The importance of Lent
March 9, 2022
There are many religious holidays and times of observance in Christianity, but the Lenten season is a special time to reflect on Christ’s message and people’s role in that message.
Everyone welcomed at beachside service
March 2, 2022
What began as an outreach to Navarre United Methodist Church in 1995 has been transformed into a church without walls in a Navarre Beach parking lot.
My Father’s Arrows seeks funds for land purchase
February 22, 2022
About 20 miles north of Milton there is an idyllic home where race, age, gender, and ability know no boundaries.
My Father’s Arrows is a distinctly Christian children’s home for hurting children…
Momentum Church gains momentum, relaunches Navarre campus
February 18, 2022
Last Sunday, the Navarre Campus of Momentum Church relaunched weekly services in the Navarre High School cafeteria after being closed from March 2020 to December 2021 for COVID.
God speaks in mysterious ways: Pastor Ronnie Beaden serves Crestview church through puppet ministry
February 7, 2022
Pastor Ronnie Bearden’s puppet ministry started with a soft, pastel-colored stuffed glow worm that he snatched off a crib in the church nursey on his way into preschool chapel.
It was the first d…
Churches work together to shelter community
February 3, 2022
December may have been warmer than usual, but the first weeks of the year have been colder.
That means the Santa Rosa Cold Night Shelter at Ferris Hill Baptist Church in Milton has stayed busy.
Navarre local and Christian bass player Jay Weaver passes into ‘glory’
January 26, 2022
Jay Weaver’s time on this earth came to a close Jan. 2. He was 42 years young.
He played the bass in contemporary Christian band Big Daddy Weave and his family says they know exactly where he is…
Pandemic affecting collection plates, budgets at churches
January 18, 2022
Biltmore United Methodist Church of Asheville, North Carolina, is for sale.
Already financially strapped because of shrinking membership and a struggling preschool, the congregation was dealt a c…
Minnesota family trades home for RV to serve children in need
January 12, 2022
Joe and Tara Meyers and their boys, Aden, 7, and Joshua, 2, have been traveling and serving in the communities they visit since 2018, primarily internationally as part of service excursions they org…
Five Bible-based New Year’s Resolutions for 2022
January 6, 2022
What a year 2021 has been. First 2020 took us all by surprise with a pandemic, a hurricane and a major bridge closure. We all thought it would get better in 2021 and boy, were we in for a ride…






