Congratulations to Peter Soh and Anthony Ociabutor as they were installed as Deacons at today’s service

Sounds of the South Loop – May 23rd – Young, old, congregants, friends and neighbors all heard the ‘hot ,hot sounds’ of Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan on a hot Sunday afternoon…but it was  the cool, cool jazz that kept more than 150 people enthralled for an afternoon of wonderful entertainment. We welcomed dozens of first timers to the Church & concert. Thanks to all who helped make this a very successful day.

Gary, Ruth, Darlene, Margaret, Rowena & Jane still smiling  after packing corn flakes for 3 hours! Lois – not in photo – was busy weighing the packages. A good effort by everyone. Thanks!

Congratulations to Anthony & Chioma Ochiabutor on the Baptism of their daughter, Jessica. We welcome her to our Church family.

If you missed the Men’s Presbytery Pancake Breakfast last week, you missed a good meal and some good company!  We had a pretty good turn out even with the snow showers.  And from the looks of the pictures, I would say the customers were happy!

Don’t worry if you feel guilty. You are forgiven   Just join us this Sunday at 11:00.

Don’t forget to thank the cook!

This week 2nd Presbyterian’s Partners for Sacred Places committee met for module III training at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple in Oak Park,  IL. It was a great turnout by many member churches and synagogues from around Chicago.

As a special treat, after lunch we got to have a tour of the sanctuary led by their pastor.

Did you know:

• Unity Temple was the first poured concrete structure to be started (but due to the scale of the project, not finished)
• The church does not feature a steeple, but rather stained glass windows to remind us that “God is among us.”
• Steel pieces originally embedded in the concrete for strength, today actually cause problems when rusting by increasing in size up to 9x and creating cracks in the concrete.

All very interesting.  2ndPresbyterian has a lot in common with Unity Temple, including location in the Chicago area and a famous architect as well.  I encourage you to join us Sundays at 11:00 or during the week for tours.

Friends of Historic Second Church is hosting a 2010 lecture series that is graciously underwritten by the Terra Foundation for American Art.  Upcoming lectures include:

6 p.m. reception and 7 p.m. lecture

Thursday, February 25, 2010
“Money Was No Object: The Tiffany Mosaic of Chicago’s Marquette Building”
Ruth D. Nelson, Art Historian and free-lance writer

Thursday, May 6, 2010
“Frank Lloyd Wright and the Fine Art Interior”
Brian Reis, Assistant Curator, Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust

Thursday, September 23, 2010
Frederic Clay Bartlett Lecture on American Art
“Saarinen/Girard/Kiley – Miller House: An American Icon”
R. Craig Miller, Senior Curator of Design Arts, Indianapolis Museum of Art

Thursday, October 21, 2010
“Decorative Taste, Religious Space: Contextualizing the Redecoration of the Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago”
Elizabeth McGoey, Ph.D. candidate, University of Indiana, Bloomington