Every year at St. Mary’s vendors and eager holiday shoppers convene. This year was no different and with the church planning a new ministry and missions for next year they were delighted to see the turnout.

Albert Marion Chambers Jr., who was lovingly known as Junior, died at the age of 79-years-old on Nov. 14. He was a Marine Corps Vietnam Veteran and touched many lives by serving as the founding pastor of Joy Bible Baptist Church.

Paul and his wife Vivian Malson are the pastors of Hope Church, which resides at the former Moors Golf Course located on Avalon Blvd since 2015.

They have been pastors for 40 years, but rather than focus on growing a big church, they let God worry about that and put their efforts into ministry.

Chance Johnmeyer and his wife, Renee, planned for a relaxing getaway in Buncombe County, North Carolina, to decompress after general elections and to reconnect with their faith.

Nearly 157 years since St. Mary’s Episcopal Church’s first worship service, they have ordained their first female priest in charge.

A Milton veteran was drafted into service for the Vietnam War. His goal now is to make sure that no veteran coming home is treated the way he and his fellow service members were.

The Faith Baptist Church in Milton was founded nearly 180 years ago and their nonprofit, Helping Hand Missions began in 1987. Their mission is to honor the Lord Jesus Christ by helping the helpless, healing the hurting, and providing hope for the hopeless.

This year marked the 10th anniversary of For the Children of Milton, a foster home that has served more than 50 children.

A local nonprofit organization is making sure no child sleeps on the floor in Santa Rosa County.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit organization with a chapter in Pensacola, supplies beds to children in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties.

With St. Mary’s Episcopal Church food pantry projected to feed 5,000 people this year, the church decided now would be a good time to rename the pantry to St. Mary’s Feeding the 5,000.