Grace’s Place opens to ‘broken chicks’
February 24, 2021
On Feb. 6, a crowd of about 30 friends and supporters looked on as a ribbon was cut marking the official opening of Grace’s Place, a place where “healed broken chicks (help) broken chicks heal.”…
Students learn Gospel, English through church ministry
February 16, 2021
When First Baptist Church Navarre began its English as a Second Language (ESL) classes six months ago, they knew that they were addressing a great need in Santa Rosa County.
Their research had r…
Worship, the universal language
February 9, 2021
It was the first Thursday of February, cold and damp outside but warm and welcoming inside Risen Savior Lutheran Church.
A small team of volunteers arrived to assist Pastor Craig Born and his wi…
CLC to host its annual Night to Shine event
February 3, 2021
“We are still having Night to Shine this year, but due to COVID-19, it is going to look a lot different,” says Amie Williamson, Director of Marketing for Community Life Church (CLC) in Gulf Breeze. “…
Navarre brothers pitch in to help strangers
January 27, 2021
While many Americans breathe a sigh of relief that trouble-filled 2020 is behind us, the residents of many coastal communities in Alabama and Louisiana are still cleaning up after last year’s hurric…
‘A long labor of love’
January 20, 2021
“It was a long labor of love, a lot of late nights,” said lead pastor AJ Rice, his T-shirt spattered with paint.
Rice and a small crew were completing the setup on the new stage in Liberty Churc…
Area churches respond to coronavirus surge
January 13, 2021
On Jan. 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed the first coronavirus case in the United States – a traveler recently returned from Wuhan, China.
One year later, the CDC report…
Former NHS football stars on Jesus’s team now
January 13, 2021
Jeffrey Mattox and Gabe Davis spent four years basking in the glow of a spotlight that comes from playing sports. They worked hard and played hard, all for the purpose of helping the Navarre footbal…
Literacy tutoring for dyslexics comes to Navarre
January 6, 2021
Garret, a friendly and precocious boy, was in the fourth grade, but could not read or write at a first-grade level. He was severely dyslexic. Carol Hale, the author of a series of books on reading t…
Faith in Review: Churches changed in 2020
December 30, 2020
A bizarre year that all would love to forget, but none ever will, is behind us. It was a year when two alphabet’s worth of tropical systems assaulted the Gulf states, persistent wildfires scorched t…







