All Saints Worship @ First Baptist

CELEBRATORY WORSHIP AT FIRST BAPTIST FOR ALL SAINTS DAY

On Sunday, November 1, 2009, the First Baptist Church of Bennington, Vermont, will celebrate All Saints’ Day, as part of the 9:30 AM worship service.  Congregants will recall the names of those who have passed on from this life whose lives were witness and testament to the Christian faith.  The congregation will sing hymns of the day, including music from John Bell, Ralph Vaughn Williams, and Fred Pratt Green.  The service will also serve as the monthly Communion observance, where all baptized Christians are welcome to participate in the sharing of bread and cup. 

The service marks the first service with a new director of music.  Effective November 1, 2009, Scott Smedinghoff, a 2009 graduate of Williams College, begins his tenure as the staff musician and choir director.  Smedinghoff will commence choral direction the following Wednesday evening, offering choir rehearsals weekly at 7 PM, Wednesdays.

The congregation’s adult forum will be offered after coffee hour at 11 AM.  The Rev. Hugenot will present reflections on the Desert Fathers and Mothers, early Christian monastics.  This forum’s lecture and discussion is patterned after a lecture Rev. Hugenot recently gave as part of the comparative religion course currently being offered at the Southern Vermont College.

The First Baptist Church is located at 601 Main Street in downtown Bennington, Vermont.  First Baptist is “a place for healing, community involvement, and spiritual grounding”.  To learn more, visit www.fbcbennington.org, the congregation’s FACEBOOK page, or call 802/442-2105.

Holy Week Observances @ First Baptist, Bennington

HOLY WEEK OBSERVANCES AT FIRST BAPTIST, BENNINGTON

The First Baptist Church of Bennington, Vermont, invites you to Holy Week activities, commencing this Sunday with worship services on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2009, at 9:30 AM. The children will lead the procession of the palms, and the congregation will reflect upon the beginning of Christianity’s most sacred of seasons. The Rev. Jerrod Hugenot, coordinating minister, will offer the sermon “A Faith Vulnerable and Resolved”.

On Thursday evening, April 9, 2009, the congregations of First Baptist and “Old First” Congregational will share an ecumenical Maundy Thursday service. At 6 PM, a community-wide potluck will be offered, followed by the Maundy Thursday communion service at 7 PM. Any person is welcome to attend the meal or the religious service. The Rev. Louis Guariniello will join the Rev. Jerrod Hugenot in conducting the service.

On Good Friday, First Baptist will participate in the evening service to be held at St Peter’s Episcopal Church on Friday, April 10, at 7 PM.

On Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009, First Baptist celebrates Easter with joyous music and proclamation at its 9:30 AM worship service. The service marks the high point of the Christian year, as Christians gather to sing praise to the risen Christ. The Rev. Hugenot offers the sermon “Mark Ends, Easter Begins”. An Easter egg hunt for children and coffee hour fellowship follows the service at 10:45 AM.

An American Baptist congregation, the First Baptist Church is located at 601 Main Street in downtown Bennington. Learn more by visiting www.fbcbennington.org, joining the congregation’s FACEBOOK group, or calling the church office at 802/442-2105.