PARKERSBURG — The Rev. Michael Seely of Parkersburg attended a Billy Graham crusade in Pittsburgh. It was a long time ago, said Seely, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church on Juliana Street, but he remembers it was so moving only the most steadfast unbelievers wouldn’t change. “You ...
PARKERSBURG — A musical about the trials and tribulations of African Americans from being forced into slavery to the civil rights movement will be presented by the ladies of St. Paul A.M.E. Church of Charleston 3 p.m. today at the Zion Baptist Church, Eighth and Clay streets. “Be Still ...
PARKERSBURG — A new pastor will be installed next month at the St. Paul Lutheran Church. Aaron Stinnett’s installation service is scheduled for 4 p.m. March 4 at the church, located at 3500 Broad St. Stinnett was born in 1969 in Fullerton, Calif. He and his wife Nancy were married June ...
MARIETTA — An area doctor may have the opportunity to reconnect with one of his most famous patients when a relic of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta comes to the Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption this week. Joseph Mayo, MD, is a cardiologist who established a Cardiac Catheterization Lab ...
PARKERSBURG — Hosted by the 14th Avenue Gospel Mission Church on Monday, several pastors from the Mid-Ohio Valley gathered to hear about what they could do to help fight the addiction crisis this region is facing. High On Hope Ministries founder Tim Craft challenged the churches to partner ...
MARIETTA — The story of Malala Yousafzai is one that most of the world has heard. In 2009, the young Pakistani girl was shot by Taliban militants for her pursuit of education but miraculously survived. She is now an international advocate for the right to education for all people, ...
PARKERSBURG —A “Pastors Awareness Breakfast” is scheduled for 9-10:30 a.m. Jan. 29 at the 14th Avenue Gospel Mission Church, 4124 14th Ave. in south Parkersburg. The breakfast is in the church’s fellowship hall. Breakfast is provided and speakers scheduled are Tim Craft, founder of ...
PARKERSBURG — Christmas came to a close at First Lutheran Church on Saturday with the tradition of burning the greens after the church’s Epiphany service. According to tradition Epiphany is the traditional service of celebration conducted the 13th day after the birth of Christ, the day the ...
WATERFORD — The mural shines down on the sanctuary as if generating its own light. The eye follows a road through snowy downs into a village in the distance, passing children and a snowman, around through a valley and up to a church, then fArther up a dark, ice-clad mountain range topped ...
PARKERSBURG —Everyone is invited to the traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve services Sunday at First Lutheran Church, 19th and Plum streets. The services are anticipated each year as a wonderful and meaningful way to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, Jesus, said First ...
PARKERSBURG — The national touring theater company Acts of Renewal will present the Christmas show “Rediscovering Christmas” 2 p.m. today at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 1210 20th St. Professional actors Jim and Carol Anderson-Shores will engage the audience with vignettes ...
TUNNEL — Last year, Warren High School student Faith Weyant got the ultimate Christmas-time role. The teen portrayed Mary in the live nativity at Tunnel United Methodist Church, her third time in the production. It was a bright spot in an event that she said really celebrates the ...
PARKERSBURG — In a building on 13th Street, within a stone’s throw of the Liberty Street Church of God, is the “Escape” building. Escape is the name of the church’s youth group program. Coming through the front door, one sees many different areas where students gather. Tucked away ...
PARKERSBURG — “When our belief gets pale and weak, there comes a person out of that need who is shining and warm and everyone living who has come in contact with her reflects a little of that light. “And so they gathered on Sunday, Oct. 15 at St. Margaret Mary Church in Parkersburg, ...
PARKERSBURG — A former NBA basketball player will be speaking in Parkersburg about his struggles to overcome addiction and substance abuse. Chris Herren, who played for the Denver Nuggets and the Boston Celtics, will be speaking 6 p.m. Monday at South Parkersburg Baptist Church at 1655 ...
PARKERSBURG — First Lutheran Church, 19th and Plum streets, celebrates the Advent Season each year with weekly candlelight Compline services. Compline services, traditionally the last prayer service of the day, is scheduled each Thursday evening leading up to Christmas. Services are ...
WASHINGTON — Pastor Jon Lands of the Fellowship Baptist Church on Rosemar Road delivered the prayer opening Thursday’s session of the U.S. House of Representatives. Lands was introduced by Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., who recommended him to the chaplain of the House of Representatives to ...
PARKERSBURG — In a special called meeting on Nov. 11, the Executive Board of the West Virginia Baptist Convention, acting on the recommendation of the Executive Minister Search Committee, voted to hire Dr. Michael B. Sisson as the executive minister for the West Virginia Baptist ...
PARKERSBURG — Volunteers from First Presbyterian Church in Parkersburg have remodeled and painted the children’s corner at House to Home, 413 Eighth St. The church volunteers also have delivered toys for young children staying at the day shelter. Barbara Lucas, from the mission and ...
MARIETTA — They’re on a mission, so to speak. The Interfaith Amigos offered an hour of humor, wisdom and insight for about 300 people who gathered in the Alma McDonough Auditorium at Marietta College Friday night. The three clergymen — Imam Jamal Rahman, a Muslim Sufi minister, Pastor ...