by Julie Martin | Aug 24, 2023 | Members Corner
Hi, my name is Valerie DeJarld. I am a native of the Washington metropolitan area, and I moved to Leland in June of 2016. I am the mother of two daughters and two sons, and a grandmother of five. Unfortunately, they are all scattered across the States. I started my...
by Julie Martin | Aug 13, 2023 | Members Corner
My family hails from the coal fields of Southwestern PA where my husband Ron and I lived our whole lives until about 25 years ago. We raised two boys – Chris and Greg who are as diverse as night and day. One would read the dictionary in his free time and the...
by Julie Martin | Aug 13, 2023 | Members Corner
Aimée Renée Lowrie Salínas was born in 1977 to a family of Irish and Mexican decent in Tyler, Texas, and lived in Texas until leaving for Smith College in 2003. She still has several family members in Texas but is closest to her brother who now lives in Jacksonville,...
by Julie Martin | Aug 13, 2023 | Members Corner
Neither I nor Carroll grew up as cradle Episcopalians. She grew up in the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches and I was raised Moravian – you know the cookie and star people. Fortunately for me I was a member of a Boy Scout troop at St. Thomas Episcopal in Reidsville,...
by Julie Martin | Aug 10, 2023 | Members Corner
I grew up in the Episcopal Church. My family and I went to Christ Church on Capitol Square in Raleigh. I was also active in the EYC program at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, where one of my best friends attended. In 2010, I moved to Wilmington to study at UNCW. I was...
