by Julie Martin | Jun 2, 2023 | Members Corner
I came to Wilmington in 2011. As a third-generation Washingtonian, I lived in DC for 65 years with the exception of a few years as a Foreign Service wife with tours in Morocco, Libya, Somalia, and Jamaica. A cradle high church Episcopalian, if indeed there is such a...
by Julie Martin | May 17, 2023 | Members Corner
Hello St. Paul’s! We are Scott and Stevie Sheble. We recently moved to the Wilmington area from Richmond, Virginia, for Stevie’s career. Stevie has worked in pharmaceutical sales for 20+ years with the last 16 years focused in the ophthalmology space,...
by Julie Martin | May 11, 2023 | Members Corner
We moved to Wilmington in 2020, just in time for the global pandemic! We had been visiting Dee’s sister and family here for the last 20 years and had grown to love the area, realizing that we were saltwater souls! Together we own a leadership development firm, Iridium...
by Julie Martin | Apr 28, 2023 | Members Corner
We met over 50 years ago while working in a hospital in New York City. Janet was an X-ray technician and Gary was working summers while going to school in Boston. We stayed in touch while Gary vacationed in Southeast Asia, eventually marrying in the Episcopal Church...
by Julie Martin | Apr 25, 2023 | Members Corner
In 2015, after deciding to start a new chapter in my life, I moved from West Virginia (“Almost Heaven”) to Wilmington. It turned out to be a good decision. Before retiring, I worked in education and administration for thirty-five years. I have two daughters (Julie and...
by Julie Martin | Apr 13, 2023 | Members Corner
Nancy and I have been attending St. Paul’s since we moved to Wilmington in 1994, becoming members that year or early in 1995. Since then, we have tried to remain active in numerous ministries. In the late ’90s I served as treasurer to the Vestry, and in the...
by Julie Martin | Mar 29, 2023 | Members Corner
Greetings! I am Margaret Haughey, a lifelong Episcopalian who grew up in Sewanee, TN. I have been a member of St. Paul’s since September 2017. I took early retirement from Fidelity Investments in Research Triangle Park, jumped ship and came ashore in Wilmington. When...
by Julie Martin | Mar 20, 2023 | Members Corner
St. Paul’s was the first Episcopal Church that Barry and I visited as we moved to Wilmington, and the one where we felt an immediate sense of connection. The music, the stained glass windows, an awareness of the presence of God, gave us a sense of the holy. The warm...
by Julie Martin | Mar 9, 2023 | Members Corner
I grew up in Dalton, Georgia, but moved to Wilmington in 1982. I was a member of St. Andrew’s-on-the-Sound for 30 years, where I was a participant and served as a small group leader in the DOCC program for several years. I also served on the vestry for 4 years....
by Julie Martin | Mar 3, 2023 | Members Corner
Jay and I grew up in New Jersey and met at college. On our first date we discovered we had attended the same church when children. Three years later we were married by the same priest who had been present during our confirmations. We married while Jay was in the...