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New Covenant Presbyterian cuts ribbon on annex

New facility dedicated to late Building Committee Chairman Bill Vernon
Sharon Vernon, wife of the late Bill Vernon, with encouragement from the Rev. Robert Dekker, cuts the ribbon on the new annex. The Bill Vernon Conference Room is the first door on the left. The wing of the church formerly stopped at the left side of the hall in the background. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Steven Billups
February 15, 2015
Sharon Vernon reads the plaque honoring Bill Vernon that will be placed just outside the conference room. The plaque reads, "The West Wing Annex and Vernon Conference Room, Dedicated in the Fall of 2014 With Anticipation of Christ's Return, In Honor of Bill Vernon, NCPC Building Committee Chairman, 2005-2010." BY STEVEN BILLUPS
The church looks forward to the building committee meeting here in the Bill Vernon Conference Room to plan for another wing in the near future. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
This photo of Bill Vernon, along with his testimony, has been placed in the annex. BY STEVEN BILLUPS

New Covenant Presbyterian Church in Lewes cut the ribbon on its new annex and hung a plaque dedicating the conference room in memory of the late Building Committee Chairman  Bill Vernon.

Vernon, former president of the Rehoboth Beach Chamber of Commerce, who also served in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1977-81, passed away March 10, 2014.

Vernon was very proud of his years as chairman of new Covenant Presbyterian Church's committee, and his leadership helped to incorporate features of the building to promote the church's expansion.

Vernon requested that, at his death, instead of flowers, donations would be made for the building fund. These funds paid for the majority of the expense of the annex. The new annex houses offices, classrooms and a conference room.

 

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