On Aug. 6, the congregation of St. Thomas a Becket Episcopal Church in Morgantown welcomed its new rector, Father Michael L. Delk. Father Delk, who was ordained a priest in 1997, is a native of Kentucky and has served in various ecclesiastical positions in the Episcopal Church in Kentucky, ...
This year, St. Mary Orthodox Church in Westover is celebrating 100 years of serving the community. The number of people of Eastern European origin emigrating to West Virginia peaked in the first two decades of the 20th century. They came for many reasons, including to find work in West ...
How can anyone still deny climate change? In light of the unusual weather that has been experienced all over the globe and, nearer to home, the floods, heatwaves, dangerous air quality and more severe hurricanes and tornadoes, I foolishly assumed that even the most ardent climate ...
Not religious? Church still offers community When I was hanging out at the Pride picnic, I encountered many folks who said they weren’t “religious.” I have always found this a rather curious statement, mostly because I’m not sure what it means and because I don’t think ...
I have been intrigued by the name of The Foundry Church since it opened at 432 High St. A foundry, of course, is a workshop or factory that casts metal. There have been many foundries in the greater Morgantown region, thanks to the local abundance of iron and high-quality silica sand used ...
Spruce Street United Methodist Church has a motto that is emblazoned on its website and weekly bulletins: “Open hearts, open minds, open doors.” I encountered the open doors when I attended Palm Sunday services at the beginning of April. I didn’t plan to attend SSUMC that particular ...