
A year later, Girard Church remains optimistic – and together
“People are realizing we have each other, we have God, we have support from people.”

“People are realizing we have each other, we have God, we have support from people.”

“I think God smiles when we are able to transform ordinary things into things that have a real, spiritual, life-giving impact.”

“The four values of APCE are connect, enrich, empower and sustain. I think those four words say it all.”

“There aren’t creative churches and non-creative churches. There are just churches who use their creativity and those who don’t.”

“I would not ever have guessed it would be our organ to connect us to the community.”

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“Now the inconvenience of making copies four blocks away will be gone.”

“I think there is a lot to work with (in the Presbytery of Carlisle), and that’s one of the reasons why I was really drawn to a place like this.”

For 230 years, the First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, WV, has been ahead of the curve. Its history starts with a 40-year ecumenical partnership, something that was rare in the late 1700s. Later, the congregation sent several families overseas as part of a missionary outreach, something that was again unheard of in the early 1800s….

“Our Spanish class has been exposed to the difficulties of immigration and the hardships of learning a new language and moving to a new community and culture.”