by Julie Martin | Oct 9, 2022 | Members Corner
Steve and I are “cradle Episcopalians,” born and raised in Rhode Island. But our paths did not cross until some years later. When our first marriages ended in 1978, we both realized that God had a different plan for us. At that time, Steve had graduated from Marietta...
by Julie Martin | Sep 29, 2022 | Members Corner
Tom and I were high school sweethearts and married the week after graduating from college – he from Penn State and me from The University of Michigan. A Religious Studies major, I came to the attention of a fellow Michigander who was married to an Episcopal...
by Julie Martin | Sep 23, 2022 | Members Corner
We found each other later in our lives. We married thirty-one years ago in Kingsport, Tenn. We have 3 sons and 2 daughters from our previous marriages. We also have 3 granddaughters and 5 grandsons. None of our family members live in North Carolina. Prior to our...
by Julie Martin | Sep 16, 2022 | Members Corner
After our move to Leland from Lockwood Folly (Holden Beach area) in 2005, we visited and worshiped in different churches in Leland searching for our forever “church home.” During a bridge game, a parishioner from St. Paul’s suggested we try her church, which was St....
by Julie Martin | Sep 9, 2022 | Members Corner
Rob and I met at East Carolina University in 1999 and quickly became friends. We became very close over the next 3 years and started dating after Rob graduated in 2002 and was in the process of moving to Charleston, SC. After a year and a half of living 4 hours apart...
by Julie Martin | Sep 7, 2022 | Members Corner
We three share our home as husband, wife and daughter. We are two Southern-born girls and a Massachusetts guy turned Southerner but still a Boston Celtics and Red Sox fan. We are former Presbyterians recently confirmed at St. Paul’s and happy to be a part of such a...
by Julie Martin | Aug 28, 2022 | Members Corner
I was born in James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington on October 17,1939. So you don’t have to count on your fingers: I am 82 years old. My home on Wrightsville Sound was directly across the street from what is now Dockside Restaurant but then was the...
by Julie Martin | Aug 19, 2022 | Members Corner
I grew up in Pinehurst and spent summers at Wrightsville Beach. It was those summers, with all the smells of the salt air, marsh and ocean that solidified my love for coastal North Carolina. I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989 and...
by Julie Martin | Aug 18, 2022 | Members Corner
A native of Erwin, NC (where Fr. Ray Hanna is currently serving as Interim) I attended UNC Chapel Hill and graduated with a major in chemistry, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. In 1977 I moved to Philadelphia to attend Pennsylvania College of Optometry. While...
by Julie Martin | Jul 28, 2022 | Members Corner
Hi. I am Cheryl Wagoner. I was introduced to St. Paul’s in 2002 when I was dating Mark Wagoner. He asked one day if I might be willing to meet his family. By this, he was asking me to come to church with him. I felt at home immediately at SPE despite having...
