THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19,2017 5B
Church Briefs
Edenton Church of God
An Inside Yard Sale will be held on Satur
day, July 22 starting at 7 a.m. at the Edenton
Church of God. There will be many items to
choose from. Call 331-3998 for more info.
Also, come join us July 23-26 for Revival
Services featuring Evangelist Rev. Donald
Gregory from Roanoke Rapids. Sunday’s
services will start at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
The remaining services will be held starting
at 7:30 p.m. nightly. The church is located on
Johnston Street and everyone is welcome.
Rev. Donald Sawyer is the host pastor.
Edenton United Methodist Church
Come join us at Edenton United Meth
odist Church for services on Sundays at
9 a.m. in our Family Life Center and at 11
a.m. in the sanctuary. Sunday School is at
10 a.m. for all ages. Nursery is provided for
all services as well. Call 482-3269 for further
information.
First Presbyterian Church
Everyone is welcome at First Presbyte
rian Church at the corner of West Queen and
South Moseley Streets in Edenton. Sunday
services begin at 11 a.m. Come join us for
worship, fellowship and light refreshments.
Grace Community Church
We look forward to our first Vacation
Bible School — Operation Arctic from An
swers in Genesis in which we will uncover
the coolest book on the planet — the Bible!
Our opening event of July 30 at Grace Com
munity Church on Soundside Road in Eden
ton will begin at 5 p.m. with a free hotdog
grill and VBS registration. Each evening
thereafter we will meet from 6-8:30 p.m. We
can be reached at (252) 426-2511.
New Welch’s Chapel
On Saturday, July 22, at 5 p.m., the men of
New Welch’s Chapel in Edenton will present
a program, “Men in White,” featuring Clint
Freeman and Unity of Merry Hill, NC. Come
out and eryoy. Then, on Sunday, July 30 at 2
p.m. the church will begin revival services.
Rev. Andre Powell of Lebanon Grove Mis
sionary Baptist Church in Gatesville, NC
will render the Sunday evening service. He
will be accompanied by members of his
church choir, ushers and church family.
Dinner will be served following the service
in the fellowship hall. Revival for the week
at New Welch’s Chapel will consist of three
nightly services starting Wednesday, Aug.
2 and ending on Friday, Aug. 4. Rev. Alvin
Boone of Melton Grove Missionary Baptist
Church in Hertford will be the revivalist for
the week. Various choirs will sing and ser
vices will begin at 7 p.m. each night.
Providence Missionary Baptist
Church
Vacation Bible School will be held at
Providence Missionary Baptist Church on
July 18-20 from 6-8 p.m. at 214 West Church
Street in Edenton. Rev. John R. Shannon is
the pastor.
Whosoever Will COGIC
Angela Welch and her daughter Kayla will
be the featured speakers at the July 22 ses
sion of the I Am Somebody Youth Minis
try. The meeting starts at 10 a.m. and will
be held at the Whosoever Will Church of
God in Christ, 4109 Walker Drive, where
the Rev. Jerald Perry is pastor. Angela
Welch is property manager for Waterford
Place and Wedgewood Apts. And attends
New Life Ministries. Kayla Welch is a se
nior at John A. Holmes High School and
a member of the National Honor Society.
She was the 2017 recipient of the Youth
of the Year award presented by the Boys
and Girls Club of Edenton/Chowan Coun
ty. Come let us help you be the best you
can be!
TRADITION
Continued from IB
into basketball and track
and field.
But in the back of my
mind, there has always
been a what if. What if I had
played baseball or softball
instead of basketball?
At some point in his life,
my dad had a similar what
if moment. He was a jock in
high school but also smart.
As he recalled, he had col
lege scouts actively recruit
ing him in wrestling and
baseball. But he didn’t feel
like he fit in as an athlete
nor as a smart kid. So, he
gave up and for a while was
neither. Then my aunt in
troduced her brother to my
mom and things changed.
It was too late to save his
high school sports career,
but he found something
more.
In telling me his high
school story, my father was
trying to keep me from fol
lowing his path and giving
up on my athletic abilities.
He told me he wondered
what would have happened
if he kept true to himself
and keep pursuing his pas
sions back then. I didn’t
listen to his speech as well
as I probably should have.
I did something quite simi
lar to what he did. But I
made a bit of a comeback.
In 2012, I started running
again. While I’m no Kara
Goucher or Shalene Fla
nigan, I found a part of me
that I lost.
Refinding that love con
tinues to being me a lot of
blessings. When my husband
asked me to throw out the
first pitch for the Edenton
Steamers game sponsored
by the Daily Advance and
the Chowan Herald, I didn’t
hesitate. I always wanted
to participate at a baseball
game. And now I have. My
dad was watching from
heaven — the best view at
Historic Hicks Field.
I brought dad with me as
I took a laminated card from
his funeral to the pitcher’s
mound. I brought him in the
form of the practice pitches
I sent to my 6-year-old son.
I brought him in the eyes of
my two oldest kids. They
have my eyes — which are
my dad’s eyes.
The Steamers are a great
team. If you haven’t watched
them yet this season, you
should. It was an honor to
throw out the first pitch.
Pettigrew Regional Library awarded two grants
From staff reports
Pettigrew Regional Li
brary has been awarded
two grants that will be
available this summer. The
first grant, written by Judi
Bugniazet, the Director of
Pettigrew Regional Library
(PRL) is the Library Ser
vices and Technology Act
(LSTA) grant for lifelong
learning and literacy, total
ing $32,000.00. The grant
will be used to purchase 6
laptops, a mobile charger
and a portable printer for
each library in the Region,
to be used for workforce
development.
The libraries in Chow
an County, Perquimans
County, Tyrrell County and
Washington County will be
partnering with the North
Eastern Workforce Devel
opment Board (NWDB)
to provide computer train
ing to library staff and our
communities in order to
help our patrons obtain
jobs. The library staff will
be teaching resume cours
es, dressing for success
and how to use the NC
Works databases in order
to help reduce joblessness
in our counties.
LSTA grants are made
possible through funding
from the federal Institute
of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) under the
provisions of the Library
Services and Technology
Act as administrated by
the State Library of North
Carolina, a division of the
Department of Natural and
Cultural Resources.
The second grant, also
written by Judi Bugniazet,
is a Cannon Foundation
Grant to provide technol
ogy to the new library be
ing built in Perquimans
County. This grant, for
$75,000.00, was awarded
to purchase computers, for
adults, and children, pro
jectors, TVs, an interactive
display system for the com
puter room, and the soft
ware and instillation of the
technology. This will pro
vide the technology needed
for the computer room and
the program room, both
new services that will be of
fered in the library. Tlus will
allow the library to provide
classes for local libraries
given by the state library,
as well as computer classes
for the patrons. The pro
gram room will be used for
special events and regular
programming by the library,
on a larger scale than they
have been able to provide
in the past, for all ages.
The Pettigrew Regional
Library is making every
effort to bring new ser
vices to our libraries that
will benefit our patrons,
community and staff as a
whole.
Soccer lads poised
for ‘game
From staff reports
“Well doon, lads! One
tooch, an’ oof ya’ goo.”
Coach Chris Whalley, with
his bright up-tempo manner
and thick English midlands
accent, brought his consid
erable coaching skills to
Edenton’s Purser Soccer
Complex last week. Coach
Whalley also brought his
considerable soccer resume.
After playing with Notting
ham Forest FC in his native
land, he in 2009 coached
Lees-MacRae College to a
number one national rank
ing and the NCAA D II na-
changer
tional championship game,
and won National Coach of
the Year Runner-up honors
for his work. In 2014 he took
the helm at the Chowan Uni
versity soccer program and
in two years led the team to
a top-twenty-five national
ranking, an NCAA tourna
ment bid, and an NCAA Re
gional Championship.
Coach Whalley is self-ef
facing about his successes,
but enthusiastic about im
parting his soccer knowl
edge to his proteges. During
the four day camp, he alter-
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RECREATION
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call. Oh my, I was excited.
One week later my moth
er and I drove to Laurin
burg, NC. At only two hours
from my home town of Wil
son, it was too far for me to
drive by myself my parents
thought. So off we went.
Upon arriving in Laurin
burg, I dropped my mom off
at the Taco Bell, and told her
I should be back in about
thirty minutes. Over two
hours later I arrived back to
pick her up excited about
the opportunity ahead. I
have over the top to arrive
home to tell my dad I had
been offered a job, before
I even graduated. I finished
the first summer session
of classes at NC State, and
completed my course work
for graduation at Sand Hills
Community College while
Working at the Director at
the Scotland Place.
After marrying in October
1998, my husband and I de
cided Laurinburg was a bit
too small for us. With only
15,000 in the town and more
than that in the county, we
wanted an area with a little
more to offer and moved to
Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Af
ter only two years there, I
missed eastern NC and he
looked for employment in
NC and VA.
We looked at a map
of eastern NC, and both
thought how lovely Edenton
would be since it was sur-
rounded by water. We came
for a short visit in July 2000,
and he stayed. I went back
to Alabama to finish work
and by September 2000 we
were both settled in Eden
ton, NC.
I do see the irony in know
ing that a town of 15,000 in
1998 was too small, but by
2000 a town of 5,000 was
just big enough.
The staff at the Edenton-
Chowan Recreation De
partment welcomed me as
a volunteer in 2000, and of
fered me employment as the
Center Director of the new
Northern Chowan Commu
nity Center in 2001.
Life has moved fast and
we have been making mem
ories in Edenton ever since.
We thought we would stay
for three or four years. And
seventeen years later we are
still here, and I am still lov
ing the profession of Parks
and Recreation.
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partment each week, as we
offer the Recreation Round
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