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Announcements 

August 16, 2026

Funeral Details for Debra Vance's sister.

Lavenders & Summers funeral home

5811 E. 38th Street

Indpls., In 46218

Monday August 17, 2026

Visitation  10 - 11 am

Funeral 11 am

If you would like to send Debra a card, her address is:

705 E. Eddington Court

Bloomington, IN 47403

Job Opportunity:  Beloved Transportation.  Bro. Dwayne Cole is looking for a part- time driver. Requirements: A clean driving record and background check.  Beloved Transportation will provide a vehicle with insurance coverage.  If you are interested, please contact Dwayne at beloved.transportation@gmail.com. 

Tuesday, August 18 2pm Missionary Circle

Sunday, August 23, 2026 3:30 PM Galatian Missionary Baptist Church 2020 Maryland Ave. New Albany, IN  Holy Women in Red “The Blood Still Works” We have been invited to attend by Pastor Anthony Toran and the Women’s Ministry of Galatian Missionary Baptist Church – See attached flyer.

Friday, August 28, 2026 6:30pm 2nd Quarter Business Meeting

Sunday, September 20, 2026 Pastor’s Anniversary – Guest Speaker, Rev. Michael Moore. Colors are black and white with a touch of green.

Keep In Prayer

Donald Griffin, Ann Love, Pastor Rose, The Floyd Wright Family, The McCloud, McCrutchen, Whitfield, and Vance families, Diane Hanks, Dr. Markay Winson, Renee Sulivan, The Kevin Clark Family, The Charlie Martin Family, The Michelle Massey Family, Deacon Louis Robinson, Arletha Dabney, The Walter Bell Family (Uncle to Wyatt Johnson), Jeff Sims, Teretta Wakefield, Dimitri Robinson, David Stewart, Joanne Swayze, Pauline Bridgwater, Harry Price III, Tyrone Morris, Diane Smith, Serafin Coronel Molina, Ching-Yu, Percy & Dr. Jacqueline Webb, Veodies Callaway, Robert Motley, Keith Barnard, Lisa Stieglitz, Michael Dabney, Terry Drescher, Lola Thompson.

Announcements 

August 9, 2026

Funeral Details for Debra Vance's sister.

Lavenders & Summers funeral home

5811 E. 38th Street

Indpls., In 46218

Monday August 17, 2026

Visitation  10 - 11 am

Funeral 11 am

If you would like to send Debra a card, her address is:

705 E. Eddington Court

Bloomington, IN 47403

Friday, August 7 – 3-Day Missionary 21st Prayer Conference and Retreat, Country Lake Christian Lodge 

Saturday, August 8, 10am Brotherhood Meeting

Tuesday, August 11, 6pm, Trustees’ Meeting

Tuesday, August 18 2pm Missionary Circle

Friday, August 28, 2026 6:30pm 2nd Quarter Business Meeting

Keep In Prayer

Ann Love, Pastor Rose, The Floyd Wright Family, The McCloud, McCrutchen, Whitfield, and Vance families, Diane Hanks, Dr. Markay Winson, Renee Sulivan, The Kevin Clark Family, The Charlie Martin Family, The Michelle Massey Family, Deacon Louis Robinson, Arletha Dabney, The Walter Bell Family (Uncle to Wyatt Johnson), Jeff Sims, Teretta Wakefield, Dimitri Robinson, David Stewart, Joanne Swayze, Pauline Bridgwater, Harry Price III, Tyrone Morris, Diane Smith, Serafin Coronel Molina, Ching-Yu, Percy & Dr. Jacqueline Webb, Veodies Callaway, Robert Motley, Keith Barnard, Lisa Stieglitz, Michael Dabney, Terry Drescher, Lola Thompson.

Black History Spotlight: Alice Augusta Ball         

At 23, she cured leprosy. At 24, she was gone.

And for 90 years, a white man took credit for her work.  This is the story of Alice Augusta Ball — the genius they tried to erase.  She grew up in Seattle in the early 1900s, in a family that believed Black brilliance was worth investing in. Her grandfather was one of the first Black photographers in America. Her mother scrubbed floors so she could buy Alice a microscope.

That gift changed the world.  Alice devoured chemistry like it was oxygen.

She earned two bachelor’s degrees. Published research while still a student.

Then moved to Hawai‘i — and became:

 The first woman to earn a master’s in chemistry at UH

 The first Black woman to graduate with that degree

 The first woman chemistry professor in the school’s history

She was 23 years old.

But while she was teaching, she saw something far more urgent than academia:

Hansen’s disease — leprosy. A diagnosis meant exile.

You were ripped from your home and shipped to an island to die alone.

There was a treatment —a bitter, sticky oil that barely worked and caused excruciating pain.

Many refused it. Many still died. Alice refused to give up. In her laboratory, she found the answer no one else could: She transformed that thick oil into a form the body could actually absorb. A breakthrough injection that finally saved lives.

Patients began recovering. Families were reunited. People who had been condemned were suddenly healing.

Her discovery became known as the Ball Method.  She changed medical history before most people finish college. And then — she was gone. At just 24, a mysterious lab accident took her life. She never saw the miracle she created.

Then came the theft. The university president — a white chemist named Arthur Dean — took her research, stripped off her name, and renamed it: “The Dean Method.”

For decades…

 His name went in textbooks

 His name was praised by doctors

 His name received the credit

Her name nearly vanished from history entirely. A theft so quiet, most people never even knew a crime was committed. It took 90 years for the truth to finally surface. Researchers uncovered Alice’s original papers. 

Her work. 

Her brilliance.

Her signature breakthroughs. 

The spotlight shifted. The lie crumbled. And today the world knows: It was The Ball Method — ALWAYS.

Alice Ball cured a disease that had destroyed lives for centuries.

She freed families. She saved thousands of people from isolation and death.

And she did it all in one year. Imagine what she could’ve done with a lifetime.

Alice Ball deserved a Nobel Prize. She deserved statues. She deserved to be the name every science student memorizes. Instead, she was buried under silence…

Until now. We speak her name because history refused to.

We honor her because others didn’t. We remember her because she earned it.

Alice Augusta Ball (1892–1916) The chemist who changed the world before she had time to live in it.

Source:  , Salmama Yusuf. Facebook.

Announcements 

August 2, 2026

Saturday, August 1, 2026 10am Brotherhood Meeting

Friday, August 8 – 3-Day Missionary 21st Prayer Conference and Retreat, Country Lake Christian Lodge 

Tuesday, August 10, 6pm, Trustees’ Meeting

Saturday, August 15, 10am Brotherhood Meeting

Tuesday, August 17 2pm Missionary Circle

Keep In Prayer

Diane Hanks, Dr. Markay Winson, Renee Sulivan, The Kevin Clark Family, The Charlie Martin Family, The Michelle Massey Family, Deacon Louis Robinson, Arletha Dabney, The Walter Bell Family (Uncle to Wyatt Johnson), Jeff Sims, Teretta Wakefield, Dimitri Robinson, David Stewart, Joanne Swayze, Pauline Bridgwater, Harry Price III, Tyrone Morris, Diane Smith, Serafin Coronel Molina, Ching-Yu, Percy & Dr. Jacqueline Webb, Veodies Callaway, Robert Motley, Keith Barnard, Lisa Stieglitz, Michael Dabney, Terry Drescher, Lola Thompson.

Announcements 

July 19, 2026

Welcome Back to our Minister of Music, Elijah Ramos!

Membership Update: The following are updates for Louis Robinson and Arletha Dabney in case you want to send a card or visit.  

Lou is at the Bloomington Rehab Hospital, Room 211 3050 N. Lintel Drive 47404 in Bloomington

Arletha is at Bell Trace, Room 128, 800 Bell Trace Court, Bloomington, 47408

July 21, 2026 2pm Missionary Circle

July 25, 2026 2pm – SED Ernstine Winter’s Women in White Service 2nd Baptist Church, 1325 10th Street, Columbus, IN 47201.

July 27, 2026 Deadline to reserve a place for the 3-Day Missionary 21st Prayer Conference and Retreat 

A Message From Tewana Smith:  Zech'ariah and Zai'on enjoyed VBS very much.  Sending big thank you to Jolene and Pauline and to Deacon Brown for transporting them to and from VBS. They loved everyone's help. 

Keep In Prayer

Deacon Louis Robinson, The Walter Bell Family (Uncle to Wyatt Johnson), Jeff Sims, Teretta Wakefield, Dimitri Robinson, Thomas Doyle, Sr. and the Edward Stewart Family, Carl Williams, Jr., Rev. Daniel Smith, II, The Bill Brown Family, David Stewart, Joanne Swayze, Pauline Bridgwater, Harry Price III, Arletha Dabney, Tyrone Morris, Diane Smith, Serafin Coronel Molina, Ching-Yu, Percy & Dr. Jacqueline Webb, Veodies Callaway, Robert Motley, Keith Barnard, Lisa Stieglitz, Michael Dabney, Terry Drescher, Lola Thompson.

Announcements 

July 12, 2026

Today, July 12, 2026 We will have 3 baptisms this morning: Congratulations to Ridge Agebermaple, Joshua Ellis, and AlishaTaylor.   

July 14, 2026 6pm Trustees’ Meeting

July 21, 2026 2pm Missionary Circle

July 27, 2026 Deadline to reserve a place for the 3-Day Missionary 21st Prayer Conference and Retreat The flyers for the 3-day retreat, the 1 day Youth Retreat and registration form are attached to this email.

FROM THE FEED THE NEEDY FOOD PANTRY

Thank you!  Through the collective efforts of SED members and Second Baptist Church, the Needy Pantry was able to provide vital support to 54 families, totaling 169 individuals, in June, showcasing the transformative impact of community compassion and generosity.

Keep In Prayer

The Walter Bell Family (Uncle to Wyatt Johnson), Jeff Sims, Teretta Wakefield, Dimitri Robinson, Thomas Doyle, Sr. and the Edward Stewart Family, Carl Williams, Jr., Rev. Daniel Smith, II, The Bill Brown Family, David Stewart, Joanne Swayze, Pauline Bridgwater, Harry Price III, Arletha Dabney, Tyrone Morris, Diane Smith, Serafin Coronel Molina, Ching-Yu, Percy & Dr. Jacqueline Webb, Veodies Callaway, Robert Motley, Keith Barnard, Lisa Stieglitz, Michael Dabney, Terry Drescher, Lola Thompson.

Announcements 

July 5, 2026

HAPPY 250TH AMERICA!

July 7 through July 9, Vacation Bible School.  Sign up Sheets are in the Lobby.

July 14, 2026 6pm Trustees’ Meeting

July 21, 2026 2pm Missionary Circle

We still have sign up sheets in the lobby for VBS and anyone who would like to help Bertha’s Mission and their bake sale.

Keep In Prayer

Jeff Sims, Teretta Wakefield, Dimitri Robinson, Thomas Doyle, Sr. and the Edward Stewart Family, Carl Williams, Jr., Rev. Daniel Smith, II, The Bill Brown Family, David Stewart, Joanne Swayze, Pauline Bridgwater, Harry Price III, Arletha Dabney, Tyrone Morris, Diane Smith, Serafin Coronel Molina, Ching-Yu, Percy & Dr. Jacqueline Webb, Veodies Callaway, Robert Motley, Keith Barnard, Lisa Stieglitz, Michael Dabney, Terry Drescher, Lola Thompson.

Black History Spotlight: Daniel Hale Williams

A people who don’t make provision for their own sick and suffering are not worthy of civilization.”

–Daniel Hale Williams

The son of a barber, Daniel Hale Williams founded the first black-owned hospital in America, and performed the world's first successful heart surgery, in 1893. Williams was born in 1858 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the fifth of seven children. After his father died, his mother, Sara Price Williams, moved the family several times. Young Daniel started as a shoemaker, but quickly knew he wanted more education. He completed secondary school in Wisconsin. At age 20, Williams became an apprentice to a former surgeon general for Wisconsin. Williams studied medicine at Chicago Medical College.

After his internship, he went into private practice in an integrated neighborhood on Chicago's south side. He soon began teaching anatomy at Chicago Medical College and served as surgeon to the City Railway Company. In 1889, the governor of Illinois appointed him to the state's board of health.

Determined that Chicago should have a hospital where both black and white doctors could study and where black nurses could receive training, Williams rallied for a hospital open to all races. After months of hard work, he opened Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses on May 4, 1891, the country's first interracial hospital and nursing school.

One hot summer night in 1893, a young Chicagoan named James Cornish was stabbed in the chest and rushed to Provident. When Cornish started to go into shock, Williams suspected a deeper wound near the heart. He asked six doctors (four white, two black) to observe while he operated. In a cramped operating room with crude anesthesia, Williams inspected the wound between two ribs, exposing the breastbone. He cut the rib cartilage and created a small trapdoor to the heart.

Underneath, he found a damaged left internal mammary artery and sutured it. Then, inspecting the pericardium (the sac around the heart) he saw that the knife had left a gash near the right coronary artery. With the heart beating and transfusion impossible, Williams rinsed the wound with salt solution, held the edges of the palpitating wound with forceps, and sewed them together. Just 51 days after his apparently lethal wound, James Cornish walked out of the hospital. He lived for over 20 years after the surgery. The landmark operation was hailed in the press.

In 1894, Dr. Williams became chief surgeon of Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C., the most prestigious medical post available to African Americans then. There, he made improvements that reduced the hospital's mortality rate. In 1895, he helped to organize the National Medical Association for black professionals, who were barred from the American Medical Association. Williams returned to Chicago, and continued as a surgeon. In 1913, he became the first African American to be inducted into the American College of Surgeons.

As a sign of the esteem of the black medical community, until this day, a "code blue" at the Howard University Hospital emergency room is called a "Dr. Dan." In words that could later be said of Vivien Thomas, a colleague wrote, "His greatest pride was that directly or indirectly, he had a hand in the making of most of the outstanding Negro surgeons of the current generation."

Source:  The Columbia School of Surgery  https://columbiasurgery.org/news/daniel-hale-williams-and-first-successful-heart-surgery

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