You are welcome at St. Andrew’s By-the-Sea, The Episcopal Church in Destin, Florida, and part of the Worldwide Anglican Communion, the fourth largest Christian denomination in the world with 85 million members in over 165 countries.
You can join us for worship every Sunday at 10 a.m., when we gather in our church sanctuary for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist (Communion) from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. Our service is also live-streamed on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/standrewsdestin). We also have a Holy Eucharist and Healing service at noon on Wednesdays and nighttime prayer, an Order for Compline, live on our Facebook page each evening at 8 p.m.
Out of 30 possible subjects, our survey of the congregation revealed the following 10 topics of greatest interest that we will preach on this summer, June 18 through August 20, 2023.
- Bad Things and Good People: Why?
- Life After Death
- Left Behind: The Rapture (or Not)
- Emergence Christianity and The Church of the Future
- How and Why to Forgive
- The “Jesus Movement” and Michael Curry.
- Women, the Stained-Glass Ceiling, and God as Father (and Mother)
- The Best Kept Secret: The Episcopal Church (and St. Andrew’s By-the-Sea)
- Creationism, Evolution, and the Supposed Conflict of Science and Religion
- Spiritual Practices That Will Change Your Life
Each sermon is intended to last 10 minutes.
After service on every Sunday you are invited to join us for socializing and snacking in the parlor. You will find us a welcoming community that includes long-time residents and retirees in the Destin area, summer vacationers, and winter snowbirds from the northeast, Midwest, and Canada. We are a small, but faithful and energetic congregation.
You would find it comfortable and easy to get to know us and get involved in our various ministries. As Episcopalians, we have promised to love our neighbors as ourselves and respect the dignity of every human being. Jesus made no exceptions, and we do not either. Our Blue Door Ministry and Bike Shop, for example, offer an excellent opportunity for serving the less fortunate in a visible, meaningful way.
St. Andrew’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church has been a beacon in Destin since 1928. Conveniently located at 307 Harbor Blvd. (U.S. 98) in Destin, St. Andrew’s By-the-Sea is easily identified by the copper steeple of its original church building on the north side of the highway. Before the era of high-rise condominiums and hi-tech navigational aids, our steeple was the navigational aid for the local mariners.
You still may view the services on Facebook even if you are not on Facebook yourself. Simply click on the following link or paste it into your browser when you are on the Internet: https://www.facebook.com/standrewsdestin/?rf=120478911623728
Click here to view the service leaflet for Sunday, September 24, 2023 – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Click here to view the service leaflet for nightly Compline
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