


Stephanie Schlosser
I was raised in Asheville. My parents still reside in the same home I grew up in. I was baptized at All Souls Episcopal Church in January 1985. I was not confirmed during my high school years like most Episcopalians; however, my brother and I were acolytes in the...
Herb Gant
My life in the Episcopal Church began with my confirmation in 1961 after I had decided that (1) catholicism — with a little “c” — is the only expression of Christianity that makes sense, and that (2) the Episcopal Church is catholic. I still believe (1)...
Karen & Bill Smith
Hello St. Paul’s!! Although we are both only children, our immediate family includes 21 members beginning with five children, two girls and three boys, plus one fur baby. We are a joyous, diverse group with a blended heritage and ethnicity which includes English,...
Ashley Eason
I grew up in Richmond, Va., but have lived all over including Georgia, Belgium, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, Washington, Oregon and Black Mountain, N.C. I was baptized at All Saints Episcopal Church when I was 13, was confirmed a year later and...
Marshall Foster
Although I grew up in Wilmington, I’ve lived away more years than I’ve lived here. After New Hanover High School and East Carolina University, I moved to New York, landing on the Upper West Side for the next 30 years. I wanted to work in the music industry...
Bill & Elaine Anlyan
Bill and Elaine met while working for a U.S. Congressman who was running for the U.S. Senate in 1972. They had three children by 1984 and seven grandchildren by 2019. They moved to Wilmington in 1992 for Bill to become vice chancellor of development at UNCW. A few...
Chip & Susan Carter
Susan and Chip Carter moved to the Wilmington area (Leland) in June of 2014. They had previously lived in Charlotte and Raleigh. When Chip retired from a 42-year commercial property and casualty insurance brokerage career they moved from Raleigh, first to the small...
Mike & Mary Flynn
Southerners Mike and Mary Flinn moved to Wilmington from Greensboro in August of 2020, in the middle of the pandemic! Mike works remotely for Gulf Atlantic Packaging, loves to fish and golf. Mary is a retired speech pathologist and the author of ten novels set in...