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Progress 2018 — How we Worship

Lawrencefield Parish Small But Strong

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 ...

Roney’s Point Presbyterian Church Welcomes Faithful for More Than a Century

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 ...

Colliers Home to West Virginia’s Oldest Episcopal Church

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, ...

Mount Pleasant Evangelical Friends Church Expands Ministry to Community

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 ...

Rock Hill Presbyterian Heritage Solid

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 ...