PARKERSBURG — The entry way at Emmanuel Baptist Church on 23rd Street has at times looked more like an art gallery or a quilt shop. It’s intentional. It’s the abilities of its members on display for other worshipers to see. The last gallery was from people with an ability to sew, ...
MARIETTA — It’s been a little more than a decade since the humble structure was filled with gospel song. But 713 1/2 Second St. will have songs once again filling the small church on May 4. “We don’t really want to draw any denominational lines, we want to keep it simple,” said ...
PARKERSBURG — The annual inter-faith Stations of the Cross Good Friday walk will be held noon April 19, starting at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 532 Market St. The Stations of the Cross joins people of various faiths worshipping together at several downtown churches and depicts 14 ...
PARKERSBURG — Larry and Willa Yost traveled the world for over 43 years helping others after leaving Parkersburg in 1972. In 1975, the Yosts became members of Wycliffe Bible Translators and have served on South Pacific islands and all continents except Antarctica. They have visited over ...
PARKERSBURG — The story of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection will be presented through images and song during the “Shadow Passion” at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church at 2500 Dudley Ave. at 7 p.m. Monday. A light Lenten dinner consisting of bread and 10 soups will be served prior ...
VIENNA— On April 13, McDonough Wildlife Refuge will host “Dash for the Stache, ” a 5K race which will serve as a fundraiser for the West Virginia Baptist Convention (WVBC) to build a leadership and activity center in Webster County. The event’s goal through a series of fundraisers is ...
McCONNELSVILLE — A national speaker, author and survivor of human trafficking will speak at three United Methodist Churches in McConnelsville April 14. Sandy Storm, a former resident of Morgan and Perry counties, broke free from a life of sex trafficking nearly 15 years ago. She gained ...
PARKERSBURG — Almost 50 years ago a newly married young couple in Canada got a telephone call from a church in Parkersburg to come to speak about their call to become missionaries in Costa Rica. Surprised, and knowing no one in West Virginia, Pat and Jim McInness, arrived here. That visit ...
PARKERSBURG — You leave the house, get in the car and head out to work when you realize you have forgotten your phone. What do you do? If you’re not too far away, you go back to get it. That’s because so much of what happens today revolves around that small piece of electronic ...
PARKERSBURG — Religion is a touchy subject. It can be as uniting as it is divisive. Each denomination with its differences and beliefs dealing with the teachings of The Holy Bible. West Virginia University-Parkersburg hosted a six-person panel in the first of several discussions of ...
PARKERSBURG — Bryan Backus received his Ritchie County High School diploma in the spring of 1991. The Gulf War had been declared over a few months before. While other classmates readied themselves to be fresh faces in college, Backus was busy being a fresh face at Parris Island, S.C., as ...
PARKERSBURG — Charles Leisure stands in the pulpit of the Smithville Baptist Church with a Bible in his hand. He is the pastor at the church. When he stands in a school in the villages near Swedru, Ghana, he stands there as a man on a mission with a Bible in his hand. He has many Bibles ...
MARIETTA — Amidst gift exchanges and family dinners, local pastors, reverends and other religious leaders hope Marietta and surrounding residents take a moment to pause either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. “I hope you can take away an appreciation for the meanings behind the day, for the ...
PARKERSBURG — Christine Fox Parker is a therapist who has an office away from the office; it’s her front porch. “I love my front porch,” she said. “It’s a haven for me. I can be alone there but never lonely. I read and I write. “I have this open-porch policy,” Parker said. ...
VIENNA — Tim Zimmerman and The King’s Brass will be appearing in concert at 6 p.m. Dec. 9 at Fellowship Baptist Church, 3300 Rosemar Road in Vienna. Tim Zimmerman and The King’s Brass presents hymn classics with a contemporary flair. The King’s Brass features three trumpets, three ...
PARKERSBURG —Candlelight Compline services begin at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 at First Lutheran Church, located at 1701 19th St. The services celebrating the Advent Season at First Lutheran are conducted Thursdays prior to Christmas on Dec. 13 and Dec. 20. This year a “minimal meal” of soup and ...
MARIETTA — God’s mysterious ways put Ryan Miller’s new church and its congregation of 45 in an obscure corner of an industrial park on the eastern edge of Marietta two years ago. It was several months before the first worshipper from the rehab clinic across the highway came through the ...
CUTLER — A small country church at the edge of Washington County marked 150 years of worship and service this past weekend. You won’t find the Liberty United Brethren Church by accident. Hidden in the hills north of Bartlett, it sits at the top of a rise, surrounded by forest and, as ...
PARKERSBURG — Trinity Episcopal Church is making improvements to its parking lot at Fifth and Juliana streets with recently installed fencing and stone pillars. The black fencing ties in to the church’s iron fence across Fifth Street and the stone complements the church’s stone, said the ...
PARKERSBURG — Trinity Episcopal Church will offer blessings to pets this afternoon in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. Located at 430 Juliana St., Trinity will offer blessings to all animals that show up to receive the special blessing, the Parkersburg church said. Blessings begin at 2:30 ...