When you give to Second, not only are you supporting programs that you participate in, our staff salaries and benefits, and the maintenance and repairs to our property, you are enabling many other wonderful things to happen.

Thanks to your generosity, in 2011 the following special offering donations were made:
Christmas Baskets/Store - $2,060
Christmas Joy Offering - $1,952
Guatemala Missions - $6,000
Living Waters for the World Offering - $981
Martha O'Bryan Food Drive Offering - $100
Monroe Harding Father's Day Offering - $804
One Great Hour of Sharing Offering - $1,881
Other Offering donations - $2,054
Peacemaking Offering - $496
Pentecost Offering- $879
Souper Bowl of Caring Offering - $585

When you give to Second's annual budget, 20% of your donation goes to our benevolence program. In 2011, the following organizations were beneficiaries of funds from Second:
174 Trust
Better Decisions
Conexion Americas
Interfaith Alliance of Mid TN
Living Room Program for the Homeless
Community Food Advocates/Manna
Martha O'Bryan Center
Mary Parrish Center
Mending Hearts
Monroe Harding Youth Hom
More Light Presbyterians
Nations Ministry
Nashville CARES
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Preston Taylor Ministry
Priest Lake Presbyterian Church
Rooftop
Siloam Family Health Clinic
Student Farmworker Alliance
Theological Education Fund
Westminster Pres. Flood Relief Work
Presbyterian Campus Ministry at Vanderbilt
Presbytery of South Louisiana's YAV Program
Room in the Inn (formerly Campus for Human Development)
Southminster Presbyterian Child Care Center
Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (formerly TCASK)

Part of the benevolence funding also went toward these programs here at Second:
Easter Breakfast at Room in the Inn
Emergency Assistance
Mission Trip to Guatemala
Designations by our Presbyterian Women group
Room in the Inn Hosting
Reduced/Free Rent Program for Building Users
Walk-In Assistance
The Young Adult Volunteer (NEP) Program
Youth Mission Trips

We also open our building as meeting space to groups, often at a reduced or free rate based on their alignment with the mission of Second. In 2011, the following organizations used space at Second:

4 12-step and 12-step support groups
4 Homeowners & Neighborhood Associations
Affording Hope Project
Alternative Break Students
Baptist Healing Trust
Belmont University
Better Decisions
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Boulevard Brass
Conexión Américas
David Lipscomb University Honors College
DreamPrayLive
Exchange Club Family Center
FiftyForward Day Program and Meals on Wheels
Flood Relief Groups
Healing Arts Project
Healing Trust
Hillsboro High School
Learning Matters
Marketplace Co-op
Martha O'Bryan Center
Middle Tennessee Choristers Guild
Middle Tennessee Mental Health & Substance Abuse Coalition
Monroe Harding Home
Music for the Soul
Nashville Altrusa Club
Nashville Country Dancers
Nashville Mindfulness Meditation Group
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Oasis Center
Our church van by Glendale Baptist Room in the Inn and the Living Room homeless ministry
Our Kids, Inc.
Presbytery of Middle Tennessee
Presbyterian Student Ministry
Recitals by various people
Sister Cities of Nashville
Spinning & Weaving Group
Stewardship Workshop led by Presbytery of Middle Tennessee
Synod of Living Waters
Ten Thousand Villages of Nashville
Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Tennesseans for Fair Taxation
Tennessee Alliance for Progress
Tennessee Women's Theater Project
West Nashville Religious Leaders
Your Faith at Work Bible Study Group
Youth Mission Trip Groups

Thanks to those who have made pledges to the stewardship campaign, literally and symbolically committing your financial support to the many activities, programs, and benevolences in the life of Second. As we envision the ways in which God calls us to serve, God asks us to be faithful and sacrificial in our financial contributions. Please prayerfully consider what amount you will give for the 2012 church year so we may continue funding and expanding the life of this church. If you intend to pledge but haven't yet, please complete your pledge online, email or print and mail your pledge card to the church office.

• Make a one-time or reoccuring donations - click here
• Automatic bank draft - click here to complete the Authorization for
  Automatic Withdrawal of Funds form online and email or print and mail.

You can also give to Second via transfer of securities (stocks, bonds, and mutual funds). Please contact us for instructions. Thank you for your generosity!