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How many 90-year-old women do you know who can text on their Iphone, dress up every day, ride a red bicycle around town, exercise regularly, volunteer as a driver, buy groceries for neighbors and throw a three-day party to celebrate their milestone birthday during a pandemic?
Anyone who has met longtime Belmont resident Vyrna Napoli would surely agree, she wouldn’t sit back and relax on her 90th birthday which was May 20. Napoli went on a mini-vacation, got herself a room at the Freepoint Hotel in Cambridge, and had a party Vyrna-style in their lounge for three days.
Unity Missionary Baptist Church celebrates 150 years
DIONNE GLEATON, The Times and Democrat
April 23, 2021
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EUTAWVILLE, S.C. (AP) The members of Unity Missionary Baptist Church in Eutawville look back on their history with pride and joy because the church has lived up to its name after 150 years and continues building upon its foundation in changing times.
‘STILL MOVING FORWARD’
Located at 14152 Old Number Six Highway, the church celebrated its 150th church anniversary on March 28 in the church parking lot.
Church pastor, the Rev. Aaron T. Brown Sr., said the church’s survival after 150 years is noteworthy – and a blessing.
“It says a lot about the people of Unity Missionary Baptist Church. For 150 years, the church has been built on a solid foundation of God’s word and continues to stand and be of a service and blessing to the community as well as to our members,” Brown said.
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