The Prayer Room located in
the Chapel narthex is open to anyone seeking a place to feel
closer to God. It is open Monday-Thursday, 9am to 4pm.
We trust God’s Word that as you draw near to God, He will
draw near to you.
at 9am in the Parlor. All are welcome!
January 20, 2019
Traditional Worship 8:30 & 11:00 Sanctuary
Contemporary Worship 9:45 Chapel
Encouragement to Build
Bishop Lawson Bryan’s challenge to the churches of the South
Georgia Conference over the last couple of years has been for us to
be “Alive Together in Christ.” Last Saturday almost 70 members of
our church leadership gathered for “A Day of Visioning and
Planning.” We celebrated the many ways God has blessed our church,
it’s ministries, and our people. We also took the opportunity to
look ahead and to prayerfully consider a renewed vision for our
church and all that God is calling to do. During the morning it
became obvious that our church exemplifies what it means to be
“Alive together in Christ!”
This Sunday the sermon will be different. I will take the
opportunity to celebrate how God is at work in our church, to
report on a few of the ideas that came out of the day of planning,
and to share what this means to us, the body of Christ at St.
Simons UMC, as we move forward in ministry together in 2019.
The apostle Paul reminds us that we have been given a variety of
gifts to build up each other, build up the church and build up the
kingdom of God. No single gift is any more important or necessary
than the other; our combined gifts are needed to grow our church
and in our personal discipleship.
The people who have made the biggest difference in my life have
been the encour- agers. People who have been there to tell me, “You
can do it”, “Give it a try”, “Yes, that’s a great idea”, “I believe
in you”, or “Don’t give up.” Maybe you can recall simi- lar words
being shared with you and how they gave you the nudge you needed to
believe in yourself.
Bishop Robert Schnaze in his book, “Just Say Yes”, reminds us that
“real encourage- ment means giving someone the strength to change.
It confirms people in their call- ings and ministries. Real
encouragement means helping people to say “Yes” to God.”
The mission of our church is, “To make disciples of Jesus Christ
for the transfor- mation of St. Simons Island and the world.” What
is one of the best ways to grow in our discipleship and to help
other grow in theirs? Encouragement. To the person who is
struggling to understand what it means to follow Christ – offer
encourage- ment. To the person who is trying to find his or her
place in service – offer encour- agement. To the person who is
wrestling with God’s call in his or her life, possibly even a call
to full-time ministry – offer encouragement. To the person with a
new idea for ministry – offer encouragement.
In defining what it means to be the Body of Christ, Paul says,
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up…” (1
Thessalonians 5:11) May the spirit of en- couragement prevail in
our church. May it be known throughout our community that St.
Simons UMC is a church that says, “Yes” to God; a church that is
alive together in Christ!
Blessings,
Tom
Vicky Adams, Diana Bailey, Nancy Barnes, Marsha Boyette, Gene
Cariker, John Childs, Kelly Conner, Mary Corbitt, Jim Counts, Tom
Cronemeyer, Carole Darby, Lee Drury, Janice Dumas, Cindy Farmer,
Betty Garvey Family, Pat Gossage, Rebecca Griffith, Connie
Hallowes, Boomer Hendrix, Roy Hodnett, Janice Horn, Martha Kent,
Tom Lee, Shannon Lemmon, Bill Lukitsch, Karen McLawhorn, Nathan
Meadows, Tad Meeks, Harold Moore, Tom Morris, Nancy Newton, Sandy
Nyenhuis, Becky Outlaw, Mary Owens, Betty Pierce, Dick Pipe, George
Raiford, Don Rebstock, Reggie Rogers, Lucette Royer, Alexa Sanchez,
Carolyn Sanders, Dan Seese, Mary Stivers, Charles Taylor, Judy
& Tony Teston, Bobbé Wooldridge, Grace Wraggs, Margaret Young,
Beverly Zeller, our Nation.
Magnolia Manor: JoAnne & Bob Alford, Betty Ansink, John Barton,
Jan Dorsey, Jack Jenkins, Marjorie Lawrence, Debby Lloyd, Patricia
McGimsey, Joyce Parry, Helen Register, Miriam Tucker, Larry
Varnadoe, Effie Walker Thrive: Pat Miller Sr. Care: Anne Pinson
Addington Place: Carolyn Lovell, Leonard Mann and Sallie Mann
Servicemen/Servicewomen: CPT Clay A. Alexander, LTC Tim Buehn, PTE
Jonathon Carmichael, Col. Andrew Doehring, LTC John Goodrich,
Master Sgt. David Hoffer, 1st LTC Chris House, Mason K. James, Col
Denise Mull, Maj. Susan C. Stahl, and all our service men and
women.
To add or remove a name from our prayer list, please contact the
church office.
PRAYER CONCERNS:
•New names for this week will be highlighted.
•If you would like to be removed from this list, please call the
church office.
STEWARDSHIP - January 13, 2019 Tithes & Offerings Received
22,557.75
Received YTD 51,947.50
Expenses YTD 30,371.11
MEMBERS IN MINISTRY - January 20
USHERS: 8:30 John Goodrich, Bill Foster, Jeff Roberts, Cathie
Wilton 11:00 Dona Colglazier, David Lewis, Jimmy Orr, John Rentz,
Mel Rozier, Mike Suthard
GREETERS: 8:30 Barbara Hill, Barbara Whitney 9:45 Tracie Beane,
Toni Metz 11:00 Pam Rehberg, Pam Lewis
PROJECTION: 8:30 Robin Parmelee 11:00 Ashley Swann
HOSPITALITY: Mike Martin, Amy Baldwin
ALTAR ANGELS: Maggie Gallagher, Jenny Hicks, Sister Tucker, Barbara
Whitney
OUR PRESENCE - January 13, 2019 8:30 Worship Service 168 Membership
1078
9:45 Worship Service 84 New Members in 2019 1
11:00 Worship Service 257
Children’s Church 18
SERVE
Can you spare some time helping…..
“Altar Angel” needed to help pick up and ready the church for
Sunday on the April/ August/December team
Set up for Coffee & Donuts needed on 3rd Sunday of each
month
Please call the church office at 638-3317
Attn: All Bible Study Classes Please forward your enrollment count
to Jo Ann in the church office. This is needed for our conference
statistical report. Thank you!
The UMW Reading Group
by Michelle DeRusha
Our sympathy is extended to Chuck and Barbara Milliken for the loss
of their nephew, Robert Tressler, on January 8, 2019 in Detroit,
MI.
The St. Simons United Methodist Women ask you to join us at the
beginning of this new year in being more aware of loving and caring
for our home, our planet, Earth. One of our goals this year is for
each of us, consciously and actively, to do something on a daily
basis that will help sustain our earth and express our concern for
the health of our planet.
To help us all be more aware of the small things we can do daily
that will help to maintain our planet’s health, the UMW will be
offering a “healthy planet” tip each month.
It is our hope that you will incorporate each of these tips into
your daily lives for the health of our planet.
The UMW January “Healthy Planet Tip” is: When turning on the faucet
for hot water, instead of letting that water run down the drain,
save the cold water coming out of the tap before the hot water
arrives by having a jug, pitcher, bottle, or other container stored
nearby. The water can run into this container until it becomes hot.
Use the cold water to water flowers or shrubs, put in pets’ water
bowl, and any number of household uses.
Save These Dates
Bible Study $4/Wednesday (or $40 for whole semester)
Student Life 4 Kids Parents Meeting
Wednesday, Feb 6th 6:45pm Come to find out more about our summer
camp
trip for completed 2nd-5th graders!
MYF Sunday 5:00-6:30pm
Sweets & Scriptures Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm
INVITE GROW
We are getting closer to our Sunday, February 10th Preschool
Celebration.
So many church families have been blessed by this ministry over the
years! I am
looking for pictures, especially of the early years, to incorporate
into a power point presentation. If you would like to share some of
your photographs, you can e-mail
them to me at
[email protected] or drop them off at the church
office or
Preschool office and we will make copies.
Mary
Sign Up for SAM Events Friday, January 25—$10 Buck Dinner &
Movie Join us for pizza, salad and dessert as we watch the movie “A
Case for Christ.” Please RSVP by January 15th
Friday, February 8—$10 Buck Dinner w/Fred Kopp Band
Thursday, February 21-FLETC Tour We can add a few more to our tour
if you can meet us at the entrance to the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center (our church bus is full, but FLETC’s holds a few
more). Please call JoAnn in the church office for more
information.
Friday, March 15—$10 Buck Dinner w/C.S. Lewis “Mere Christianity”
presentation
Friday. May 24—Patriotic Pops Concert at Times Union Chartered bus
trip to Jacksonville for a Coffee Concert. Bus is leaving Thorpe
Bldg. at 8:30am for an 11:00 concert followed by a Dutch treat
lunch afterwards. Returning around 3pm. Cost is $75 to church
office to confirm your reservation.
Call the church office for more information on the above events and
cost.
Welcome Tabitha Marie Fortunato who was born on December 19, 2018
in Atlanta. Tabby’s parents are Lukas & Virginia Fortunato and
proud grandparents Kim & Phil Belt.
Classical guitarist Brian Luckett has performed in solo and chamber
music recitals throughout the United States. His post graduate work
empha- sized chamber music equally with solo reper- toire, and he
has contin- ued down this same path in his professional career,
with a particular interest in the solo and chamber repertoire of
the 20th and 21st centuries.
Brian is the former director of classical guitar studies at Emory
Univer- sity and former faculty member of Agnes Scott College, both
in Atlanta,
Georgia. Brian is also the former director of the classical guitar
program at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. In
2018, Brian and his wife Kelly relocated to Jacksonville, Florida
where Brian joined the Music Department of Jacksonville University
as adjunct professor of Classical and Flamenco gui- tar. He also
maintains a private Classical and Flamenco studio.
Classical Guitarist Brian Luckett
United Methodist Women Prayer & Self Denial
Sunday, February 3 at Noon in the Thorpe Bldg. Speaker: Durcelle
Burandt, Founder of House of Hope
Bring a friend!
Non-Profit Organization US Postage Paid
Brunswick, GA 31520 Permit 240
St. Simons United Methodist Church 624 Ocean Blvd. Saint Simons
Island, GA 31522 912-638-3317 www.stsimonsumc.com
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2019
Thursday, January 17 7:00 am 707 Group, Thorpe Bldg. 10:00 am
Faithful Bible Study 5:30 pm Outreach Committee Meeting, Room 203
Friday, January 18 7:30 am Men’s Bible Study Sunday, January 20
8:30 am Traditional Worship Service, Sanctuary 9:15 am Coffee &
Donuts, Gholson Room 9:45 am Contemporary Worship Service, Chapel
9:45 am Sunday School Classes 11:00 am Traditional Worship Service,
Sanctuary 5:00 pm UMW Circle 5, Parlor NO MYF Monday, January 21
9:00 am Prayer Team, Parlor 4:00 pm Stephen Ministry, Room 202 7:15
pm Men’s Bible Study, Gholson Area
Tuesday, January 22 10:00 am Men’s Life 1:30 pm Women’s Life 5:30
pm Handbells 6:00 pm Cub Scouts, Thorpe Bldg. 6:30 pm Preschool
Board Mtg. Room 208 7:00 pm Boy Scouts, Thorpe Bldg. 7:00 pm Circle
1, Parlor Wednesday, January 23 7:00 am 707 Group, Thorpe Bldg.
8:00 am Prayer Hedge, Parlor (*new time) 11:00 am Chair Yoga,
Thorpe Bldg. 5:30 pm Children’s WOW Activities (5:30-6:45) 6:30 pm
Chancel Choir 7:00 pm Sweets & Scriptures, Youth Room Thursday,
January 24 7:00 am 707 Group, Thorpe Bldg. 10:00 am Faithful Bible
Study Friday, January 25 7:30 am Men’s Bible Study 6:00 pm SAM
Movie Night, Thorpe Bldg.
CHURCH STAFF
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