Church guide

Second Congregational Church invites you to a special St. Patrick's Day Celtic Music Worship Service Sunday March 17th @ 10:30am.

175th Anniversary Christmas Fair @ Second Congregational Church-607 South Main Street-Brewer, ME-next Saturday November 17th 9:00am to 3:00pm. Come in and join in our celebration of 175 years remembering the past and looking to the future. Homemade Baked Goods, Homemade Candies, MAINE CRAFTERS, Knit Goods, Attic Treasures, Jewelry and so much more. The Lunch Room will be serving our delicious homemade Fish Chowder and Corn Chowder, with warm biscuits, along with beverages and desserts. Raffle Tickets for a Christmas Tree filled with a variety of local gift certificates over $400.00+ value. Looking forward to seeing you all.

Updating our church service hours. Starting September 9th our Adult Bible Study will begin at 9:15 am and Church Worship Service goes back to 10:30am. Sunday September 16th our Youth Sunday School will start up for the church year and will begin at 9:15am to 10:15am. We welcome back our Youth Sunday School and would love to see some new youth join. Hope everyone has had a wonderful summer. God Bless.

Come join in on our 175th Anniversary Celebration. June 23rd, starting with an Open House @ 1:00pm. Free inside summer picnic from 4:30pm - 6:30pm. Concert "Classic Christian Music" with Ciprian Droma (Romanian Bass-Baritone) begins at 7:00p.m.

REMINDER TO ALL SECOND CHURCH FAMILY. Remember that next Sunday November 5th, 2017 we turn the CLOCKS BACK. So Pastor said, if you get here early and no one is here, be sure to leave the lights on. God Bless and See You Next Sunday.

SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH " CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS" CRAFT FAIR AND BAKE SALE, Saturday November 11th, 9:00am to 3:00pm. Lots of Homemade Baked Goods, Canned Goods, Candy Room. Local Crafters, Thanksgiving Basket Raffle, American Girl Doll-Silent Auction, Luncheon Available to Include: Fish Chowder and Biscuits, Beef Soup, Gluten Free Vegetable Soup, Gluten Free Bread, Desserts, Doughnuts and Coffee for sale for those early shoppers. Looking forward to seeing you all on November 11th.

Second Congregational Church Hours will change next Sunday September 10th. Both our children and adult bible Sunday school will begin at 9:15am. Our worship service will begin at 10:30am. We welcome all to our Sunday school classes and Worship Service. Immediately after worship service we have a wonderful fellowship coffee hour. Come join us in learning and sharing the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and sharing in wonderful fellowship. May God Bless you all and we hope to see you.

YARD AND BAKE SALE SATURDAY JUNE 17TH 9:00AM TO 3:00PM. AT SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 607 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BREWER . LOTS OF HOME BAKED GOODS. YARD SALE WILL HAVE CLOTHING, HOME DECOR, DISHES, SMALL KITCHEN APPLIANCES AND SO MUCH MORE. WE WILL ALSO HAVE STEAMED HOT DOGS AND DRINKS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FOR LUNCH. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL ON SATURDAY.

Upcoming Church Services and Events Palm Sunday Worship Service April 9th @ 10:30am Maundy Thursday Service @ 7:00pm April 13th Easter Sunday April 16th: Potluck Breakfast @ 8:00am and our Easter Worship Service will be at 9:30am. Please come join us as we worship and celebrate our Lord Jesus Christ. HE LIVES, YES INDEED HE LIVES

Sunday January 22, 2017 we will be having our Annual Meeting. We want all voting members to be sure to attend. We will have a potluck luncheon after church and the meeting will begin at 12:45 p.m. The meeting is open to our entire church family and we encourage all to stay. Hope to see you all next Sunday. So please bring a potluck dish of your choice and join in on a wonderful gathering with not only Great Fellowship but Great Food.

Message from Pastor Reynolds: PEACE! This is the word the Sunday School children will be using in our worship this Sunday. PEACE is what our world is desiring so badly. Take a trip around the world in your thinking today, remember where your missionary friends are serving the Lord and see if the word PEACE just might be needed where they serve our Lord Jesus Christ. Countries around the world are seeking peace, our states, cities, towns, schools-you name it even churches are looking for peace. I believe that PEACE was first found in the Garden of Eden where God placed Adam and Eve, where He came down to commune with them in the cool of the evening. Both God and man looked forward to this until one day the serpent (Gen 3) beguiled man and from that time on that fellowship went missing, Adam and Eve went into hiding. We find God asking the first question recorded in the Word of God, "Adam, where are you"? God today still asks this question of every living being. God wants fellowship with the man He has created. You see, when Satan got through with his divisive plan, mankind lost that PEACE. A trip through the scriptures shows no peace in book after book. In the prophet Isaiah there is the promise of the coming of the Prince of Peace but centuries roll by without this becoming a reality. But there were a few Godly Jewish folk who kept this promise alive when the world as such had long given up on this event ever becoming reality. Matthew and Luke give this account of the coming of the Prince of Peace. The message of the New Testament is that Jesus is the giver of PEACE today. It can only be found in Him. I expect that here in our church we will be singing the song "Let there be peace on earth and let it begin in me". That's the key, folks! We have to first find this peace for ourselves. Jesus offers it to each one. What have you done with God's beloved Son? To be at PEACE yourself means that this Prince of PEACE is living within your heart today. "Nuff said!

Message from Pastor: This Sunday November 27th is the first Sunday in Advent. The word Advent means "coming" or "appearing" relating to Jesus Christ. This Sunday's key word is HOPE. We hear and use this word every day in many ways. We live in a world of hope: better job, or a job, better health... you name it, mankind seems to always have hope somewhere in their everyday living. The HOPE that I am addressing is a spiritual hope. I think it started way back in the garden of Eden in Genesis 3:14-17 when God promised Satan that Eve's offspring would be his demise. All through the years Israel lived in the HOPE of Messiah's coming to redeem fallen mankind. Isaiah tells us of a child being born (9:6-7) and several other prophets of Israel kept this hope alive through the centuries of Hebrew history. Israel was always hoping their Redeemer would soon appear. The last chapter in the Old Testament bears out that blessed HOPE. It is in Matthew's account and later on in Luke that the birth of Jesus is revealed to us. We find a precious few in the Jewish world awaiting it however. Sometimes HOPE wavers, right? But spiritual HOPE never does because God never changes! A promise from the Lord Almighty is an eternal promise that mankind can accept and rely upon forever as well. A trip through our Bible and through our hymnals will find that word HOPE over and over again. It is a wonderful word and we need to hide that word in our hearts forever. Now, what we have been talking about thus far is Christ's first Advent. That's what Christmas is all about. We in the church world talk about Jesus second Advent. Here again we use that wonderful word HOPE! He has made a promise to every one trusting in His name and redemptive power that we shall be with Him forever. That is the HOPE of the church today. We proudly present Christ Jesus as our Lord and Savior and soon coming King. Do you have this HOPE, dear reader? It's offered to you by the author Himself. Reach out in faith and accept it. If you have done this, then tell me about it so I can show you still more wonders found within His HOLY WORD. We here at Second Congregational want you to know what HOPE is all about. Consider coming and growing with us.

Fri 10:51am Message from Pastor Reynolds: How quickly 2016 is winding down. Here at 2nd Congregational Church, our sanctuary will be sporting holiday decorations for Advent season. Next week Thanksgiving will be celebrated . A lot has happened in our world this past year. As mentioned previously, many people are angry, marching and mouthing! Wondering just where and how do we fit in here. What can we do? Someone has said it summed up in 2 words...STOP IT! Let's look at Thanksgiving and Christmas both look to God and thank Him for His love and faithfulness. Thanksgiving began in a small manner after the colony at Plymouth, MA had buried half their numbers following a severe winter and disease. These pilgrims along with a few Indians thanked God together for bringing them through many severe trials. They found God to be faithfully watching over them with a caring, nurturing spirit. Survivors in this new world ! Christmas: again God GIVING to mankind, the greatest gift that one could ever receive-His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. His humble birth made the angels rejoice "peace on earth, goodwill to man". It seems to this Pastor that we should rejoice with the angels and receive His Son and the blessings of everyday life. Let's look to Him and thank Him for America and stop despising one another. Do you call yourself a Christian? I do. Then you and I are only beggars here telling one another where the Bread of Life is. Let's have a blessed Thanksgiving and a joyous Christmas!

Congratulations to the winner our Thanksgiving Basket Raffle Winner "Jo-Ann Macomber". And many thanks to everyone who helped make this years Heavenly Christmas Craft Fair such a huge success.

SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH HOSTS IT ANNUAL FAIR : "A Heavenly Christmas" Craft Fair and Bake Sale, Saturday November 12th, 9:00am to 3:00pm. Local Crafters, Church Knit Goods, Jewelry Table, Homemade Baked Goods and Canned Preserves, Candy Room, Attic Treasurers and much, much more. Luncheon available to include Fish and Corn Chowder with biscuits, Steamed Hot Dogs with chips, Cookies, Coffee, Tea, Punch. We will also be featuring our "THANKSGIVING BASKET RAFFLE", and it gets bigger and bigger each year. Hope to see you all.

BAKED BEAN AND CASSEROLE SUPPER - Saturday October 29th starting at 5:00pm. Please come join us for our Annual Baked Bean Supper -- We Are Handicap Accessible with our newly installed lift--Lots of great baked beans, hot dogs, rolls, lots and lots of homemade casseroles and lets not forget those "Wicked Good Homemade Pies". Hope to see you here for a wonderful meal and great fellowship....

Sunday School Brewer School Community Project: We would like to thank everyone who came and supported our Brewer School Fund Raiser. It was very successful and we our excited about being able to present a nice check to the Brewer Schools Teachers for needed supplies.