Methodists find joy in working together

Dressed in Breast Cancer Awareness Month T-shirts, firefighters Rob Patterson and Dave Baumgartner are seen with members of the McKeesport Area Shared Ministry-United Methodist Church during a check presentation. From left are Gina Andrejcak, Tammy Kustra, Patterson, Jewel Garrett, Kim Shawl, Kitty Deckard, Karen Paunovich, Rev. Michele Nagle, Baumgartner and Taylor Brooks.

By JEFF STITT

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A few parishioners of McKeesport Area Shared Ministry say a local breast cancer awareness campaign provided their church campuses with a chance to do goodwill in their community. It also afforded them the valuable chance to work together — as one large group — toward a common goal. The ministry’s success with Breast Cancer Awareness Month initiatives has proven to its members that a merger of several Methodist churches in the McKeesport area is turning out to be a success.

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