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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Second Baptist has returned to 3rd Street

Renovations have been completed and Second Baptist has returned back to our community...Join us in our worship services!

Second Baptist Church
816 3rd Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

Phone: (202) 842-0233

Sunday School begins at 10 A.M. Worship Service begins at 11 A.M.

Limited parking is available on the premises. Neighborhood street parking is free on Sundays.

For more information call the church office at 202-842-0233.

Transportation

If you are in need of transportation please contact the church office for carpooling or van transportation information.

Our Mission

The mission of Second Baptist Church is to give visible form to that faith and fellowship to which God has called His people. We shall fulfill this calling through corporate worship services, through a program of Christian Education and nurture through proclamation of the gospel by word. Our Christian education program will be accomplished through preaching, teaching, evangelizing, and missionary work.

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GRADUATES

We would like to honor our graduates and those students who have been promoted to another grade. Please provide the student’s name, the school name and if they graduate and the degree received or the grade they have been promoted to. Please give the information to Dr. Grace Davis or Sis. Sharon Malone.

OFFICE VOLUNTEER

Would you like to volunteer time in the Church office. There is something for everyone. Please call Dr. Terrell for more details.

PRAYER LINE

The prayer line conference call will be held each night at 9:00 p.m. People call from DC, MD, PA, VA and NC. The conference line is 610-214-0000 and the access code is 498746#. Each Monday night will be hosted by Dea. James Shird.

EXPERIENCE CHRISTIAN BROADWAY

Travel with Second Baptist Church and the Episcopal Church of our Saviour to the Sight and Sound Theater in Lancaster, PA on Friday, July 25, 2014, to see the play Moses. For more information contact Lena Bradley at 202-399-8940, 202-581-6007 or capitolcoiffure@verizon.net or call Geraldine Sumpter at 301-499-1115.

JULY SHARE

Please turn your share orders no later than Sunday, July 6, 2014.Orders will be distributed on Friday, July 25, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. in Holloman Hall.

LOST AND FOUND

If you have lost or misplaced an item while at the church, please look for the item at our Lost and Found in the Historical Room or contact the church office.

Worship Opportunities

SUMMER WORSHIP

Sunday, June 8, 2014, will begin our summer worship. Our service will be abbreviated. Summer worship means shortening hymn verses sung during worship. Choirs will not wear robes. The summer choir is asked to wear white for Communion in June, July, August, and September. Holy Communion Service is held on the second Sunday and the fifth Sunday of each month. Summer worship will end on September 14, 2014.

Sundays

Join us for Sunday School (adult classes and youth classes) at 10:00 A.M.

Please inform Sis. Sharon Malone, if you can volunteer as a substitute teacher for the adult, teenagers or middle school children classes.

Join us for Sunday morning worship service at 11:00 A.M.