Next Second Saturday – June 12

Hey – next Second Saturday, June 12, we are planning on doing our now annual BBQ and kids extravaganza at Uniacke Square. We will be partnering with Pax North Church to help put a smile on some kids’ faces (hopefully some moms as well), feed the homeless, and maybe pretty up the area by planting some flowers.

It’s the last 2nd Saturday before the summer break. You won’t want to miss this one – it’s gonna ROCK!!

I can’t wait!

Mike

Second Saturday Review: May 8, 2010

Second Saturday: May 8, 2010 – like most of the StoneRidge family, my mind was on my mom and the kids’ mom (of course).  It appears that most people forgot to get mom something and had to run out on Saturday morning and get something because the numbers were a little down. But guess what we had a blast! Richard (bus driver extraordinaire) took a few folks to our great partner at Feed Nova Scotia where they help pack and sort food for those who are less fortunate than us. The rest of us went to Halifax Christian Academy in Timberlea where we helped them paint their old gym. The school is trying to spruce up their building with a limited amount of funds. When completed, their goal is to become an early learning and daycare facility for the Timberlea area. This would allow them to impact scores of un-churched families by caring for their children in a happy non-threatening environment with the love of Jesus.  Well done, StoneRidge!

Mike

Little Eyes Are Watching You

Due to a few mother’s day family events that took us away for nearly the entire weekend, I was unable to attend this month’s Second Saturday. But it wasn’t like it was the furthest thing from my mind.

On Sunday at my mom’s church, Pastor Frank Kohler, lead pastor at Lake Echo Fellowship Baptist Church, spoke on the subject, Little Eyes Are Watching You. And something he said was sooo Second Saturday.

Frank said, We miss a huge lesson of Jesus if we think we’re going to impact many people – for Christ – on Sunday morning between ten-thirty and twelve o’clock. And then later, We need to realize that our lives, to be impactful for Christ – are lived out there. By “out there” he meant, outside the church; out in the community.

He went on to say it’s how we interact with others; it’s how they see us in our daily lives that’s going to speak to them of whether or not they’re going to be interested in what you practice by faith.

And that’s what Second Saturday is all about. It’s not about being pastors or preachers – for the majority of us, that’s not our job. It’s about making a connection with people. It’s about building relationships with people. It’s about the hope that we are out there doing what we do naturally, and out of obedience, and realizing little eyes – and big, grown-up eyes – are watching us, to see if we are living what we believe.

So let’s get out there and live every moment we are outside the building we call church as if it’s Second Saturday, and remember, those little eyes are watching us.

Scott