We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Milk River parishioner Roxanne Townsend is shown preparing to light candles for the Christmas Eve service. A member of the congregation, familiar with the church, estimated 70-80 people attended the service hosted by the Chinook Methodist Church. In addition to the main section, shown here, the overflow seating on the north end of the building was also full.
It was three Christmas seasons ago when the Milk River Churches celebrated their first joint worship. The churches' first combined worship was on Christmas Eve. The Milk River Churches fellowship was created partially to deal with the fact that the four churches were all losing ministers at about the same time. Theresa Danley, a Certified Lay Pastor, has been leading the group solo a year or so. The four churches that make up the Milk River group are United Methodist, First Presbyterian, and American Lutheran churches, all in Chinook, as well as the First Presbyterian Church in Havre. This Chr...
