welcome to 2nd street community church
OUR MISSION STATEMENT …
"BECOMING MORE LIKE JESUS CHRIST BY
LOVING GOD
LOVING PEOPLE
and SERVING OUR WORLD"
WHo we are …
2nd Street Community Church is a community not defined by labels or expectations. We are not defined by the things we do but rather by the One who created us, so we believe that each person, regardless of their station in life, should be welcome to gather. We are a community without” masks” where each person should be able to pursue who they are created to be in Jesus.
A short list of our values are: Love (everyone deserves to experience the love and acceptance of Jesus Christ), Authenticity (everyone should have a space where they feel safe to be who they are), Truth (we believe that the Bible, our experiences, and the Holy Spirit work together to offer formation and guidance for our lives), Growth (life with Jesus is a life of continuous movement toward God), Seeking (whether we are in relationship with Jesus or not we are all challenged to seek after God), Community (the foundation of the church are the relationships found within), Simplicity (we believe in “loving God and loving others”; everything else is secondary), Serving (we are created to use who we are in service to God and others).
OUR story …
With a heart to reach the unchurched with the message of Jesus Christ, 2nd Street launched its first service in Newberg Oregon, on October 28th, 1990 as an extension ministry of Newberg Friends Church. An average of 160 people attended a weekly Sunday service in the first year in The Friends Center building at College and 2nd Streets in Newberg.
A second service was added in 1994 as weekly attendance grew to 300. Along with the growth of 2nd Street came many new challenges including space requirements to handle future growth, staffing to care for congregational needs, and the development of leadership.
As 2nd Street’s ministries matured it was determined that it should become autonomous from Newberg Friends Church. In 1998 Newberg Friends formally separated from 2nd Street in order for 2nd Street to become its own entity. 2nd Street is now an independent member of Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, an evangelical Quaker denomination. In order to meet its growing facility needs, in September of the same year, 2nd Street relocated to The Chehalem Armory Center on Morton Street.
In 1999 a 3,500 square foot Youth Building was built to provide room for the expanding children’s and youth ministries. Additional staff was added at this time.
In 2014 2nd Street reworked their leadership structure to reflect a team pastoral approach with no lead pastor but rather a model where authority and responsibility is shared equally among the staff. During 2014 2nd Street also relocated to the Chehalem Cultural Center in order to be more centrally located and to be able to more effectively feed into Newberg as a whole.
OUR life together …
2nd Street’s Offices are at 504 E. 1st Street in downtown Newberg. 2nd Street’s current paid staff includes …
Jillian Willis worship arts pastor
Chris McMullan youth and families pastor
Marta Sears missional communities pastor
Ben Kulpa teaching pastor
Sue Pruitt ministry support manager
2nd Street’s Elders are …
Jim Marble
Dave Woolsey interim clerk
Tim Moreland
More information can be found at our website www.2ndstreet.org
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