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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1970
Page
3
Bennington area children join a nationwide UNICEF coin drive on Halloween. Sponsored by Church Women United, 1970 boxes go to Protestant and parochial schools and the Jewish Congregation. Door to door canvass on Oct 31, with boxes due by Nov 1.
Louis Cassels discusses the biblical guidance on speech and silence. He cites James on the tongue’s power and danger and warns against careless talk that can ignite conflict or spread falsehood. The piece reflects on restraint as a virtue and urges mindful communication.
Church Women United in Bennington and surrounding area will host World Community Day at North Bennington Congregational Church on Friday November 6 at 12 30. The 1970 event highlights International Education Year urging better access to schooling, with a theme Use a Key for Tomorrow Education.
Community church listings for Bennington Pownal North Pownal and surrounding areas show multiple worship services, sermons, and youth activities. Reverends Ford Hubbard Schwebel Buechner Geer Bog gess Clayton lead services with Sunday School and Holy Communion noted. youth groups and choir rehearsals scheduled through the week across Congregational Methodist and United Church venues.
In New Orleans a wave of Roman Catholic canonists argue for a new legal philosophy for the church, favoring general principles over universal codes and more pastoral discretion. They urge moving beyond the 1917 Code toward a system that emphasizes conscience, internalized beatitudes, and council led practice over rigid statutes, aiming to reflect Vatican II ideals and realities of a pluralist church.
In Manchester the Reverend Vt will speak at the supper conference of the Church School workers of the First Congregational Church at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church vestry. He will discuss ecumenical education in the tri valley parish of Pittsfield Killington and Stockbridge where four churches share an eight week ecumenical program on Saturdays before and after ski season. Christian educators from local churches are invited. George Thuren, of the host church Religious Education Committee, is arranging the dinner.
The Bennington District of Vermont Council of Catholic Women held their fall meeting at John XXIII Institute after Benediction at St. Francis de Sales Church. Rev. William B. Abernethy of the North Bennington Congregational spoke on racial challenges among teens in a North Carolina summer project and announced his upcoming move to a Middletown, Connecticut church.
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