Dearest brothers and sisters in the Lord,

Glory to Jesus Christ!

On Monday we received our Business License from the City of Bunnell following a successful inspection by the Fire Marshal. Special thanks to Jim Humphries for diligently seeing this through from beginning to end. This means the time has come to leave our rented space at St. Stephen Chapel and to open our doors for official church services at 2323 N. State Street, Unit 112, Bunnell.

Therefore, the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, March 22 will be our final service at St Stephen Roman Catholic Chapel on Moody Boulevard.

Here's the plan:

- Following Divine Liturgy and a shorter Coffee Fellowship, instead of storing our liturgical belongings in the closet, we will load cars and trucks and go in procession to our new building (2323 N State St, Unit 112, Bunnell, FL 32110).

- EVERYONE who wants to will have something to carry into our new worship space!

- Please wait outside the entrance to the new building and you will be handed an item (an icon, candles, service books, etc.) to carry into our new nave in procession, following behind me as I bring in the items belonging to the holy table.

- Once the holy things are placed and we are all inside, we will offer Prayers of Thanksgiving for all God has done to bring us to this moment.

Come and participate in this historic event in the life of our Mission!

Next week throughout the week we will be moving the rest of our belongings from St. Stephen Chapel to their new home.

Tuesday, March 24 (6pm) the Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts will be served in our new building. All services from that point on will be at 2323 N State Street Unit 112, the new home for St. Alexis parish!

On Saturday, March 28, there will be a final cleaning of St. Stephen Chapel.

May God give us all strength for the tasks ahead, with great joy in His abundant provision and patient love for each other in this time of significant change in our community.

Gratefully yours,

Fr David