Pray for MBF, week 1

Dear Partners in Mission, 
You are invited to join us in our first week of prayer for direction and ability to meet our partners' needs. Starting 2018 in a deficit position due to Hurricane Harvey is not how we thought we would ring in the New Year, but we know that God is good and loves those we serve and continue to build sustainable medical missions with. If you would like more information about how and why we are dedicating this time to prayer, please visit us at www.mbfoundation.org. 

Blessings, 
E. Andrew Mayo

CEO, Medical Benevolence Foundation

Illumination Project 2017

Overall Accomplishments of the Illumination Project in 2017

• Hosted 17 Listening Sessions
• Listening Session topics have included: building relationships through similarities and differences: police accountability, history of race in America and its impact today, Freedom + Equity = Success, and how to strengthen unity across the city of Charleston.
• Each Listening Session includes officers from the Charleston Police Department. Attendance depended on the topic, demographics and the geographic and location of the particular session.
• Total of 1144 Citizens/Police Officers participated in 2017

Download a detailed description of 2017 Listening Sessions as a PDF.

Montreat

Montreat Youth Conferences for rising 9th-12th graders: June 10th-16th at Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, NC. Rising 6th-8th graders: July 18th-22nd at Maryville College in Maryville, TN. For more information regarding costs, details, scholarships or questions please email Liv. Must sign up by March 1st.

Wednesday Night Suppers

Wednesday Night Supper resumes this Wednesday, January 17th in the Fellowship Hall at 5:30pm. Join us for Supper at Second followed by fellowship and fun for all ages.

Supper is $5 for adults and $3 for children with a $15 family max.

There will be no Supper at Second on February 14th, March 28th or April 4th and it will finish for a summer break with a Talent Show on April 25th.

Rev Melton Clark, football captain

The University of South Carolina will officially honor 1892 football team's forgotten captain - Melton Clark. Rev Melton Clark was the quarterback and elected captain of the first Gamecock football team in 1892. Clark has long been recognized with portraits on church walls and in parochial history references. He was a professor and acting president at the Columbia Theological Seminary and was a prominent pastor at Second Presbyterian from 1916-1920. But his 1892 contribution as the University of South Carolina’s first football captain has been overlooked in school record books and the Gamecocks’ Hall of Captains inside Williams-Brice Stadium - until now.

Find Gene Sapakoff’s full story at www.postandcourier.com

Travel Club

A new Second Travel Club will meet once a month for people to gather to talk about travel experiences, future plans, and hopefully even take some weekend trips together. A first "Get to Know You" Meeting will be held on January 20th with appetizers and travel-related games with prizes. Contact Nicole Schuerman (nschuerman@yahoo.com or 630-853-4734) for more information.