The Chapel By The Sea was founded in 1949 after a Canadian winter visitor,
Nora Adkins, decided that the children who lived on Clearwater Beach
should have a Sunday School in their community.
History
Chapel By The Sea
Clearwater Beach, Florida
She met with friends and neighbors, a committee
was formed, and her plan grew to the point that
this community church became a reality.
The land was donated by the Skinner family of
Dunedin and a building was constructed.  
The Chapel has always been the beach's church,
with its programming open to the entire community.
It places a heavy emphasis on outreach and
was one of the founding congregations of
Religious Community Services (RCS).
Chapel By The Sea is involved in all aspects of community life, belonging even
to such "secular" organizations as the Clearwater Regional Chamber of
Commerce (being the first church to join it), the Clearwater Beach Chamber of
Commerce, and the Clearwater Beach Civic Association. And it has been a
member of the International Council of Community Churches, the world's most
fully integrated religious association, for most of its half-century of existence.
The Chapel's first fifty years have been
exciting and productive. Its members and
friends look forward to the next fifty with
equal enthusiasm, anticipation, and hope.