September 3, 2021
Join us virtually for our Sunday Worship Service at 11:00 a.m. To watch virtually: click the button above or visit our website, www.2ndpres.org, and click the "Sunday Live stream" button on the home page.

We will also email an active link on Sunday morning.

Also - if you click the gray button above you will be able to download the worship order so you can follow along at home!
This Sunday is communion Sunday.
We will celebrate communion virtually.

Have some bread or crackers and some juice or wine on hand for Sunday morning. If you don’t have those things, whatever you have available as a substitute is fine.

Self-contained communion cups are always available in the
vestibule of the church
Monday through Thursday.

We look forward to gathering with you (virtually) around the Lord’s Table!
At its stated meeting on August 17th, 2021, the Session of 2nd Presbyterian Church implemented the following Covid Precaution Phases. The congregation will be informed if/when we move to a different phase. 

As of September 2nd, we are still in PHASE RED.

Covid Precaution Phases:

Each phase is tied to the 7-Day Average Covid-19 Percent Positive Test data as reported by the Knox County Health Department. (Currently being reported on Tuesday and Thursday.) If the data necessitates a move into a different phase, an email notification will be sent to the congregation and the website will be updated to indicate the current phase. Additionally, signs will be posted on the doors of the building and the information will be repeated in the Friday E-News. The precautions associated with each phase will be displayed on the home page of the website.
The staff of the church will be
off on Monday, September 6th for Labor Day.
All calls and emails will be returned on Tuesday.
There is a new blog post up from Pastor Tim, click the button below to check it out!
The Faith, Science & the Future Sunday School class will meet via phone conference only this week. All are welcome to participate!

Start time: 9:45 a.m.
Phone number to call: 712-775-8972
Conference code: 179021

*Please be advised this is a long distance call for any who
might be using a home phone with long distance charges.
Congratulations to Mary Kay Sullivan!
Wednesday Night Bible Study will resume this
Wednesday, Sept. 8th at 6:30 p.m.

If we are still in Covid Phase Red, there will be no dinner and the class will take place virtually until we return to Orange. We are going to try a new virtual interface for this that will not require you to download anything to your computer. As long as you have the ability to access the internet you will be able to participate. You will receive an email with instructions on Wednesday morning if you are on our email list.
 
Once we have returned to Covid Phase Orange, the Bible Study will be in-person with a Zoom option for those who wish to join from home. We will also gather for dinner at 6:00 p.m. during Covid Phase Orange, but a prepared meal will not be served. Instead, we invite those who desire to gather for dinner with each person/family providing their own “brown bag” dinner.
 
This fall we will be studying The Kingdom Parables of Jesus, those parables in which Jesus says, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like…” The format will be lecture/small group discussion. Pastor Tim will review the story for 20 minutes or so then we will break into small groups for discussion questions together. The makeup of each group will change from week to week and the discussion questions will be provided.
Food & Friends will resume when we return to Covid Phase Orange.

Food & Friends is a fellowship ministry to college students and young adults that provides a free lunch following worship. While in Covid Phase Orange we will gather in the Fellowship Hall for a catered meal. Once we reach Covid Phase Yellow we will return to visiting a local restaurant each week.

Hosts for Food & Friends are needed each week to arrange for the meal.
If you are interested in serving as a host this fall, please contact Patricia Kennedy (patricia.w.kennedy@gmail.com). 
School Coupon Books to benefit West View School will be on sale September 9th through September 29th!

  • Books cost $10.00 each and $8.50 of that amount may be kept by the school.
  • The money raised by book sales is used for technology, “Good Rewards” (each teacher can determine how to use these to encourage good behavior, better participation skills, better grades, etc.) and additional school supplies.

Sandra Butler will be taking orders! Contact her directly at
865-584-4397, 659-4416 (cell) or sandyb446@comcast.net. 
The Second Readers Book Club would love to welcome new members! We will read The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules, for our September 8th gathering and The Keeper of Lost Things for our October 13th gathering. 

The September meeting is currently scheduled to be be held at noon in the Mary Chambers Room if we return to Covid Phase Orange by that time.

Attendees are asked to bring their lunch. 

The time for our October meeting will be announced at a later date.

Call Margaret Sullivan at 865-588-3103 if you have any questions about Second Readers!
The September-October Upper Room Devotionals are now available!

Copies can be found in the vestibule.
Some of our local nursing homes and assisted living facilities have shut down again due to Covid-19.

Be on guard and call before visiting anyone who may be in a facility to get the latest updates.
Additional Volunteers Needed!

We are trying to finalize our fall volunteer schedule and are still needing 2 people willing to be in our nursery on a 6-week rotation. We are also in need of 1 person to help teach Kindergarten-5th grade Sunday school once a month. If you are interested, please contact Holly Grimm at hgrimm@2ndpres.org or 865-243-6353.
If you like to shop, the Fish Pantry mission is in need of the following household and personal items:

-Dish Soap
-Bath Soap
-Shampoo
-Toothpaste
-Deodorant
-Toilet Paper

Our once-a-month Fish team receives phone call requests for food and these additional items; then they are sorted, packed, and delivered to each client's household.

All donations should be newly purchased, and any quantities would be greatly appreciated.

They can be dropped off into the “Fish” bin that sits on the floor in the coat rack area just off the atrium. Thank you!
Compassionate Cuisine is a program from the Care and Compassion committee and our Cooking Teams. This group is collaborating to create a homecooked meal, and will gather safely at the church to package them into individual portions, that they will then distribute to some of our members who are living in their homes but may not be getting out and about to pick up dinner or groceries to make a home-cooked meal.

The teams would love to have your help in cooking and/or distributing meals in hopes that this ministry might be able to grow in the coming months. If you’re interested in helping by cooking a portion of one of the meals and/or would be willing to deliver some of the meals, please contact Leslie Matthews: flowlilly@gmail.com, (865) 765-0549.
On the Pastoral Care page of our website, we will share more specific updates regarding those on our prayer list. It will be updated frequently by the church staff.

Visit our website: 2ndpres.org. The page is located under the 'Members' tab.

To keep all information private, the page is password protected. Please contact Audrey at the church office (via email: ajohnson@2ndpres.org or phone: 865.523.2189) for the password.
Our Wi-Fi network is for use by anyone who visits the building.

The network is “Second Presbyterian Church” and the password is Psalm100.

Please feel free to save it as a network that connects automatically for your device.
Prayer List:

Please keep Scott Farris, the Bartlett family, Alex Robinson, and Peter Hamilton in your prayers. 
 
Please contact the Church Office (865.523.2189 or ajohnson@2ndpres.org) with prayer concerns to be listed in the weekly email or bulletin.

Names remain on the prayer list 4 weeks unless requested by the individual or a close family member of the individual to keep them on longer.