Deals with the appalachian mission ministry of Lutheran Pastor Kenneth Killinger. View of downtown Marion, Virginia, located in Smyth County. The Hotel Marion visible on a corner. A black Ford drives up and parks. A fellow Pastor, Brother Ciero Plummer, emerges from the car, enters Killinger's office. The two men chat across Killinger's desk about the need to expand their missionary operations and bring on new seminarians. They view a nearly empty offering plate showing limited funds.
Donations of clothes at Lutheran Mission Churches in Appalachian Mountain, United States, coordinated by Pastor Kenneth Killinger from Marion, Virginia, in Smyth County. Children come to Mission churches to learn about the bible during summer bible camps. Group of children ascending the steps of a church. Sign board of 'The Friendly Church' outside the church building. Children inside the church, with a boy and a girl holding the American flag in hand. Teachers and children gathered raise hands and appear to say Pledge of Allegiance. Teachers and volunteers give food to children participating in the summer bible camp. Boy writes slogans on wooden slates that say, "Camp Meeting." Children play in a garden, gathered in a circle holding hands. Parents, staff, and teachers work with the children on arts and crafts with supplies all have donated. A large gathering of the congregation of the mission churches beside a church or school house, and then under an adjacent large white tent. Pastor Kenneth Killinger speaking to those gathered under the tent. Group of women speaking in the tent, then outside in a ring of chairs. Woman instructor speaking to a group of children.