by Julie Martin | May 13, 2022 | Members Corner
We moved to Leland from Leesburg, Virginia, in December 2019. John had served as rector of Church of Our Redeemer in Aldie, Virginia, since 2001. Knowing we would have to move at John’s retirement, we did what many do—a lot of research. Location, weather, health care,...
by Julie Martin | May 13, 2022 | Members Corner
Meet Team Fred: Julie and David Frederiksen (Olivia, 19; Zoe, 14; Evie, 9) “Is that really y’all?” Julie and I get this question a lot when someone new enters our home and sees the weathered-looking, decades-old picture of two beach-bound, school-aged kids on our wall...
by Julie Martin | Apr 28, 2022 | Members Corner
Hello, St. Paul’s family! We’re Ellen and Spencer Weig. We’ve been members of St. Paul’s since moving here from Hillsborough, NC, 7 years ago. We’ve actually been attending services at St. Paul’s off and on since 2010, so I guess...
by Julie Martin | Apr 21, 2022 | Members Corner
I have lived in Wilmington for nine years and have been part of Saint Paul’s from the days of Randy Green, interim rector. My dear friends Herb Gant and Wade Toth were my introduction to the church and our lovely city. Herb, Wade, and I have been friends since...
by Julie Martin | Apr 14, 2022 | Members Corner
Well, we are in our ninth month at St. Paul’s and we are feeling right at home. It is always exciting and interesting when your journey brings you back to a place that was home years ago. For us, Wilmington has been home for a long time. Allen grew up here and...
by Julie Martin | Apr 7, 2022 | Members Corner
I was born in Ft. Knox, KY, while my father was stationed there in the Army. I grew up in Japan, Ohio, France, Hawaii, and Georgia. As a young child, I told my mother that I wanted to work in a hospital when I grew up. I fulfilled that goal by becoming a radiologic...
by Julie Martin | Mar 31, 2022 | Members Corner
Hello. I’m Mona Clites and will be received into the church on April 3, 2022. I started to come here full-time in summer 2019 and have made so many friends that are so much a part of my life in Wilmington. I moved here in June 2016 to take a job at UNCW where I...
by Julie Martin | Mar 14, 2022 | Members Corner
Hello, I am Zona Tounsley, a cradle Baptist who grew up on a farm outside Metter, Georgia, near Savannah, where I participated in church and school activities and was active in 4-H Club work on the local, district, state and national levels and was an International...
by Julie Martin | Mar 6, 2022 | Members Corner
Hello St. Paul’s!We are Al and Tori Cannon. We joined St. Paul’s in February 2019 soon after arriving in Wilmington. We visited two other Episcopal churches before St. Paul’s, but it was the warm welcome that allowed us to feel an immediate...
by Julie Martin | Feb 17, 2022 | Members Corner
Hello! We’re Jack and Kathy McElroy. We joined St. Paul’s right before the beginning of Covid, so we spent our first few months at St. Paul’s attending virtually, although we had visited many times before with our daughter, Meaghan Thomas and...
