Community church notices fill Bennington area schedule
Local church listings from Bennington area churches detail worship services Sunday School and midweek activities across multiple parishes. Notable items include talks by Rev. Elwin Ellis and Rev. W Earle Forman, service times at Saint Francis de Sales and Our Lady of Fatima, and a fall meeting of the Women’s Society of Christian Service at Shaftsbury First United Methodist with guest speaker Ruberta Galusha and film on Bolivia’s Alfalit program.
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Community Chapel
Pownal Center
Elwin M. Ellis
First Church OF God
W. Earle Forman
Shaftsbury
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First United Methodist Church
A. Ranney Galusha
Ruberta Galusha
Bolivia
Manetta Galusha
Muriel Galusha
England
International Living
Putney
Russell Mack
Old Stone Church
Ndependent Baptist
North Bennington
Area Baptist Churches Adopt New Sunday School Curriculum
Three area churches of the American Baptist Convention will use a completely new curriculum this year. First Baptist Manchester North Bennington Baptist and First Baptist Manchester will implement the plan after nine years of cooperative work involving 16 denominations. The program aims to engage all ages and has training for 60,000 teachers and 1,000 teaching associates across the United States. The curriculum, called the Christian Faith and Work Plan, emphasizes biblically sound, theologically rooted, practical teaching for nursery through adult learners.
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American Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
North Bennington
North America
United States
Joseph D. Huse
Manchester
Vermont Baptist State Convention
Churches of Vermont
American Baptist Board of Education and Publication
Christian Church
Grant Hanson
Division of Educational Minis
Head of Mormon Church To Note His 96th Birthday on Monday
President David O. McKay of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will celebrate his 96th birthday Monday. Despite being wheelchair bound, he has guided the church as it expands globally. He became president in 1951 and launched the Family Home Evening program in 1963 to promote honesty, sobriety, and family unity across Mormon homes. He and his wife Emma Ray have four sons, two daughters, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
David O. McKay
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
McKay
University O Utah
Weber Academy
Weber State College
Ogden
Council of Twelve Apostles
Family Home
Ful
Emma Ray
Ministers Meet Next Week at Stowe UCC
Burlington area coverage details a two city church convention with more than 100 Vermont Conference ministers gathering at Stowe Mountain er Motor Inn September 9 to 11. Speakers include Rev Robert Batchelder and Rev Gabriel Fackre with sessions on church and world hope. Clinics and worship lead into a September 14 Rally Day at North Bennington Baptist Church School with details of programs and leadership.
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Burlington
Vermont
Yale University
Batchelder
United States
Albert J. Penner
Massachusetts
University of Chicago Divinity School
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Millicon
Pittsburgh
Encounter
Lancaster
Edward S. Treat
Newbury, VI
Haverhill, N.H
Earle H. Ballou
Chester
Paul E. Willard
Waterbury
North Bennington
Baptist Church School
Modern Translations Bring Bible Closer to Modern Readers
UPI columnist Louis Cassels notes four major modern English Bible translations The Revised Standard Version The Jerusalem Bible The New English Bible and the Today’s English Version TEV offer readability and scholarly precision. He argues older translations like the King James and Douay remain hard for contemporary readers while modern work aligns with current scholarship and ecumenical agreement.
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RSV
Shaftsbury Baptist Association to Meet September 17
A Shaftsbury Baptist Association meeting is set for 7 30 p m Wednesday September 17 at the local Baptist Church. Each church is asked to send five officially appointed voting delegates, though the meeting is open to all association members. The key topic is whether association meetings should continue.
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Manchester
Shaftsbury Baptist Association
Associated Churches
CWU Mission Studies kickoff at First United Methodist
The Bennington Council of Church Women United hosts the first of six Mission Studies on Tuesday at First United Methodist Church. A coffee break at 10:45 a.m. led by Mrs. Dean Hansen precedes devotions by Mrs. Harold Riemann. Rev. Edward B. Geyer Jr. will discuss Prejudices: Their Origins and Ways to Cope With Them. Co chairs are Mrs. William Eddington Jr. and Mrs. Paul De Connick. Nursery by Mrs. Merritt Hewitt Jr. Sessions start at 11 a.m.
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Melvin R. McGaughey
Dean Osgood
Harwood Hill
Parlor
Church Women United Mission
Circle I
Church Lawn
International Christian University
Tokyo
Bennington Museum
Bennington Council of Church Women United
First United Methodist Church
Dean Hansen
Harold Riemann
Edward B. Geyer Jr
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
William Eddington Jr
Paul DeConnick
Merritt Hewitt Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bennington
Society OF Friends
Quakers
Faith Bible Baptist Church
Woodford Hollow
Kenneth Schwebel
Congregational Church
North Pownal
Church
Our Lady OF Fatima
Wilmington
Shafftsbury
WSCS
Mrs. Galusha
Henry A. Peck
Baptist Church
United Church
Dorset - East Rupert
Hal C. Miller
Kingdom Hall
Ehovah’s Witnesses
Watch Tower
Congregational Bible Study
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
George C. Mills
Pownal
Youth Alive Group
Church OF Christ
Jerry Moffitt
ST. John the Baptist Catholic
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
Masonic Temple
Main St
ST. Mary’s IN the Mountains
Russell Gale
ST. Francis DE Sales Catholic Church
Missionary Alliance
Richard Lenehan
A.J. MacDonald
Alvan Lawrence
Annex
A. Ranney Gaulusha
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester Center
Church Women’s Board
ST. John’s Chapel
R.L. Clayton
East Dorset
Lester Tufts
West Arlington
John E. Geer
Federated Church East
Arlington
Roy Green
First Congregational Church
Paul
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Alfred Scott
Board of
Women’s Fellowship
Bernard Whitman
FIRST
Old Bennington
Jeremiah
Arvel M. Steece
Harold Macuen
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Isaiah
Israel
Second Congregational Church
Methodist Church
Sandgate
H. Glenn Payne
Colgate Hall
Board of Christian Cation
Ednesday
Music Committee
David
Hanson
Walbridge
UCC
Stowe
Triple
Grand Union
RT. 7
Haynes & Kane Colonial Shop
Louis Cassels
UPI
Baptist Association
CWU
Ee” sCoumr
Artery Arcade
North Adams
Bennington, VT
Nichols
Murse
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