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Welcome to Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church
At Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church, we support people as they seek to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We are an American Baptist Church in partnerships with American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island and American Baptist Churches, USA. We are ecumenically minded and seek opportunities for
worship and service with other community churches.
Our church welcomes diverse families. We provide for Christian Education (Sunday School) for school aged children, as well as a nursery for pre-school children during worship services.
A very important part of our worship at Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church is our music program. We have been blessed with a strong music ministry consisting of a Sanctuary Choir, Hand bell Choir, two
organists, and many musically talented members who readily share their gifts during the worship services throughout the year.
At the conclusion of worship every Sunday all are invited to the fellowship hall to join in conversation and refreshments.
Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church is located at 229 Wilbur Avenue in Cranston. We warmly invite you to worship with us on a Sunday morning at 9:30 am. Until then, may our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ richly bless you!
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From The Pastor
December 2025
Pastoral Musings
As we enter December, we’re all looking ahead to the holidays, especially Christmas. But, before we get there, we travel the path of Advent – a time of anticipation and preparation as we await the birth of the Christ Child. The days leading up to Christmas are also designed to be a time of reflection, although I know that for many of us, this is far from our reality as many of us add even more onto our already full to-do lists. There is much to do, and our intentions are good.
Yet the reality is that we can feel so overwhelmed that we miss the connection to
Christmas that we seek. So, allow me to remind you that you are enough just as you are. This is the deep message of Christmas, after all. God so loved you and me that God came to share our humanity and our world. And not merely for the curiosity of it all, but to show us the depth of God’s love for each one of us. If you need reminders of this, I invite you to come to worship during Advent and share in the journey toward Christmas. Come and experience our Christmas pageant on December 7th when our children will present “Christmas Hallelujah.” And come on Christmas Eve at 6:00 p.m. when we will celebrate the birth of our Savior with story and carols.
However your month unfolds, I invite you to take some time to reflect on God’s
Amazing gift to us, a gift given to show us how much we are loved – how much you are loved. Maybe there will be a moment when you hear a Christmas carol you love, and you find yourself singing along. Maybe a beautiful Christmas display will catch your attention as you drive by. Whatever it is, I pray that you will have moments of grace this Advent and Christmas Season.
Blessings and Peace,
Pastor Linda
The Legend of the Dogwood
There is a legend, that at the time of the Crucifixion, the dogwood had been the size of the oak and other forest trees. So firm and strong was the tree that it was chosen as the timber of the cross.
That it was used for such a cruel purpose greatly distressed the tree. Jesus, nailed upon it, sensed this, and in His gentle pity for all sorrow and suffering said to it "Because of your regret and pity for My suffering, never again shall the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a cross. Henceforth it shall be slender and bent and twisted, and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross... two long and two short petals. And in the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints, brown with rust and stained with red, and in the center of the flower will be a crown of thorns,
and all who see it will remember."
Submitted by: Robin Butzier
REPEAT DAILY
STAYING POSITIVE IS A MUST
PRAYING IS A MUST
IGNORING NEGATIVITY IS A MUST
STAYING FOCUSED IS A MUST
REMAINING HUMBLE AND GRATEFUL IS A MUST
BEING ON A MISSION TO BE AT PEACE, AND FINDING
A BETTER YOU, IS ESSENTIAL TO LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE
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Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church
229 Wilbur Avenue
Cranston, RI 02921-1016
Phone: 401 944-0864
Email: olcbc229@gmail.com
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