WHERE TO GO WHAT TO DO WHO TO SEE Chapel by the Sea to hold farewell ceremony, healing and hope service

By NATHAN MAYBERG nmayberg@breezenewspapers com

Chapel by the Sea Presbyterian Church took a terrible hit from Hurricane Ian, its building utterly destroyed The church hopes to rebuild but before it says goodbye to the old building the congregation has scheduled a healing and hope service on Sunday, Feb 19

“Since we were the first church on the island, we want to give the community and our members a chance to say goodbye to what Chapel was and give hope to what it will be in the future,” Chapel by the Sea Administrator Denise Armstrong said.

“We have invited the island churches and Peace River Presbytery leadership We were able to recover a few items from the debris,” Armstrong said The original church bell which was hung in late April 1942 by the 13th fighter squadron of the 53rd fighter