We invite you to join the WVUMC Justice and Advocacy team as we visit four of our Historic African American Churches. We will gather Friday evening to commune together and listen to a historic overview of the African American churches in our conference. We will also watch part one of the film, This is Our Story, This is our Song by Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Saturday, we will continue to learn together as we visit two additional African-American congregations to deeply listen to their stories of ministry and learn together.

We will end our retreat time by: 1) processing our learnings, and 2) discussing how we might partner with our African-American congregations to meet community needs and resource congregations for ministry sustainability.

Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball and Rev. Enger Muteteke, Senior Director of Programs and Education from the General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR), will be present in our retreat time to facilitate our work and guide our conversations.