By HEATHER ZIEGLER Staff Writer WHEELING — At the crest of a hill along Table Rock Lane in Ohio County, a simple but impressive white church steeple reaches heavenward. On most Sundays, about 60 members of Lawrencefield Parish Church gather beneath that steeple in the Episcopal tradition ...
By JESSICA BROVERMAN Staff Writer TRIADELPHIA — Roney’s Point Presbyterian Church has been welcoming worshippers to its site on Dallas Pike Road since 1872. Well over a century later, the church has changed many things, but one thing that has not changed is members’ desire to help others. Roney’s Point Presbyterian has seen 19 pastors come and go, all of whom are still present in a series of photos at the church. There are currently four female deacons and 137 members of the church. The deacons, who collectively have been members of the congregation for about 250 ...
By CASEY JUNKINS Staff Writer COLLIERS — About 70 years before West Virginia statehood, the Rev. Joseph Doddridge founded what is today known as Olde St. John’s Episcopal Church along Eldersville Road in Brooke County. From donating to various charities to enjoying annual festivals, the church is recognized as the oldest operational Episcopal church in the Mountain State. And church officials are not particularly picky when it comes to who attends services, or to whom they extend charity, according to longtime members Rich and Sandee Barber. “The people here are very ...
By LINDA COMINS Staff Writer MOUNT PLEASANT — Inspired by its roots, Mount Pleasant Evangelical Friends Church is preserving parts of the village’s history and sharing its religious heritage with the community. The church is adjacent to the historic Ohio Yearly Meeting House, built by the Religious Society of Friends in 1814. The former meeting house is now owned by Ohio History Connection and managed by the Historical Society of Mount Pleasant. In addition to conducting Sunday school and worship services, the church is expanding its ministry into the community with events ...
By JOSELYN KING Staff Writer BELLAIRE — Rock Hill Presbyterian Church in Bellaire remains rock solid after 108 years of spiritual service, and today it is a vibrant house of worship overlooking the “All-American Town.” The church began under an Elm Tree in 1809. Word had been circulating on the hilltops above Bellaire that a traveling Presbyterian preacher was coming to the community, and this had many neighbors excited, according to church elder and historian Jeff Nelson. It wasn’t unusual at the time for one pastor to have four or more congregations in different ...
