Worship at second

Worship is the focal point of Christian life in community. It is the starting point for education, fellowship, and service for people of all ages. Worship is the beginning and end of our corporate Christian lives. In a corporate service of baptism we are brought into the fellowship of the Church and the finality of our lives is recognized in a service of thanksgiving and remembrance in a Christian funeral. Worship is the centerpiece of our corporate experience in faith. It is where we learn and proclaim our faith, where we sing, pray, and share our gifts from God with others. It is both the construction site and the launching area of our individual and corporate ships of faith.

Whether at nine or eleven in the morning on Sundays, as we gather to praise God we are strengthened in our lives together and nurtured in our love for God and service to one another in Christ.

On the first Sunday of June, 2010, as renovations proceed on the sanctuary, chapel, and office space, Smith Hall will become our worship home. Both the Second at Nine Service and the 11 a.m. Service for the Lord’s Day will be held there. The Second at Nine band will play, as usual, for the early service. The choir, accompanied by both a grand piano and small organ, will provide music for the later service. All of the sacraments will be observed there.

We will enter our church through the Westcott door or the sun dial door. The glass doors and all doors to both the sanctuary and chapel will remain closed for the duration of the renovations. Greeters and ushers will be on hand to guide us through the first few Sunday mornings and signs will be posted to make the way easier. Please join us as we make this temporary transition into our new worship space.

Second at Nine

Second Church welcomes you to a new vigorous and family focused worship service at 9 a.m. Sundays in Smith Hall. The music, featuring Second's 2nd@9 Band, is lively and the energy is contagious! Even the youngest members of your family will be comfortable at this service as they learn about worshipping God along will all of us. The Praise Band helps the congregation worship with a more contemporary theme, using piano, guitar, bass, and drums, along with beautifully blended voices. All of the elements of worship are practiced, and even explained to the congregation from time to time. This is a great way to teach the young and young at heart about ‘why we do what we do.' The service is short – usually forty to forty-five minutes, so you and your little ones will enjoy the time worshipping together!

Service for the Lord's Day

This traditional Christian worship service is held at 11 a.m. Sundays in Smith Hall from September through June. Whether a life long Presbyterian or a newcomer to church life, you will find this service to be both familiar and invigorating. Preparation for worship begins with a prelude (played on a small organ until our return to the sanctuary where it is played on our Casavant pipe organ). After some announcements, the Pastor calls the congregation to worship. Singing of hymns, reading of scripture, the pastor’s sermon, a time with the children and anthems from the Chancel Choir all will help you worship God in a meaningful way.