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The last few years a group of men have gathered before work on Friday mornings to discuss books like Faith Unraveled by Rachel Held Evans, The Reason for God by Tim Keller, and Love Wins by Rob Bell. If you would be interested in being part of a group meeting on Fridays (time up for consideration) please reach out to Pastor Cress.
Contact: Rev. Cress Darwin
Join a group of women for meaningful conversation each week. We choose a podcast to listen to (or an article to read) each week to inform our Wednesday evening discussion. If you are ever unable to listen to the week's podcast, still come for the conversation. You don’t have to be a member of Second Pres to join.
Four Advent season discussions and then a break until 2022.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82022469406?pwd=MExLZWIzUUJGMk9PVlBvV1c4d3pCZz09
Meeting ID: 820 2246 9406
Passcode: 1809
Small groups are a great way to get involved, grow spiritually & build relationships. Everyone is welcome into community.
We have interest from individuals looking to lead or be involved in small groups outside of the ones arranged so far. Please email Jordyn if you would be interested in joining a morning or midday coffee shop small group/bible study for college students, parents of young children, or mixed adults on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis. We are also looking for people interested in a movie discussion small group. And if you are interested in leading something specific or have a group ready to get started please let us know so we can help get the word out.
Small groups starting after Labor Day include:
Women's Podcast Group Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. (Mary Driver, Brittany Jones)
Thursday Night Bible Study Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. (Amy King)
Men's Group Friday mornings at 6:00 a.m. (Aled Pritchard)
Intergenerational Women’s Bible Study monthly (Lucie Medbery, Sally Walker)
The usual in-person Wednesday Night Women’s Bible Study is TBA (Sue Henderson, Mia Maness)
The Thursday evening mixed adult Bible study group will meet beginning March 11th at 7:30 p.m. to start a new nine-week study.
“In this nine-lesson study, Lynn Miller revives lament as a proper theological response to the difficult situations of our world. One of the foundational points of the study is that, in scripture, lament usually leads to hope. After crying out to God, the one who laments remembers God. And while that doesn’t fix things in the moment—the injustice, the loss still exists—the lamenter is strengthened to face the world and to hope. And for us as Christians, hope is not just an emotional response or an attitude of pie in the sky. Hope implies movement: both God’s inherent movement toward justice and our movement toward God. Recovering lament may be one of the church’s most timely gifts to the world.”
Theocademy study Expanding the Narrative: Women & the Reformation
“In this nine-lesson study, Lynn Miller revives lament as a proper theological response to the difficult situations of our world. One of the foundational points of the study is that, in scripture, lament usually leads to hope. After crying out to God, the one who laments remembers God. And while that doesn’t fix things in the moment—the injustice, the loss still exists—the lamenter is strengthened to face the world and to hope. And for us as Christians, hope is not just an emotional response or an attitude of pie in the sky. Hope implies movement: both God’s inherent movement toward justice and our movement toward God. Recovering lament may be one of the church’s most timely gifts to the world.”
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/81439601260?pwd=S2krUGlaV1lTZlptc2YxTjkzaGFpUT09
Meeting ID: 814 3960 1260
Passcode: 181914
Theocademy study Expanding the Narrative: Women & the Reformation
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89962423808?pwd=eVEwZHoxZjRTejJTUlhsOUhDMHJkdz09
Meeting ID: 899 6242 3808
Passcode: 706814
Defined: Who God Says You Are by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick
Wednesday Night Women’s Bible Study Wednesdays | 6:30pm
Women’s Podcast Small Group Wednesdays | 8pm
Mixed Adult Small Group Thursdays | 7:30pm
Men’s Small Group Friday Mornings | 6am
Children & Families Small Group Sundays | 9:00 a.m. starting January 31, 2021
Youth Small Group Sundays | 7:00 p.m. starting January 31, 2021
Slow down and enjoy the build up to the fullness of the Christmas season together by getting into community. Join a weekly Advent devotional small group for the four weeks leading up to Christmas. Each week is stand-alone, so while it will be nice to attend all four devotionals, please join as many weeks as you can. Journey into Advent this year with friends new and old.
This is one of two multi-generational adult Advent small group opportunities.
Join the Sunday morning Advent small group at 9:30 a.m. with Robbie Staubes and Jordyn Pritchard. Everyone is welcome! Journey into Advent this year with friends new and old.
The call will start at 9:30 a.m. with music so that everyone has time to join and gets a chance to slow down and be present before the group devotional, discussion, and candle lighting. Have your Advent candles ready if you’d like to follow along and light your candles at home.
Join Zoom Meeting Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m.: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88347807241?pwd=QTdCUXlaNy90UjlpUi9ySDhLMi9ldz09
Meeting ID: 883 4780 7241
Passcode: 002497
This is one of two multi-generational adult Advent small group opportunities.
Join the Monday evening Advent small group at 7pm with Robbie Staubes and Jordyn Pritchard. Everyone is welcome! Journey into Advent this year with friends new and old.
The call will start at 7:00 p.m. with music so that everyone has time to join and gets a chance to slow down and be present before the group devotional, discussion, and candle lighting. Have your Advent candles ready if you’d like to follow along and light your candles at home.
Join Zoom Meeting Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m.: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85954852497?pwd=Q2VZL2doSXVFRkdDbUhxNENUQ3JKUT09
Meeting ID: 859 5485 2497
Passcode: 490778
Children and families meet the four Sunday mornings of Advent at 9:00 a.m. for half an hour of fellowship, devotionals, and advent crafts. The group is working through the In Light & Darkness devotional packet and coloring and assembling the advent wreath coloring sheets. Bring your coffee and sit down as a family to catch up with and get to know other families at church.
Join Zoom Meeting Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m.: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78903910479?pwd=ZGVMZXNTekpIRm5pbkYzNnM3cTdQZz09
Meeting ID: 789 0391 0479
Passcode: hYP77N
Youth are invited to come together for an advent small group Sundays at 7pm with Domonique German. The group is working through the In Light & Darkness devotional packet.
Join Zoom Meeting Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m.: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82646544452?pwd=NDRZMDlwZjB1NFVlQXpkWThPZmpnQT09
Meeting ID: 826 4654 4452
Passcode: 063951
Please contact Jordyn if you need any help signing up.
Craving meaningful conversation?
Looking for closer community in this time of distance?
Feeling compelled to engage the word with a community of believers?
Join a small group! Small groups are the best way to get involved, grow spiritually and build relationships. This is a great way for members, new and old, to join together, get to know one another better and grow in the ways of Jesus.
New small groups will be starting soon. The first group study will be on the book A Hunger for Healing, The Twelve Steps as a Classic Model for Christian Spiritual Growth by J. Kenneth Miller.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ADVENT DEVOTIONAL SMALL GROUPS HERE.
Small groups are the best way to get involved, grow spiritually and build relationships. This is a great way for members, new and old, and friends to join together, get to know one another better and grow in the ways of Jesus.
Different small groups meet at different times throughout the week. Groups will be engaging but small enough to be manageable if you'd like to meet via Zoom or safely in person. If you’re interested in joining a small group please let us know by submitting the form below.
Spring and summer are busy times of the year! Spring brings a lot of time spent outside with family and friends and a whole new schedule of sports. Families begin to wrap up the school year with final projects, testing and a whole long to-do list full of things. There’s spring break trips and plans, Easter egg hunts, end of the year cookouts and the travels begin. As your family begins to make travel plans this spring and summer, would you consider taking a special guest with you on your adventures? Whether they are local, near or far, consider taking this someone special with you. Let “Flat Jesus” be a part of all your fun!
What is “Flat Jesus?”
FLAT JESUS was created as a way to keep our church connected as we approach the travel seasons of spring and summer.
Here’s how “Flat Jesus” works:
Print out Flat Jesus, color him in, and take of picture of him wherever you go. You’ll love taking FLAT JESUS out to dinner with you, on Spring Break, to the beach, to hang with your grandchildren, and when you meet new friends all over town! It’s an amazing adventure. Take FLAT JESUS with you and see what happens.
How to create your very own Flat Jesus:
1. Print out the template - on heavy cardstock paper if possible.
2. Be creative! Decorate Flat Jesus. Think about what, if anything, his robe should say. What color and type of hair does your Flat Jesus have? Any accessories?
3. Make one for yourself and one for a friend!
4. Place a reminder on the back of your Flat Jesus on how and where to send pictures of your Flat Jesus’ adventures. Send pictures to Miss Liv (olivia.cappelmann@2ndpc.org)
5. If you have access to a laminating machine, laminate your Flat Jesus. This way if he attempts to walk on water he’ll be protected!
6. Take your Flat Jesus everywhere with you and take lots of pictures and then share them with us.
7. Talk with family and friends about what you and Flat Jesus experienced.
There are lots of things happening here at Second that Flat Jesus would love to be a part of, too. Wednesday night suppers and studies wrap up on April 25th with the “Second Annual Talent Show.” We hope that you will join us for a night of fun, food and fellowship with your church family. Three of our high school youth will be traveling to Montreat Youth Conference the week of June 10th-16th. We will also take a group of middle school youth to the Montreat Middle School Conference at Maryville College July 18th-22nd.
Have you marked your calendars for Vacation Bible School yet? It is June 24th-28th from 5:30-8:00 every night and we need you! There are lots of ways to be involved in VBS and we cannot do it without you. If you have any questions about how to get involved or register your child for VBS please give Liv a call or send her an email.
