Fire damage repairs have begun this week. Many thanks to our general contractor Russell Smith and the Bell Tower Committee (Rob McCready, chair, Pat Mellen, Brad Milner, and Rev. Cress Darwin, ex-officio member) and Patterson Smith of the Finance Committee.

The Steeple Fund grew as an initiative out of the Mixed Adults Sunday School Class at the end of 2019 to repair the stucco and paint the bell tower. Funds were raised and cleaning began in February 2020 and the project has since come to span a global pandemic and a lightning strike.

Since the bell tower was struck by lightning April 19, 2020, the scope of the project grew exponentially to include close work with our insurance company, the city, the Fire Marshall and all the permitting and contractor specifics required before work could commence. We are grateful for the continued progress, the long work of the committee and we recognize God's grace along the way. Thankfully, insurance will cover repairs sustained from the lightning strike and fire and many members of the congregation and community have given to support the Steeple Fund along the way.

Second Presbyterian is doing the work we are called to do, work that includes being stewards of this particular house of God, and the beautiful sanctuary where we get to come together to worship. If you would like to contribute toward the preservation of Second Presbyterian Church, PCUSA's Historic Site #1, and the many ways in which God is working through this particular place, please donate to the Bell Tower Steeple Fund online, in the offering plate, or deliver your donations to the church office.

Read more about the history of the building here.

Click here and sign into Realm and go directly to the Steeple Fund.

Check on the progress of the Steeple Project here.