Category: faith

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Catholic African-American Cultural Awareness Group of Okaloosa County's Black History Month celebration is set for 2 p.m. Feb. 28 at St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, 110 St. Mary A…

CRESTVIEW — Knights of Columbus Council 7968 is sponsoring weekly fish fry dinners at Our Lady of Victory Church Hall.
Times are 4:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 26, and March 4, 11 and 18 at 550 Adams Drive, C…

CRESTVIEW — Speaker, author and apologist Voddie Baucham will be speaking in Crestview soon.
He will answer many of today’s cultural and social challenges to biblical Christianity and explore how b…

CRESTVIEW — The Brotherhood of Love's founder says he will plead not guilty Feb. 16, when he faces a judge on a charge of second-degree dealing in stolen property, a felony.
Gary Johnson, 61, of Cr…

CRESTVIEW — Kingdom Life Worship and Training Center's Restoration & Recovery Outreach Ministry has scheduled its next event.
A spokesperson said the event — 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Thrifty…

Valentine’s Day purportedly is named after one of three St. Valentines from the church's early days. 
One is said to have been thrown in prison for performing the weddings of young men and women ag…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Fort Walton Beach stake has scheduled a two-day conference.
The schedule is as follows:
●5 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Fort Walton Bea…

CRESTVIEW — Boy Scouts celebrated Scout Sunday on Feb. 7 at Our Lady of Victory in Crestview.
'The Scout Sunday tradition was started to make people in houses of worship aware of Scouting, and to a…

CRESTVIEW — More than 100 residents attended the first of three planned forums on same-sex attracted Christians, but a local church has canceled the remainder.
The Rev. Michael Precht, First United…

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE — Effective Feb. 8, the Eglin Chapel,  202 N. 8th St., will begin new office hours due to current U.S. Air Force requirements and to allow more chaplains and chaplain assistants …