Sunday Worship
 
         Sunday worship will occur the Sundays during Lent at 9:30 a.m.  We hope you will be with us in person; however, Sunday services will also be live streamed as usual for those unable to attend in person. 
 
Mondays during Lent - Bishop’s Lenten Series
 
         Bishop Wright has prepared a five-part Lenten Series for churches in our Diocese. There will be a video and a study guide e-mailed to you from St. Simon’s on Monday mornings during Lent. 
        
The series is entitled, “Jesus Makes the Difference”. 

• Week 1. The Difference Between Jesus and the Devil | 
             Matthew 4:1-11
• Week 2. Jesus and the Different Kingdom | John 3:1-17
• Week 3. Jesus and the Different Water | John 4:5-42
• Week 4. Seeing Like Jesus Makes the Difference | John 9:1-41
• Week 5. Jesus and the Difference Between Life and Death |
           John 11:1-45

Tuesdays during Lent - Parishioners’ Reflections
         Reflections written by St. Simon’s parishioners will be e-mailed on Tuesday mornings during Lent.
 
Wednesdays at Noon - Mini-Concert and Noonday Prayer
 
         Area musicians will join us at noon on Wednesdays for fifteen-minute mini-concerts followed by Noonday Prayer. Those who attend are also invited to bring a sack lunch and join us in Barnes Hall afterwards for conversation and fellowship.  These concerts will be live streamed on our YouTube channel.
 
March 1 - Nick Johns - Organ and Piano
March 8 - Tim Young - Organ
March 15 - Allison Melton - Mezzo Soprano
March 22 - Becky Ramsey and Alice Walker - Organ and Piano
March 29 - Theresa Hamm-Smith - Soprano
 
Fridays during Lent - Stations of the Cross
 
         Lay-Led Stations of the Cross will take place on Fridays at 1 p.m. in the nave.
 
Lent in a Bag
 
         On the first Sunday of Lent, we will have a bag of ordinary items for you to use in your family or private meditations during Lent. An instruction sheet will be included so that you will know the meaning of each item and have some questions to guide your meditations.
 
Let’s Feed our Neighbors
 
RER
         It is time to line our hallways again with grocery bags of food for Rockdale Emergency Relief Foodbank. RER’s Executive Director, Sandra Jackson-Lett will be with us on March 26 and we want to send her home with scores of bags full of food needed in our community. Currently, the foodbank needs spaghetti sauce, spaghetti pasta, canned chicken, chili, beef stew, mac & cheese, canned tomatoes, canned sweet peas, grits, oatmeal, cereal and jelly.
 
Atlanta Food Bank
 
         Lace up your running or walking shoes and join St. Simon’s team for the 39th Annual Hunger Walk Run on March 12, 2023 in Atlanta. Can’t run or walk?  That’s okay.  You can write a check to support our team. Proceeds go to the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Checks should be made out to St. Simon’s and the memo line should read “Hunger Walk Run”.