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Five local churches come together for a community sunrise service at
the end of Oxford Street in Wrightsville Beach every year on Easter
Sunday.
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WBM april 2019
TRAVELING ON
A
1958 cottage-style Wrightsville
Beach house that had been
elevated was moved Sunday,
February 17, 2019 to the River
Road area of Wilmington, begin-ning
at sunrise. The house at 726 South Lumina
Avenue was sold and moved off Wrightsville
Beach through Wilmington, being delivered by
the house movers to 618 Green Valley Drive, a
residential neighborhood south of Capeside, off
Carolina Beach Road and River Road just before
Snow’s Cut, where it will be repurposed.
The heated, approximately 1,040-square-foot-home,
located on the southwest corner of South
RESURRECTION SUNDAY PLUS EGG HUNT
ON Resurrection Sunday, April 21, in and around Wrights-ville
Beach there are five opportunities to attend ocean-front
sunrise services. Some will draw large crowds.
It is best to arrive early and dress for cool weather.
Beach chairs and blankets are suggested.
Wrightsville Beach Community: Little Chapel on the Boardwalk
Presbyterian Church, Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church,
St. Andrew’s On-the-Sound Episcopal Church, St. Therese Catholic
Church and Wrightsville Beach Baptist Church are all participating in
some part of the ceremony. This sunrise service begins at 6:15 a.m. at
Wrightsville Beach Oxford Street Access No. 19. Immediately afterwards
Little Chapel on the Boardwalk, at the corner of North Lumina Avenue
and Fayetteville Street, hosts coffee and donuts, open to all.
NORTH POINTE COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunrise Service 7 a.m.
Beach strand, south side of Crystal Pier
CHURCH OF THE SERVANT Sunrise Service 6:30 a.m.
Beach strand, access No. 4, North Ridge Lane
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH Sunrise Service 6 a.m.
Beach strand, access No. 8, north of the Holiday Inn
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Sunrise Service 6:30 a.m.
Beach strand, access No. 34, north of the Oceanic and Crystal Pier
EGG HUNT Saturday, April 20, 10 a.m.
Wrightsville Beach Baptist Church annual Resurrection Egg Hunt,
Wrightsville Beach Park
WBM FILE PHOTO
PHOTOS BY WILL PAGE