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        Selected events from the Calendar:

July 1 Newsletter (pdf)
  "Be still, sense the wonder",  Summer Cinema,
   Values and Visions,  VBS report,  Youth events, 
   Blood drive,  Trustee building projects,  Sun safety,
   Small groups,  Church meals,  Women's Retreat,
   Presby conference,  Seniors Dutch Country trip, ...more
Previous Newsletters

Access Sunday:
    The Reverend Brian Cross, Founder and Pastor of
Bluegrass Deaf Mission, was our guest speaker March 22.
Rev. Cross, his wife Beth, and two sons Dave and Ethan
also participated. Mrs. Cross is the Executive Director of
the Kentucky Office for the Blind. The Bluegrass Deaf
Mission congregation has also attended the Forum
class and the 11:00 Service.

BUILD Nehemiah Action
Through participation in BUILD, Second Church seeks
to meet God’s requirement that we “do justice”-- not just
by helping the victims of injustice and misfortune, but
also by bringing about systemic change so that there
will be fewer victims. The annual Nehemiah Action was
held on Monday, March 23, at Immanuel Baptist Church
 ...more

The 2008 Annual Report -
The year in review:  "looking at the past with
gratitude, the present with determination and
the future with hope" ...more

Breakaway Retreat was
held February 13-15, 2009 at Lake Cumberland State Park: games,
music, classes, hiking, indoor pool,
meditation, fellowship, worship.
  ...more

Marriage Seminar
Pastor Dan Hans led a two-part marriage seminar -
Making Marriage Work. It met on Friday Feb. 27
and Saturday, Feb. 28,.  Subjects addressed included:
   Marriage Myths
   Marriage Pressures
   Marriage Conflicts

The Call to Post
has sounded for the 2009
Stewardship Campaign.
12 jockey silk designs illustrate
the components of our program.

Second's 10th Habitat
Build was finished in November,
2008. The first of the  previous 9 Builds was
in Charleston, S.C. in 1990  ...more

Our Spring Classes include topics for families, parents,
and young adults; a 6-week Inquirers' Class about
Presbyterians and Second; a Sunday Forum Program;
and a Wednesday Night series on "Human Sexuality"

Second Seniors Sizzling
Summer in Cincy trip in August:
art, history, theatre, an aquarium,
German food, & fellowship  ...more

Theatre with Second is in
its 23rd year. The six-show
season comes with fellowship
and food  ...more

June 3 Newsletter (pdf)
  "new staffing model, 3rd worship service, outside groups",
   Summer classes, Gospel Mass, Youth summer events,
   Burnamwood retreat,  Flood supply drive,  Malawi news,
   Father's Day,  Small groups,  Golf winners,  Sunday lunch,
   Summer safety,  Honduras medical mission, ...more
Previous Newsletters

Eileen Lindner, author of
Thus Far on the Way: Toward a
Theology of Child Advocacy
was our speaker for the 2008
Pace-Warren Lecture Series,
Dr. Lindner is a Presbyterian
Minister and a Deputy General
Secretary of the National Council
of Churches  ...more

The Ecumenical Preschool presently serves
25 children ages 3 to 5. The message of God’s love
in Christ is evident and is presented in the preschool’s
activities  ...more

Camp Burnamwood is a  wonderful place to
meet new people and grow closer to God ...more

Church School Classes
there's something here for you.

Sunday Forum Contemporary Topics & Guest speakers

Second Seniors Step Out
  - art, history, drama, food, 
sights, service...

Abraham Lincoln
Visits Second

CROP Walk See the Lexington CROP Hunger Walk Blog for 2008 Walk results. You can still Contribute online

Theatre with Second
ends the 2008-09 season
with "The Cool of the Day"

Now blooming at Second:
Hosta, Balloon Flower,
Loosestrife, Astilbe
Lily, Hydrangea
See more flowers
in the church yard.

Photos of the 2005
Habitat for Humanity Build.
Photos of all 9 Habitat Houses

Scavenging for Saints at Lexington Cemetery A stroll through history.

to the Presbyterian Women's
George Washington Sundial.

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Music Program
involves all ages.

Mission at 
Puentes de Cristo
Team's journal and photos.

Best Friends & Ecumenical Preschool Garden

2009 Congregational Art and Craft Exhibit
Six of the 36 items displayed in the exhibit

Mission Fair exhibit - one of many displays

Robins have a Hawthorne berry feast in the snow

Ice and Snow Descend on Second - Feb '09

Children's Christmas Musical - The Grumpy Sheep

Advent Workshop 2008

Fall view of Second from Thoroughbred Park

2009 Stewardship Campaign:  "Call to Post"

Costume Show at the 2008 Trunk-or-Treat
 

Second's 10^th Habitat for Humanity House: Sep-Nov '08

VBS 2008 - Rainforest Adventure

Salvation Army Honors Top Bell-Ringers at Luncheon

Members get to know Beth and Dan Hans

Winter King Hawthorn berries on a winter Sunday

Second Seniors at a Senior Lunch

"Once Upon a Night" by the Cherub and Seraph Choir

Smiles greet the Malawi Team

The Great Bible Reef VBS 2007 - Click above for photos

Commissioning service for the Malawi Team

Bach Cantata Service

Epiphany Celebration - Gifts from the Magi

Cherub and Seraph Choir: "The Christmas Story
Through the Eyes of the Friendly Beasts" - 2006

Clarion Instrumental Ensemble

Stewardship Jazz Program: "Hayward Unleashed"

Cherub & Seraph Choir sing "Children of the Lord"

Second 's Softball Team at Woodland Park

Second Seniors visit the Mayor on government tour

Rooted and Grounded in Love Education Program
Luke, Mark, John & Matthew argue genealogy

VBS - The Gospel Express at Second Station

Dancing for All Ages - Fellowship Event

The Stewardship Pops Concert with "The Staffettes"

Youth group ready for CROP Walk