We have many volunteer opportunities at the church, and we are also involved in some volunteer activities within the Knoxville community.
“SECOND SERVE”
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN ADOPTS WEST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
By adopting this school as a small piece of Knoxville where we can love our neighbors, we will seek to fill those needs. There will be ways for each of us, young and not-so-young, to serve God by serving the children of this school.
Donation Items Needed:
- 360 large boxes of kleenex
- 180 gallon size ziploc bags (any brand)
- 450 bottles of hand sanitizer
Please bring any of these items to the church and put them in the bins at the West View school display & sign up tables.
Church Office Volunteer Opportunities:
If you are interested in volunteering in the church office there are several areas that are needing your help.
Office Assistance: We are needing a few office volunteers who are computer savy. Please see Pam or call the church if you are interested.
Newsletter help: Assist in folding and labeling the 2nd Edition newsletter and get it ready for mailing. Sometimes this is a last minute job, so let us know how best to reach you (home or cell phone). Many hands make light work for everyone!
If you have never volunteered, or never known what the church needs are this is a great time to come help out in the office. We would love to see some new faces! Training and lunch provided! To volunteer for any of these please call the church office at 523-2189.
FISH Food Pantry
The FISH team of volunteers meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month to receive emergency food requests, purchase and pack bags, and deliver food to hungry families in Knox County. There are many ways you can help this process. Contributions can be made to the FISH Fund through the church financial office or specific items can be purchased and brought to the church.
We also need additional persons to serve as deliverers in teams of two.
If you can volunteer for an hour or two between 9:00am and 1:30pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month, please call the FISH coordinator, Lynda May or Call the church office for more information.
Volunteer Ministry Center
Members of Second Presbyterian Church, as individuals or in groups (such as Sunday School classes), volunteer to prepare and serve meals twice a month at the Volunteer Ministry Center of Knoxville.
Volunteers are always needed and welcome to help with breakfast and lunch on the third Saturday of every month. The group meets at the church at 10:30am to load up the food for lunch, which is provided by the church, and take it to the VMC to be prepared and served to the homeless.
Stephen Ministry
Stephen Ministers are laypersons trained for caring ministry in and around the congregation.
Stephen Ministers provide one-to-one Christian care to the bereaved, hospitalized, terminally ill, separated, divorced, relocated, and others facing a crisis or life challenge.
Please call Joy Haralick at 573-3554 if you would like to be involved in the Stephen Ministry, or if you would like a call or visit from one of our ministers.
Music Ministry
There are many opportunities to share your love of music at Second Presbyterian:
The Worship and Music Ministry Team
When: 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 PM
Where: Fireside Room
Chancel Choir
When: Wednesdays, 7:30 PM
Where: Room 214
The Contemporary Praise and Worship Team
When: Wednesday, 7:30PM / Sunday, 8:00 AM
Where: Sanctuary
Worship Leader: Ethan Norman
J.O.Y. Singers- “Just Older Youth”
When: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 10:00 AM
Where: Room 214
Chancel Ringers
When: Wednesday, 4:45 PM
Where: Room 220
For more detailed information see the Music Ministry page.
For information about any of our music ministries, contact Randy Dill, 523-2189.
Children’s Ministry
There are many opportunities to share God’s love with our children! Please contact Heidi Shuler, to volunteer for any of these programs — 523-2189.
2nd Street:
Children’s Ministry will soon begin a new Sunday Morning experience called 2nd Street using the 252 Basics guideline as the curriculum for our elementary age students. This new curriculum will take place during the Education/Sunday School hour.
Kidzserve
We also will begin a new experience for our children who are 4 year olds – 3rd graders called KidzServe. This will take place during the hours of worship 9:20-10am and 11:20 – 12:00. (The same program will be offered at both hours) The children will go with a Stacey from the Sanctuary to the Chapel and then finish in the Large Preschool lunch room.
The purpose of KidzServe is to give the children at Second Presbyterian a hands on look at mission. By using music, a message, offering, prayer and a project that will impact the community and/or world.
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 25:34-40
. . . And the King will answer and say to them, “Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.”
CHILDREN’S CHAPEL – Sundays 11:00 AM for children up to Second Grade. The children will be dismissed during the service to go with Heidi.
Child care available for younger children in the Preschool Wing.
On Wednesday Nights – September through June Orff and Children’s Activities– Children will go to Hudson Hall around 6:15pm, then be taken to Rm. 221 for the Orff Music Program. At 7:00pm, the children will go with Heidi Shuler to Rm. 229 for for children’s activities, crafts, and games all about Jesus!
Ways We Need YOU to Serve:
Small Group Leaders - primary model, or teacher for a group of children
Greeters – greets and escorts families as they enter the classroom area
Tech Team – helps to provide audio, video and computer graphics support
Construction Team - help the transformation of the theatre set, demo. painting, etc.
Prayer Team - we need everyone to commit to praying for this exciting new Children’s Ministry.
Promotion Team - We also need everyone to help us promote this exciting new Children’s Ministry by going “off the hill and into the city”
You can make a difference in someone’s life … and your own!