Prodigal Faith and Church Anniversary Reflections
The article contrasts views of God as forgiving with the need for acknowledging justice and mercy. It notes Redeemer Lutheran Church’s first anniversary, changes like selling St. Joseph College to Bennington School District, and continued meetings at Monument Elementary School. Pastor Allen Barnes hopes to grow the congregation and spread the Good News. A special 9 a.m. anniversary service and future family study classes are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Redeemer Lutheran Church
St. Joseph College
Bennington
George Sleeman
Monument Elementary School
Allen Barnes
Jesus Christ
Barnes
Manchester Pre School Opens Monday In Manchester
Manchester’s Zion Episcopal Pre School begins its 13th year with Mrs Hal March again in charge and Mrs Robert Green assisting. One opening remains in the Monday-Wednesday-Friday group and another in the Tuesday-Thursday group. Call 362-1987 for details. The piece also reflects on beliefs about God’s nature and authority, contrasting mercy with wrath and urging reverence for divine sovereignty.
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Manchester
Zion Episcopal
Hal March
Robert Green
March
Bennington Area Church Notices and Schedules
Local church listings show Sunday services at 10 a.m. with Sunday School, worship at 11:15 led by Rev. Kenneth Schwebel, choir and prayer meetings midweek across multiple churches including Church of God Chapel Road, Our Lady of Fatima, Methodist, United Church, Community Church Pownal, Sacred Heart, Hi be St. Marys, Loeb Congregational, Rupert churches, Old Stone North Bennington, Kingdom Hall, Our Lady of Lourdes North Pownal, East Dorset, First Congregational Old Bennington, Zion Manchester Center, St Johns Chapel, Redeemer Lutheran, Open Bible Woodford Hollow, Church of Christ, and others, with varied class times and rehearsals. Service times range from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and include masses, catechism, Sunday School, youth groups, and prayer meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
St. John’s Chapel
Episcopal
Robert L. Clayton
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester Center
Kenneth Schwebel
Church of God
Leslie Wright
United Church
Dorset-East Rupert
Church
Hal C. Miller III
Old Stone Church
Independent Baptist
North Bennington
Edwin M. Ellis
Congregational Church
North Pownal
Jim Metcalf
First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
Arvel M. Steece
Church Lane
Church Barn
Open Bible Church
Woodford Hollow
Paul M. Carr
Church of Christ West
Being Unafraid Lecture by Noel D. Bryan Jones
Noel D. Bryan-Jones will deliver a lecture titled The Science of Being Unafraid at 3 p.m. Sunday Sept 16 in the First Church of Christ Scientist at Hillside and Silver. A Worthing England native, he is a Christian Science Board of Lectureship member who has served in the Mother Church in Boston and has toured the Far East. He will address what there is to fear when one loves and understands God.
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Noel D. Bryan- Jones
Church of Christ Scientist
Hillside
Silver Streets
Worthing
Sussex
England
Bryan-Jones
Christian Science Board of
British Optical Association
Healing Ministry of Christian Science
Far East
Christian Science Mother Church
Boston
God
Methodist Women Start New Season With Plan For Sale
The Rev Richard D Campbell pastor of the First United Methodist Church led a Communion service Tuesday night for the Women s Society of Christian Service as it opened the new season at the church The group approved a rummage sale for Friday Sept 14 from 10 am to 3 pm and set meeting dates including Oct 2 dinner at 6 pm Mrs Alice Trost conference Women s Society president will be guest speaker The event marks charter night for United Methodist Women replacing WSCS in church activities.
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Richard D. Campbell
First United Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Alice Trost
Conference Women’s Society
United Methodist Women
WSCS
Krishna devotees seek new Manhattan temple in midtown
The Hare Krishna movement, led by Brooklyn temple followers mostly under 30, seeks a new building in midtown Manhattan after outgrowing its Brooklyn quarters. Members dance chant and bow reverently as they expand Sunday programs and run incense, book, and vegan product operations while noting tension with Cobble Hill neighbors.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
India
United States
Midtown Manhattan
Krishna
Tosan Krishna
Thomas Allin
Manhattan
Cobble Hill
California
Dedication Service Set For New First Church of God
The Rev Kenneth Marrs of Peace Dale RI will speak at 4 p.m. for the dedication of the new First Church of God on Chapel Road. Open house begins at 1 p.m. and at 7 p.m. the Swordman Quartet will headline a gospel sing as part of the dedicatory events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Marrs
Peace Dale
R.I
First Church of God
Chapel Road
Leslie Wright
Swordman
Christian Education Workshop for church school staffs
A Mountain Congregational Association event with Shaftsbury Baptist churches hosts a Saturday workshop at First Baptist Church. Sessions include basics for new teachers, audio visual basics, administration for superintendents, and an arts and crafts segment guided by regional church leaders. Registration is $1 per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Mountain Congregational Association
Churches of the Shaftsbury Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Floyd I. la Bombard
Bennington CWU series begins Tuesday at St Peter’s
The six session Listen Respond Process series starts Tuesday at 9 45 a m in the Guild Room of St Peter's Episcopal Church sponsored by the Bennington Council of Church Women United Speaker will be Mrs Wendell Potter of South Londonderry CWU chairman Coffee get together chaired by Mrs Stanley Baczek and Mrs Peter Groenewegen Nursery provided for preschool children Open to all area women not just CWU members For other church news see Page 8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
CWU
United Church of Christ Ministers Convene 57th Convocation
The Vermont UCC ministers meet in Manchester for the 57th annual convocation Wednesday through Friday at the local church. About 80 ministers and spouses will stay with members. Guests include Dr. George W. Webber and Dr. David H. Read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Vermont
United Church of Christ
First Congregational Church
George W. Webber
New York Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary
William A. Peltz
Rutland Mental Health Service
Margaret Adams Peltz
David H.C. Read
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Virgin Mary
Holy Cross Novitiate
Edward H. Everett
Louis Cassels
United Press International
Voltaire
C. S. Lewis
Jesus
Bennington Area Church Notices
Baptist Church
Pownat
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
Wilmington
Methodist Church
West Arlington
David Bort
Community Church
Pownal
Douglas Weiss
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
George C. Mills
Society of Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
St. Mary’s In the Mountains
John C. Morris
Loeb
John P.R. Morgan
Rupert
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Congregation
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
East Dorset
Wayne Dalton
Paul Wilcox
Missionary Alliance Church
Franklyn J. Klein Jr
Monument School
Church of Christ
My Watch
Council On Ministry
Circle II
UMA
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Kenneth W. Costin
Shaftsbury
A.J. MacDonald
United Methodist
Second Congregational Church
Thomas D. Steffen
Paul Bohne III
Federated Church East
Arlington
All Faiths Chapel
Vermont Veterans Home
M. Everett Corbett
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Leo Hourihan
John Geer
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
St. James Episcopal Church
Lawrence A. Sherwin
United Methodist Church
David Hubbard
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormons
Sacrament Meeting
Sandgate
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Gerald T. Buckley
Noel D. Bryan-Jones
Methodist
Turkeys
Bennington, VT
Paul Vecchiola
Audio-Visuals Inc
Wethersfield
Conn
John R. Burbank
Burlington
Christian Education
Vermont Baptist Convention
Robert J. McWalters
Earle Church
P.O. Box
UCC
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York City
Walker T. Hawley
UCC Board of Pastoral Supply
Robert E. Palin
Saxtons River
Murdale C. Leysath
Cornwall
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
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