Churches and Synagogues
We are most grateful to the members of the following churches and synagogues in our area for their generous support. Each congregation included on this list has partnered with Habitat by sending groups of volunteers to help with construction, by making a cash contribution, or by hosting the Global Village team in October 2006 or some combination of all three.
Christian Missionary Alliance Church
Congregational Church - UCC - North Bennington
Federated Church of East Arlington
First Congregational Church - Manchester
First Congregational Church - Bennington
First Baptist Church - Bennington
First Baptist Church - Manchester
First Baptist Church - South Londonderry
First United Methodist Church - Shaftsbury
Israel Congregation
North Bennington Baptist Church
Peru Congregational Church
Rupert Congregational Church
Sacred Heart Saint Francis de Salles
Sandgate Methodist Church
St Jerome Catholic Church
St James Episcopal Church
St. John the Baptist Church
St. Paul ’s Roman Catholic Church
Second Congregational Church
Temple Beth El
United Church of Dorset and East Rupert UCC
Zion Episcopal Church
Christian Missionary Alliance Church
Pastor Edward Blue
2 Westside Drive
Bennington, VT 05201
Congregational Church - UCC - North Bennington
Rev. Penny Rich Smith
Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
P.O. Box 248
North Bennington, VT 05257
(802) 442-5161
Federated Church of East Arlington
We are most grateful to the members of the Federated Church for their support and for allowing us to have many of our meetings at their church.
On Saint Patrick's Day - Saturday, March 17, 2007 the Men's Fellowship sponsored a corned beef and cabbage dinner with the proceeds of $576 going to Habitat. This evening included great food, good company, and was a fun way to further Habitat's work.
Reverend Katherine Clark
Ice Pond Road
East Arlington, VT 05252
802-375-2548
churchea@adelphia.net
First Baptist Church of Bennington
The Rev. Jerrod H. Hugenot, Minister
First Baptist Church of Bennington
601 Main St.
Bennington, VT 05201
802-442-2105 - office
802-447-2287 - parsonage
fbpastor@sover.net - to reach the minister
fboffice@sover.net
- to reach the office
website link is www.fbcbennington.squarespace.com
First Baptist Church - Manchester
We are most grateful to Martha Thompson, Rev. Bob Carpenter, and the members of the First Baptist Church for hosting a delicious dinner for the Global Village team on Tuesday evening, October 17, 2006 and for inviting us back to make a presentation about Habitat to members of the church on Sunday, October 22nd. The church also provided a lunch for the Global Village Team in the spring of 2008, and a group worked on the West Rupert home in the spring of 2008.
Russ and Bryan left and Dottie right.
Rev. Bob Carpenter
Bryan Richheimer
First Baptist Church
Main and Bonnet Streets
Manchester, VT 05255
802-362-1555
First Baptist Church of South Londonderry - "A Community Church"
The Londonderry Junior High Youth Group demonstrated their commitment to the community by spending part of their spring break in April of 2006 doing yard work in the area to raise funds for the home that will be built in Winhall - starting in mid August 2006. They plan to come to the site this some day this fall and will help with the construction.
We are most grateful to Rev. Hamblett and the members of the church for providing a delicious lunch for the Global Village team during their visit - October 16, 2006.
Rev. Malcolm Hamblett
P.O. Box 278
South Londonderry, VT 05155
802-824-4066
First Congregational Church - Manchester
Our vibrant congregation welcomes you to worship with us and to take part in our many activities. We are followers of Jesus Christ who seek to emulate His way, truth and life in the world. We are a diverse community of faith, drawing together folk from many religious traditions and various parts of the country. At present we have over 300 adult members and 60 children. We offer children's programming throughout the year, including nursery care, Sunday school and fellowship groups for our 5th-12th graders.
We are most grateful to the church for allowing us to host the farewell dinner and celebration that concluded the Global Village week (October 15 - 22, 2006). It was a perfect setting and was much appreciated. We are also thankful to the church for allowing us to use a room for our monthly board meetings. In early June, the church hosted Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity. Many of our volunteers were inspired to hear him speak and to meet him.
Dr. Steven Berry, Senior Pastor
Route 7A
Manchester, VT 05254
(802) 362-2709
www.firstcongregationalmanchester.org
fcc.office@comcast.net
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First Congregational Church - Bennington
Volunteers from the Old First Church have helped with several of our homes.
Left - East Arlington. Right - taken in July 2007 at the Rupert home. Led by Pastor Scott Barton and Mike Briggs, this group spend three full days working on that home. they did a great job - a perfect example of putting faith into action!
Left - fixing the deck. Right - Mike Briggs
Rev. Scott Barton
P.O. Box 248
North Bennington, VT 05257
First United Methodist Church - Shaftsbury
RR2, PO Box 422A
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
We are most grateful to Rabbi Bob Freedman and the members of the Israel Congregation for hosting the Global Village team for dinner on Friday, October 20, 2006 of the week of their visit.
Rabbi Bob Freedman
6025 Main Street (Rte. 7A)
Manchester Center, VT 05255
802-362-4578
North Bennington Baptist Church
17 Church Street
North Bennington, VT 05257
Peru Congregational Church
Peru, Vermont 05152
Pastor Mary Beth Hutchinson
2890 Route 153
P.O. Box 87
Rupert, VT 05768
802-394-2501
Mary Beth Hutchinson led the dedication of the Lewis home in August of 2007.
Sacred Heart Saint Francis de Sales
Roman Catholic Church
We are most grateful for the generous support through the House Bank program - a most creative way to support our work.
A group from Saint Francis helped build the North Bennington home on May 30, 2009. They did a great job - and with their help - we put up the first two walls.
Contact Information
238 West Main Street, Bennington, VT 05201
Phone (802) 442-3141 ~ Fax (802) 442-3142
Office Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30am-12:00 Noon
and 1:00-4:30 PM
Rev. James Preskenis, c.s.c., Pastor
Rev. Vincent Coppola, c.s.c, Associate Pastor
Kathleen Persnonette
Sandgate, VT 05250
398 Bonnet St.
Manchester, VT 05255
Rector the Rev. Scott Neal
46 Church Street
P.O. Box 25
Arlington, VT 05250
802-375-1265
rector@stjamesarlington.org
Secretary - Kelly Stork
Mary Ann Mento - Habitat Contact
kelly@stjamesarlington.org
P.O. Box 219
North Bennington, VT 05257
St. Paul ’s Roman Catholic Church
398 Bonnet St.
Manchester Center, VT 05255
Rev. Mary Lee Clark
P.O. Box 465
Bennington, VT 05201
Led my Pastor, Mary Lee Clark, members of the church have been active as leaders and builders from the time our affiliate was founded. Pastor Clark was a member of the founding board of directors, and she served as the president of the board for a number of years. She currently serves on the Advisory Board. Each year the congregation makes a generous financial contribution to our affiliate. We are most appreciative of the leadership role that Pastor Clark and members of her congregation have played in our success.
A group from the Second Congregation Church helped with the North Bennington home on Saturday, September 12, 2009.
They did a great job, helping with the sheet rock and varnishing the trim boards. They also dug away the dirt near to the foundation, making it easier for the stucco to be applied.
255 North Street
Bennington, VT 05250
United Church of Dorset and East Rupert UCC
Members of the Dorset Church helped with the Winhall home on Saturday, November 11th (photo montage above). They brough trim boards that had been cut to fit and had been routed by a group from the church before in Brian Decesare's workshop. They did a great job.
Members of the Dorset Church helped build the home in East Arlington (above right) in December of 2004.
A group from the church helped with the Rupert home in June 2007.
We are most grateful to Rev. Gray and to the members of the Dorset Church for all the help they gave us in hosting the Global Village team during the week of October 15 to 22 2006. Rev. Gray led the group on a special hike on Wednesday afternoon. And we used the church van to transport the team to and from the Winhall site. They helped again in the spring of 2007 and 2008.
Rev. James Gray
P.O. Box 263
Dorset, VT 05251
www.church-of-christ.net
dorsetchurch@gmail.com
Rev. John Mitchell
P.O. Box 717
Manchester Center, VT 05255
On September 14, 2006, Lou Midura, liaison to the Habitat Faith Relations Committee for the Zion Church, brought a crew of three others from Midura Builders and they volunteered their time to put the plywood and felt on the roof. They accomplished a lot in half a day and made a tremendous contribution for which we are most thankful
We are most grateful to the members of the Zion Episcopal Church for hosting a delicious dinner for the Global Village team on Monday evening, October 16, 2006 and for helping out again with the Global Village teams in the spring of 2007 and 2008.