Dec 1, 2019
Advent Wreath Making
Join us on the first Sunday in Advent for this favorite post-Thanksgiving activity. We will be making Advent Wreaths in Smith Hall during the Christian Education Hour at 10 am. Adults and children welcome. There will be no Sunday School on this day.
Nov 26, 2019
Deacons
The Board of Deacons usually meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 pm in the Westcott Room except in July, and December.
Nov 25, 2019
Candlelighters
Our Candlelighter’s women’s group meets on the fourth Monday of the month at 7 PM in the Westcott Room. Our topics of discussion range from Bible studies to the intersection of spirituality and contemporary issues. Please join us. For additional information on this month’s discussion, contact Rev. Amy Carlson.
Nov 24, 2019
Youth Group
Our middle and high school youth group meets weekly (with a few exceptions) on Sunday afternoons from 4– 5:30 PM. Middle and high schoolers meet at the same time, but have separate tracks alternating between “holy conversations” and recreational activities followed by a shared dinner. Youth from First English Lutheran have joined Second’s youth this year, and the meeting locations vary between the two churches. Questions? Contact Rev. Amy Carlson at acarlson@secondpresby.org.
Nov 20, 2019
Mission Book Group
We meet monthly to read and discuss a range of books, both fiction and non-fiction, that expand our understanding of the human experience as lived by many different kinds of people. We generally meet on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 pm in the Westcott Room. Contact Rev. Jenn DiFrancesco for information on this month’s book.
Oct 27, 2019
Fall Festival
On Sunday, October 27, we will worship together as a congregation during a single 10 am worship service and then celebrate the season with a Fall Festival including trunk-or-treating, food trucks, and musical entertainment by our own Liz Sesler-Beckman’s Jazz Caravan band. You are invited to decorate their trunks with a spook-tacular theme, bring lots of candy, and enjoy a day of good old fashioned ghoulish fun! We can’t wait to see some creative car trunks decked out in the…
Oct 27, 2019
Single 10 AM Worship Service
This Sunday we will hold a single worship service at 10 am in the Sanctuary followed by our annual Trunk-or-Treat Halloween event.
Oct 20, 2019
Youth Group
Our middle and high school youth group meets weekly (with a few exceptions) on Sunday afternoons from 4– 5:30 PM. Middle and high schoolers meet at the same time, but have separate tracks alternating between “holy conversations” and recreational activities followed by a shared dinner. Youth from First English Lutheran have joined Second’s youth this year, and the meeting locations vary between the two churches. Questions? Contact Rev. Amy Carlson at acarlson@secondpresby.org.
Oct 13, 2019
Adult Seminar: Reinhold Niebuhr
America’s Greatest Theologian, His Impact and Relevance for Today—Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) If he was alive today, we would be hearing much from Reinhold Niebuhr. He did not hold back his thoughts on religion and politics. The author of the “Serenity Prayer”, a piece he scribbled out for worship at Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit, where he served from 1915-1928, was not always as ‘serene’ as this pastoral prayer indicates. Reinhold Niebuhr became the most influential American theologian of the twentieth…
Oct 6, 2019
World Communion Sunday
Rev. Mary Ann McKibbon Dana, author of God Improv and the Art of Living, will be our guest preacher at both services for World Communion Sunday. She will also lead the adult seminar at 10 AM.