Destin United Methodist Church Approves Sale of Beach Drive Campus to Destin High School

The Governing Board of Destin High School, Inc. announced plans to move forward into a contract to purchase Destin United Methodist Church’s Beach Drive campus, with the goal of opening Destin High School in August 2020.

The school plans to begin with 9th and 10th grade inaugural classes. The following year it will expand to offer 9th, 10th and 11th grades, and in year three it will offer all four high school grades. The board has also committed to offering most high school sports programs, as requested by parents and prospective students.

Parishioners of Destin United Methodist Church and its HELM, the church’s administrative body, voted on Sunday, July 14. The source reports that the vote ultimately allowed Destin High School to move forward with its desire to purchase the site. The next steps are a due diligence phase, followed by a formal purchase of the property.

Destin United Methodist Church also announced plans to purchase the campus of Grace Lutheran Church. Grace Lutheran plans to lease the Destin United Methodist Church sanctuary from Destin High School while it searches for property for a new church home.

The vote allows Destin United Methodist Church to enter into contracts to sell its property, which covers more than eight acres, to Destin High School and to purchase the Grace Lutheran Church campus. The arrangement with Grace Lutheran, in which one congregation’s worship space is made available to another while it searches for a new home, reflects the hospitality described in Hebrews 13:16.

Destin High School has offered to allow Jacob’s Ladder Preschool to continue operating on the Beach Drive campus for one to two years, as needed, while the preschool’s new educational space is designed.

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