Dear Friends,
We had an exciting celebration last Sunday, April 29! Even if you
weren't able to be here, you played an important role. We tore up the mortgage! The 2PC Controller sent a message to Commerce Bank on Thursday, April 26, instructing them to pay off our mortgage balance
of $180,699. Thank you for letting your light shine!
To date, Second Pres has received $2,198,525 in response to the
Let Your Light Shine capital campaign. Your faithfulness in fulfilling your pledge is a marvelous response to the grace of God. Your pledge payments, in addition to a portion of the bequest from Laura Sullivan's estate, were designated for this campaign.
I cannot tell you how impressive it is that the mortgage was paid off early. I have pastored four churches in the past six years and 2PC's
commitment to retiring the mortgage early is almost miraculous in
the times we live in. Thanks be to God!
There are still some important steps for us to complete. When the
priorities of the Let Your Light Shine campaign were set, Session
committed any funds raised beyond the mortgage retirement goal
to support the immediate capital needs of our church campus.
Accordingly, 2PC Trustees outlined the following projects:
*Replace the Grace Hall roof and repairing its exterior;
*Repair and restore the interior space of Grace Hall;
*Capen Building demolition and parking creation;
*Restore and renew the Fellowship Hall.
The cost to complete these maintenance and improvement items will
be approximately $1,300,000. Fulfilled pledges exceeding these needs will be used to establish a capital improvements fund so we can focus annual operating resources on 2PC's ministry and mission.
A church building is a tool for ministry. It is a place that God provides
for us, in a particular location, to worship and to faithfully represent
the Gospel in this time and place. This is our place and our time. But more correctly, it is God's place and God's time; God is using us in
partnership for His purposes.
Thank you again for your generous faithful response to the needs of
Second Pres. God is at work among us. Thanks be to God!
Alleluia!
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2PC News
Sermons on YouTube
You can click on the dates below to watch that morning's sermon. April 22 April 15 April 8 April 1
Chick-fil-A Leadercast | May 4 2PC will host this world-class leadership event for the 8th year on Friday, May 4. Speaker information is here . Walk-in registration will be available for $70 on the day of the event. Broadcast live from Atlanta, Georgia, it will be seen by 125,000 people around the world. Speakers include nationally recognized leaders, including Soledad O'Brien of CNN; award winning authors Patrick Lencioni and Marcus Buckingham; Angela Ahrendts, President of Burberry Corp.; Andy Stanley of North Point Church and Tim Tebow. Another speaker is Sheena Iyengar, a visually-handicapped Harvard University professor whose choices led her to write a the book, The Art of Choosing.
Choice is the theme for this year's event. The choices you make define the person you are and will become. Your choices determine the impact you have on everyone around you, whether at home, in the workplace or your community. Plan to be inspired, encouraged and challenged. The cost for this event includes all training sessions, a continental breakfast, sit-down lunch and afternoon drinks. Contact Dr. Don Crittenden with questions about this event. 50th Anniversary Celebration | May 6
If you and your spouse will celebrate your 50th wedding anniversary sometime in 2012, you are invited to attend the 2PC celebration brunch at 10am Sunday, May 6, in the Fellowship Hall. Please RSVP to Kim Pare. Adult Education Opportunity | Beginning May 6 We find ourselves perplexed by evil in the world, natural disasters and illnesses. Dr. Don Crittenden will teach a class beginning Sunday, May 6 and concluding Sunday, May 27, entitled Jesus and the Power of Evil. It will look at Jesus' ministry in light of His battle with Satan. The class will meet in Marquis Chapel at 10:10am. 2012 Commissioning Class | May 6The 2012 2PC Commissioning Class will be welcomed into membership at the 11:11am service Sunday, May 6. A picture and favorite scripture verse for each student will be available as a Pulse insert. Along with their families, they will celebrate at a 12:15pm Sunday lunch in Grace Hall. These students have completed written work, shared their testimonies at the April Session meeting and have attended a retreat in preparation for this day. Be certain to welcome these new members! Love thy Neighbor Concert | May 6 Plan to attend Habitat for Humanity's 16th Love Thy Neighbor Choir Concert on Sunday, May 6, from 3-4:30pm at St. Patrick Church of Merna. This benefit concert for a 2PC Mission Partner will feature a Community Choir and The Sounds of Illinois Chorus. A reception will follow. Tickets will be available at the door or by calling the Habitat office at 827-3931. JOY Spring Banquet | May 11  Bill Kemp, librarian/archivist for the McLean County Museum of History, will present stories about about some curious chapters in local history, such as the life and times of Leonard "Baby" Bliss, a 500-plus pound Bloomington resident who became a nationally known bicycle showman and the 1830-31 "Winter of Deep Snow" that threatened early pioneers. The annual JOY Spring Banquet is at noon in the Fellowship Hall. The cost for this event is $6, payable at the door. Please RSVP to Kim Pare. Block Party Bake Sale | May 19 For many years, 2PC has participated in the late summer downtown Bloomington Block Party hosted to distribute school supply kits. To raise money to purchase these kits, there will be a Saturday, May 19, Bake Sale at the Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market. To donate baked goods to this event, contact Linda Schaefer at 662-2030 or Georgia Tufts at 662-9369.  Serving on Saturday (SOS) | May 19 The next Serving on Saturday (SOS) work day will be Saturday, May 19, at Western Avenue Community Center. Outside work will include painting and planting at the park across the street from the center. Please meet at 2PC at 8:30am for coffee and donuts. The team will work at WACC from 9am to noon. You may sign-up at Connection Point or contact Denny Steele, 663-6531. PW Circle Schedule | May Alice Circle | May 14, 10am | Westminster Village Lydia Circle | May 15, 10am | Renee Warren's home Sarah Circle | May 16, 9:30am | Carolyn Winterroth's home Grace Circle | May 16, 1pm | Betty Ann Zimmer's home Ruth Circle | May 17, 6pm | Sandy Groves' home Chiapas Mission Trip | June 16
A 2PC Mission team will travel to Mexico to assist at the recently completed Hands of Christ Medical Clinic. Please pray as they prepare, travel and serve the Chiapas people that week. You can also donate non-prescription reading glasses in strengths of 1.0-2.25; non-prescription sunglasses; multi-vitamins (adult, prenatal and children's chewable); toothbrushes/toothpaste (your dentist may share samples); glucometers & current unused strips (your doctor may share samples). Collection baskets are at Connection Point and the Prairie Street entrance. Contact Gretchin Cetin at 662-5441 with any questions.Pioneer Woman
Dr. Roane Deckert's powerful limestone sculpture, Pioneer Woman, has been placed at the juncture of the atrium and the new Mother/Baby Unit at Advocate BroMenn. The Advocate BroMenn Foundation will purchase the statue after they receive donations totaling $39,000 (the appraised value).
Please click here to donate by credit card or click here to donate by check, or pick up these forms and a self-addressed stamped envelope at Connection Point Sunday to mail your contribution. Once the funds are raised, the Foundation will purchase Pioneer Woman.
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Kids and Youth
 June 18-22 | Kids' Overnight Camp, grades
3-5 2011-12 school year
June 19-21 | Kids' Day Camp, grades K-2 2011-12 school year
July 23-27 | VBS, age 3 by 9.1.12 through grade 5 2012-13 school year
Registration information is available here. The Overnight and Day Camp registration deadline is May 14.
Sunday, May 6 | High School Fellowship
Sunday, May 6 | Commissioning Sunday
May 20 | Graduation Sunday
June 3 | Westminster Village pre-Chancel Choir tour concert, 7:15pm
June 24-30 | High School Mission Camp, Grand Rapids, MI ($375) Registration information is available here. July 9-14 | Jr. High Camp, Green Lake WI ($375) Registration information is available here.
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Christian Education Information10:10 - 11am Adult Christian Education Jesus and the Power of Evil led by Dr. Don Crittenden | Marquis Chapel
The Gospel of Mark led by Dr. David Webb | F100ACan We Integrate Science with Faith? led by Dr. Scott Hamilton | F201
Ephesians Bible Study led by Brian and Julie Hiles | F202
Children and Youth Preschool | Martin Hall
Elementary | Martin Hall Junior high and High School students | Waffles in Java Post at 10am Junior High Sunday School | Java Post at 10:15am Chancel Choir Rehearsal | Choir Room at 10:15am High School Sunday School | 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month from
12:12-1:30pm in Grace Hall and Java Post
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Calendar
Sunday, May 6
8:15am | Worship | Marquis Chapel
9am | Worship | Sanctuary
10am | 50th Anniversary Celebration | F100B
10:10am | Christian Education Hour
11:11am | Worship | Sanctuary
12:15pm | Commissioning Class Lunch | Grace Hall
12:15pm | High School Sunday School | M201
5pm | Restoration Church | F100A
6pm | High School Fellowship | Grace Hall
Monday, May 7
8pm | 2PC Men's Softball Game | Champion Field #4
Tuesday, May 8
6:45am | Men's Bible Study | F100C
Noon | Caring Ministry | F100C
1:30pm | Heritage Committee Work Session | M201
5pm | Evangelism Committee | F201
6pm | Adult Education | Parlor
6pm | Merge Planning Team | F205
7pm | Restoration Church Prayer Group | M201
7pm | Boy Scout Meeting | Scout Room
Wednesday, May 9
9am | Sisters | Java Post
Noon | Parish Nurses | Grace Hall
2pm | Alcoholics Anonymous| Grace Hall
5pm | Prayer Group | F203
6:30pm | Bible Study | F204
6:30pm | TESL class | M201
7pm | Men's Bible Study | F203
7:30pm | Chancel Choir | Choir Room
7:30pm | Youth Committee Meeting | F201
Thursday, May 10 9:30am | Heritage Committee | M205
4:30pm | Contemporary Band Rehearsal | Sanctuary
6pm | Restoration Church Bible Study | M201
6pm | Second Half Ministry | F100C
6pm | Mixed Boomers Small Group | Library
7pm | PW Coordinating Team | F205 Friday, May 11 6:30am | Men's Bible Study | Kep's Restaurant
9:30am | Neighborhood Bible Study
Noon | Friday Prayer Lunch | F100B
You're encouraged to learn more about 2PC's Session by stopping by the bulletin board between the sanctuary and the servery.
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