Second Presbyterian Church
June 5, 2020
While we are not able to worship together in person, we are worshiping together virtually! Join us on Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. for worship by clicking the tab above, or clicking on the "Sunday Live stream" button on the home page of our website,  www.2ndpres.org .

Also - if you click the blue button above you will be able to download the worship order so you can follow along at home!
This Sunday is Virtual Youth Sunday ! Holly Grimm reached out this week and said our young people wanted to participate in the worship service virtually. So this week our 5 young people have recorded different parts of the worship service and will be leading us in worship. Thank you to Henry Casey, Dale Henley, Neal Henley, Sydney Jones, and Lily Reynolds for staying connected, and to Holly for putting it all together!
 
This Sunday is also communion Sunday! So please have some bread or crackers, and some juice or wine nearby to celebrate the sacrament during Sunday morning’s live stream.
Following the Assurance of God's Love, we will pass the peace by texting one another. Choose a fellow church member, family member, friend, relative, or loved one, have their number ready to go, and send them a text that says, “May the peace of Christ be with you!"
Friends and family are invited to come to the “Virtual Celebration of Nettie Downen” following the graveside service on Saturday, June 6 th . The celebration will happen at 2:00 p.m. EDT in the comfort of your own home via Zoom.

For a Zoom link to the celebration please send an email to  nettiedownen1@gmail.com .

An in-person funeral service and celebration of life will happen at the church at a later date due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Join us after Worship for a Virtual Coffee Hour!

Continuing this Sunday, we will be having a virtual coffee hour immediately following worship. A Zoom link will be sent out in the same email with the worship link on Sunday morning. Following worship just click the link to join your brothers and sisters from 2 nd  Presbyterian for a time of fellowship. It’s BYOC and there’s no meeting agenda, no Bible study – just hanging out together and chatting about worship, life, whatever! You can stay and visit as long as you like, or leave after just saying hey. We hope this will be a good way to have virtual fellowship until we can have the real thing.
Check out this photo of the summer planting of flowers at the Entrance Memorial Garden on May 1st. Planters are: Mary Helen Gager, Bill Tapp, Sydney Jones, and Angela Jones. Photo provided by John Butler.
Do you or any of your family members need a mask for wearing out and about?

Jan Barber has been making and passing out masks and is willing to make YOU one too!

Please contact her at 765-0437 or  jbarber@2ndpres.org   to put in your request. 

Let her know how many adults and/or small children sizes you need and arrangements will be made for delivery. Colors and styles may vary depending on fabric available. 
Hello, church friends. I am Liz Peebles your traveling book lady during this social distancing period. I don’t know about you, but I am tired of being at home. I am offering to fill book/media wants and deliver them to your homes (porch) and pick them back up when you are finished. I can social distance in my car. I will be wiping the books and media down with alcohol before you receive them and after I retrieve them. 
 
Here is a taste of what our church library has to offer. In the DVD category I suggest the original PBS Anne of Green Gables, Faith Like Potatoes (a story of love and hope), I Can Only Imagine, Chariots of Fire, God’s Not Dead, Woodlawn The True Story, The Hiding Place (the story of a family that fought the Nazi madness with the only weapon they had – love), Heaven is for Real, Where the Red Fern Grows I & II, Fireproof, the PBS production of Our Town, featuring Paul Newman, Won’t You be my Neighbor, Grandma Gatewood’s Walk, Christy, Luther starring Joseph Fiennes, Gospels of Matthew and John enacted using the exact words from our Bible, also Acts Parts 1&2 also enacted using the exact words of the Bible. I also have several Veggie Tales.
 
Some books of light interest: The Maise Dobbs mysteries (9 books), Out to Pasture but Not Over the Hill by Effie Wilder, The Cherry Holler trilogy by Adrianna Trigiani (features Knoxville), Snapshot by Lis Wiehl based on real events and a photo taken by Lis’ own G-man father, Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler, books by Patricia Sprinkle (highly recommended), Alexander McCall Smith’s series centering around a dog (Corduroy) and other fun characters.
 
On a more serious note are The Collaborator of Bethlehem by former Middle East bureau chief Matt Rees and The Trial by Robert Whitlow. Becoming Mrs. Lewis is a novel about the wife of C. S. Lewis. There is a fun read about the Von Trapp family and also a devotional by Maria Von Trapp.
 
If you have any other requests, I will try to fill it. The library has a wonderful selection of children’s books. Just let me know a special interest.

In addition to books from the library , I have books not yet entered into the system. There is a complete set of Alan Furst’s books about ordinary people in different parts of Europe during World War II. Neal has donated these and they are excellent reading for both men and women.

Other donated books of interest are The Runaway Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini, Rainwater by Sandra Brown, Somebody Loves You by Helen Steiner Rice in an easy to read edition, two Sister Mary Helen mysteries, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik, Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts, and The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman.

Neal and I watched again “Chariots of Fire,” a movie about the 1924 Olympics and two outstanding runners from Britain, one a Christian and the other a Jew. The music by Vangelis, winner of the Academy Award for best sound track, is so exciting. The movie won Best Movie back in its day.

Remember, I will keep these books clean. Please contact Liz directly at 865-247-4503 or 865-660-9597 .
Join Dick Dodson this week for the Faith, Science, and the Future class by phone conference on Sunday morning! 

Protesters Want Police Held Accountable in George Floyd Death

A video of a handcuffed black man named George Floyd pleading for air, while a white police officer kneeled on his neck, has horrified people around the world. Floyd died during this encounter, leading to the arrest of the police officer and protests over the excessive force so often directed by law enforcement toward black men in America. Because justice is central to the Christian faith, holding people accountable for violent and racist actions will be the topic of this installment of  The Wired Word .

THIS INVITATION IS OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE! 

Instructions to access the class are below:   
 
Start time:  9:30 a.m.
 
Phone number to call:  712-775-8972 . Callers are asked to enter a conference code – it is  179021 .
 
Please be advised that this is a long distance call , for any who might be using a home phone with long distance charges. 
We update our blog several times a week during our hiatus from in-person activities. It may be a devotion, an interesting story, something uplifting, something silly, or anything else that we think might be helpful. You will continue to get an email alerting you whenever a new blog post is uploaded.

The address is  2ndpresknox.blogpsot.com  - or you can just click the link next to the picture above. 
We are continuing our Wednesday night Bible study on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 p.m., via Zoom. 

We are currently studying the Bible itself. We will conclude our study this week by looking at the questions, "How Do I Study a Bible Passage?" and "Which Bible Should I Buy?" We hope you can join us.

We will send out an email on Wednesday with a link to join. We also record the study and post it to our website each week, along with a PDF of the PowerPoint, for those who can't join us live. All of these studies are currently available under the "Publications" tab on the home page of our website.

This is a great way for all of us to check in with one another, share joys and concerns and other prayer requests, join in Bible study, and have discussion together. 

We hope that you will plan on joining us on Wednesday nights at 6:00 p.m.
With the recent passing of Nettie Downen, several folks have asked for her daughters addresses. So here is their contact information for anyone who may be interested in reaching out to them as they grieve the loss of their mother.

Donna Downen
209 Whitefield Lane
Maryville, TN 37804
865-320-4151

Jenny (Wallace) Downen Greene
415 Center St
Hershey, PA 17003
717-579-4786
Prayer List:

Please keep Rev. Al Pierson, the Downen Family, the Callaway family, Ed Carver, Patricia and Geoffrey Kennedy, Frances Johnson, Mary Johnson, Brice Gilmer, Betty McCollum, Emily Rose, Dee Snyder, and Jennifer Levy-Tatum in your prayers. 
 
Please contact the Church Office (523.2189 or ajohnson@2ndpres.org) with prayer concerns to be listed in the weekly email or bulletin.