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caring for one another, growing in our ministries, and reaching beyond ourselves.

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July 22, 2015 Issue No. 6

200th Anniversary Kick-Off Thursday, July 30 - 7:00 p.m. (Sanctuary)

You have been hearing much so far in 2015 about our 200th anniversary as a congregation. We will begin our celebration on Thursday July 30 (the charter date of our congregation in 1815) with a special “historic” worship service at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary.

The evening will include congregational hymns that were favorites in our nation in 1815 and selected readings from sermons by Reverend James McChord, the founding pastor of our church. Invite your family and friends!!

200th Anniversary Celebration

Sunday, August 30

200th Anniversary Celebration will be held Sunday, August 30. Invite your family and friends and don’t miss out on this great event!

8:30 a.m. Worship Service

10:00 a.m. Procession from Market St. site 10:30 a.m. Dedicate KY Historic Marker 11:00 a.m. Worship Service 12:00 noon Lunch in Fellowship Hall

Menu: Baked Ham, Tossed Salad, Potato Casserole, Grilled Summer Vegetables, Rolls, Anniversary Cake Suggested Donation: $12.50/adult; $7/children under 11; $30/family max- RSVP on our website (www.2preslex.org).

What follows is some wise counsel to reflect upon as we enjoy the summer and find ourselves sitting on a beach, staring at mountains, working in a garden or waiting to tee off at the golf course.

All of life would become prayer

If we knew how to listen to God, if we know how to look around us, our whole life would become prayer. For it unfolds under God’s eyes and no part of it must be lived without being freely offered to him.

At first we communicate with God through words, which may be dispensed with later one. Let us then make use of spoken prayers, but soon discard words, as one does the peelings of a fruit. Words are only a means.

However, the silent prayer which has moved beyond words must always spring from everyday life, for everyday life is the raw material of prayer.

(Prayers—Michael Quoist)

Blessings, Dan

We still have several hammered aluminum ornaments (see below) bearing an engraving of the church with its dates 1815-2015 for sale ($20 each).

The proceeds will help cover the cost of commissioning an anthem written to celebrate Second Church’s 200th Anniversary.

Call the church office (254-7768) if you’d like to purchase one of these special ornaments!

200TH ANNIVERSARY ORNAMENTS

SECOND SHARING . . . , Preaching Schedule, Habitat for Humanity House, 200th Anniversary Ornaments PAGE 2

July 26: Dan Hans

July 30: Special 200th Anniversary Service

(Thursday - 7:00 p.m. - see page 1)

August 2: Dan Hans

August 9: Dan Hans

August 16: Erin Rouse

August 23: Sara Benedetti

August 30: Dan Hans

As soon as the rain finally stopped, the concrete was poured! Second Presbyterian Church is partnering with 6 other local churches on a new Habitat for Humanity house for Julia Escobar de Carnas located at 710 Florida St. Julia moved to Lexington from California to be closer to her family and works at Eastern State Hospital. Her son and his family live down the street and are also recipients of a HFH home.

Second Church is responsible for $20,000 toward the house. To date we have collected $17,320. If you’d like to donate to this project, please send checks payable to Second Church, 460 East Main St., Lexington, KY 40507 and write

“Habitat House” on the memo line . We need to have all gifts received by our

August 30 anniversary kick-off.

$17,320

$20,000

SECOND SHARING . . . 2015 VBS PAGE 3

Our 2015 “Everest” Vacation Bible School was a HUGE success this year with a total of 43 children participating. Over the course of the week, the children learned how to conqueror challenges with God’s mighty power! Through our VBS mission project, the children collected 242 items for God’s pantry. The CMC would like to say a special thank you to all of our families who participated and our army of 39 volunteers who generously gave of their time and talents to make VBS another wonderful success.

Jennie Boyd, Charlotte Boyd, Eleanor Boyd, Kathleen Boyd, Amy Crittenden, Rebecca DeHoag, Jim Drahovzal, Becky Drahovzal, Jackie Graves, Leslie Hager, Sandra Harrison, Jami Hart, Hayli Hart, Kristan Lenning, Mary McGaha, Trey Mesta, Joy Oakley, Maddie Oakley, Jennifer Parker, Ann Pedersen, Andrew Pedersen, Isabel Pedersen, Brenda Penn, Jim Rogers, Cathy Rogers, Abby Rogers, Lucy Rogers, Jimmy Rogers, Erin Rouse, Mark Sanders, Caroline Scott, Callie Stempa, Eden Stempa, Betsy Strong, Matthew Thornton, Kevin Wallace, Madison Wallace, Rachel Wallace and Jacob Wallace

SECOND SHARING . . . July Birthday, SPY (Youth Events), Young Adult/Families Cookout PAGE 4

Fall Cookout for Young Adults

and Young Families (20’s & 30’s)

Fall Cookout for Young Adults and Young Families (20’s & 30’s) will be held on Saturday, August 29th at 5:00pm at Del and Martha Renfroe's house

(3401 Bellefonte Dr). For more information or to RSVP, contact Martha Renfroe dwilk11@gmail.com) or Sara Benedetti (sarab@2preslex.org).

JULY BIRTHDAYS

1 Caroline Shane

2 Meg Williams

3 Kristan Lenning, Fon Rogers

4 Alan Richardson

5 Dick Shore, Zach Ehlert 6 Roberta James, Julio Sason, Eddie Mesta

7 Evelyn Cornish

8 Ray Kleine, Barbara Sanders

9 Will Chewning

10 Carolyn Cholak, Sam Croucher, George Woolwine, Vinko Simic, Brian Rickerd, Betsy Campbell

12 Katie Williams

13 Audrey Conley, Dawn Railey, Vanessa Wells-Gray

14 Barbara Rahenkamp, Brent Clay, John Greene, Roseleen Brown, Lindsay Milward

15 Leigh Buckley, Tracy McIntosh, Amy Crittenden

16 Susan Hammond, Paul McLaughlin

18 Pete Atkeson, Amy Palmer 19 Lois Ricketts

20 Caroline Baesler 21 Tony Stallard, Julia Shane

22 Seth Hancock, Scott Roth, Cooper Sawyer 23 Gary Leslie, John Hamilton, Megan Giles,

Michael Robinson, Zachary Robinson

24 Pat Wilson

25 Carol Ann White, Dwight Carpenter, Madison Carbary

26 Ina Carpenter, Linda Watt 27 Hal Keller, Jeanette Vassil, Dorothy Swope,

Stojanka Simic

28 Una Blaiklock, Jerry Richardson, Charlie Wilkinson, Melanie Kilpatrick

29 Henriette Ngog, Mackenzie Leachman, Tom Barker, Chase Brieske

30 Tom Lingeman, Jim Lyon, Sharon Mattmiller, John Copeland

31 Suzanne Irwin

SECOND PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH (SPY)

Hope your summer is filled with fun and fellowship. Below are upcoming events. Look for details in my Weekly SPY updates.

• Youth Group Pool Party will be August 2nd from 4:00-7:00 at the Thornton’s House (3753 Salisbury Dr). ALL YOUTH 6th grade and up (including just graduated seniors) are invited. There will be swimming, games, and food! If your last name is A-L, bring a side to share, M-Z bring a dessert.

• Kings Island Trip is August 6th. Open to ALL YOUTH rising 6th grade and up. (2015 graduates are welcome to come). Cost is $40 plus approx. $15 for lunch in the park. We will be leaving the church parking lot at 8:30am and returning by 7:00pm (Second will cover the

cost of dinner on the way home). We will be joined by youth from Maxwell Street and Christ Church Cathedral, so SPACE IS LIMITED!! Registration deadline is July 30th, but sign up soon to make sure you get a spot! Registration forms can be found on the youth page of our church website.

• Youth Group Kick-Off is August 23rd - 5:00-7:00 pm We have moved to Shillito Park, and will be at Shelter #3. All youth 6th

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12th grade and their families are invited to join us for food, games, and fun!!

• Youth Sunday School will begin September 13th at 9:45. We have great things planned for this year, so come check it out!

SECOND SHARING . . . Members News, VBS Thank You, Back to School Supplies PAGE 5

MEMBER NEWS

Congratulations to Carson Evans and Janet Schwartz on their wedding in our sanctuary on July 11th.

Congratulations to Blair Coffman and Tyler Martin on their wedding in our sanctuary on July 18th.

Sympathy to Gerry McGee on the death of her husband, John.

Sympathy to Cathy Rogers on the death of her aunt.

Sympathy to Barbara Childers on the death of her father.

Sympathy to Lana Morrice on the death of her mother.

Sympathy to Carol Ann White on the death of her brother.

Sympathy to the family of Peggy Payne who died on July 16. A memorial service will be held at Second on Saturday, August 1 at 11:00 a.m., with a reception to follow.

Although it seems that the school year was just over, it will soon be time for classes to resume! Would you remember the children of Westminster Village as you do back to school shopping? We anticipate that we will be helping 95 to 115 children get ready for Back to School!

Items may be placed in the blue bins marked “Westminster Village” located in the Gathering Place by Sunday, August 2nd. Supplies will be distributed at Westminster by the Community Resource Team on August 7th. If they are received later than this, they will still be utilized . . . thank you!

School Supplies

Pencils (for Primary)

Notebook Paper (wide rule)

Pencils (Ticonderoga)

Packs of big pink erasers

Mechanical pencils

Pencil top erasers

Colored pencils

Backpacks (Large) Pencil sharpeners (with tops)

Dividers for 3 ring binders

Large bottles hand sanitizer

Glue sticks, bottle glue

24 count Crayons (erasable)

Composition books

Spiral notebooks (single, 3 & 5 subject) Cloth pencil pouches for 3 ring binders

Plastic pencil boxes (large size) Graph paper

Highlighters

3 ring binders, (1” & 2”)

Flexible 1” binders

Fiskar scissors (Junior & Safety)

Dry erase markers

Plastic folders with prongs

Plastic folders w/o prongs

Plastic folder with holes, pockets

Accordion type folders

Washable markers (wide & fine point) Regular markers (wide & fine point)

Paper towels

Protractors

Compasses

Rulers

For personal care bags

Tooth Paste

Full size boxes of Kleenex

Tooth Brushes

Shampoo

Antiperspirant (Women’s)

Antiperspirant (Men’s)

BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING FOR WESTMINSTER VILLAGE

THANK YOU VBS DONATIONS

SECOND SHARING . . . Justice Ministry, For The Health Of It, Deacon’s Lunchy, PAGE 6

FOR THE HEALTH OF IT JUSTICE MINISTRY UPDATE

“Get Out to Get Lunch”

Second Church is now using the church bus to gather up members who don’t get out as much

anymore for a quick lunch. Sometime in August (date and time to be determined) we will be going to

Cracker Barrel to enjoy some good Southern cuisine and have some much needed fellowship in the

ambience of an old-fashioned general store. We will include a stop at the church so that members who

haven’t been able to get to church have an opportunity to see our redesigned sanctuary.

If you know of any members who might be interested in or could benefit from this program,

contact our parish nurse Jackie Graves (jacqgraves@live.com or call the church office at 254-

7768). Also let her know if you or someone you know might be interested in serving as a chaperone for

this event; this is a great opportunity to help our members reconnect with the church and with each

other.

I will send down showers in season, there will

be showers of blessings. Ezekiel 34:26

I recently ran across a quote from

Rev. Rick Warren from 2013:

"There is a verse in the Bible that

says that Jesus went into every

village preaching, teaching, and

healing. I say that preaching is

evangelism; teaching is education; and healing is

health care. Jesus didn't only care about getting

people into heaven. He cared about spirit, mind, and

body. To me health care isn't only about getting the

sick well but helping the well not to get sick."

This is the essence of Parish Nursing and what a rare,

wonderful privilege to follow Jesus's example in the

role of your Parish Nurse with a congregation I love

dearly. Thank you to all who prepared my

reception, came to my reception, sent cards, left

messages, and shared their lives with me.

Blessings upon blessings. . . .

Jackie Graves, Parish Nurse

....and what does the Lord require of you but to DO justice, and to love kindness and to walk

humbly with your God. Micah 6:8

The 13th year of BUILD (Building a United Interfaith Lexington through Direct Action) kicks-off will be held Monday, September 14 with Team Leaders from 27 congregations ready to host their House Meetings. Last year, more than 500 gatherings were held within our community. At our (Fredda & Bill, Bobbie B., Catherine H., Jim D., and Judy M.) House Meetings, we will discuss what it means to live out God's call to Do Justice, share our concerns and hopes for Lexington, and how we can play a vital role in shaping our community to be more like a city of God.

If you feel "something needs to be done" about educational disparities within our schools, widespread drug abuse, elder care issues, economic injustice, lack of access to mental health needs, etc., your opportunity to share what really matters to you will be heard. Your participation helps BUILD identify an area of common concern for further research (to get to the root of the problem). We are looking forward to inviting you to our homes for these meetings. See you soon! ****************** Greater Lexington CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) Hunger Walk will be held Sunday, September 27 at 3:00 p.m beginning at Second. Sign up on Sundays September 13 and 20.

SECOND SHARING . . . Calendar, Bible Studies and More, Ecumenical Preschool Open Enrollment PAGE 7

CHURCH CALENDAR

���� Women’s Saturday Discussion Women's Saturday discussion group meet each Saturday at 9:00 a.m. in the Gathering Place. Please join us as we discuss Small Victories by Anne Lamott Contact -Joanne Olson-Biglieri (268-

4323) for details.

����Men’s Breakfast Men’s Breakfast meets each Wednesday (6:30-7:30 a.m.) at Bob Evans we study The Wisdom Jesus. Questions? Call Shawn Caudill (219-1249).

����Prayer Shawl Ministry

We meet the third Tuesday of the month at 12:30 pm in Room 204 (August 18). If you would like a prayer shawl for a congregation member or yourself, contact our Parish Nurse, Jackie Graves (254-7768).

Saturday, July 25

9:00 a.m. Saturday Book Group (Gathering Place) 4:00 p.m. Families Picnic (Abner’s Farm) Wednesday, July 29

6:30 a.m. Men’s Breakfast (Bob Evans) Thursday, July 30

7:00 p.m. 200th Anniversary Service (Sanctuary) Saturday, August 2

9:00 a.m. Saturday Book Group (Gathering Place) Wednesday, August 5

6:30 a.m. Men’s Breakfast (Bob Evans) Saturday, August 8

9:00 a.m. Saturday Book Group (Gathering Place) Sunday, August 9

12:00 p.m. Deacons Meeting (202) Monday, August 10

4:00 p.m. Adult Ministry Meeting (Library) 5:30 p.m. Finance Comm. Meeting (204) 6:30 p.m. Worship and Music Committee (202) Wednesday, August 12 (Fayette County Schools Begin) 6:30 a.m. Men’s Breakfast (Bob Evans) Thursday, August 13

6:30 p.m. Personnel (202) Saturday, August 15

9:00 a.m. Saturday Book Group (Gathering Place) Sunday, August 16

9:30 a.m. Second History Presentation (Sanctuary) 7:00 p.m. Session (202) Tuesday, August 18

12:30 p.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry (204) Wednesday, August 19

6:30 a.m. Men’s Breakfast (Bob Evans) Thursday, August 20

7:30 p.m. Covenant Choir (Chapel) Saturday, August 22

9:00 a.m. Saturday Book Group (Gathering Place) Sunday, August 23

5:00 p.m. Youth Group Kick Off (Shillito Park) Wednesday, August 26

:30 a.m. Men’s Breakfast (Bob Evans) Thursday, August 27

7:30 p.m. Covenant Choir (Chapel) Saturday, August 29

9:00 a.m. Saturday Book Group (Gathering Place) 5:00 p.m. Young Adult/Families Cookout (Renfroes) Sunday, August 30 (200th Anniversary Kick-Off) 8:30 a.m. Worship Service

10:00 a.m. Procession from Market St. site 10:30 a.m. Dedicate KY Historic Marker 11:00 a.m. Worship Service 12:00 noon Lunch in Fellowship Hall

BIBLE STUDIES AND MORE

SECOND E-SHARING

The next issue of Second Sharing will be mailed on August 26, 2015 and emailed to those who are signed up to receive Second E-Sharing. The electronic version can be seen on our website at www.2preslex.org.

The Sunday dates below have been reserved during the 11:00 service for those of you who would like to schedule a baptism for your child:

August 2

September 20

Please contact the church office (254-7768) if you would like to discuss having a child baptized.

2015 BAPTISM DATES

ECUMENICAL PRESCHOOL OPEN ENROLLMENT

Ecumenical Preschool is beginning registration for the 2015-16 school year. We welcome all 3, 4, and 5 year olds.

Children must be potty trained and 3 years old before October 1. Contact Director, C a r o l i n e Sco t t ( 254-7768 o r cmcscott1@gmail.com) for more information or visit our website for registration forms (www.2preslex.org).

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ANNUAL FAMILIES PICNIC

What: Annual Families Picnic When: This Saturday, July 25 Time: 4:00 - 9:00 PM

Where: Lee and Susan Abner’s Farm 1830 Jacks Creek Pike, Lexington

Activities: Swimming, Fishing, Volleyball, Basketball, and a Bonfire

What to bring: Fishing Gear (*bait will be provided), lawn chair, swim suit.. Please indicate if you are going to fish so that

the proper amount of bait can be available.

Food: The church will supply fried chicken (drinks will be provided) Last name letters ending in A-M are to bring a side dish Last name letters ending in N-Z are to bring a dessert

Call the church office (254-7768) by Friday

at noon to sign up.