From West Virginia-Trinity Episcopal Church, 430 Juliana St., will celebrate 170 years this year, and behind those 170 years are stories of outreach and community.
The church's roots go back to 1843 when its first rector, the Rev. Thomas Smith, came to the area and began to form and lead the church. The need for a rector and place of worship came after several English families had moved to the Parkersburg area from Virginia, said the Rev. Larry Jackson, rector of the church.
"After they started their settlement, then they started reaching out for a place to worship," Jackson said.
Jackson explained those English families had been members of the Church of England, which became known as the Episcopal Church after the Revolutionary War.
"The Church of England is what came to the shores of America first. And it was during the Revolutionary War, when we broke away from England, that the Church of England became known as the Episcopal Church, which means it's pastored by bishops," Jackson said.
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