Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church
Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church

Worship Service - Sunday, 7/20/2025, 9:30am

Bulletin for Sunday, 7/20/2025
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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

Summer 2025

Pastoral Musings

 

It’s officially summer! It’s the time of year when we often step away for a while to visit family and friends, or to take that long-anticipated vacation trip. Wherever this summer finds you, I pray that you will find respite and refreshment. I know that wherever you go, God will be with you.

 

I saw God’s care personally a few weeks ago when I hit a deep pothole as I was running an errand and popped a tire in the new car I had picked up only two weeks before. Many things were of concern, but the most urgent was the timing. It was late Saturday afternoon of Memorial Day weekend and people were already taking off work. Would I be able to get it fixed quickly?

 

My concerns began to lift as each step in this repair unfolded seamlessly.

Initially, the gentleman who took my call for assistance noted that it might be 90 minutes before he could get a tow truck to me. Instead, the truck showed up not more than five minutes after that call. This meant that I was at the repair shop an hour before they were to close for the next two days. They replaced the tire within half an hour.

 

All afternoon I became aware of God’s care and timing. Each person I met was so very kind and helpful. Each need was met. And even as I certainly wish I had not popped the tire, I am also grateful for this experience because it showed me once again that wherever I am, I am never beyond God’s care. 

 

I pray that your trips this summer will unfold smoothly, and that should there be bumps along the way, you too will witness God’s care that is always with us.

 

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

Sundays, 9:30am ET

Contact Us

Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church

229 Wilbur Avenue

Cranston, RI 02921-1016

Phone: 401 944-0864

Email: olcbc229@gmail.com

 

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