7.6%. According to our research of North Carolina and other state lists there were 22 registered sex offenders living in Wallace, North Carolina as of October 08, 2015. The ratio of number of residents in Wallace to the number of sex offenders is 181 to 1.
On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord's Day, the performance of the works of mercy, and the appropriate relaxation of mind and body.
On Ash Wednesday, the Christian Church entered the season of Lent. The forty days of Lent are meant to be a time of intense introspection, penance, forgiveness, reconciliation, and fasting. For centuries, many Christians have chosen to express the sense of self-denial inherent in this season by giving up something. This Lent, I invite everyone in our church family to be shaped by the spiritual discipline of fasting. Reverend Lynn Smilie Nesbitt has developed a wonderful fasting guide for our church to follow. As you read the guide(below), you will see that each week we are invited to observe a different fast.