Worship Service - Sunday, 6/15/2025, 9:30am
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
June 2025
Pastoral Musings
It’s June. The promise of warmer days is in the air, even if the end of May was rather grey and gloomy. June also brings with it the promise of new adventures as we plan summer vacations and activities. And it’s also a time to celebrate new beginnings for our
college graduates and young people as they embark on new commitments and new life paths.
June is also the month when we gather together once again at our annual Church Life meeting to review the past year in the life of the Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church and look ahead to what the next year may bring. This year, we will gather after worship
on Father’s Day, June 15th. The coming year promises to be filled with blessings as we look to begin the process of making the church buildings more accessible to all. In our commitment to this project, I see an optimism among us about the future that God holds before us.
As I have been preparing for our June Bible Study on the 23rd Psalm, I have been looking at the words of that Psalm in some new ways. Re-reading this Psalm in light of our study guide, I have been reminded of all the ways our God is with us – walking with
us in green pastures, and through deep valleys. Not only does God walk with us, but as a Shepherd would, God carries a rod to ward off those who would harm us, and a staff to extricate us from any crevices we may fall into. Our God is gentle and caring, strong and
sure. And always, always with us.
As we enter into this new year in the life of our church, may our focus rest on all the ways God is guiding us into the future with the promise of those green pastures.
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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