November 11, 2021
There was a time in my life when I was a real grinch about Christmas decorations and Christmas music before Thanksgiving. However, on Tuesday morning at Chick-fil-A when Lily Roberts shared about the joy she finds in the Christmas decorations meaning Jesus is coming soon, my grinch heart grew two sizes! There is such hope in knowing that Jesus is coming into our broken world and he is coming soon!

The season of Advent, the season of waiting for Christ to come into this world once again is upon us. Although Advent does not officially start for a few more weeks, you’ll notice several holiday opportunities around the church beginning this Sunday with Angel Tree. On Sunday morning you’ll find Angel Trees up in the Narthex and in the Gathering Space. Each angel on the tree was decorated by a child of SSPC and has information about a child in the community who could use a little extra joy in their life. Please take an angel, shop for a child, and return gifts to the church office by December 6! 

Be sure to mark your calendars for the Advent Festival coming up on November 17th as well. We’ll have crafts to and plants to prepare ourselves for the joy that is to come. Also note that the Thanksgiving Breakfast is OFFICIALLY HAPPENING again! Start your day of giving thanks with a meal with friends where all are welcome! We are so grateful for this opportunity to share a meal together again on a special day! 

Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday and throughout the upcoming season of Advent! 
Rev. Annie Franklin Arvin
Associate Pastor
Happenings & Events
As part of our 75 th Anniversary concert series, the Coastal Brass Choir will present a concert in our sanctuary this Sunday afternoon, November 14th, at 3:00PM. Come and hear the sound of brass instruments in our beautiful new worship space, with music ranging from classical to contemporary. The program will last about one hour and the acoustics of this new space are truly great for the sound of brass!
Sunday Worship
November 7, 2021
The Week Ahead
Sunday, November 14
8:30 am Early Worship - Sanctuary
9:30 am Sunday School - Various Locations
10:30 am Traditional Worship - Sanctuary

12:00 pm Porchfest with TSN - Jerry & Nora Sue's Home
1:00 pm Hunger Action Packing - Gathering Space
3:00 pm Coastal Brass - Sanctuary
5:00 pm - Second Sunday (3rd - 5th Grade) - Veranda
5:00 pm Youth Gathering - Youth Suite

Monday, November 15
10:00 am Chancel Ensemble - Location Varies
10:00 am Hunger Action Packing - Gathering Space
5:30 pm Diaconate Meeting - Upper Room
6:30 pm Al-Anon Meeting - John Law
7:00 pm Messiah Rehearsal - Sanctuary

Tuesday, November 16
7:00 am Youth Breakfast Devotion - Chick-fil-A
9:30 am Staff Meeting - Upper Room
4:00 pm Session Meeting - Upper Room

Wednesday, November 17
10:00 am Men's Bible Study - Upper Room
1:30pm Hands and Heart Quilting Ministry - Music Attic
4:00 pm KidZ Crew - Veranda
5:00 pm Advent Festival - Social Hall
6:00 pm Wednesday Night Dinner - Social Hall
6:30 pm Chancel Ringers - Sanctuary
7:30 pm Chancel Choir - Sanctuary

Thursday, November 18
10:00 am Ladies Bible Study - Upper Room

Friday, November 19
6:00 pm TGIF Gathering - Palm Coast
Joys and Concerns
An Invitation From Anne Marie Stirewalt

Many of you have been so kind as to ask often about my mother these past few years. She will be 100 on November 15 th , and on November 27, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, from 2-5PM in the afternoon, our family will host a drop by celebration to just wish her Happy Birthday. Please know you are welcome to pop in and say Happy Birthday or send her a card with good wishes. Please, if you come by, no gifts… just good wishes.

Thank you,
Anne Marie Stirewalt
217 Sandcastle Way
Grateful Hearts
A weekly thank you for all the people and ministries of St. Simons Presbyterian Church. Lovingly created by
Rev. Kate Buckley.
Sunday School
October 3 - November 21
Baseball as a Road to God
Seeing Beyond the Game
by John Sexton
9:15am / Library

Take me out to the ball game! Take me out to the crowd! Whether you love belting the verses of this song or looking forward to the World Series in late October or just love being a sports fan in general, John Sexton’s Baseball as a Road to God may be just the ticket for you. 

For more than a decade, Sexton used baseball to illustrate the elements of a spiritual life in a wildly popular course as president of New York University. His book beautifully weaves the magic of baseball – its community of fans, its sacred places, its legends, its breathtaking moments of drama, its blessings and curses, its faith and doubt, its saints and sinners, its miracles – with the spiritual dimensions of life.

In the course of nine innings, fans experience a range of emotions from expectation and elation to frustration and despair. Sexton elegantly demonstrates that baseball is more than a game or even a national pastime… baseball can be a road to a deeper and more meaningful life.
Always A Guest
Speaking of Faith Far from Home
By Barbara Brown Taylor
9:15am / Upper Room

BBT’s collection of 30 sermons as a guest preacher … from graduation ceremonies to Sunday pulpits …will show you why she is one of the most beloved and renowned preachers of our time. On themes from anxiety to beauty, resurrection to doubt, wisdom and telling the truth, Taylor proclaims the gospel as she meets us in our messy humanity. 

Full of observations on the Spirit and the state of the world along with her gentle wit, BBT will inspire you as she explores faith in all its beauty and complexity. As the reader, you will be a BBT guest at this gospel feast! 
The Letter of Paul to the Philippians for Everyone Bible Study 
By NT Wright
9:15am / John Law Room

We have lived through a year and a half of pandemic uncertainty. What an example of how things don't always go the way we intend. It's easy to feel discouraged because what we hope for is badly thwarted, or because people make life difficult. Paul, writing to the Philippians from prison, certainly knew what it was like to have plans interrupted. But he maintains robust confidence in God's overruling power, even when everything seems to be going wrong. In Paul’s Letter to the Philippians, we will learn from Paul the art of seeing God's purposes working out through problems and difficulties and will deepen our own confidence in God's power.
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