist led by Rev. Ronald Seeley. Vermont Soldiers' Home Protestant service. Unitarian Fellowship meeting in Bennington Library. Friends Meeting in Ripeton Hall. Watchtower study and ministry training details. and multiple youth and choir activities across a range of local congregations.
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Commission On Missions
Florence Burke
Bennington Council of Churches
Shaftsbury
Cherub
Sal
George Schoonmaker
Schoonmaker
Sweden
Congregational Church
Christian Science
Lawrence
Rob Roy Perry
Raleigh Fleetwood
Dianne Peters
Gwendolyn Montgomery
OLD First Church
Church Bible School
Monument Circle
van der Groef
Jesus
William M. Thomson
John H. Mason
United Church
Second Congregational Church
Maude Vander Groef
Old First
Unitarian Fellowship
Robert Raible
Marlboro
Raible
Dallas
Tex
ST. Peter’s Episcopal
St. Peter’s Church
H. Glenn Payne
Susan Hogel
Kay Smith
Woman’s Society
Stephen C. Greene
Milwaukee
Mare H. Tanenbaum
American Jewish Committee
Marquette University
Benningtonian
Bennington Area Churches
Pownal
David Hubbard
North Pownal
Lady of Lourdes
Woodford Hollow
Ferndale Chapel
Albert E. Center
Arlington
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Gerald T. Buckley
St. James
C. G. Belcher
West Arlington
East Arlington
Sandgate
Manchester
First
St. Paul’s
Donald C. Kelly
Godfrey Parker
Zion Episcopal Church
R.L. Clayton
Dorset
United Church Congregational
Robert G. Dana
East Dorset Union Chapel
Wilmington Lady of Fatima
R.J. Powers
Hoosick, N.Y
All Saints Episcopal
Phillip A. Lewis
Taylor B
Hoosick Falls, N.Y
Baptist Church
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Joel B. Miller
United Church Presbyterian
Wesley O. Miles
Ots Church
Dia
Paddocks
Sharon
Massachusetts
Daniel
By Bob Shultz
B.C
Blondie
Johnny Hart
Football
By Chie Young
Cme
Steve
SteVe Canyon
Milton Caniff
U.S
Stevenson Canyon
Nicholas Redwing
Heart of
Juliet Jones
LT. Hearn
By Stan Djake
Louis Cassels
United Press International
Hanson
Walbridge
Bennington and
Ira Cornell
Board of Christian Education
North Bennington Church
Kansas
Mr. Lehman
Progressive Group
Old First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
John Ward Vander Groef
William Thomson
Hillside St
8.C. Greene
Missionary Alliance Church
Crescent Boulevard
Cornelius W. Clarke
Alliance Youth Fellowship
Young Adult Fellowship
Main St
M.R. McAgaughey
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph Wiseman
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B.flanaga
Bennington Church of Christ
South St
St. Peter’s Episcopal See
Pleasant St. Y
Bederick B. Wolf
Ctor
Dnald A. Webster
Ssoc
First Church of Christ Scientist
Hillside Street
WBTN
First Church of God
W. Earle Forman
Seventh Day Adventist
Burgess Road
Ronald Seeley
Vermont
Soldiers’ Home
P.O. Box
Bennington Library
Silver and Union Sts
Religious Society of Friends
Quakers
Ripeton Hall
St. John the Baptist
Walter F. Miller
Popuet
Elwin M. Ellis
Errchool
Wolsh B
Young People’s Group
Alfred Scott
William Abernethy
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