October 1, 2021
Join us in person or virtually for our Sunday Worship Service at 11:00 a.m. To watch: 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. There will be pre-filled, self-serve communion cups available to pick up as you enter the sanctuary. Gluten free cups are also available.

If you are worshipping with us at home, cups are available in the vestibule
Monday through Thursday.
As of September 30th, we are in PHASE ORANGE.
The Peace & Global Witness Offering offers light to those in the shadows and guides us all into the ways of peace. We come together to promote the peace of Christ by addressing injustice in our own communities around the world.

25% of this offering stays with our congregation to support peacemaking and reconciliation in our own community.

25% of this offering will go to the Presbytery of East Tennessee to support peacemaking work in our region.

50% of this Offering supports the work for peace and reconciliation being done by the Presbyterian Church USA.

The Peace & Global Witness Offering will be received
THIS COMING SUNDAY,
October 3rd.

Checks can also be mailed to the church office with 'Peace & Global Witness' on the memo line.
Click the button below to read online, hard copies are also available in the vestibule and narthex!
The Preschool of 2nd Presbyterian Church is collecting individually wrapped candy for their trick or treating event for the preschool families. Please place any donations of candy in the box outside the church office door (M-Th 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.).

Candy is needed by Sunday, 10/24.
Please no nuts or peanut butter.
Pick up your free passes to Greek Fest this Sunday!
Passes are located on the long table in the atrium!
Wednesday Night Bible Study will continue this
Wednesday, October 6th.

If we are in Covid Phase Red, there will be no dinner and the class will take place virtually on Zoom until we return to Orange. The Zoom link is below, and you will also receive an email on Wednesday morning with the link and the current week's discussion questions.
 
If we are in 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.

Dinner (if Phase Orange): 6:00 p.m.
Bible Study: 6:30 p.m.
 
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.
The Second Readers Book Club would love to welcome new members! We will read The Keeper of Lost Things for our October 13th gathering. 

Attendees are asked to bring their lunch. 

The time and location 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!
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.
Pick up your
September-October
Upper Room Devotional
in the vestibule
(Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)!
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 Charlotte Klieman, Fran McLean, Marianne Thuesen, Alex & Phyllis Robinson, David & Jean Frazier, 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.