Check your email inbox on Sunday

for the LIVESTREAM link

or will visit our website,

www.2ndpres.org,

and click the "Sunday Livestream"

button on the home page.

We use The Wired Word – a weekly topical lesson that applies the Bible to “stories ripped from the headlines.”

Join us! Sundays, 9:30 a.m., The Barbour Room

Contact Dick Dodson (rtdodson52@gmail.com)

if you would like to be added to the weekly topic email list.

Pragmatic Presbyterians is a group of members and friends following Jesus and serving him among Knoxville residents who are experiencing the impacts of poverty.

Did you know? To help homeless individuals and address housing instability, the city of Knoxville and Knox County are teaming up to form a new office that will offer solutions to one of the region's biggest challenges. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs announced the creation of the Knoxville-Knox County Office of Housing Stability on April 24th. The new office aims to make homelessness "rare, brief, and non-recurring". Recognizing that no single agency has all the needed resources to accomplish that aim, partnerships are planned with local government, nonprofits, people with lived experience of homelessness, businesses, faith communities, and philanthropies.

Pragmatic Presbyterians will meet at 7 PM on Wednesdays May 24th in the Barbour Room. Zoom is available for interested people who cannot attend in person. Please contact Kathy Duggan (kduggan55@gmail.com) or Janis Smith (smithjb1@gmail.com) for more information or if you would like to attend via Zoom.

Women's Conference at Montreat is August 11-13. It is sure to be a wonderful time of fellowship, learning, and worship. If you are interested in learning more about the conference and those leading worship, bible study, etc., follow this link: https://montreat.org/events/wc-2023. If you are interested in attending, please let Pastor Sarah know by May 31st.

DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS LIST CHANGES MONTHLY TO REFLECT CURRENT NEEDS?

Feel free to contact Bonnie in the office at 865.523.2189 or bsmith@2ndpres.org if you would like to drop off items at the church.

This month (MAY), the FISH Pantry mission is in special need of the following household and personal items:

DISH SOAP

SHAMPOO

DEODORANT

LARGE ZIPLOC BAGS

Our once-a-month FISH team receives phone call requests for food and these additional items; they are sorted, packed, and delivered to each client's household.

All donations should be newly purchased; any quantities would be greatly appreciated.

WE ASK YOU TO NOT DONATE FOOD

(only pet food).

Thank you for your incredible generosity!

The Family of Ann Payne, Janis Smith, Leslie Testerman, Jerry Young,

Arlys Milligan, Beverli White, and Brice Gilmer.

On the Pastoral Care page of our website, we will share more specific updates regarding those on our prayer list. It will be updated frequently by the church staff.

Please get in touch with the Church Office with prayer concerns to be listed in the weekly email or bulletin (mvillalta@2ndpres.org, 865.523.2189)

Names remain on the prayer list for 4 weeks unless requested by the individual or a close family member of the individual to keep them on longer.