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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1963
Page
8
The Missionary Alliance Church begins its annual convention with Rev. Robert Cowles as keynote speaker. Evening services feature foreign mission speakers, films, slides, and music through Friday, with closing services on September 29.
The Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship led by Wallace Mook starts at 6 30 p m Sunday with a dramatic worship service at the church prepared by Steven McGaughey and Susan White The group then travels by car to visits at the homes of Earl Hamilton John Mook T Reed Maninger and Lawrence Smith for appetizers second course punch and dessert Rainer Dagenhardt a Kassel Germany exchange student joins for the first meeting.
The Rev Lawrence Larrowe D D district superintendent of the Troy Conference will fill the pulpit at Old First Church Old Bennington on Sunday. His sermon will ask What is Your Religion Doing For You Special music by Mr and Mrs Gunnar Schonbeck of North Bennington and Mrs William M Thomson will preside at the organ for the coming months.
About 400 attendees from 70 churches gathered in Rutland for the Vermont Fellowship of Congregational Christian Women annual meeting. Swed ish author Thyra Ferre Bjorn spoke on My Heritage while Mrs. Robert P. Kynoch of Montpelier was installed as president and Mrs. Max H. Webster of Burlington named director of stewardship. Mrs. Riemann became district chairman of Bennington.
Shaftsbury Methodist Church will host a family covered dish supper this Sunday at 6 p.m. in the social room, with 16 mm film The Gift shown in the sanctuary followed by a pastor led discussion. Speakers cover Our World Mission and other church programs.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church runs welfare and disaster trucks nationwide to pick up clothing and supplies for central dispatch in New York City. Goods are distributed to where needed including Bennington during disasters, in cooperation with the Red Cross and civil defense agencies. In the fiscal year 1,203 items valued at 2400 dollars were processed, and six months’ Bennington donations exceeded 1700 dollars in labor value. Local thanks were expressed for Main Street tag day and last year’s Christmas caroling.
A compiled list shows church names, pastors, and service times across Bennington area towns including SANDGATE WOODFORD HOLLOW WEST ARLINGTON WILMINGTON EAST DORSET POWNAL CTR DORSET POWNAL ARLINGTON HOOSICK Area listings include Union Chapel Federated Church St. James Episcopal All Saints Episcopal St. Mark's Episcopal Immaculate Conception and more with times from 7:30 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. and various masses, worships, catechisms, and youth activities.
A listing of church services across Bennington with pastors and service times including St Peter s Episcopal First Church of God and local Catholic and Protestant congregations. Daily and weekend masses, sermons and youth programs are noted for St Francis de Sales Kingdom Hall First Church of Christ Scient ist Friends Meeting and St John the Baptist among others.
The Bennington Council of Churches held the first Tuesday prayer meeting at Southern Vermont Orchards led by Rev. Charles J. Parsley with Rev. Earle Foreman Rev. Angus MacDonald and Miss Marion Hardy assisting. About 24 workers attended and an invitation was extended to Sunday service at North Bennington Congregational Church. Next week's service will be led by Rev. MacDonald and a rummage sale to benefit the orchards was announced with donations requested.
Methodist bishops will tour the nation in triads to address special annual conferences on church and home roles in recruiting qualified youths for ministry. New York Bishop Wicke schedules sessions in Troy Schenectady White Plains and Madison with Bishops Voigt Palmer and Garrison. Dr. Mack Stokes will speak on communicating.
Bennington sends about eight delegates from the Bennington Congregation to a semi annual circuit assembly in St Albans. The three day Bible seminar draws roughly 550 delegates from northeastern New York and western Vermont. The highlight is a 3 PM Sunday public discourse by Charles W. Henry.
A survey by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville shows about 20 percent of Southern Baptist pastors log 30 hours weekly in nonchurch jobs or schooling. The study highlights how church leaders balance vocational demands with outside commitments.
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