Mountain View Conference

Shortly after Jeremy Garlock accepted the call to serve as Mountain View Conference’s (MVC) new youth director and pastor of the Boulevard church in Charleston, W.Va., he attended a meeting at the Columbia Union Conference. It was at this meeting that he discovered information about special funding opportunities allocated for youth-led outreach initiatives.

On August 23, the Buckhannon (W.Va.) church gathered for an uplifting baptism Sabbath. The sanctuary was filled with joy as several individuals publicly declared their new life in Christ by being baptized.

In Dec. 2024, members of the Grace Outreach church committed to a bold and faith-filled initiative: to host three consecutive weekends of reaping meetings.

Mountain View Conference (MVC) realizes that their initiative, “Let’s Grow Together,” needs to start in the homes. As the Lord told Zechariah in the Old Testament to never despise meager beginnings (Zechariah 4:10), so the MVC started its first annual marriage retreat with merely six couples in attendance.

Friends-R-Fun Child Development Center, the largest childcare facility this side of the Mississippi, is getting a new director. Located in Summersville, W.Va., and with a 50 percent increase in students this year, the Mountain View Conference decided to reach out to Rudy and Memosa Sarong for help.

Just one day after Valentine’s Day, the Tug Fork River in Mingo County, West Virginia, overflowed due to days of endless rain, and suddenly an entire community was underwater! The floodwaters quickly rose to a staggering 48.35 feet, leaving people trapped and stranded without heat, electricity and/or water, and with homes and businesses completely submerged.