DECEMBER 2010
ThE WEsT ViRGinia UniTED METhODisT •
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1. Wesley Chapel is a full house during the ordination service at Annual Conference in June. Members from around the Conference meet at West Virginia Wes- leyan College to conduct the business of the Confer- ence for the next year. PhOTO: aDaM CUnninGhaM
2. Grammy-winning artist and Cross Lanes, W. Va. na- tive Kathy Mattea sings at the West Virginia Council of Churches Unity Dinner in September. Mattea was in Charleston to help celebrate the 130th
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of the Council of Churches. The West Virginia Confer- ence is one of 15 ecumenical religious members of the Council. PhOTO: aDaM CUnninGhaM
3. Rev. Harley Scalf visits with Ralph Green at his home in Charleston. Green was the laity recipient of the Harry Denman Evangelism Award for his work to be- gin St. Stephens Chapel United Methodist Church in Charleston and his extensive ministry with the home- less. Rev. Okey Harless was the clergy Denman Award
recipient; Casey Aaron Ward was the first youth to win the award. PhOTO: LaURa aLLEn
4. Rev. Bob Wilkins leads a session on mission work at the annual United Methodist Women School of Christian Mission at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. PhOTO: aDaM CUnninGhaM
5. Cleaning buckets line the wall at Community De- velopment Outreach Ministries in Charleston, a mis- sion project of the West Virginia Conference. Buckets are always needed for disaster relief; this batch went to Sissonville, W. Va. last spring after flooding in the area. PhOTO: aDaM CUnninGhaM
6. The congregation of New Life UMC meets in the House of the Carpenter, a mission project of the West Virginia Conference. The Wheeling,
W.Va. congregation left a 95-year-old-building down the street when the cost to maintain it became impractical. PhOTO: LaURa aLLEn
7. A rider pedals his way to Buckhannon as part of the annual Bishop’s Bike Ride to Conference. Riders col- lected more than $12,000 for children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. PhOTO: REV. JOhnaThan nETTLEs
8. A card collected for the families affected by the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster reads “I’m praying for you!” 29 miners were killed after an explosion in the mine on April 5. The United Methodist Foundation of West Virginia assisted the West Virginia Council of Churches to administer the Montcoal Mine Disaster Fund. Nearly $1,000,000 was donated to the fund. PhOTO: LaURa aLLEn
9. Families crowd a makeshift camp at the municipal soccer stadium in Leogane, Haiti, following a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake in January 2010. United Methodists in the West Virginia Conference donated nearly $500,000 dollars to UMCOR for earthquake relief. PhOTO: MiKE DUBOsE/UMns
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