Welcome to the Longboat Island Chapel

The Longboat Island Chapel is a Christian-based interfaith church. Our mission is to be a congregation that is deeply ecumenical and committed to helping persons develop a vital faith in God. Our guiding principles are embodied in our Affirmation and Statement of Interfaith:

Affirmation:    Love is the doctrine of this church; the quest of truth its sacrament; and service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace, to seek knowledge in freedom,
to serve humanity in fellowship,
to the end that all souls shall grow into harmony with the Divine.
Thus do we covenant with each other, and with God.   

Statement of Interfaith: It is an open door through which all may pass and be understood, to share their faith with anyone else without fear of ridicule or censure. 

We invite you to join us for Sunday Worship at 10:00 a.m., followed by fellowship at 11:00 a.m.  Consecrated elements for Communion are available in the Chapel on the second, third, fourth and fifth Sundays of each month.

 

MEMORIAL DAY WORSHIP SERVICE FOR MAY 24, 2020
Rev. Bill’s homily is entitled “A Contract for Servanthood”.  Photographs brought to the Chapel Office of your family member who served in the military are also featured.  Thank you to Rev. Bill, Greg Fiore, Bonnie Wolfgram, Kevin Celebi and Bruce Schaefer for their roles in this service.  Please single left-click the arrow on the YouTube below:

WORSHIP SERVICE FOR MAY 17, 2020
This Worship Service features a homily by Rev. Bill entitled “We Never Know How High We Are Till, ‘We’ Are Asked to Rise”. Please single left-click the arrow on the YouTube below.

WORSHIP SERVICE FOR MAY 10, 2020
This service features Rev. Bill, Rev. Charlie Shook and MiMi Horwitz discussing the topic of “Prayer”. A special thank you to all the mothers on this Mother’s Day. We send to all of you blessings and prayer. Please single left-click the arrow on the YouTube below.

WORSHIP SERVICE FOR MAY 3, 2020
The service features a homily by Rev. Bill entitled “There Is One Who Holds Us As We Fall”. It is a communion service, and may be more meaningful for those who elect to partake of their own elements at home using bread and wine/grape juice. Our Lord recognizes the need for symbolic practices during these difficult times. Please act in accordance with your personal needs. Please single left-click the arrow on the YouTube below.

Explore the Chapel’s Friendship Garden hosted by Greg Fiore. A BIG thank you to him, as well as the landscape maintenance company who works at the Chapel each Wednesday and the Grounds Grooming Group whose members volunteer their time monthly – some daily – to help maintain it (Richard Engel, Greg Fiore, Tom Giannico, Gordon Govalet, Diane and Warren Guse, John Holtzermann, Christine and Jeff Johnson, Jack Joyce, Bob Mazurek, Ingrid and Rusty McClellan, Karen and Sparky Pashkow, Susan Schaefer, Gene Wineland and Liz Yerkes). Please single left-click the arrow on the YouTube below.