N.C. Baptist Church Unveils Murals on May 21

ENC TODAY
By Aniesa Holmes

NORTH CAROLINA - Cape Carteret Baptist Church is hosting a day of fine art and fellowship with its first “A Celebration of Art in the Church” exhibit on May 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more than a year, two murals have also been under construction and are finally ready for public viewing. Ann Boyer LePere’s “The Scarlet Cord” consists of 12 canvases, each 4 x 6 feet in size, painted in the church’s former kitchen. “The murals represent four principles that the church has been studying,” LePere said. “They are connecting with Jesus, becoming like Jesus, serving like Jesus and sharing like Jesus. These acrylic paintings will be installed as four triptychs in the cupola of the newly constructed Family Life Center. “The Scarlet Cord” represents the Bible story of Rahab who assisted Hebrew spies and was spared destruction by tying a scarlet cord in her window. A red line runs through all 12 canvases which visually and spiritually connects them. Lynda Gregory has also put the finishing touches on a whimsical undersea mural that she has been painting directly on the walls of the children’s ministry wing since last year. [link]