2012

ANNUAL REPORTOF

SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

313 N EAST STREET

BLOOMINGTON, IL 61701

WWW.SECONDPRES.COM

Table of Contents

Report from Pastor/Acting Head of Staff Second Presbyterian Staff Second Presbyterian Offi cersMembership and Necrology Report

Ministry Reports

Adult MinistriesAssetsBoard of Deacons ChildrenContemporary WorshipEvangelismFinanceFinancial SummariesFood MinistryHeritage MinistryHospitalityLeadership Development and NominationsMembershipMerge MissionPersonnelPreschoolSecond HalfSmall Group MinistryTraditional Worship and MusicYouth

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Report from Rev. Dave BianchinInterim Pastor/Head of Staff

Dear Friends,

2012 was a year of many signifi cant changes for Second Presbyterian Church, perhaps the most signifi -cant being the departure of Dr. Charles Hardwick for his new call at the denominational offi ce. Another substantial change included the retirement of Dr. Don Crittendon. We are grateful to both of them for their friendship and service.

The fi rst year of an Interim ministry involves a number of important tasks, the fi rst of which is saying goodbye and adjusting to the loss of a Pastor. I am thankful for our staff and Session for navigating those fi rst months with great energy and faithfulness. They did a great job.

Our next challenge was to develop and write our Mission Study. Our Mission Study Team worked very hard through the long, hot summer to present us with a wonderful Study that we adopted in August.

In October we elected our Pastor Nominating Committee and they are diligently and faithfully working through the task of identifying our next Pastor.

Throughout the interim tasks we have continued to engage in the ministry that God has called us to in this time and place through our worship, education, mission and service. A church never ceases to “Be the Church,” if I may use our theme from last year, even during an interim time. Many thanks to all of you who stepped up during this time of transition.

In any Interim Season, there are folks who struggle with how the Interim Pastor handles things in the “in between” time. I want to thank those of you who have given enthusiastic support to the church over the past year, and also, equally, to those of you who have stayed with the church during the transitions we have undergone, even in disagreement. It is a testament, in both cases, to your love for Jesus Christ, and for this church body.

I am heartened by many things. God is working in some wonderful ways among us, as you will see throughout this Annual Report.

The most important task in the months ahead, in my estimation, is the faithful prayer support of the congregation for the PNC and also for the general work of the church. It is our prayer that the PNC will be clearly led to calling our next Pastor, and that we will all have a sense of God’s guiding hand in that decision. To that end, I ask you to pray diligently for God to guide them.

I’d like to close by thanking you for the opportunity to serve Jesus Christ with you in this Interim Season. It is a privilege to be with you and I look forward to seeing God’s work among us in the months ahead.

Alleluia!

J. David BianchinInterim Pastor

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Second Presbyterian Church Staff Members

December 31, 2012

Pastoral Staff

Rev. Dave Bianchin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interim Pastor/Head of Staff Rev. Andrea Haughton Kladder. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Pastor of Spiritual FormationRev. Dean Kladder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Associate Pastor of Worship and MissionsRev. Josh Erickson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Pastor of Youth and Family

Program and Support Staff

Steve Adams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CustodianJeff Auth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CustodianJanice Bauder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Ministries Assistant Gordon Bender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SecurityJenny Doutt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evening ReceptionistDr. J. Scott Ferguson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . Chapel Choir Director Terry Fitts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Media CoordinatorMary Flannery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .Assistant to FinanceDr. John Florell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parish AssociateMiranda Frank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kids of the Kingdom CoordinatorMarijane Galvan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of PreschoolPhyllis Gehrt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapel Service PianistTammy Haggard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations ManagerJennifer Heermance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Screen TechnicianCyndy Irwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cherub Choir DirectorCindy Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Screen TechnicianVester Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SecurityAnn Lamkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Children’s MinistriesRev. Michael McGaughan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Pastoral CareBarby Pratt-Mecherle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Coordinator of Small GroupsPat Messinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Covenant Choir DirectorDeana Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Band AccompianistRandi Morrison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chancel Choir DirectorPaul Outlaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CustodianKim Pare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ReceptionistDerrick Rohl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Youth InternDana Sholty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Childcare CoordinatorPaul Stroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Food ServicesSue Taulbee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Coordinator of Small GroupsTerri Thede. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of CommunicationPeggy Tobin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ControllerTiff any Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant Dr. Judy Webb. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Worship and OrganistChristine Weidner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Worship and Ministry AssistantTony Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CustodianRev. Peggy Vogelsinger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parish Associate

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Class of 2014

David AndersonGretchen CetinLeigh KruegerJim LindoerferJill McNiff Jill MillerMark SpragueJeanie Wendt

Class of 2015

Jim DanforthGene GantChuck IrwinAnne MurrayJoan NewgrenJeannie Swanson

Class of 2013

Marilyn FreedlundJohn MeekMarla SmithJoe TeagueEd Vogelsinger

Elders

DeaconsClass of 2014

Rosie BrillTodd CalhounCheryl ChrismanSandy FaderConnie GentryCarol JacksonPeggy JonesBob KennettMike Laff eyJim LindoerferDebbie ReedRay ReedBee ReinthalerMuriel RiddleBrent SiebringLinda SteeleTom Young

Class of 2013

Ruth CharlettBarb DanforthJune EngleCarolyn HurleyChris IrwinKay KoppenhaverSusan RhodesJeanette SampsonDana SholtyJason SmithGeorgia TuftsJamie WardSally Wilson

TrusteesClass of 2013

Don AmmermanPaul BlickensderferIrene DenBestenRob Ward

Class of 2014

Eric FisherFrank MitchellMark SpragueGayle Thomas

2013-2015 Church Offi cers

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Class of 2015

Ralph GibsonAllene GregoryKate GreyPhyllis Griffi nMarjorie HaugeAnn LarkinThelma LockhartMike ManahanClaude MillerTeri ParkerDarleen SommersSuzy Williams

Class of 2015

Jay Chrisman

Membership and Attendance Report

Additions:

Profession, Certifi cateReinstated

Losses:

TransferredDeceasedRemoved

591

12210

Baptisms:

InfantsAdults

93

WorshipChildcare (0-5)Children’s Ministry (K-5)Youth Ministry (6-12)Adult

60318261370

Wednesday Evening Programs

Kids OKSpringFall

PowerhouseSpringFall

5549

1829

Jon BarkulisPaul BenjaminBill BlackBonnie BrillMark BrownBecky BruckerJoan BurrellRoane DeckertGeorge FinkJudy Foster

Carol FrakerJackie FrankDee FryEugene FunkBetty GambleGail HansonNoah JohnsonLarry KwasigrohEleanor LittellBill Maitland

Joan MarshallJeanne McLaughlinJerry NortonIngristine PittsBob ReardonDick SnyderKathleen TiptonDonna WagonerMardelle Zook

Necrology Report

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the

power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. Philippians 3:20-21

Sunday Morning Attendance Averages

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Adult MinistriesBy David Anderson

Our Ministry in 2012We have had a superb team on the Adult Christian Education Committee this year: Dr. Don Crittenden, Barby Pratt-Mecherle, Rev. Andrea Haughton Kladder, David Anderson, Russ March, Marjorie Hauge, Cindy Johnson and Bruce Tompkins.

After many years of faithful service we said goodbye to Dr. Crittenden this summer when he retired. Don was an exciting teacher (with an avid following in his Sunday School classes), and the visionary behind the Thursday Men’s luncheons, the Leadercast events and much else. He is greatly missed as a member of the committee, but we are grateful that he is already back in the Sunday School classroom inspiring the troops.

It has been exciting to welcome Rev. Andrea Haughton Kladder as the new staff member for Adult Ministries. She has brought an enthusiasm and an infectious love of Jesus that comes through in everything she does. She has jumped into the Sunday School classroom and has a special passion for meeting the discipleship needs of parents of young children.

Our Sunday morning adult classes met a wide range of needs this year with a year-long study on the Book of Mark (David Webb), a study of Ephesians (Brian and Julie Hiles), topical studies on integrat-ing science and faith (Scott Hamilton), God and evil (Don Crittendon), the Christian thought of William Wilberforce (Cindy Johnson & Marjorie Hauge), and the rationality of belief in God (David Anderson). We off ered workshop classes on discovering your gifts (Mark & Kathy Brown) and on creating your own mis-sion statement (Rev. Andrea Kladder) and a faith application class on The Good and Beautiful Community (Gregg & Barby Pratt-Mecherle).

This summer, we launched 2PC Goes to the Movies where popcorn, lemonade, fellowship and discussion followed the viewing of 7 movies – for all tastes and ages.

Assessing God’s Work in 2012We have seen God at work in 2012. People learned God’s word, they were called to more faithful discipleship, they strengthened their bonds of fellowship with each other – and they did this in small groups, in Sunday school classes (of all sizes) and in large all-church studies. Only God knows the actual work of the kingdom that has been accomplished, but we have been encouraged by peoples’ response to these eff orts.

Our Vision for 2013We have a committed group that is a joy to work with. We do not anticipate any leadership changes in the coming year, though we are always open to new volunteers. We have identifi ed a central calling as we move into 2013. Rather than staying within our own committee, attempting to identify the needs of the congregation, we will be reaching out to other committees (evangelism, missions, youth, etc.) and other groups (parents of young children) requesting meetings to learn about their nurturing and discipleship needs. We hope to tailor of our educational off erings to these needs. Committee night will aff ord a convenient forum to meet with other groups. 2PC Goes to the Movies for 2013 will provide the opportunity to target a number of diff erent groups in the church.

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Assets By Mark Sprague

The Assets Committee with Tammy Haggard as staff liaison, and Mark Sprague as new Elder, report a very busy and productive 2012 overseeing maintenance and repairs, insurance, IT and capital improvements for the 2PC campus and Western Avenue Community Center (property owned by 2PC). The following tasks were completed in 2012:

WACC received a complete exterior refurbishment. Deteriorating brick on the façade was repaired, sealed and painted. Metal cladding was applied over the brick pilasters and new signage was added.

The demolition of the Capen building was recommended to Session in March and unanimously approved.

Session approved in April the proposed capital improvements from the Let Your Light Shine campaign. Grace Hall renovations, Capen demolition, Fellowship Hall repairs and Asset Maintenance Fund.

Engineering study was completed for the stone cornice repair of Grace Hall.

An Asset subcommittee was formed to study the use of the South Lobby to tell the story of 2PC ministries.

Stained glass from the old sanctuary was moved from rental storage to the church basement.Insurance coverages and premiums were reviewed and adjusted as necessary.

IT updates include a new server for staff fi le storage/fi nancials/Shelby, a second internet connection and a new fi rewall was added, a new managed service company for day-to-day support was hired and e-mail service was outsourced to Microsoft Exchange.

Replacement of all glass in Martin Hall doors was begun (to be completed in 2013).

Items planned for completion in 2013:

Repair of stone cornice (Otto Baum Co. contract), window replacement and a new fl at roof for Grace Hall

Demolition of Capen building

Receive report from the south lobby space Assets subcommittee

New speakers installed in the parterre and choir loft (CV Lloyd contract). Sanctuary projectors will be evaluated for possible improvement.

IT upgrades. Microsoft 2010, security of fi nance offi ce server, guest wi-fi access, HVAC control system and additional security measures implemented.

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Board of DeaconsBy Jim Lindoerfer

It is my pleasure to make my fi rst report of the Deacon Ministry. We have 42 Deacons committed to showing sympathy, witness and service to those in their parish, other souls who attend. Second Presbyterian church and those who they come in contact. The deacons feel their eff ort has had a last-ing eff ect on many they have come to know. Not all members of a parish want to be contacted on a regular basis, and we respect their wishes. However, many do appreciate the contact and feel the benevolence of the deacons.

We are grateful for the leadership of Pastor Mike McGaughan. His eff orts are to make the Deacon Ministry a loving and thoughtful ministry. He has many ideas on topics that could be discussed at our monthly meeting. Along with Pastor Mike, the Deacon Leadership Council (consisting of the Moderator, Vice-Moderator and four Team Leaders) important topics were presented at our meet-ings in 2012. Some of these topics were Ruth Gabor training the deacons on communion serving; a Chestnut Health Partner giving a presentation on “listening skills”; video and discussion on Alzheim-er’s disease; and a representative from OSF St. Joseph gave a talk on HIPPA laws and the Privacy Act.

The last portion of each Deacon Meeting the deacons break up into four groups. Each group has a Team Leader. In these small groups parishes are discussed. The deacons share how they have been contacting their parishes and the results. Contacting the parishes is done by phone, e-mail, letters or personal contact at church functions. Prayer concerns are also brought up in these small groups, with prayer time. We are grateful to serve and we strive to follow the lead of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.

As Moderator of Deacons the goal for 2013 is to spend time at our deacon meetings in the Bible. We will open each meeting with a devotional where one deacon reads from a Psalm of their choice. Whoever volunteers to read from Psalms will discuss why they have selected that passage. In small groups there can be a discussion on the passage. In addition, each deacon is encouraged to bring their Bible to deacon meetings. This will be helpful in discussing the Psalm’s message.

American Red Cross Blood DrivesBlood Drives are a vital life-saving mission giving members an opportunity to donate blood which cannot be manufactured and cannot be stored indefi nitely. Members who do not donate blood help load and unload the ARC truck, set up and serve snacks, encourage donors to sign an appointment card for the next drive, escort donors to the canteen and greet donors at the door.

Four blood drives were held at Second Pres in 2012: January 11, 49 units; April 18, 56 units; June 20, 63 units; October 11, 69 units for a total of 237 units collected. 106 Second Pres member donors included 7 individuals who also volunteered to work at a blood drive. Additionally, 30 diff erent members volunteered at the blood drives. At least 32 non-member donors from the community participated with some repeating 3-4 times. The blood drives have consistently had 10 double-red donors. Snacks and bottled water were provided by the ARC and the kitchen of Chef Paul. Also, several members have volunteered to provide snacks in 2013. Jeanette Sampson will assist in coordinating upcoming blood drives. Restoration Christian Church has been invited to participate in the blood drives. The Red Cross has agreed to place one Spanish-speaking staff member at this site and provide Spanish informational materials.

Blood drives for 2013 are scheduled for Thursdays February 14, April 25, July 11 and October 10. Submitted by Barbara McGaughan, Second Pres Blood Drive Coordinator 9

Children’s MinistryBy Jill McNiff

The Children’s Ministry Team has had an amazing year fi lled with God’s love, guidance, grace and His will. Our primary focus and underlying goal is and will always be, to strengthen the children and fami-lies of Second Pres’ relationship with Him and to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Many wonderful and exciting new transitions have transpired this year, as well as programs and activities that have enlightened and guided our young children of Second Pres year after year.

Kids of the Kingdom continues to be a thriving Wednesday evening program

Vacation Bible School had 145 students and many 27 adult and 33 youth volunteers

Summer Day Camp had 20 students and 2 volunteers and 2 paid staff . Overnight Camp had 38 students and 4 volunteers.

New to Children’s Ministry in 2012 is Ann Lamkey serving as Children’s Ministry Director. Ann joined the Second Pres team this fall as Rev. Andrea Haughton Kladder transitioned from Children’s Ministry to Adult Ministry. Child Care Coordinator Dana Sholty also joined the team after Ashley Whittington relocated with her husband. Both Ann and Dana have brought tremendous knowledge, love for the Lord and a desire to guide and help young children and families through ministry. Strong, genuine, loving relationships are being formed which will only strengthen Children’s Ministry as we head into 2013.

Other happenings in 2012:

Second Pres Pack Puppets made a comeback in 2012. Kids and families and our youth are thrilled!

The Children’s Ministry team wrote a Child Care Handbook detailing child care services and what is expected from staff , families and members of the church.

Intern Jessica O’Malley blessed us and the kids of Second Pres with her warmth and knowledge and love for children.

Goals for Children’s Ministry in 2013 are many. Our primary goal is to strengthen the relationships children and families have with the Lord. Other goals include to add Children’s Worship to the 11:11am service giving families the opportunity to witness and experience this kid friendly service; clarifying child security procedures, strengthening the ministry to those families expecting a baby and clarifying the procedures for sharing the Baby Bags that have been delivered for years. Another goal is to evaluate our child care staff annually and have them complete “activity sheets” to let parents know what occurred with their child during child care services.

God continues day after day to work faithfully through the staff , volunteers, families and children of Second Pres. Glory be to God!

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Contemporary Worship By Joe Teague

The contemporary worship team continues to be grateful to God for all the ways God is on the move in the 11:11am contemporary worship service. Labor of Love continually comes to mind as 2012 Con-temporary Worship comes to a close. It is wonderful to see what goes on behind the scenes to bring a joyful worship experience each week to the congregation of Second Presbyterian. Our pastors, joyful noise makers, support staff , volunteers and congregation all contribute mightily to the time of worship and praise.

Unsung Laborers of Love deserve fi rst mention in this years review. The technical, custodial and facili-ties team do so much. We don’t think much about their roles until the occasional glitch happens. The size of our facility and the sophistication of many of the components are in the top tier of churches throughout central Illinois and our Laborers of Love meet the challenge. Whether they are paid or volunteer, all go well beyond the “job description/job parameters” on a regular basis. Members of the committee who help oversee 11:11am and those on the committees focused on the 8:15 and 9am services have made continued contributions to keep the worship time rich and fresh. However, the aroma can be distracting at times, thanks to Chef Paul and his team for providing savory food for the Community Outreach Dinner and the goodies at many meetings. Special thanks to outgoing Elder of Traditional Worship Shelly Gant for insights and leading discussions that benefi ted every SecondPres worship service.

Joyful Noise Makers - Hours and hours of preparation go into each worship service. There are offi cial times of rehearsal and meetings plus the impromptu sessions and other times where individuals are inspired to work on aspects of the music because of their love for God and each other. The Chancel Choir provides wonderful music and witness to others as they balance the demands of school and life in general. Amanda Murray stepped in and up to be the Chancel Choir leader a good portion of the year with wonderful support from Derek Rohl. We welcomed Randi Morrison into the leadership role for the balance of 2012 and beyond. The Praise Band continues to set standards of excellence as the 11:11am service continues to grow and bring in new people and new elements. Rev. Dean Kladder and Dr. Judy Webb keep us strong in doctrine and provides excellence in all aspects of wor-ship in song.

New Additions - In addition to Randi, we have Ann Lamkey for the Childrens Sermon (and other du-ties) and Rev. Dave Bianchin as our Interim Pastor. Rev. Bianchin has kept us on moving forward in worship as he prepares us for our next head Pastor. He shares his years of experience and wisdom in the pulpit and in the many meetings and conferences that are necessary for Second Pres to be a true witness to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Pastors - Rev. Bianchin, Rev. Josh Erickson, Rev. Dean Kladder and Rev. Andrea Haughton Kladder spend time, eff ort and energy to bring illumination to all aspects of the service. They prepare ser-mons well in advance so that the Word Spoken and the Word Sung can be cohesive, mutually sup-portive and pleasing in the sight of God Almighty. Each Pastor is also providing a witness as each juggles their responsibilities for the family of God with their responsibility to their own family life.

Thanks be to God Almighty!

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EvangelismBy Jeannie Swanson

The Evangelism team continues to work toward the goal of equipping members of Second Pres to share their faith in order that others might come to know Jesus.

To that end, our highlight for 2012 was the off ering of the spring all-church study on the book, The Unexpect-ed Adventure: Taking Everyday Risks to Talk with People about Jesus. The class was co-led by Rev. Dean Kladder, Dr. David Webb and Pastor Harold Meers. Each week during the class and in worship diff erent individuals shared stories of times they shared their faith. The class was well-attended, well-received and discussion was lively. We received input that more discussion was desired.

Consequently we off ered a two session follow-up class in August facilitated by Rev. Dean Kladder and Dr. Webb. This generated great discussion and many members indicated they especially have diffi culty sharing their faith with resistant family members. They suggested we hold another class devoted to this topic.

We have continued to be a presence at the annual Group Sale and help with the What’s So Good About Good Friday? art show in the spring. We have also spent time discussing whether our worship services are user-friendly to a seeker (someone not already experienced with attending worship). We are in the process of de-veloping a worship guide which could be handed out to newcomers or anyone interested. The guide would explain why we do what we do in a worship service and could make it more meaningful to all and off er a chance to give the gospel message in print to newcomers.

As we look to 2013, we hope to continue equipping members to share their faith in several ways. We want to develop a brief program that could be part of preparations for Mission Trips and perhaps the Chancel Choir tour. This way, as members leave on these service opportunities, they could be better prepared to look for chances and step up to speak about their faith in Christ in addition to the physical labor or singing they do. We also hope to continue the follow-up on the Unexpected Adventure and off er a class in fall of 2013 focused on sharing faith with family members.

In addition, we are discussing missed opportunities with so many community groups meeting regularly in our building. We are good neighbors in being generous with our facilities, but also desire to lift up Christ in appropriate ways in hopes that someone might desire to come back on a Sunday to fi nd out more about him.

Evangelism Team gratefully thanks elder Mary Edna Buchignani and Rev. Dean Kladder for saying yes to God and birthing this ministry, as well as their three years of faithful service. We welcome Rev Andrea Haughton Kladder’s staff leadership, and new team member Nancy Blickensderfer to our group. We are praying for God to raise up some additional team members to join us as we try to fully live in this year’s theme In Christ Alone!

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Finance By Gary Koppenhaver

Volunteer members of the 2012 Finance Committee included Jim Danforth, Martha Everman, Gary Koppenhaver (Chair), Steve Lehman, Mike Nibbelin (Co-chair, Stewardship), Terry Nichols, Curt Richardson (Co-chair, Stewardship) and Denny Steele. The Finance Committee met once a month without exception for the entire calendar year. The Committee is well-supported by Peggy Tobin, Controller. I appreciate all their hard work and commitment to the fi nancial well-being of Second Pres. Copies of the Finance Committee’s monthly meeting minutes are archived in the Finance Offi ce.

The Committee reviewed the monthly fi nancial condition of 2PC; recommended fi nancial policies for designated funds, non-cash contributions and inventories; considered actions to manage expenses; off ered advice on fundraising campaigns; and made recommendations on setting the 2012 budget. In addition, members of the Committee continued to work on updating the policy and procedures manuals of the Finance Offi ce.

This year marks the end of my three year term as Finance Committee Chair. However, I will continue to serve as a Committee member. Jim Danforth will serve as the Committee Chair for 2013 through 2015. This year also is the end of Terry Nichols term on the Committee. The rest of the Finance Committee members will remain in 2013.

The 2011 Audit Committee members were Bob Beerup, Tom Mulligan, Terry Nichols (Chair) and Karen Stevenson. The Audit Committee oversaw a successful and satisfactory annual audit performed by the Certifi ed Public Accounting fi rm of Guthoff Mehall Allen & Company, P.C. The audit covered three separate entities: the Second Presbyterian Church, the Second Presbyterian Church Foundation and the Withers Fund.

2012 Operating Fund:

The 2PC Operating Fund began 2012 with a positive balance of $229,430 in cash accounts. A balanced budget was approved by the Second Pres Session and was used to monitor operations for the year. Key totals were:

Total Member Contributions $1,712,125 Program Receipts/other contributions $ 381,662 Total Receipts $2,093,787 Disbursements for 2012 $2,080,060 Receipts in excess of expenditures: $ 13,727

Details for 2012 individual ministry totals are supplied on the following pages.

The Operating Fund ended the year with a cash balance of $266,194, after adjustments.

2013 Operating Fund Pledges (as of January 10, 2013): $1,633,323

Operating Fund pledge amounts for 2013 are running close to the amounts for 2012, year over year.

2012 Building Fund as of December 31, 2012:

Mortgage Balance Remaining at Commerce Bank, NA $.00

Cash Balance in the Building Fund account at year end $880,480

The mortgage was paid off in April 2012. Total giving (Operating and Building Funds) for the congregation for 2012 was:

Operating Fund contributions/program receipts /additional gifts: $2,215,779 Building Fund payments : $ 945,369 Total 2012 giving: $3,161,148

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2012 Operating Fund Report

MissionsMission - Foundation grantsNew member ministryEvangelismAdult Christian EducationSecond Half-Seniors MinistryWorship and MusicMedia and Tech MinistryFamily MinistryChildren’s MinistriesNursery/Preschool MinistryJr and Sr High MinistriesCollege Ministries20’s and 30’s MinistriesDeacon MinistriesLDN MinistriesHospitality MinistryFood Service MinistryMedia and Tech MinistryVolunteer MinistryStewardship MinistryCommunicationsPersonnelOffi ce and AdministrationBuilding UtilitiesMiscellaneous

Total Program and Non-Program:

JanuaryFebruaryMarch AprilMay JuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

$175,895.15 118,055.70 132,102.10 176,934.18 109,796.60 120,790.38 148,208.93 118,878.67 157,113.91 119,777.81 133,788.91 274,748.51

$1,786,090.85

$26,800.18 $37,200.00

25.00 345.00

22,729.29 100.00

14,606.59 320.00

32,661.88

6,379.00

119,255.71 246.00

2,642.00

19,415.00 20,239.53

$302,965.18

$2,093,787.03 Net Total Receipts Over (under) Total Expenses:

Schedule of Giving

Monthly Giving Sunday Attendance

2012

2,950 2,413 2,451 3,833 2,406 2,102 2,957 2,125 2,893 2,434 2,452 4,438

33,454 Total

$217,450.36 $37,200.00

3,222.24 300.00 206.96

19,614.20 937.73

9,167.30 254.26

28,670.28 1,360.95

57,319.74 210.19 282.75

9,797.52 711.71 309.56

93,674.31 30,652.23

523.00 3,539.57

17,510.76 1,182,068.71

43,540.51 254,434.78

67,100.07

$2,080,059.69

$2,080,059.69

Program Ministries and Non-Program

Actual Receipts Actual Expenses

$(190,650.18)

(3,222.24) (275.00)

138.04 3,115.09 (837.73)

(9,167.30) (254.26)

(14,063.69) (1,040.95)

(24,657.86) (210.19) (282.75)

(3,418.52) (711.71) (309.56)

25,581.40 (30,406.23)

(523.00) (3,539.57)

(17,510.76) (1,179,426.71)

(43,540.51) (235,019.78)

(46,860.54)

$(1,777,094.51)

$13,727.34

$7,349.82

1,637.76 25.00

138.04 (2,884.91)

412.27 4,234.70 (254.26) 1,136.31 2,509.05 (409.86)

669.81 267.25

2,831.48 88.29

190.44 (418.60)

12,093.77 517.00 (39.57)

4,089.24 46,035.29

4,084.49 36,300.22

1,663.46

$122,266.49

$13,727.34

Net Actual Variance to budget

Off ering Plate Contributions $1,790,821.85 $1,790,821.85 $(108,539.15)

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Building Fund

Support and RevenueContributions and GiftsMemorial GiftsEstate or Trust DistributionsInvestment Gains (Losses)

Total Support and Revenue

ExpensesGrace Hall 2013 ConstructionPostageMortgage Loan Closing FeesMortgage Loan Interest ExpenseInvestment ExpensesBank ChargesOther Building Expenses

Total Expenses

$932,775.51 5,638.00

30,000.00 34.78

$968,448.29

1,786.40 177.30 481.00

3,804.24 345.79 524.31

1,100.00

$8,219.04

Excess of Support and Revenuesover/(under) Disbursements $960,229.25

Preschool

Preschool Revenue

Operating Expenses

Excess of Revenue Over (Under) Disbursements

$124,052.97

$120,538.68

$3,514.29

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Foundation

Support and RevenueContributions and GiftsDividend IncomeInvestments Gains/Losses

Total Support and Revenue

Grant ExpensesJoan Marshall Choir RobesWestern Ave. Community Center RepairsWACC Salary SupplementLaura Sullivan - OrganMission ContingencySeminary Student Scholarships2PC Pastor Discretionary Fund2PC Staff Education Expense2PC Building and Grounds Repairs

Total Expenses:

Administrative ExpensesAudit ExpensesManagement Fees-Charles SchwabMiscellaneous

Total Administrative Expenses:

Total Disbursements:

Excess of Support and Revenues Over (Under) Disbursements:

$419,263.54 101,056.46 290,750.58

$811,070.58

854.00 75,524.23

5,000.00 3,275.00

37,200.00 27,500.00

5,718.71 3,791.21

19,168.00

$178,031.15

4,200.00 21,524.94

578.65

$26,303.59

$204,334.74

$606,735.84

Support and Revenue

Disbursements

Excess of Support and RevenuesOver (under) Disbursements:

Presbyterian Women

$7,062.89

$7,778.53

($715.64)

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Food MinistryBy Tammy Haggard

We are excited to report another great year for the 2012 Food Ministry. We strive to serve with excellence as we feed not only our ministry events but our community as well. The feedback we receive continues to be excellent and the Ministry is well-received in the community.

We continue to be blessed in many ways. Below is a brief list of events that took place at Second Pres:

We hosted the Summer Food Service Program in partnership with District 87, providing free lunches to anyone 18 and under.

We had our second summer with the Chef and Child program which ran for eight weeks. Several youth participated in the program and learned basic cooking skills and developed kitchen confi dence. Opening our doors to these types of events allows us to build relationships with those in our community.

The Community Outreach Dinner (COD) on the fi rst Sunday of every month continues to grow and as many as 50 homeless people join us for lunch. As this lunch continues to attract more people we face the challenge of accepting and welcoming them. However, great strides have been made and we are thankful that our community partners feel welcome.

The Culinary Arts Training Academy (CATA) graduated its 4th and 5th class this year and we look forward to many more. Each class presents challenges, but overall we see the fruits of our eff ort multiply. Several students now have jobs and have moved from homelessness to self-suffi ciency. Students now receive a vocational credit through Heartland Community. The students are chosen by a committee that consists of Joe Teague, Trudy Strand, Lyn Hruska, Laurie Sprague, Marty Pickett, Home Sweet Home’s Matt Burgess and Tom Fullop of Safe Harbor. These community partnerships allow us to do ministry that might otherwise prove diffi cult.

We also support all of the in-house ministries with whatever food requests they make. Those events include Kids OK, Powerhouse, High School Fellowship, Friday Prayer Lunch, Sunday morning coff ee and donuts, COD, many cookie/coff ee carts for meetings, New Member dinners, SOS and many more.

Outside groups are also a part our ministry as we strive to be the downtown church. Our doors are open to several outside groups such as Exchange Club, Rotary Club, DBA and the McLean County Bar Association. These regular meetings support our ongoing ministry and give a natural outlet to the food created by the CATA students.

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Heritage MinistryBy Jeanie Wendt

The Heritage Ministry of Second Presbyterian Church achieved permanent Session Status at the May 2012 Session Meeting. The Heritage Steering Committee reports to the Clerk of Session and separate fi nancial accounts are part of the Church Operating Budget and designated contributions. The commit-tee met on Tuesday and Thursday mornings throughout the year to sort and catalog documents, pho-tographs and objects that had been housed in temporary locations. The committee sorted items given to the collection from pastors, ministries and individuals. Rotating exhibits were changed every two to three months in the Heritage Display section of the south entry. The themes in 2012 were: Communion, Missions, Music at Second Pres, Camps, Fellowship and Advent. Memorial bequests were received into a designated Heritage fund. The Heritage Committee assisted with the 2012 Veterans Day Breakfast, and collaboration with staff and other ministries has been positive.

The goals of the Heritage Ministry were made clear in a presentation to Session in May. Our mission is to document and preserve the history of Second Presbyterian Church; reaffi rm and display the commit-ment of 2PC to its historic ministry for Christ in the Bloomington-Normal community and throughout the local community, state, nation and world; call current members to action as they continue the min-istry of Christ that Second Presbyterian Church has performed for over 150 years; and enable members to examine past ministry in order to refi ne and expand new areas of ministry due to changing social and economic conditions. The committee presented a proposal to Session to move from the Second Half Ministry to independent status. This request was approved with the clarifi cation that the Heritage Ministry would become the responsibility of the Clerk of Session. The goal to preserve the history was advanced by continual methodical sorting of the items in the church collection. Telling our story was achieved through displays and plans for even more signifi cant displays. Working with pastors, staff and other ministries was very productive with the hope that even greater collaboration may occur in 2013. Nine mini-presentation kits were written highlighting the work of past missionaries supported by this church. These “teaching kits” may be used by any group in the church for their meetings. Each mini-pre-sentation lasts about fi ve minutes. These were well-received by the PW Circles, and may be borrowed from the Heritage collection by contacting the committee chair. An additional activity for the commit-tee involved receiving a request from Immanuel Health Center for stained glass for their chapel. The Heritage Ministry made available a donation from the stored glass from the 1895 sanctuary.

Several members joined the existing Heritage Steering Committee and became subcommittee chair-men, writers, researchers and designers. The work of the Heritage Ministry is spread among more than fi fteen members who meet weekly and also work independently on Heritage projects, and the Steering Committee meets monthly. The stained glass that has been retained from the 1895 sanctuary is the re-sponsibility of the Heritage Ministry. The goal is to sell or donate the glass in 2013 to eliminate the cost of storage. An event to remember the ministry of Dr. Harold Martin is being planned with the Heritage Ministry leading a coordinated church activity. A plan to mount formal portraits of all of our church’s installed senior pastors is one of the many display options that will be pursued. The committee will also submit application to the Illinois State Historical Society for recognition as an Illinois church that has operated continuously for over 150 years.

The Heritage Ministry is expanding and improving through the grace of God. During 2012, Heritage Ministry Steering Committee members were Joy Haning, Nancy Gordon, June McClister, Jeanne Wroan, David Strand, Barry Weer, Carl Lauer, Carolyn Winterroth, Muriel Riddle, Jackie Brigham, Dan Holder, Gene Gant, Allene Gregory, Marilyn Freedlund, Rev. Mike McGaughan and Chair Jeanie Wendt.

HospitalityBy Marla Smith

2012 brought some changes for the Hospitality Committee. With the changes in Second Pres staff and the shifting of the Pastor responsibilities, the Elders saw shifting of staff personnel for the various ministries. Hospitality did not experience that change as we were blessed to keep Rev. Andrea Haughton Kladder as our liaison at that point. This changed later in the year with the birth of Revs. Dean and Andrea’s sweet baby girl, Eve. Andrea chose to go to part-time status and a part of that was a change for the committee in which it became Elder lead without a staff liaison. The committee has come together and is full support of this decision. This is a ministry that has phenomenal committee members and is virtually on auto-pilot the majority of the year so this should not aff ect the love and care that comes from the committee to the members and visitors of Second Pres.

There are challenges for this committee in the form of where certain programs should be housed in the church. Many transitions have come through Hospitality but we have formed somewhat of a purpose for this ministry is that we are here to love and welcome those that come in our doors. We determined that other ministries, such as transportation, need to be administered by other committees. We feel at peace with this decision so that it frees us to concentrate on what we are being lead to do.

This year we are taking on a new challenge with the oversight of the Labor Day picnic. It was felt that this was a good fi t for this ministry due to the theme of inviting new members to picnic with us. The budget was adjusted and we look forward to putting our spin on this day.

The Hospitality Committee will continue to look for ways to make Second Pres an even warmer place. We will focus on allowing members to be an integral part of the process through ushering, greeting and monitoring Connection Point knowing God calls us each to bring joy to His house and all who enter.

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Leadership Development and NominationsBy Jeanie Wendt

The Rev. Dr. Chip Hardwick, representing the 2011 LDN committee, contacted me in the fall of 2011 and asked me to serve as the Chair and Elder for the 2012 LDN committee. I accepted though I had never served on this committee. Dr. Hardwick resigned as senior pastor and left the church in Janu-ary 2012. Rev. Josh Erickson, the pastoral liaison for LDN, met with me January 18 and February 1 to assist in explaining my duties. Thus began one of the busiest LDN seasons at Second Presbyterian Church.

The basic task of LDN is to select the church offi cers, the open Elder slots for Session, the next class of Deacons, the open Personnel, Foundation, and Trustee slots, the LDN Ministry, and the Church Trea-surer. This task began immediately with the resignation of the Membership Elder and the Deacons Elder and an open slot on the Personnel Ministry. We voted by email for these nominations which were approved at the January Congregational Meeting.

The LDN is also responsible for selecting the Pastoral Nominating Committee. In order to move quickly to fi ll the installed senior pastor position, the 2012 LDN committee met February 7 with Rev. Erickson. The Interim Pastor, Head of Staff , Rev. Dr. David Bianchin came in February and became our staff liaison. He guided us through the process for which we were charged. We selected a Mission Study Team that received congregational approval on May 29, 2012. We then selected the Pastoral Nominating Committee that received congregational approval on September 30, 2012. The Church Offi cers were approved by the congregation at the Advent Dinner Congregational Meeting, Decem-ber 5, 2012.

The 2012 LDN committee met 12 times between February 7 and September 11.

Included here are the guidelines the 2012 LDN committee established for selecting the PNC (Pastoral Nomination Committee). We digested the requirements of the Presbytery and our Church By-Laws governing our process. We developed a description of the task and the time commitment for mem-bers of the PNC. We established criteria that all PNC members should have, for instance, committed Christian, familiarity with church leadership, participant in church activities, availability. We estab-lished demographic representation, for example, age, gender. We established a representation of skill sets, for example, technical expertise, Personnel Committee experience, and demonstrated leader-ship.

We made a total of 51 nominations during the 2012 calendar year.

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MembershipBy Joan Newgren

Membership Ministry set three goals for 2012. They were. (1) elevating and communicating the value of membership, (2) creating a partnership with Evangelism and defi ning what membership means and (3) facilitating new member onboarding and keeping new members active and involved.

The team formulated a visual model that could be used in new member exploration courses to describe how church membership helps us to commit to each other, to Christ, to share Christ with the world, to make disciples and to be discipled. During the year, we off ered fi ve Membership Exploration Courses and received forty-seven new members into the church. The idea to partner with the Evangelism Team was not pursued as we felt we needed to complete our thoughts on the value of church membership fi rst. Our team also contacts fi rst-time visitors and maintains pew cards and supplies.

In November the team met with interim pastor Rev. Dave Bianchin to start the process of cleaning the membership rolls. Assisting with this process will be one of the team’s major goals for 2013. We will also be working with Session to defi ne the term “active member.”

In the fall of 2012, Elder Jennifer Kline resigned due to a job transfer out of state. I assumed the posi-tion in 2013. Also, pastoral duties were realigned, and Rev. Andrea Haughton Kladder will be the new pastoral liaison. We look forward to 2013!

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Merge 20s/30s Ministry By Rev. Andrea Haughton Kladder

The goal of the Merge Ministry at Second Pres is to encourage 20 and 30-somethings in their faith development by connecting them with each other and providing discipleship opportunities.

In 2012, the small group ministry of Merge continued to grow. A couples’ group and a women’s group meet regularly and members of both groups attest to their own spiritual growth through the group. Social events have been sporadic and attendance has varied widely, but these events have been a low-key place to invite people unfamiliar with Second Pres and/or Merge.

Looking ahead to 2013, the planning team has adopted a more organized strategy for observing who in this age group is attending worship and reaching out to young adults who are worshipping at Second Pres but not yet connected to a discipleship opportunity. We desire to become more eff ective at connecting with this group who can often be in transitional life stages, but nevertheless share the same need that all people have to connect with Jesus Christ. We believe that small groups of peers off er an incredible way to connect with God with the support of other believers. To that end, we are praying for the successful launch of a Sunday morning small group for women with small chil-dren (infants and toddlers). We also continue to hope for the right time to launch a men’s group.

In the fall of 2012, Elder Jamie Haseman stepped down due to the demands of her jobs—she continues to serve on the planning team, as do Kara Young, Dana Sholty and myself. As 2013 begins, Jill Miller has moved into the elder role and we welcome her leadership.

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MissionBy Gretchen Cetin and Jim VanCauwenberge

Goal: The Second Pres mission ministry seeks to live out God’s ministry in our time and place by sharing the gospel through word and deed. In doing so, we have sought to educate our congregation about the centrality of mission in the life of the church and provide ways and means for them to participate both individually and corporately; more simply, our goal is to cultivate a heart for mission in the lives of Second Pres members and friends, Assessment: The congregation has responded magnifi cently by contributing time, talent and treasure not only to Second Pres, but to our local and global community.

2012 Global Summary: Our mission partners are served by two teams which are interrelated and share responsibility to spread His word and tend to their spiritual and physical needs. The Global Mission Committee continues to maintain 5 major partnerships with mission workers in the fi eld. Little Children of the Philippines; Rev. Jason & Lisa Carter in Equatorial Guinea, Africa; the Bachelors in Palestine; Evangelical Theological Seminary Cairo, Egypt; and Rev. Pablo and Jan Feliciano-Cruz in Chiapas, Mexico. Three of these global partners are engaged in church-planting and training indigenous pastors; one is engaged in providing medical care to indigenous people; another is focused on the spiritual and physical needs of street children; and one shares the Gospel with Muslims. Assessment: Two mission trips were commissioned in 2012 for members to meet and work side-by-side with the staff and children at Little Children of the Philippines and at the Hands of Christ Medical Clinic in Chiapas. During the 2012 Spring Priority Partnership, Little Children of the Philippines became a real-life entity to our members; LCP was blessed with 8+ new sponsorships of their children and was graced with the generosity of the congregation by a Lenten off ering that allowed the purchase of a sausage-making machine toward their goal of sustainable employment.

2012 Local Summary: The Local Mission Committee’s focus is on ministries within the continental United States. We work with and/or fi nancially support 13 organizations that teach, nurture and provide spiritual support and services for the hungry, the homeless, the poor and the community’s minority populations of adults and children (Western Avenue Community Center, Home Sweet Home Ministries, the Annual Downtown Block Party, Restoration Christian Church, Clad Tidings, Culinary Arts Training Academy and Habitat for Humanity), senior citizens (Faith in Action), international students (the Bergers and International Students, Inc. on the ISU campus), emotionally- and cognitively-disabled children and adults (Friends First, Kemmerer Village), and the medically-underserved (Immanuel Health Center). Rev. Dan McNerney of Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship is working to share the Scriptures and to create a bridge between Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Chicago area. The American Red Cross of the Heartland meets the disaster needs of the local, national and global community and supplies the desperately needed blood collected locally. Assessment: The 2012 Priority Partner, Home Sweet Home Ministries, showed us what we can do locally to bring the blessings of Christ to their population as many 2PC members and friends toured their facility, refurbished two family bedrooms, sponsored and worked their 95th Anniversary Dinner at 2PC and served as Santa and wait-staff for their client Christmas party. As we assess the impact of 2PC on all 13 ministries, we know God has been well-served. Funds are also currently allocated to the Presbytery of Great Rivers, Synod of Lincoln Trails and the General Assembly for global and local outreach eff orts, mission workers and disaster relief.

2013 Goals: We have maintained an ongoing objective to become a missional church “intent on being God’s missionary presence . . . and recognizing that God is already at work”, and thus providing more opportunities for our members to be informed about the ministries we support and to “go out” to teach and to reach people with their time and talent. To that end, we are in our 3rd year of a successful Priority Partner program which has given intentional focus to the work and needs of two mission partners for one year (while we continue to serve and help fund the work of our other partners). Due to Dr. Don Crittenden’s June retirement, we have had a change of pastoral leadership which has presented us with the opportunity to build on the growth and commitment of this church to missions under Don’s impas-sioned leadership. We now refl ect on our goals and our focus to continue to serve God and our congre-gation under Rev. Dean Kladder’s skillful and committed guidance. We are grateful for our members’ generosity and mindful of our great responsibility to use your monies wisely according to God’s will, not ours. We will continue to pray for His guidance and the presence of the Holy Spirit as we serve you, the members of Second Pres.

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PersonnelBy Chuck Witte

Once again it has been an honor to serve with the volunteer members of the Personnel Committee this year including Cheryl Abernathy, Jill Smith, Holly Tindall, Mike Wochholz and Don Ray. We welcomed new members Kim Brunner, Chuck Irwin (appointed to replace Don Ray, who resigned) and Laura Reed Weber.

This was a challenging year as 2012 saw tremendous turnover and changes in both ordained and non-ordained staff . Rev. Hardwick departed for a General Assembly staff position in Louisville in January and Rev. Don Crittenden stepped up and served with distinction as Pastor/Acting Head of Staff until an Interim Senior Pastor arrived. On March 12, 2012 Rev. David Bianchin joined us to serve as Interim Senior Pastor/Head of Staff . Rev. Andrea Haughton Kladder took a two-month maternity leave starting January 22 and Rev. Dean Kladder took a two-week paternity leave with the birth of their daughter. Rev. Josh Erickson took a one month Sabbatical commencing May 21 and Rev. Don Crittenden retired July 1 with the Congregation’s best wishes. The congregation approved the Rev. Andrea Haughton Kladder’s request to work part-time as of November.

The committee dealt with staff turnover saying goodbye to some excellent staff membersincluding Sarah Graham, Director of Youth Music Ministries; Rachel Kasa, Carillon Choir Director; Lau-rel Wintersteen, Pastors Assistant; Ashley Barnish, Childcare Coordinator; Nancy Harvey, Volunteer Coordinator; Nic Hruska, Technical Assistant; Amanda Huels, Youth Intern; Paul Cochran and Jessica O’Malley, Children’s Interns; Megan Melloy, Small Groups Intern; Laura Murray and Lu Liu.

We welcomed Ann Lamkey as Director of Children’s Ministry; Randi Morrison as Chancel Choir Director; Derrick Rohl as Youth Intern & Carillon Choir Director; Dana Sholty as Childcare Coordinator; Christine Weidner, Keri Parker, Jaisi Bishop, Dylan Johnson, Cindy Johnson, Jennifer Heermance, Ben DuRousseau and Andre Jones.

With all these numerous staff changes an overall reduction in staff was accomplished without any staff layoff s. The committee worked to ensure increased pastoral care for members of the congrega-tion pursuant to the recommendations from the Attendance Study Committee and Session.

Kim Brunner and Chuck Irwin completed a major accomplishment with a complete rewrite and update of the Employee Handbook to ensure that it is current and conforms to all relevant State/Federal statutes and IRS regulations. The new Employee Handbook was approved by Session on December 18, 2012. We passed an updated Code of Conduct for our Program Staff employees.

As we close 2012, we would like to thank Chuck Irwin for serving as our Secretary for the past three years and Jill Smith and Holly Tindall for their faithful service as members of the Personnel Committee. Copies of monthly committee meeting minutes for this past year are on fi le at the church pursuant to Annual Audit requirements.

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PreschoolBy Marijane Galvan

Second Presbyterian Church Preschool is enjoying another great year. Our preschool is over 50 years old and remains a popular choice for educating preschoolers in Bloomington/Normal and beyond. Our current enrollment of 109 students includes children from 15 months to 5 years.

The preschool classrooms off er an excellent mix of activities. Children are involved in both free-play and structured activities. We incorporate music, crafts, language and science activities into our weekly lesson plans. The main focus of our program is kindergarten readiness activities and social skill to prepare children for the transition to elementary school. We also feel our program is an extension of the ministry of Second Pres. Our children have the opportunity to develop Christian attitudes and behaviors. We off er a virtues/values curriculum that has been well-received with our parents and students.

Our dedicated, experienced and well-trained staff consists of a team of 11 teachers. We have one director and one assistant director. Our teachers are outstanding and make our program the success that it is.

The Second Presbyterian Church Preschool is a self-supporting program. We are fi nanced completely by the tuition charges and program fees. These charges pay for staff salaries, classroom supplies and equipment. It also pays for church improvements including, carpeting, painting and new playground equipment.

We appreciate the continued support of the church membership, the staff and our fi ne custodial crew. With their cooperation and encouragement, it is joy and blessing to be a part of this fi ne program.

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Second Half By Ken Newgren

We had two major objectives for 2012. increase the eff ectiveness of the Helping Hands program by helping more members and develop a quality seminar to be held in the fall. Both of these objectives were accomplished.

We held two major Helping Hands events, the fi rst in late March and the second in October. The March event included help from Josh and some youth volunteers. Communication through the Pulse and church announcements resulted in a good number of church members who needed help being able to receive it. The October date was also well publicized and received. Unfortunately, rain made it necessary to spread the work over a couple weekends. All together, 30+ man-hours were used in the fall and an estimated 50 hours in March. When combined with additional odd jobs during the year, a total of 100 man-hours or more of assistance was provided to Second Pres members.

During spring discussions, the topic of the “Sandwich Generation” (adults raising their family while also caring for their parents) was selected to be the focus of the fall seminar. Dr. David Eaton, Founder and former Director of Gerontology in the Sociology department at ISU, was the leader for the work-shop/seminar on September 30th. Questions the workshop examined included. As families age, how do the demographic factors of age, sex, social status, geographic location, etc. impact family relation-ships. What changing stresses and pressures do we encounter as we transition to the more complex responsibilities encountered with older parents. What can be done to reduce the stress on family members that survive the death of parents. About 30 people attended the workshop and all actively participated under Dave’s leadership.

Dave Haake continues to coordinate the JOY Group’s (Just Older Youth) monthly events ranging from bus trips to theaters out of town to lunches and programs held in the Fellowship Hall.

The Heritage Committee is no longer under the 2nd Half umbrella. Jeanie Wendt continues to chair the group which still has big plans for storing, documenting and communicating old treasures in the church to help educate us on the 2PC’s contributions to ours and the community’s development.

Gene Gant will be the new chair of 2nd Half in 2013. Gene has been with 2nd Half since its beginning as well as coordinating the Helping Hands eff orts.

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Small Group MinistryBy Sue Taulbee

2012 marked the fi fth year of the Small Group Ministry at Second Pres, led by Barby Pratt-Mecherle and Sue Taulbee as co-coordinators. Many groups that formed at the beginning of the ministry are still meeting and thriving. A few have dissolved as members have had changes in their lives and com-mitments. New groups have formed; some for a pre-determined time spans, some as ongoing small groups. The variety of off erings continues to be broad enough to prove the truth of our saying “We have a group for everyone!”

We have a new group in the formation stages at the end of 2012 for those separated and divorced, fi lling a void that has existed since Rev. Roane and Ardelle Deckert off ered such a group three years ago. This group will begin in January 2013. Also. an ongoing group, the morning “Sisters,” is doing an intensive study of Galatians, and it is our prayer that this curriculum will be replicated in several groups to encourage spiritual growth at Second Pres in 2013, following this initial off ering.

As the number of members and attendees at Second Pres remains stable, we realize the number of groups may not increase. We currently have between 350 and 400 people in small groups. That number is an indication of our God-infused desire to connect with other believers in small groups where we can share our hearts and grow in our faith.

The goal for 2013 is to “go deeper” spiritually with our leaders and have them do the same with their groups. We had summer meetings with our leaders to hear their challenges and successes and to encourage and advise them and let them do that for each other. We were part of a late August lead-ership workshop that off ered spiritual and practical encouragement and plan to participate again in 2013. A monthly newsletter, The Small Group Scoop, goes to leaders to inform and encourage them.

The Second Pres Small Group Ministry also oversees and determines curriculum for the twice-annual all-church studies; one during Lent and one in the fall. About 150-175 participants sign up, and it is a time of unity, fellowship and learning for our congregation. In 2012, our Lenten study was The Unex-pected Adventure and we worked with the Evangelism Committee to off er practical and faith-based instruction on ways to share our faith in Jesus Christ with those who do not know him. Our present-ers were Rev. Dean Kladder, Dr. David Webb and Rev. Harold Meers, Sr. Each week, a church member gave a personal testimonial of how s/he shares Jesus with others. This study was well-attended and well-received and Rev. Kladder and Dr. Webb later off ered two follow-up sessions for those who wanted to know more about application of evangelism skills.

Our 2012 fall All-Church study was Everybody’s Normal Till You Get to Know Them based on John Ort-berg’s book of the same name. In this time of transition for Second Pres, this study gave us a chance to share openly and spiritually about the “sticky” parts of being a church family: confl ict, confronta-tion, authenticity, and the joyful parts: inclusion, forgiveness, gratitude and friendship. Rev. Dave Bianchin and Dr. John Florell were our presenters, and this study was well-received. The discussion in circles was transparent and heartfelt sharing occurred. We are thankful for the successes of the Small Group Ministry and the all-church studies in 2012.

The 2013 Lenten All-Church study will be on prayer, and guest presenters and a workshop will be highlights of the off erings for our six-week study starting on February 17. Since Barby and I are volun-teer staff leading this ministry, no personnel changes are anticipated.

Numbers do not measure the impact of participating in a small group for the believer. The encour-agement and blessings received bind us to our church and to Christ in ways that, for many, cannot occur in any other situation. Second Pres’s willingness to support and encourage this ministry, and Barby and I as we lead, is crucial to the spiritual depth and growth of this family of God. To Him alone be the glory! 27

Traditional Worship and Music By Shelly Gant

The main objective of Traditional Worship and Music is to glorify God through music and liturgy. There is cohesiveness in the Call to Worship, hymns, Prayer of Confession, texts, prayers and the ser-mon so that there is a natural fl ow to the services.

For summer worship, there were instrumental and vocal ensembles, men’s choir and women’s choir, all glorifying God through their musical talent.

Both Traditional and Contemporary authored a baptism document which will be implemented later in 2013.

With declining attendance, fewer Communion servers have been used.

Faithful servants who have served on Traditional Worship and Music: John Robertson, Dave Smith, Phyllis Gehrt, Jeanette Sampson, Mike McKnight and Anne Murray. Staff who have served: Rev. Dr. David Bianchin and Dr. Judy Webb. Anne Murray will be the chairman of Traditional Worship and Music beginning in 2013.

Through the generosity of memorials, bequests and proceeds from CD sales, the Chapel Choir was able to purchase new choir robes which will be received in January 2013. Also, proceeds from Doris Hill’s latest CD will benefi t the choral music library.

I have been blessed to serve with so many talented servants of God.

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YouthBy Rev. Josh Erickson

Second Presbyterian Church youth ministry (2PCym) was blessed by God with another wonderful year of ministry! Highlights of the year included high school and junior high trips to WinterXtreme for winter retreat, the Chancel Choir Tour, the high school mission camp at Grand Rapids Area Service Project in Grand Rapids, MI, and junior high camp at the Great Escape Midwest in Green Lake, WI. The high school ministry was led by an amazing team of college students, adults and staff . The teaching ministry was shared by many of the leaders. After a pilot year of a Sunday School class bi-weekly on Sunday afternoons, it was decided that this was not a good schedule for the program. In the Fall of 2012, weekly youth group meeting had small groups reintroduced as a part of that program to accommodate the teaching and relationship building time needed in the ministry. The high school choir tour was an amazing, wonderful experience for all of the students and leaders. Many leaders with prior experiences on tour shared that this year was a particularly faith-fi lled trip. The attendance for Fellowship remained around thirty to thirty-fi ve students. The high school choir was slightly smaller for the 2012 Tour (42) than the 2011 Tour (50).

The junior high ministry was also led by an amazing team of high school junior and seniors, college students and adults. The junior high ministry year was highlighted by several hands-on-service projects including the making of blankets for children in the hospital, sorting at the Home Sweet Home warehouse and raising funds for the Western Avenue Community Center after school program. The overall number of students involved with the ministry was lower than previous years. However, the students who did attend did so with great enthusiasm and regularity.

During the fi rst part of 2012, the college ministry continued with the ministry objectives set forth by the youth committee when leadership of that ministry was passed to this team. Many college students engaged in the leadership of the youth ministry. Both local students and those away at school were kept in contact by the leaders and staff . Later in 2012 a more formal college ministry was launched under the leadership of Roseanne Secord and a newly formed college ministry team. A bi-weekly coff eehouse meeting was established at the Coff ehouse in Normal. Periodic fellowship events have been established, especially around the holidays. A bi-weekly e-mail with a note of encouragement and invitation to the college ministry events has also been established.

As was the case for the whole church, the staffi ng of 2PCym experienced a lot of transition during the year. With the early 2012 resignation of Sarah Graham (director of youth music ministry), Amanda Murray and Derrick Rohl assumed the leadership of the Chancel Choir. Amanda was the director and Derrick the accompanist. Amanda Huels was brought on for a full-time internship position from January-June. I was asked to assume diff erent responsibilities due to the many pastoral staff transitions. I also took a one month sabbatical from mid-May to Mid-June. In a surprising turn of events, Derrick Rohl returned for another year with the youth ministry as the full-time youth intern. Derrick has continued to contribute immensely to the youth and music ministries but has also assisted with the media and communication ministries. Derrick was the lead designer of the new Second Presbyterian Church logo. Derrick also continued in his role as Chancel Choir accompanist. We also welcomed a new choir director, Randi Morrison, to the staff . Randi has completed her fi rst semester with the choir. Randi’s husband, Sean, and their son, Isaac, have also joined the youth ministry team.

2013 promises to be another great year of ministry! We look forward to the launch of the new high school camp program Fun in the Son Midwest. We hope that this new camp will serve the students of Second Pres as faithfully as the camping ministry at Conference Point did for previous generations.

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