Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church

Worship Service - Sunday, 10/05/2025, 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

September 2025

Pastoral Musings

September has rolled around again. I’ve noticed some leaves changing already and a few burning bushes showing the first signs of the brilliant red they will soon turn. Schools are back in session – some began the last week in August – and the church program year is starting to pick up

once again. Change is certainly in the air.

While I’ve enjoyed the slower pace of summer, I’m looking forward to the “big doings” in September and beyond. The first “big doing” is Rally Day on Sunday, September 14th. In the spirit of Rally Day 2025, I wish you a year of hoʿolana (hope) and aloha (love). Isn’t it wonderful that the Hawaiian word most often used to greet someone is a word that embodies the essence of love, affection, and peace.

September also marks two years since you first welcomed me to Oak Lawn as your Interim Pastor. From my first Sunday, I knew this was a special place. And while I did not come with the intention of applying for the position of settled pastor, I was delighted when the search

committee approached me last winter with this opportunity.

And so, the other “big doing” this month is something I and many of you have been anticipating for about five months now. On Sunday, September 28th at 2:00 p.m. we will celebrate together my installation as the Settled Pastor of the Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church. I truly hope that

many of you can attend this special service and reception as we begin a new chapter in the life of this church.

May God bless us all as we look ahead to a new program year filled with old favorites and new visions, and to a future of renewal and growth in the life of the Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church!

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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