Faith Archive

Those who attended the 16th Annual Easter Sunrise Service, put on by the Church Without Walls, were given an opportunity to nail their “burden” to the cross and thus release it.

This past Sunday, a small group from Compass Community Church (compassefca.org), where I am the pastor, gathered before dawn at a picnic pavilion alongside Santa Rosa Sound for a sunrise service.

Our huddled group greeted one another with a subdued, “Happy Easter!” or “Christ is risen!” and the response, “He is risen indeed!” It was early and it was cold.

Jesus Christ, 33, of Nazareth, died Friday on Mount Calvary, also known as Golgotha, the place of the skull. Betrayed by the apostle Judas, Jesus was crucified by the Romans by order of the governor Pontius Pilate. The causes of death were crucifixion, extreme exhaustion, loss of blood, and a broken heart.

Mid-March 2020, governors across the country imposed size restrictions on public gatherings in their state, attempting to curb the spread of a strange, new virus.

After hastily called meetings, church leaders weighed options for continuing weekly worship services.

Navarre First Assembly of God held its annual missions conference March 6.

“We’ve been doing this about 10 years,” said Iris Tatom, First Assembly’s director of missions, “and each year it has been a little different.”

Navarre Community-Wide Easter Sunrise Service will be hosted by the Navarre BeachSide Church on Sunday, April 4 at 6:00 am in the main parking lot for Navarre Beach and Pier.

Sometimes the less we can see, the more we can see.

When you’re enjoying the beach on a bright, sunny day, clearly seeing your surroundings seems at times to be next to impossible.

Members of New Life Deliverance Temple Church gave away 110 boxes of food Friday morning from the parking lot of their church at 2104 Panhandle Trail.

“We are one family in two locations,” said Pastor Tim Sheldon describing a Navarre congregation and a Fort Walton Beach congregation both named Covenant Community Church.

At a Feb. 21 Sunday mass, the St. Sylvester’s chapter of the Columbiettes presented a $2,500 donation to the Pregnancy Resource Center of Navarre (PRCN).

The funds were raised from the sale of a church cookbook. Chapter president, Angela Edwards and Financial Secretary, Ann Teston, presented the check to PRCN Executive Director Betsy Bower and Ellen Stanley, director of client services.