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Welcome to the official site for The Right Reverend Matthew Davis Cowden, Bishop of West Virginia. Here you’ll find out a little more about me. Some personal, biographical, some of my favorite links, hobbies, and my trivial pursuits. I’ve had this page since the 1990’s and it’s gone through various iterations. In the early days of nascent website culture, it seemed like everyone was going to have a personal site in the future, as in the way we each have our own pocket cell phones with a personal number as well as a Facebook page or direct way of sharing our lives with some version of the public. A personal site like this one of my own name is as much a hub for contact, further information about me, reading some my materials that usually end up further down a news feed on social media, and pictures. Welcome to my little bit of real estate on the internet. +mdc

Bishop Cowden, Choir dress with Dragon Crozier
This Thursday, the West Virginia Council of Churches in partnership with Solar Holler is hosting a free webinar, Churches Going Solar. Check out the original post for details about how to register.We'll be hosting a free webinar with Solar Holler later this week! Solar Holler will discuss the benefits of going solar and what's at stake given recent solar trends, including changes in how AEP customers are compensated for excess solar returned to the grid. We'll also be joined by a guest speaker whose church has converted to solar!Register below! 👇us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NVI18IbvSGy1cE-lS4aWJw#/registration See MoreSee Less
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TONIGHT!St. John’s Charlestoneston invites you to join them for TaizĂ©, a time of contemplative prayer and worship, this evening at 5:00pm.TaizĂ© Service Sunday, March 23 at 5:00pmPlease join us for this contemplative prayer service of song, silence and prayer; a respite from the busy-ness of life. We're at the corner of Leon Sullivan and Quarrier St. and all are welcome. Please enter in silence. See MoreSee Less
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This week in our Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for clergy spouses and families, that they may not only support the work of our clergy, but feel supported in all that they do. See MoreSee Less
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TONIGHT! Come & See!Join us on Zoom tonight, Tuesday, March 18, from 7:00-8:00pm for the next session of this new series. This month's topic is Evangelism and will feature the Rev. Canon Jordan Trumble, Canon for Communications & Congregational Development, as the presenter.Come & See is a monthly conversation about a ministry area or ministry-related topic. Each session features a short presentation followed by time for Q&A and conversation.Join the Zoom Meeting: us06web.zoom.us/j/84990435566?pwd=1ENbpG5oaiCyVb0U76SwcemMygIOk2.1Meeting ID: 849 9043 5566Passcode: 138068 See MoreSee Less
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