Faith Archive

Risen Savior Lutheran Church in Navarre is looking to expand in the coming years.

According to documents submitted to Santa Rosa County Development Services, the church plans to add a 3,600-square-foot facility directly south of the existing church building. The existing church building is 4,500 square feet.

On Sunday, Sept. 6, a crowd of more than 100 people gathered outside St. Sylvester Catholic Church to honor the lives lost during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The attacks, collectively known as 9/11, killed almost 3,000 people and have changed the U.S. in myriad ways, including the emergence of the Department of Homeland Security, tighter airport security and the launch of the war on terror.

For nearly six years, Stacy Clearman led East Bay Church as its pastor. On Aug. 2, Clearman and his family said goodbye to the church as he stepped away from ministry.

In Clearman’s absence, Associate Pastor Will Watts has taken on an interim leadership role, overseeing day-to-day operations and leading Sunday services.

(By Airman Ashton Hamby of 1st Special Operations Wing) Chaplains assigned to Hurlburt Field, Florida, are removing officer rank insignia from their uniforms in accordance with new Department of the Air Force guidance.

The guidance, effective since June 15, 2026, directs chaplains to wear their respective religious insignia on all rank-presenting garments of the Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform. This includes the OCP blouse, patrol cap, tactical cap and outer garments.

Religious education is an important step for many Catholic families who are looking to have their child learn about what Catholics believe and why they believe.

According to the Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, which St. Sylvester Catholic Church belongs to, educating people, children to adults, is key to helping them live well so they will be able to live with God for eternity.

While many pastors and church leaders are worried about the size of their congregations, Navarre pastor Kobus Genis is mostly concerned with his congregants’ hearts.

Genis started GPS Church in 2023, shortly after moving to the Navarre area. GPS stands for God’s People Serving and is affiliated with ECO Churches, a covenant of Reformed, evangelical Presbyterian churches.

Navarre First Assembly held its annual Day of Hope Saturday, Aug. 8.

Day of Hope is a community event at which people throughout Navarre can get free groceries, children’s haircuts, school supplies and a hot meal and be prayed over. This is the fifth year the church has held the event.

A church may be moving into the old bottled water delivery buildings off East Bay Boulevard in Midway.

According to documents submitted to Santa Rosa County Development Services, the Vietnamese Christian Church of Northwest Florida is exploring a move to the two existing structures on the 1.38-acre property.

Last week, nearly 35 children gathered at Navarre United Methodist Church for an introduction to musical instruments, church production capabilities and worship ministry.

The church hosted its second annual Echo Worship Camp. The camp began as an idea to get youth more involved in the church and spark a passion for worship. Children’s Ministry Director Christine Gersic and Worship Director Jamel Boast organized both the 2025 and 2026 editions of Echo Worship Camp.

First Baptist Church of Navarre Pastor Greg Love recently spent two weeks in Kenya, a country in East Africa.

He was there to teach pastors about theology and take part in a safari. The first leg of the trip, the class, was paid for by the church. The safari was paid for by Love.