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PAGE 18, DECEMBER 15, 2008, THE ISLANDER
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This season of Advent is a time of
searching our heart for the real reason
for this time of great joy. I have been
thinking that perhaps the financial cri
sis many are now facing can be forcing
us to recognize how really out of control
gift giving has become at this time of
year. We can get so frantic in finding
the right gift for each name on our list
that we don't take time to just listen to
the music - smell the scents of spices -
taste the sweets from the oven - be still
and let God's peace fill our hearts with
love. Less shopping means more time
for feeling the joy of HIS birth.
Frederica Baptist Church
extends sympathy to Todd Carlson and
family in the death of his father.
Caroline Tobler is welcomed as new
Financial Assistant at Wesley United
Methodist Church at Frederica.
Christmas Eve services will be a Fam
ily and Children Service at 4 and a Tra
ditional Service at 6 p.m. with Candle
light and Communion at both services.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church will
have Christmas Eve services at 4 p.m.
with a Children's Program and at 10:30
p.m. with the Adult Choir.
St. Simons United Method
ist Church extends sympathy to the
friends and family of Jo Dean Looney.
Flowers were placed in Glyndale
Baptist Church in memory of Mar
garet Herrera by Chuck and Snowie
Herrera.
Arco United Methodist Church
Patty Gibson
will have Christmas Eve Communion
Service at 5:30 p.m. Rev. John Farmer
filled the pulpit last week as Brother
George and Cora traveled to Tennessee
due to the death of her sister.
The Sanctuary Choir of Calvary
Baptist Church will present "Hope
Has Hands" on December 21 at 6 p.m.
Sympathy is expressed to Rev Randy
Smith and family and Ralph and Betty
Smith and family in the death of their
loved one Mr. Gerry Plant. Sympathy
is also expressed to Betty Crosby and
family in the death of her nephew
Dewayne Strickland. Miss Gabrielle
Gill, Mrs. Tina Nimmo and Joseph
Zimowski are welcomed as new mem
bers in addition to their new Pastor
and his family.
Flowers were placed on the altar
of Brunswick First United Meth
odist Church in loving memory of
Frances Tuten by Stewart, Cal, Peggy,
Elaine, Pete, grandchildren and great
grandchildren. This brings back sweet
memories for me of a precious lady who
brought joy to all who knew her.
Pine Ridge Baptist Church
extends sympathy to Andrew and
Belinda McNair in the loss of his step
brother Scott Dow. Flowers were pro
vided by Jennings and Polly Overtreet
in celebration of their 50th Wedding
Anniversary. Congratulations to the
2008 Pine Ridge Men's Open League
Softball Team for winning first place in
the championship.
St. Simons Presbyterian Church
will present the annual Live Nativity
on the front lawn Monday, December
22, at 6 and 7 p.m. Christmas Eve
Carols and Candles will be at 5:30 and
Christmas Proclamation and Commu
nion will be at 11 p.m.
St. Simons First Baptist Church
extends sympathy to Bill Dixon and
family in the loss of his son Ronald
Dixon. Christmas Eve Candlelight Ser
vice will be at 6 p.m. and will include
Gran's Gallery
Gracie Wommack, second grade
student at Mount Bethel Chris
tian Academy in Marietta, GA.,
recently donated 12 inches of
her hair to "Locks of Love." Gra
cie is the granddaughter of Carol
Warner of Sea Palms on St. Simons
Island. "Gracie decided over two
years ago to make this donation.
Her hair is so thick, the American
Cancer Society Locks of Love
coordinators think they will be
able to make two wigs for chil
dren with Gracie's hair," Grand
mother Warner remarked. A fre
quent visitor to St. Simons, Gracie
is the daughter of Dr.and Mrs.
Shay Wommack of Marietta.
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Email: ssislander@bellsouth.net
We welcome comments about your little
one, and be sure to tell us their full name,
age,names of parents, grandparents, great-
grandparents, etc., and where they live, f
The Lord's Supper and special Christ
mas music.
I close with these words from our
Christmas musical - Christmas Is
Jesus - created by Mike Speck.
Your Presence For Christmas -
words and music by Rebecca J Peck
In the busy Christmas noise - all the
lights, the bells, the toys -1 have found
YOU are the only source of comfort
and joy. When the holiday is through
- and the year is fresh and new - what
will linger are the moments spent just
worshiping you, my Lord.
Lord, I want Your presence for
Christmas. I long to feel your spirit
speaking peace to my heart. Of all the
gifts I may receive, there's only one I
really need, and it's your presence for
Christmas. □
St. Simons residents receive
Bishop Gartland service awards
St. Simons Island residents Camille
Penders and Sue Kilchenstein are the
recipients of a 2008 Bishop Gartland
Service Award from the Catholic Dio
cese of Savannah.
Penders and Kilchenstein are two
of 70 men and women who were hon
ored for the service they provide to
their parishes and their communities
in South Georgia. Savannah Bishop
J. Kevin Boland conferred the awards
during Mass for the Feast of Christ the
King at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist in Savannah on November 23.
Named for Francis X. Gartland, the
first Bishop of Savannah, the award
is given for distinguished service to
the Catholic Church in South Georgia.
The award was instituted in 2000 to
coincide with the 150th anniversary of
the Diocese of Savannah.
The gold and blue award pin com
bines elements of Bishop Gartland’s
episcopal coat of arms with elements
from the shield of the Diocese of Savan
nah. His motto, Vincit Veritas, or
“Truth conquers,” is inscribed on the
pin.
Bishop Gartland, bom in Dublin,
Ireland in 1805, was named Bishop of
the newly erected Diocese of Savannah
in July 1850. A tme missionary bishop,
he traveled the expanse of the diocese,
which at that time included all of Geor
gia and part of northern Florida.
When a yellow fever epidemic struck
the city of Savannah, he visited the
sick tirelessly, administering the sac
raments, until he, himself, contracted
the fever and died in 1854. □
Award recipient Camille Penders with John A. Kenneally Pastor of St.
William Church
John A. Kenneally Pastor of St. William Church with Award recipient
Sue Kilchenstein
