Allegheny West Conference

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Story by V. Michelle Bernard

“When I was very young, the [potluck] meals seemed to appear by magic. Everything looked appetizing and tasted so good,” says Marci
Wright, hospitality coordinator at Allegheny West Conference’s DaleWright Memorial church in Germantown, Ohio. Her grandmother, Eileen Wright Lester, taught all her daughters and daughters-in-law recipes for the church’s vegetarian meals and baked goods, including Blackberry Cake Top.

Ty Wright photographed the Wongs

Story by Michele Joseph / Photos of the Wongs by Ty Wright,

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