Faith Archive

Momentum Church kicked off its Summer Nights series Sunday with a Night of Worship at the Community Life Methodist Church in Gulf Breeze.

Louisville, Ky. (AP) — Andre Watkins shadowboxed Sunday morning outside King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church in Louisville’s west end, not far from the little pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up.

Navarre High School seniors, their families and mentors filed in Thursday, May 26, for the annual baccalaureate service at Community Life Center.

“More than a Carpenter” by Josh McDowell

Community Life United Methodist Church, once known as the Soundside Campus of Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church, now stands on its own as a new church serving both Navarre and Gulf Breeze communities. 

Baccalaureate service, a graduation tradition that dates back hundreds of years, is scheduled for Navarre High School students on May 26, from 6 – 7 p.m. at the Community Life Center located at 4115 Soundside Drive. 

Setting the standard for giving a hand up instead of a hand out, Fresh Start for Children and Families in Fort Walton Beach is changing lives nine families at a time.  The program provides transitional housing for families where mom or dad are gainfully employed or employable and remain drug and alcohol free for the duration of the nine month program.  The apartment house has nine apartments, both one and two bedrooms.

Here in Navarre, Fla., a new synagogue, the Ahm Yisrael Messianic Synagogue (AYMS), has opened its new building’s doors to the community. The first-ever synagogue in all of Santa Rosa County, it is led by the Rabbi Wayne Leland. According to the synagogue website, the group began as a home-based Bible study Leland taught in 2001. From the original handful of members, the congregation grew and settled into a rented church facility which they were able to secure in 2010. Only five years later, the collection of members had outgrown that facility as well. Following the growth, they were able to procure the building now located at 9255 Military Trail in Navarre.

The statistics are alarming in regard to child abuse, both nationally and in Santa Rosa County.

One in three girls and one in three boys will be abused by the time they are 18. In the county, one in 19 children will be abused by the time they are 18.

Kohl is a very sweet young man with some big challenges.  He has Autism and some significant cognitive delays.   His speech is somewhat delayed and he is working on about first and second grade level in most areas although he is enrolled in a 7th grade special class.  He receives weekly language therapy and several other specialized services.  He can read at least 67 “sight words” and can write his name and copy information from the board.