epulse: December 4, 2009

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Lessons and Carols Services

Hear the Christmas story told through music and scripture in our Lessons and Carols worship services, and please invite your friends! (There will be no 8:15am service, only 9am and 11am.) The morning will also include a unique display of Nativity scenes in Fellowship Hall. If you have a special or unique nativity scene you would like to display, please email nancy.harvey@secondpres.info.

2PC Television Broadcasts Disrupted

Second Pres learned in late November that the community cable channel on which the worship services are broadcast (20) on Sunday afternoon and Monday evenings is likely to be going off the air soon, if it has not already. This potential disruption is very disappointing, as the television ministry provides a vital link to many in the congregation who are home-bound.  It is also a good ministry to those in the community who might be considering 2PC as a church home, or who watch services rather than attend any church.

The staff is working hard to make sure that this ministry continues in the event that the channel does go off the air in two ways. First, other broadcast options are being researched in order to budget in 2010 for what is likely to be a much more expensive proposal on another channel. Second, technical director, Pete Davitt, has been working hard on developing the church's capability to live stream the worship services on the church website (www.secondpres.info). While this latter option will be very helpful for the tech-savvy generations, it is a poor substitute for TV for the generations who find the web more challenging to navigate, so a television broadcast option remains crucial to develop. You can continue to find video recordings of the sermons at both www.secondpres.info and www.youtube.com/secondpres.

Everyone's Invited

Christmas Memorial Poinsettias For Sale (Going on Now)
It's time again to place an order for Christmas poinsettias. If you would like to honor someone's memory with a poinsettia, order cards are located at the Welcome Center and front desk. Poinsettias will be displayed in the Sanctuary for the Christmas Eve services. The order deadline is Sunday, December 13 and the suggested donation is $10. Please contact Terri with questions at 828.6297 or terri.thede@secondpres.info.

Community Outreach Dinner (12/6)
Community Outreach Dinner (COD) is a monthly tradition at 2PC. It is designed to bring the entire 2PC family together and is a great time to invite new people to 2PC! Dinner is served from 11am-1pm in F100A. Tickets are $6 (available at the Welcome Center or front desk) and $2 of the cost is used to fund tickets for 2PC's community partners. There is also a $22 maximum cost for families.

Pastors' Open House (12/6)
Enjoy a meet and greet with fellow 2PCers and get to know the 2PC pastors. Andrea and Dean Kladder will be hosting this year's open house at 609 E. Monroe St. in Bloomington on Sunday, December 6 from 2-5pm. The Kladders' home is 4 blocks east of the church and parking is available in the 2PC lot. A shuttle will run between 2PC and the Kladder home.

2009 IWU Christmas Choral Concert (12/6)
The Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music will present its annual Christmas Choral Concert Sunday, December 6 at Holy Trinity Church at 3pm. (Located at 704 N. Main St. in Bloomington.) The program will feature the IWU Collegiate Choir, University Choir, and Chamber Singers, conducted by Scott Ferguson and Brian Russell. The concert will also feature guest choir, the Wheaton Warrenville Chamber Madrigal Choir conducted by Gordon Krauspe. Ticket prices are $10 for general admission, $5 for senior citizens and IWU alumni, $2 for high school and college students. Admission is free for students 8th grade and under. Tickets are available at the door.

Christmas Eve Services (5pm, 7pm and 9pm)
All are welcome to attend-there is a service for everyone! The 5pm service is designed for families and includes carols, children's choirs, communion and a children's sermon. Childcare is available for children ages 0-2 years. The 7 and 9pm services are candelight services led by Dr. Charles B. Hardwick. These services also include performances from 2PC choirs, carols and communion. Childcare will be available at the 7pm service for children 0-5 years. No childcare will be offered at the 9pm service.

Adult Events

Advent Conspiracy Class (Dec. 6, 13 and 20)
Learn and discuss how to engage more meaningfully in the Advent season and Christmas. Worship Fully. Spend Less. Give More. Love All. This class is hosted by dot.com and Merge, but is open to all. This class will meet at 10am in the Parlor.

What You Need to Know about Accedia Class (Dec. 6, 13 and 20)
During his sabbatical, Dr. Don Crittenden traversed the unfamiliar ground of accedia, a soul-weariness and an inability to care. Come explore and find the way to care again. This class will meet at 10am in F204.

Presbyterian Women's Christmas Tea (12/9)
All the women of 2PC are invited to a Christmas Tea at Westminster Village. Please join us for entertainment (singer Rosie Hollingsworth will be featured), carols and fellowship from 1-3pm on Dec. 9. Please contact Linda Schaefer with questions at 662.2030.

JOY Program (12/11)
A Touch of Class, an acappella womens group from Illinois Wesleyan University, will entertain during this JOY program. Punch will be served at 10:30am and the program will begin at 11am. The program will be in F100A.

Youth Events

High School Christmas Party (12/13)
Get ready to experience the fun of the Advent season at the High School Christmas Party on Dec. 13. We'll meet in Grace Hall from 5-7pm for cookie decorating, tree trimming and other Christmas fun. Please email josh.erickson@secondpres.info with questions.

Powerhouse Schedule
Powerhouse will meet on Dec. 9 and Dec. 16. Please email janice.bauder@secondpres.info with any questions.

Commissioning Class (Begins January 10)
The Commissioning (confirmation) Class at 2PC is open to all 8th graders, and provides students with a faith formation experience that will allow them to be adult participants in the mission of the church. The end of the class is the beginning of the students' status as “commissioned” members of the church who are called to share the heart of Christ in the heart of the community wherever they go. A 2010 Commissioning Class Schedule and Details are available in a .pdf file on the website. Please email janice.bauder@secondpres.info with further questions.

Kids' Events

Kids of the Kingdom Schedule
Kids OK will meet on Dec. 9 and Dec. 16. Please email miranda.frank@secondpres.info with any questions.

Wanted

Clad Tidings Donations
2PC's donated clothing supplies for Clad Tidings are in need of replenishing. 2PC is in serious need of Large, XL and 2XL winter coats for men. We also need jeans and boots for men of any size.

Your Pictures
We want to use your pictures for the January sermon series, Creation, The Kingdom. The first sermon will be on Genesis 1:1-23. We would like to use your photos to showcase beauty and the creation story. Please email photos to arcadia.kust@secondpres.info or bring your pictures to the church. (These will be scanned and returned to you, so please make sure photos include return information.) Please email judy.webb@secondpres.info with further questions.