Youth Group raises $1,125 for children with cleft palates

Thank you for your support!

The youth group is proud to announce that we raised $1,125.00 to sponsor children in need of a cleft palate surgery.

The youth challenged the congregation to meet their donation of $250.00 the congregation responded and raised $525.00. A visitor in the church the day the challenge was presented went back to their home church in Bristol, VA and told them what our youth group was doing. Within a week we received a check from Central Presbyterian Church in Bristol for $250.00.

On Sunday, June 13 the youth group was able to present a check of $1,025.00 to Jann Schultz, director of donor relations and niece of members Lee and Pat Yoder. Since the presentation we received another $100.00 bringing us to the new total.

Thank you for your generosity.

New Church Sign

Photo by JR Matthews

A new sign welcoming the various groups that use our building for their meetings and their community programs was hung under the marquee on Friday, June 4th by members of the Evangelism Committee.

Rev. Dr. Andrew P. Martinez, left, and George Wood fastened the new sign on the church bypass marquee.

The sign welcomes the following groups that use the church as a meeting place:

• Club Scouts Pack 116
• Boy Scouts Troop 116
• Angel Food Ministries
• Alcohol Anonymous
• The Outer Banks Stamp Club

We hope that the sign provides greater awareness in the community that our church serves as the home for these organizations and that these groups will feel like a welcome and important part of the OBPC family.