401-232-7575   office@orelc.org    54 Cedar Swamp Road  |  Smithfield  |  RI  |  02917
    Worship: 9:15 AM  |  Sunday School: 10:45 AM   

Missions & Service

Tri-County Community Action Agency

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Learn more & apply at a local community action program agency

ORELC on Facebook

Our Redeemer’s Facebook page is a great place to go to keep up with what is going on at Church.  Please like our page and posts.  Share them on your own page as well.  

If you need help getting an account set up, contact Missions & Service Board by calling the church office at 232-7575. 

 

Nursery Care

If nursery care is needed during Service, please speak with one of our Greeters. They will alert our volunteers that nursery care is being requested. Thank you!

Harmony Women's Care Annual Banquet

Please stand with Harmony as they serve women facing crisis pregnancies, supporting them to choose life and showing them the love of Jesus Christ.

Registration is now open for this night of inspiration, hope, and joy and we celebrate all that God is doing in RI and beyond! The Harmony's Women's Care annual fundraising banquet, with keynote speaker Scott Klusendorf, is on Friday, November 1, 2024, 7-9 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick, RI.

Register online at www.harmonyfriends.org/banquet2024 and type ORELC in the “Church Group or Seating Request” field. There is no cost to attend the banquet. but a free will offering will be collected at the event. 

Can't attend the banquet? Show your support by helping to sponsor. Write "Harmony Sponsor" on your check memo line or on your donation envelope.

Busy Bags

Missions & Service reminds you that we have “Busy Bags” in the narthex for our young church attendees!

Quiet fidgets, finger puppets and board books are all loaded into an easy carry canvas bag. For older children we have independent readers books, crayons, and sketch pads.

Look in the bin under the church mailboxes and please return neatly to the bin after service. Thank you. Jamie Droste, Missions & Service Chair

Hurricane Response:

Support relief and mercy efforts for Helene & Milton victims in the southeastern United States

Your financial gifts will make a difference in helping restore numerous lives as we bear Christ’s mercy in word and deed to Hurricane victims.

Call 888-930-4438

Text LCMSDISASTERS to 41-444

Donate by mail: Mail your gift to: The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, PO Box 66861, St. Louis, MO 63166-6861

Give Online

Stinnetts in Ethiopia

As many of you know, Pastor Aaron Stinnett’s brother, Rev. Eric Stinnett, teaches at Mekane Yesus Seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The seminary is dedicated to training faithful Lutheran pastors and other church workers to serve in Ethiopia. 

If you would like to support the Stinnetts financially, please make checks payable to “Our Redeemer” and put “Stinnetts” in the memo line.  Donations can be placed in the regular offering plate. Designate “Stinnetts” in your on-line Vanco one-time special donation.

Thanks in advance for your prayers and support. Find more information about Rev. Eric's mission, biography, and additional information:  https://www.lcms.org/stinnett