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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
This event is hosted by the International African American Museum to heighten awareness, and spark conversations about the factors and dynamics at work 400 years ago that continue to shape the attitudes, beliefs, and traditions of Black congregations in SC and beyond. Meet the producers of an upcoming documentary film and engage in thought provoking discussion about ways we might constructively address events that occurred in the name of Christianity so many years ago and honor the ancestors who found powerful ways to serve their communities and make Christianity their own.
Introductions + Q&A: Rev. DeMett Jenkins & Rev. Dr. Cress Darwin
Panelists: Dr. Donald E. Green, Dr. Riggins Earl, Rev. Dr. Cleve V. Tinsley, IV, and Rev. Dr. Marquita Carmichael.
Soloist: Rosemary Griffin
Registration is required.
Drs. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, senior Lecturers and Research Scholars at Yale University and co-directors of the Forum on Religion, will focus on the intersections of religion and the environmental crisis.
The call for environmental justice for communities adversely affected by pollution and climate change is rising. At the same time ecospirituality is showing us how we are part of a living Earth community. This talk explores these growing movements in religion and ecology.
A light meal will be offered following the keynote by Ragina Scott Saunders, Soul Food Chef and founder of Destiny Community Café. Registration is required.
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
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.
Mental Health: For many women their health insurance will lapse 30-90 days postpartum or their health insurance does not include mental health benefits at all. We would like to offer ‘treatment grants’ to women for $1,000 to pay directly to support mental health treatment. A donation of any size will help with this goal!
Childcare: Women we serve have always had issues with needing childcare so that they can attend mental health appointments, and, as part of their overall care, needing childcare so that they can get a break and take care of themselves even for just a few hours to take a nap, shower, go for a walk, go to the grocery store, replete themselves so they are not irritable and frustrated with their kids/partners etc. These breaks are really important for their overall well-being and their ability to parent effectively. In the midst of the COVID-10 crisis, these issues are paramount as women are with their kids 24/7 and have no breaks and families are stressed in general and financially. Additionally there are women that are trying to work from home while having kids at home – which is incredibly stressful - or would return to work but are unable because they can’t pay for childcare unless they are working. If they could start working, they could then afford childcare. We would like to offer ‘childcare grants’ to support women in recovery from peripartum mental health problems as well as those that can return to work but need some additional help in doing so.
Funds for childcare
To attend mental health appointments (4 hours per week, at $15 per hour X 10 weeks =$600)
To replete themselves so they are better parents (8 hours per week, at $15 per hour X 10 weeks= $1,200)
Return to work part-time (20 hours per week, at $15 per hour X 10 weeks= $3,000)
Tutoring: A third area that would be really helpful during COVID-19 is to pay for virtual tutoring for kids. Kids are struggling academically and parents are having a hard time teaching. Having even a few sessions per week with a reading or math tutor could be really beneficial during this time. We would like to offer ‘tutoring grants’ to support the children of women in recovery from peripartum mental health problems.
Funds for tutors
3-5, 1 hour sessions per week for math tutoring (5 hours per week, at $20 per hour, for 8 weeks [rest of school year] = $1,200)
3-5, 1 hours sessions per week for reading tutoring (5 hours per week, at $20 per hour, for 8 weeks [rest of school year] = $1,200)
Donate diapers and other supplies via the unit’s Amazon registry here.
To support: call 843.792.0175 or email psych-events@musc.edu.
The Homeless to Hope Fund was founded in 2016 to assist homeless individuals and families in their transition to permanent housing through a network of service providers in Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Summerville, and North Charleston. The fund helps cover certain financial expenses that could be obstacles to securing housing. Additional funding supports the Navigation Center, Charleston’s only day resource center to provide support and resources for people currently living unsheltered.
The Mayors’ Commission on Homelessness and Affordable Housing established the Homeless to Hope Benefit Concert to provide annual community support for the Homeless to Hope Fund. Because this year’s concert is not possible due to coronavirus containment efforts, the event will be held as a multi-media virtual telethon to raise funds and awareness to enable more people to transition into housing during this critical time.
Because of all of the extra measures to ensure that patients stay safe with this pandemic, many of them are not able to receive any visitors at all and now they feel more isolated than ever.
Would you be willing to send something to a patient? Something small like a word puzzle book, cards, coloring book, or even a teddy bear can go a long way to just simply let them know someone out there is thinking about them.
Simply send something via their Amazon Registry.
If you would prefer to send us something directly, please send to:
MUSC Institute of Psychiatry, Jessica Carter
67 President St MSC 861
Charleston, SC 29425