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

Missions & Service

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

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!

Every Stitch Counts!

Bags of Hope New England (https://www.bagsofhopene.org/) is preparing for the holidays and needs your assistance! Bags of Hope provides duffel bags of gifts and necessities to children in foster care, and they are requesting hand knitted or crocheted cotton washcloths by mid-November. These washcloths will be part of the gifted duffel bags for babies.

There are many free craft patterns on the internet for these 8” X 8” washcloths. Kate Bosch is overseeing this service project and has details about sharing your creative talents with Bags of Hope New England!

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.

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

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 ends on October 2 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 Dr. Katherine Wheeler, is on Thursday, October 16, 2025, doors open at 6pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Grand Ballroom, Warwick, RI.

Can't attend this year but want to show your support by helping to sponsor. Write "Harmony Sponsor" on your check memo line or on your donation envelope.

Tri-County Community Action Agency

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Learn more & apply at a local community action program agency

LCMS Disaster Response

“We love because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19) — Helping the hurting amid disaster

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Disaster Response ministry responds to immediate and long-term needs following natural and man-made disasters.

Working through LCMS districts and congregations as well as with international Lutheran churches and other partners, LCMS Disaster Response builds capacity of the church’s partners to respond to needs with Christian care.

The ministry reaches out to LCMS congregations and their communities with services that include on-site assessment, emergency relief and development grants, pastoral care for LCMS church workers and members, and other resources.

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

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