Family in Need

Isabela Rainey, 13

By Anthony S. Policastro

UPDATE: - A benefit was held for Isabela yesterday(Sept. 7) at the Mexicali Brewz Cantina on the Beach Road from 2 to closing.There was a pig pickin' and several local bands will performed. Donation was $8 per person and all funds will go to the Rainey family.
You can see photos of the event by clicking on the photo below.

Isabella Rainey

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I need your help.

Isabela Rainey, my good friend Gordon Rainey's daughter, suffered a brain aneurysm and is fighting for her life.

She is only 13 years old.

The family needs your help. Isabela has been in a coma since July 31 when she was flown to Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters in Norfolk, VA.

A part of her skull had to be removed to relieve brain swelling and she has undergone brain surgery. She will need therapy afterward to relearn everything all over again, according to Gordon.

"She is trying so hard to live. I am amazed at her strength and determination," said Janet Rainey, Isabella's mother.

Please donate. Any amount would help and all monies go directly to the family for current and future medical bills.

You can donate to the Isabela Rainey Fund online at the Outer Banks Relief Foundation. Be sure to note Isabela Rainey under "Donation in honor of" or you can mail a check to Outer Banks Relief Foundation, Inc., in care of Gateway Bank, P.O. 506, Nags Head, NC 27959. Make sure to put Isabella Rainey Fund on the check.

Any amount would be greatly appreciated.

OBPC Combines Faith, Family & Friends with Anniversary Celebration

Photo by Anthony S. Policastro

Founded as a church whose mission was to reach out to meet the needs of not only its locals but also those who visited the Outer Banks, OBPC will celebrate thirty-one years of serving Our Lord on the Outer Banks on Sunday, September 19.

Functioning as a church devoted to strengthening its faith, loving and supporting its family and reaching out to our friends in need, we will celebrate our past and our future. 

Plan to join us for a worship service that will emphasize the joy of having an extended family where we all strengthen our faith as brothers and sisters, united in Christ. 

Invited guests will include former pastors and their families, former members who have moved, community groups who use our church as their home base and all our friends and neighbors on the Outer Banks. 

Following the service there will be a luncheon in the Fellowship Hall and a chance to catch up with old friends and to make new ones.

Community Benefit for Randy Spruill and Family

A benefit fundraiser will be held for Randy Spruill and his family on Friday, August 13, at Soundside Park in Harbinger, NC.

Randy is a Kitty Hawk native and Scout Leader here at OBPC who suffered a brain hemorrhage while riding his bike on June 6. He remains in Norfolk General Hospital.

The event will include: 

• Bake Sale: 10 am to 9 pm; 
• Yard Sale: 10 am to 4 pm; 
• Chicken or Fish Dinners: 3 pm to 8 pm. 

For more information or to follow his progress, please visit: www.randyspruill.webs.com. 

For information about the fundraiser, please contact Powells Point Baptist Church (252 491-8599).

Supper for Six Picnic - Change of Date

We have been hearing horror stories about Saturday traffic, so we decided to change the date of the picnic so you don't get caught in the traffic.

Our first get-together will be at

the Martin's Point Pavilion

Friday, August 20 (NEW DATE)

4:30-8 p.m.

We ask you to bring a side dish or appetizer, your own drinks, plates, cups and cutlery. We are planning to provide the meats, in which case we'll ask you for a couple bucks. A sign-up sheet is in the Gathering Space at church.

If you have any questions, you can contact Karen Lurie or Jeanne Martie (or anyone who has participated in the past). If you cannot attend on August 20 but want to be part of a group, please let us know.