Jim Waters is the “associational mission strategist” for the Santa Rosa Baptist Association.
What does he do? Whatever he can do to help the association’s 38 member churches and their pastors.
A recent survey by the American Bible Society concluded that Christians who are actively engaged in studying their faith’s scriptures “flourish in every domain of human experience.”
Casting Crowns, Tauren Wells, for KING & COUNTRY, and Passion will join evangelist Scott Dawson on stage for UNITE: Gulf Coast beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 21-22, at the Pensacola Bay Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
To reserve free tickets or reserve tickets and donate to the UNITE Movement, go to unitesdea.org.
During the summer, churches typically send out volunteers on mission trips to places like Central America or Africa. For Risen Savior Lutheran Church in Navarre, they became the destination.
The church welcomed seven teenagers and two chaperones from Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Saturday, June 24.
Billory Baptist Church in Holley is constantly striving to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ in this world. Part of that mission is ministry work, namely the ‘Bread of Life’ Food Pantry and Clothing Closet, which is ran directly out of the church.
“To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.” – Isaiah 61:3
Losing a loved one can be a hard thing to deal with. Losing a spouse, the person you chose to walk through life with, can be even more difficult. A local nonprofit wants people to know that they are not alone.
From their food pantry to mission work to community events, Navarre First Assembly of God is known for quite a few things. They are also known for their Royal Rangers outpost.
Royal Rangers is a boys ministry program of the Assemblies of God churches. Founded in 1962, Royal Rangers was the brainchild of Rev. John Henry “Johnnie” Barnes, a preacher from Texas who was tasked with developing a boy’s ministry.
A guardian angel will soon watch over the people who visit Community Life Church’s prayer labyrinth and garden.
The prayer labyrinth first opened in 2015 and is designed to allow a person to connect to God through a meditative walk in prayer.
Calling all kids!
Midway Baptist Church will be holding its annual MidWay KidDays events June 8 and Aug. 3. KidDays are single day, themed camps that feature games, crafts and other activities with a Biblical message for children in kindergarten (age 5) to sixth grade.
This is the eighth year Midway Baptist has held their KidDays events, however they did have to cancel them last year.
Risen Savior Lutheran Church wants to help children hone their skills on the field of play and life this summer. From June 28 to June 30, Risen Savior will host a soccer camp to help teach children the fundamentals of the game.
Admission to the camp is $25, which covers instruction, a camp T-shirt, a soccer ball, water bottle, wristband and snacks. According to Craig Born, the pastor of Risen Savior Lutheran Church, the camp sessions will emphasize individual ball skills as a well as fun games to put those skills into practice and develop teamwork.
