Each Sunday, most churches pass the offering plate and people are generally expected to give some sort of donation to the church.
At a recent church service at New Life Deliverance Temple Church in Navarre, the tables were flipped.
According to Feeding America, one in eight children is at risk for hunger in the United States. In Santa Rosa County alone, 13,600 children face food insecurity.
If you have ever been on Navarre Beach early one Sunday morning, you might notice a sizeable crowd gathered in the main beach parking lot. The people gathered in the parking lot are not there to tailgate but to worship.
Healing the sick is one of the ways Jesus showed love and the grace of God. While ordinary people cannot cure people simply by laying their hands upon them, they can continue to show love and compassion for other human beings with medical care.
It was the worst news I could get as an atheist: my agnostic wife had decided to become a Christian. Two words shot through my mind. The first was an expletive; the second was “divorce.”
I thought she was going to turn into a self-righteous holy roller. But over the following months, I was intrigued by the positive changes in her character and values.
In the face of widespread economic strain, national conflicts and social unrest, surveys indicate that confidence in the future is at an all-time low in many countries, including the United States.
According to the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer, 24 of the 28 countries surveyed are seeing “all-time lows in the number of people who think their families will be better off in five years.”
To help make future missions trips possible, Navarre First Assembly of God is hosting their annual mission banquet and fundraiser Saturday, March 25.
The banquet is not only an opportunity to raise money but to explore the cultures of the various congregants at Navarre First Assembly.
If you walk into a Catholic church on any Friday this month, you might find people cooking and eating fried fish.
At St. Sylvester’s Catholic Church in Navarre, parishioners have been filling their stomachs as well as their seats for the past few Fridays.
Money plays an important role in people’s lives. It can allow you to travel, start a business, send your children to college and retire.
It can also cause you stress.
For those who believe in the God of Abraham (Christians, Jews and Muslims), the eastern Mediterranean has some of the holiest and most revered sites. This area is generally known as the Levant and is roughly comprised of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Getting to visit places within the Levant, notably Jerusalem, is a dream for many believers. For Jon Becker, pastor at Concord Presbyterian Church of Gulf Breeze, it was a dream fulfilled in 2023.
