Opportunities for strengthening and sharing our faith and Biblical knowledge occur through worship and as well as through small group opportunities:
- Sundays – 9:00 a.m. – Meditation, Reflection, and Prayer. This is a quiet time for individuals to come together to meditate, read, journal, and pray – an opportunity to “try out” individual spiritual practices, but surrounded by others providing communal support.
- Sunday, October 6 – World Communion Sunday – During this service we will join other churches around the globe to celebrate their unity in the Christian faith through communion to remember that we are one in faith and love through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- Video Series starting Sunday, October 20 – 11:15 a.m. Join us after worship in a 5-week video series titled “Church: A Community Called for the Future”. Pastor Justin will lead us in a discussion where we will attempt to answer the question: Is the Church dead or alive?
- Dinner Church Worship Service – Wednesday, October 23, 5:00 p.m. What is “Dinner Church”? A worship service of liturgy, scripture, prayers, singing, discussion, meditation, and communion occurs while people are gathered around the table eating.
- Pub Theology – October 30, 6:00 p.m. at Three Figs Restaurant.
This is a space to dive deeply into topics involving faith, meaning, identity, culture, politics and more! Come bring your questions and your curiosity and pull up a chair.
Second Baptist has several ongoing missions.
- We continue to support Shriner’s Hospital by collecting aluminum pull-tabs (from soda cans or other food cans). Proceeds from the sale of the tabs are used to benefit the patients in many ways. Only ALUMINUM (NON-MAGNETIC) tabs are usable.
- Soup Kitchen Ministry – Saturday, October 12. Serving a meal for anyone in need at the Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen at South Congregational Church in Springfield, MA.
- Special Needs Fellowship – Monday, October 14, 6:30 p.m. This is monthly outreach program for our friends with cognitive limitations to give them a safe environment for crafts, singing, and fellowship.
Several Community Events will be held at Second Baptist Church in October:
- Wednesday, October 9 – Second Baptist Church is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on in our Fellowship Hall. For an appointment, please visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
- On Saturday, October 19 a Memorial Service for Lester Smith, 70-year resident and town Historian, will be held at Second Baptist Church with reception to follow.
- Don’t forget to stop by the Common Room the evening of October 31 (Halloween). Congregants will participate in trick-or-treating with children and families strolling Main Street.
Contact the church office (office@secondbaptistsuffield.org or 860-668-1661) if you are interested in participating in any of the above opportunities. Additional information for these and other activities/opportunities at the church is available on secondbaptistsuffield.org, along with our Facebook and Instagram sites.