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Receiving help - The Huntington Area Food Bank helps locals fill their buggies with food. Courtesy Photo By Justin Waybright justin@theputnamstandard.com
FRAZIER'S BOTTOM - More than 6,000 people in Putnam County do not know where their next meal is coming from. The staff at Huntington Area Food Bank is striving to change HELP ON PAGE 4
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Rich in Tradition, Planning for the Future SUBMITTED STORY Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church in Hurricane has a rich tradition of planning for the future which began in 1914 with the charter members and community leaders "steeping out in faith" to raise $4,000 to complete a sanctuary for The Methodist Episcopal Church South, dedicated in May, 1915. Three years later, the church was renamed in memorial for Forrest Gordon Burdette, who was an inspiration in the Hurricane community. He was the first Sunday School Superintendent of the little Methodist Church and committed to serving the Lord. He died, of influenza, at the age of 22 while serving in World War I. In 1939, members of the Rock Cut Church joined the Hurricane Methodist congregation and an addition of a choir loft and three classrooms were built on the west side of the sanctuary. And the Forrest Burdette church kept growing. Congregation members raised $43,291 in 1954 to construct an educational building, providing four classrooms, multi-
purpose room, kitchen and sanctuary remodeling. Additional classrooms and a new heating system throughout the facility were completed in 1965. In 1973, the original sanctuary was razed to construct a new sanctuary, nursery, offices, and basement with fellowship hall, kitchen and restrooms at a cost of $286,000. And the Forrest Burdette church kept growing. The present sanctuary, offices,
narthex, classrooms and renovations to the old facility were completed in 1995 at a cost of $1.8 million. Currently, Forrest Burdette Church offers a traditional and contemporary service and Sunday School classes on Sunday mornings, Sunday and Wednesday evening worship and small group activities and youth and children activities on these days also. The Children Outreach
Ministries offers Monday through Friday, day care for infants to four year olds, a Latch Key afterschool program and a daily Summer Safari opportunity for students, first to fifth grades. The church sponsors the facility for the Hurricane Community Cupboard and has established a community garden to provide fresh vegetables for the Cupboard. The church provides opportunity for traveling youth and mission groups, Life Line Screening, Red Cross Blood Drives, early disaster training, CPR/AED training, Birth to Three Conferences, the Kanawha Decorative Artists, Putnam County Quilting Guild, PipeSounds Organ and WV Symphony concerts, Conner Street Elementary Christmas program and graduation, the Hurricane Volunteer Fire Department Christmas dinner, local high school groups, as well as weddings, wedding receptions, wedding and baby showers and private parties. Today, Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church is SEE TRADITION ON PAGE 5
Greetings from the Carolinas It has been an honor to provide you with local stories this year. I have written thousands of stories, but this still does not feel like work to me. Hope you enjoy the newspaper stories as much as I do writing them. I am taking this time to relax and recharge at one of my favorite places: the beach. Have a great week. From the sunny shores of Myrtle Beach, - Justin Waybright
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