We are blessed to be a blessing to others.

Giving is Worship We are blessed to be a blessing to others.

BELOW: Wheelchair Ramp at Quinwood United Methodist Church, Greenbrier District Your offering helps the Bethesda Ministry and your local church open its doors to everyone.

BELOW: Ordination Service at Annual Conference 2009. Your offering helps guide those called to serve into ministry.

BELOW: Conference members during worship at Annual Conference. Your offering helps guide the work and mission of the West Virginia Conference.

You help provide higher education to students in Africa. Africa University, a United Methodist related University in Zimbabwe, helps educate students and nurture their hopes to become world leaders.

Left: Student dormitories at Africa University, in Zimbabwe. You help provide a home to the students of Africa University, a United Methodist related school.

You help the General Boardof Church and Societymaintain the National Anti-Gambling Project, which assists churches and communities in the fight against gambling expansion. For more information: http://www.umc-gbcs.org

More than 80% of every $1000 given in churches all over the Conference stays in the local church. Statistics are national average provided by UMCOM.

You help support the upkeep of the Rehoboth Chapel Museum. Built in 1786 near Union (Monroe County), Rehoboth is the oldest Protestant church west of the Allegheny Mountains.

RIGHT: Cub scouts salute during a flag ceremony. You help support young people on their Christian journey.

BELOW: WV College Students at United Methodist Student Movement Forum, Shreveport, LA. Your offering helps empower and connect young adults through campus ministry.

Your generous gifts help nurture our youths’ faith in Christ. Thank you! RIGHT: Bishop Lyght preaches to youth at the Bishop’s Confirmation Rally.

You help support… • Helps these institutions maintain challenging academic programs, strong faculties and well-equipped buildings • Create vibrant spiritual environments • Encourage pride and self-esteem • Prepare and educate people for the new global and technological world • Strive for academic excellence based on the Christian perspective of community service and social responsibility.

RIGHT: Worship at Annual Conference. Connectional Living…and Connectional Giving mean the same thing: Through apportionments, we do more ministry than any one church or individual could.

RIGHT: 12 students interned this Summer at the General Board of Church & Society in Washington, DC. You help students gain real world work experience. United Methodists support internships through the World Service Fund.

Your generous offering educates United Methodist ministers through the Ministerial Education Fund. Thank you! More on MEF at umcgiving.org

Your generous giving during One Great Hour of Sharing ensures 100% of gifts given to United Methodist Committee on Relief help those in need. Thank you! RIGHT: Aerial view of Concepcion, Chile after a 8.8 earthquake.

"I think now more than ever, I really understand the meaning of Acts 20:35 'It is more blessed to give than to receive,'"; said Kathy Gilbert, a writer for United Methodist News Service who donated a kidney to her step-father David Long. "I can't begin to describe the joy I feel knowing David is getting better. It is still hard for me to believe I actually went through with everything. Maybe saying this is my year of living dangerously is a little over the top. Maybe it is more accurate to say this was the year I stepped out on faith and was richly blessed by God." Today is Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Sunday. For more information please visit OrganDonor.gov

Today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, a special Sunday observed by churches in the West Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. Your offering helps support Burlington United Methodist Family Services. BUMFS provides comprehensive adoption and birth parent counseling services to children and families. http://www.bumfs.org

You help support Spring Heights Education Center. At Spring Heights, young people develop their relationship with God in the great outdoors. SpringHeights.org

RIGHT: A Tyrand Cooperative Parish volunteers repair a home. You help provide shelter to those in need. Tyrand Cooperative Parish is one of several Conference Mission Projects.

Conference mission projects, such as Tyrand Cooperative Ministries, reach out to the poor, hungry, and hurting. Tyrandoffers emergency assistance in times of need with food, clothing, and medications. Apportionments help make it possible. www.tyrandcoop.org RIGHT: A food pantry at Tyrand Cooperative Ministries.

Today is United Methodist Student Day, one of six special Sundays observed by the UMC. Each year, more than $200,000 in United Methodist scholarship is awarded to United Methodist students at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. Scholarship money originates from church agencies such as the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation, the United Methodist Foundation of West Virginia, and West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Today is World Communion Sunday, a Special Sunday observed by The United Methodist Church. Your offering helps provide college scholarships for racial and ethnic minority students around the world. "As a World Communion Scholar . . . I can concentrate on what really counts: helping people who are in the darkest corner of addiction and despair to find a new life in Christ." Laura Pressley, Methodist Theological School in Ohio. For more information, please visit http://www.umcgiving.org/wcs

RIGHT: United Methodist Bishops Mary Ann Swenson (left) and Beverly Shamana check out one of 70 water stations that have been placed in nearly 60 miles of desert. You help engage in ministry with the poor. Your World Service Fund contribution provides water where temperatures can reach over 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Often immigrants run out of water and food. Hundreds upon thousands have died because they seek bread and hope.

We are blessed to be a blessing to others.