The Times West Virginian Religion 2012-05-28T22:35:31-04:00 urn:uuid:41ac51b3-3fb7-4667-a597-f935cd6d4374 The feet and hands of Jesus By Debra Minor Wilson urn:uuid:bb314de8-1431-48c8-a083-d7325c601bff 2008-06-28T00:30:00-04:00 A beautiful summer day. A lovely town park. And a group of teenagers.<br class="zc-v4-fix" /><br class="zc-v4-fix" /> Not playing basketball or picnicking or even goofing off, but working, working hard in the summer sun, chipping off layer after layer of old paint from picnic tables, putting up basketball nets, painting a swingset, cutting and trimming grass.<br class="zc-v4-fix" /><br class="zc-v4-fix" /> If you drove past the George Bowers Memorial Park in Mannington any time this week, you probably saw these teens, some from Mannington’s First Baptist Church and others from the First Lutheran Church in Janesville, Wisc.<br class="zc-v4-fix" /><br class="zc-v4-fix" /> The two joined for this mission project, which also included work in the outdoor classroom at the library and at the home of a local woman. Mannington’s historic churches By Debra Minor Wilson urn:uuid:458394f0-66ec-4e2f-99c6-72acb6edfb86 2007-12-01T01:17:00-05:00 Four historic Mannington churches are opening their doors to the public in a holiday tour beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8.<br class="zc-v4-fix" /><br class="zc-v4-fix" /> The churches — First Baptist, 110 Clarksburg St.; First United Methodist, 118 Clarksburg St.; Saint Patrick Catholic Church, 204 Furbee Ave.; and First Christian, High and Locust streets — are located within a square block of each other in the city’s Southside area, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.