Worship Service - Sunday, 10/12/2025, 9:30am
Service of Installation Program
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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!
Church Facility Rental Information
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From The Pastor
October 2025
Pastoral Musings
I want to extend my deep and heartfelt “thank you” to each one of you who contributed your time and talents to making my installation service such a wonderful day. I also want to thank you all for the red stole with the Baptist logo you gifted me. It is such a beautiful and thoughtful gift! Thank you too for all of your kind notes and well wishes. They warmed my heart and reminded me how very blessed I am to be walking with you. May God continue to bless our mutual ministry!
As we move into October, we have many more opportunities to come together with New programs and returning favorites. On Sunday, October 26th, we will be carving pumpkins once again during a special coffee hour. It was such fun last year to see the creativity of our youth as they carved both smiling and scary Jack-O-Lanterns. And remember – all are invited to tap into your inner kid to carve or to decorate a pumpkin!
Beginning Tuesday, October 14th, we will also resume our Fall Bible Study for three weeks. This year, we’re exploring Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. In one of my favorite passages, Paul reminds the faithful that the fullness of God is expressed in Christ’s love for us, which is deep, broad, long, and high (Eph. 3:18-19). It’s a comforting reminder
that there is nowhere we can be and nothing we can experience that is beyond the reach of Christ’s love.
There is so much to enjoy in this season of harvest – warm days and cool nights, the changing colors of the leaves, and the anticipation of fall holidays to come. May God’s blessings of this season renew your spirits and bring you joy and comfort.
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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Worship Service
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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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