PARKERSBURG — Those connected to a local church are working to protect the historic building as it has been continually vandalized in recent months. Mt. Moriah Methodist Church was built in 1874 and has held services at its location off Old St. Marys Pike outside the city limits of ...
WHEELING — The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston received nearly $2 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans to help pay its administrative staff and every active priest working in West Virginia during the coronavirus pandemic. The request was not unusual as numerous dioceses across ...
PARKERSBURG — The outreach program at The Rock church in Parkersburg, called Brothers Keeper Ministry, is working closely with the community, food pantries and groups such as Momma T’s Warriors, Brandies legacy in Marietta and Recovery Point Parkersburg to fight hunger in our communities. ...
VIENNA — Pastor Bill Frey of the Thrive Worship Center in Vienna is promoting a faith-based recovery program at the church. Celebrate Recovery meets 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fridays and recently restarted meetings because of the pandemic restrictions to stop the spread of the virus. “Celebrate ...
CHARLESTON — The outbreak of COVID-19 at a state prison in Randolph County at the end of May has largely subsided and testing at all state prisons and jails has come up with few positive cases, but churches continue to raise red flags for small outbreaks. Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday ...
PARKERSBURG — Three residents have organized a gathering to help spread love throughout the community. “There is a lot of fear, anxiety and hate in our world today,” said Azarian Bennett, 17, who is co-organizing the PKB Peace Gathering with his mother Kim Bennett and Andrew Myers, ...
WHEELING — The memory of George Floyd and others who died in similar incidents can be honored by working for justice, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Monday told the faithful. In the meantime, the U.S. Attorneys for the Northern and Southern districts of West ...
RIPLEY — For 20 years, Brothers’ Keeper has ministered to the community around the Parchment Valley Conference Center in Ripley, but due to concerns with the pandemic, the camp has been canceled for 2020. “Our students, volunteers and staff work each year serving as the hands and feet of ...
PARKERSBURG — The First Lutheran Church on 19th Street has established a prayer wall at 19th and Liberty streets on the fence of its community garden. The prayer station is among the many activities First Lutheran initiated during the pandemic to give parishioners, neighbors and everyone in ...
WHEELING — The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston is preparing for the restart of Mass in Roman Catholic churches across West Virginia. While public mass will not be held this Sunday, the Most Rev. Mark Brennan, bishop of the diocese, said Tuesday a committee of religious and lay leaders was ...
MARIETTA — The Mid-Ohio Valley community came together Monday night to three different parking lots, but with only one purpose; to show appreciation for everything first responders and hospital staff have been doing to combat COVID-19, and pray for their continued safety. “The hospital ...
Local residents have been gearing up to fight the coronavirus in whatever way they can. For some that means long shifts at the hospital, for others it is producing masks to help combat the need and for others it means prayer. The One Church Vienna has joined forces with the Pastoral Services ...
WHEELING — Catholic Charities West Virginia is adapting services according to the pandemic, officials said. “Working with Catholic Charities across the country on COVID-19 efforts, we continue to make service modifications and anticipate need,” said Beth Zarate, chief executive officer, ...
PARKERSBURG — A local ministry has seen an increase in the number of people taking advantage of its meals program since the pandemic arrived, an organizer said. “Oh my gosh yes,” said Susie Meredith of the Friendship Kitchen, a ministry of the North Parkersburg Baptist Church. Many of ...
WHEELING — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston,. which has suspended public Masses because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will live stream and televise Holy Week celebrations including the Sacred Triduum and Easter Sunday Mass. Through the sponsorship of the Welty Corp., Mass of the ...
PARKERSBURG — As the community continues to face the threats present with coronavirus numbers growing daily, more groups come together to help in any way they can. One of these ways is through prayer. Two different groups have come together to organize prayer sessions for city officials, ...
PARKERSBURG — Over the past few weeks, many people have been stepping up to fill the roles of being a community. One such way is with food donations. Michelle Burnside, of Mineral Wells, is among those people. Burnside, along with a group of about 10 volunteers set up in the Williamstown ...
WAVERLY — For the past five years, Williamstown resident Rock Wilson has been working to bring an open-air, drive-in church to the community. Similar to a drive-in move theater, Wilson got the idea for Crossroads Open Air Sanctuary after attending a drive-in church in Daytona Beach, ...
MARIETTA — The congregation of the Tunnel United Methodist Church has been through many changes over the years, but they are celebrating a milestone. They have been in their current, and third, facility for 50 years. Tunnel UMC is located behind Warren Elementary School on Ohio ...
PARKERSBURG — The Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia has canceled all public services for the foreseeable future because of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the bishop announced on Friday. The Right Rev. W. Michie Klusmeyer said he ordered the cancellation after speaking with the Roman Catholic ...