Linda Dally, chairwoman of the annual Cookeez sale at First Lutheran Church, gets ready to change the date on the sign she quilted to advertise the sale each year. This year’s sale is 10 a.m. to noon ...

Senior Pastor Ian B. Reid of First Lutheran Church in Parkersburg lights the Advent candles prior to a Wednesday evening Compline service. These services will be held at 7 p.m. each Wednesday in ...

The sign outside Advent Lutheran Church on S. Arlington Ridge Road reads “Drive up ashes 2/14 8-10 am.” This will be the first day of Lent on which some Christians will have ashes applied to their ...