Faith Archive

More than 60 volunteers with Navarre United Methodist Church came together Saturday, Sept. 5, to help make beds for children in need. The bed-making process, which included cutting, sanding and building frames, was in support of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit.

Five teenagers accepted the call to make disciples and share God’s Word with people in the community.

The teens were at the “Called Deeper” conference hosted by the West Florida District of the Assemblies of God last week at Lifepoint Church in Crestview. According to Ilyn Slattery, a youth adult leader at Holley Assembly of God, the event is designed to help students explore the call of God on their lives.

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.