The Second Edition Book Club meets monthly on a Sunday afternoon, generally the second Sunday. Contact Fred Schuh, Carol Howe, or Peggy Pinckney for more information.
DECEMBER SELECTION:
Discussion on Sunday, December 8, 2 p.m.
Men's Small Group
Friday Morning Men’s Small Group
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
Sign up here for more information.
PREVIOUS READS:
Weekly Small Group for Young Professionals and Adults
We’re starting off 2022 with a new book, Wholehearted Faith. It’s a collection of essays that continues Rachel Held Evans’ exploration of divine love and doubt and should be a great read but also work really well even for those of us who can’t make it every week, so jump in when you can.
Join the group for a discussion of the prologue on Thursday, February 10 at 6:30 p.m. For the next few weeks we’ll meet at the church- and if it’s nice enough we can walk over to Henrietta’s or the Citrus Club or somewhere with outdoor heaters, otherwise we’ll meet up in the conference room. Check the Facebook group for meeting details. Books are available for $20, please contact Jordyn if you’d like a copy.
This is a small group for young professionals and adults to meet weekly to explore the complexities and wonders of being Christian in the world today. An inclusive and affirming space for deep discussions where you're allowed to bring what you think, feel, doubt, and fear to the table as we come to better understand the nature of God, the good news of Jesus, and the humanity of others.
Midweek “Wine & Cheese” Small Group
Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
For the winter: meeting downtown at Second Presbyterian in the conference room* or over drinks somewhere nearby if the weather allows
Looking for a Charleston small group? Everyone's welcome- no need to be at Second or even Presbyterian or anything- just join the Facebook group or email for more information. Newcomers welcome!
*Please wear a mask inside if you are not fully vaccinated or would feel more comfortable doing so. Please do not come to in-person groups or events if you are exhibiting any COVID-like symptoms, are aware of an exposure, or have been asked by a school or other institution to quarantine or isolate.
CONTACT: Amy King or Jordyn Pritchard
Monthly Community Small Group
This community small group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at Edmund’s Oast to discuss LGBTQIA issues and the Church.
Join a group to walk in the Charleston Pride parade Saturday, June 25th. All are welcome to join to “plant seeds of love” in the community. We will meet in the church parking lot at 8:30 a.m. (the parade starts at 9 a.m.). Sign up soon! Email aledpritchard@gmail.com for more information.
Inclusive Bible Study in the Park
LGBTQ+ folks, allies, and those who support the inclusivity of PC(USA) churches are invited for a new small group hosted by Second Presbyterian and open to churches across Charleston. We will enjoy fellowship, support, and studies. Meet us the first Tuesday of every month from 6-7:30p.m. in the park in front of Second Pres, with rain location under the portico on the church steps.
Everyone is welcome.
CONTACT: Jordyn Pritchard or Sarah Harbin
Please fill out the form if you’d like more information:
A New Small Group for Young Professionals and Adults
The group will resume meeting in early 2022 to read through Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans to discuss on Thursday evenings. Check the Facebook group for meeting details. Books have been ordered, please contact Jordyn if you’d like a copy.
Announcing a new group for young professionals and adults meeting weekly around Charleston to explore the complexities and wonders of being Christian in the world today. An inclusive and affirming space for deep discussions where you're allowed to bring what you think, feel, doubt, and fear to the table as we come to better understand the nature of God, the good news of Jesus, and the humanity of others.
* Midweek Wine & Cheese small group - Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. meeting at people's houses near downtown Charleston.
Everyone's welcome- no need to be at Second or even Presbyterian or anything- just join the Facebook group or email for the week’s meeting address. While COVID community transmission rates are high, we'll be meeting outdoors.
CONTACT: Amy King or Jordyn Pritchard
Women's Podcast Small Group
Sign up here to get on the group email.
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.
Please join the group’s Facebook group to keep up with updates.
Four Advent season discussions and then a break until 2022.
December 1st:
“A Thrill Of Hope: Nadia Bolz-Weber Uncovers the Unlikely Miracles of Christmas,” an episode of Jen Hatmaker’s For the Love podcast with guest Nadia Bolz-Weber
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82022469406?pwd=MExLZWIzUUJGMk9PVlBvV1c4d3pCZz09
Meeting ID: 820 2246 9406
Passcode: 1809
PREVIOUS LISTENS:
“Changing Ideologies with Jen Hatmaker,” an episode of Sharon Says So with guest Jen Hatmaker
“Can People Change?,” an episode of Kate Bowler’s podcast Everything Happens with guest Malcolm Gladwell
“Creating Space to Reflect Our Stories”, an episode of Unlocking Us with Brené Brown in conversation with Justina Blakeley
“A Traveler’s Mindset,” an episode of A Drink with a Friend.
“Spring Back Series 6- Living Proudly with Sydney Hatmaker,” an episode of Jen Hatmaker’s For the Love podcast with her daughter, Sydney, as the guest
“Leaning Into Uncertainty,” an episode of Kate Bowler’s podcast Everything Happens with guest Adam Grant
No Stupid Questions’ “How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?”
No Stupid Questions’ “Have We Lost the Ability to Compromise?”
“There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing,” an article by Adam Grant
“Leaning in to Love Others (Even When We Disagree),” an episode of For the Love with Jen Hatmaker
“Brené with Dolly Parton on Songtelling, Empathy and Shining Our Lights,” an episode of Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
“The Power of Ordinary Love,” an episode of Everything Happens with Kate Bowler with Bishop Michael Curry
“Extraordinary Empathy,” an episode of Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
“Small Steps to a Happier Life with Gretchen Rubin,” an episode of For the Love with Jen Hatmaker
”Difficult Conversations with Parents,” an episode of The Nuanced Life
“How Can We Get More Virtue and Less ‘Virtue Signaling’?,” an episode of No Stupid Questions
“Brené with Austin Channing Brown on I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness,” an episode of Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
“The Art of the Absurd” an episode of Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
2021 Small Groups
Let us know if you’re interested in being a part of a new small group.
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)
Thursday Bible Study Group
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.
Sign up to receive the Zoom link and join the weekly small group email. Contact Sarah Mitchell for more information.
Sign up here:
Into the Light, Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament presents a Biblically based approach to facing troubling times, which meets the moment as we face a year of collective grief. You can get a copy of the PW Horizons Bible Study Into the Light if you'd like, but it is not required.
This study is for anyone hoping to deepen his/her/their relationship to God through Bible study, community, and prayer. The group will be led by members on a rotating basis and is open to the community.
“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.”
Previous study:
Theocademy study Expanding the Narrative: Women & the Reformation
Source: /small-groups
Thursday Bible Study Group
Sign up here to join the group email.
The Thursday evening mixed adult Bible study group will meet again on Thursday, March 11th at 7:30 p.m. to begin a new nine-week study.
Into the Light, Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament presents a Biblically based approach to facing troubling times.
Please sign up for emails or contact Sarah Mitchell for more information.
“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
Previous study:
Theocademy study Expanding the Narrative: Women & the Reformation
Source: /small-groups
Wednesday Night Women’s Bible Study
Sign up here for more information.
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom
This group is going through the book Defined: Who God Says You Are by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick. Contact Mia or Sue for more information.
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
Source: /small-groups
2021 Small Group Zoom Links
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
Join an Advent Small Group
Sign up for an Advent Small Group!
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.
There are two Advent devotional small group opportunities for adults to choose from, as well as one for children & families, and one for youth. Click on the buttons below for the Zoom link so you can join the meeting at the designated time. Text or email Jordyn if you have any questions or need help joining your meeting.
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
Click the Zoom link button that you’d like to join. The blue ‘Join Zoom Meeting’ link will prompt you directly to the call, where you will wait momentarily to be let in from the waiting room. These will be the same sign-in links for all four weeks of Advent.
Advent Small Group Form
Please contact Jordyn if you need any help signing up.
Please text the number 81010 with the message '@2pcchurch' to sign up for church text message announcements to receive a day of text reminder.
Small Groups Starting Soon!
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.
Join a Small Group
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ADVENT DEVOTIONAL SMALL GROUPS HERE.
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, 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.
