5 North 5th Street, Richmond, Va. 23219 804-649-9148
Join us for worship on Sunday, Jan 19, at 11:00am. The Rev. Dr. Taylor Lewis Guthrie Hartman will preach on 1 Corinthians 12:1-11.
Gather after worship in the Chapel. The deacons will offer tasty treats, coffee, and tea.
Fair trade coffee, tea, and hot chocolate will be sold!
CHURCH School for All Ages will begin again on January 19, 2025
YOUTH (6th through 12th grade) • Join Andrew, Annabelle, and Briana in the Youth Suite for waffles, bible study, and conversation.
CHILDREN (4 years old to 5th grade) • Head to the Music Room at 9:30 for joyful experiential music time with Ms. Ellie. Pick up at the Children’s Church School Room at 10:45 after bible stories and activities with Ms. Mukshah, Ms. Jakline, and Ms. Lajune.
INFANTS to 3 years old • the nursery is open and staffed from 9:30a–12:15p. Ms. Cheryl and Ms. Dakota are looking forward to seeing you!
ADULTS • Forum Class OR Faith and Literature Class OR Adult Bible Study • 9:30am
Forum Class
Course Title: I’ve Been Meaning to Ask…
–with The Rev. Dr. Taylor Lewis Guthrie Hartman | Sundays, 9:30am, Dining Room
Sunday | Jan 19, 2025
I’ve been meaning to ask...where does it hurt?
• 1 Samuel 1:1-18 (Hannah’s pain)
• Mark 5:21-43 (The healing of the hemorrhaging woman and Jarius’s daughter)
• This week’s question implies that all of us have known pain and suffering. In order to cultivate connection, we must first get curious about the pain others carry and the pain we carry ourselves.
Sunday | Jan 26, 2025
I’ve been meaning to ask...what do you need?
• Job 2:11-13 (Job’s friends come to comfort him)
• 2 Timothy 4:9-18 (Paul’s final instructions to Timothy)
• This week’s question recognizes that we all have needs and that we need each other. It reminds us that we each have unique needs; we can’t assume to know what is best for others. It also prompts us to reflect on our own needs, priorities, and desires, which can sometimes be difficult to discern from one situation to the next.
Sunday | Feb 2, 2025
I’ve been meaning to ask...where do we go from here?
• Ruth 1:1-22 (Ruth and Naomi become chosen family
• Acts 10 (Peter, Cornelius, and the Gentiles)
• This final question is not meant to be the end of the journey; instead, it creates openness to explore together what is next. It is contextual, designed for individuals, families, churches, and communities to discern how to move forward into something new.
Faith and Literature Class
Year-Long Offering | Sundays at 9:30am | Hybrid—Virginia Building Rm. 308 & Zoom
Faith & Lit, please join The Rev. Dr. Taylor Lewis Guthrie Hartman in the dining room for her scripture based class this month, entitled, “I’ve been meaning to ask…”
Sunday Morning Bible Study
Year-Long Offering | Sundays at 9:30am
Adult bible, please join The Rev. Dr. Taylor Lewis Guthrie Hartman in the dining room for her scripture based class this month, entitled, “I’ve been meaning to ask…”
Second Presbyterian Church, PC(USA), Richmond, Virginia
is a dynamic, downtown, historic church, with a huge heart for mission to the city and into the world. We welcome all whom God calls into life, worship, work and leadership in this church without regard to gender, cultural heritage, skin color, socio-economic status, gender identity, sexual orientation or other life circumstances.
We are a Matthew 25 Church -
Being a Matthew 25 church means that we are actively engaged in the following ministries:
· Building congregational vitality by challenging people and congregations to deepen their faith and get actively and joyfully engaged with their community and the world.
· Dismantling structural racism by advocating and acting to break down the systems, practices and thinking that underlie discrimination, bias, prejudice and oppression of people of color.
· Eradicating systemic poverty by working to change laws, policies, plans and structures in our society that perpetuate economic exploitation of people who are poor.
Want to know more? Learn more here: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/matthew-25/become-a-matthew-25-church/
Here’s an amazing video about the Matthew 25 Movement in the PC(USA): https://vimeo.com/810187911
We are committed to being an Earth Care Congregation and have taken this pledge:
Peace and justice is God’s plan for all creation. The earth and all creation are God’s. God calls us to be careful, humble stewards of this earth, and to protect and restore it for its own sake, and for the future use and enjoyment of the human family. As God offers all people the special gift of peace through Jesus Christ, and through Christ reconciles all to God, we are called to deal justly with one another and the earth. These commitments will affect our worship, education, facilities, and outreach.
