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

Missions & Service

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!

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

THANK YOU!

ORELC certainly made Every Stitch Counts for Bags of Hope New England this year!! 

Over 116 hand-knit or crocheted cotton washcloths were crafted by the talented Our Redeemer congregation! These items will become part of the gifted duffel bags for babies in foster care throughout New England!

Thank you for sharing your creative talents! (https://www.bagsofhopene.org/)

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. 

 

Bags of Hope

Our Redeemer is again supporting His Providence Church (Swansea, MA) with their Bags of Hope project, entering their 14th year, which provides monogrammed duffle bag filled with comfort items to local children in foster care.

Ways You Can Help:

Purchase an Ornament for $25: The ornament will have the name of a local foster child written on it. We ask that you pray for this child by name throughout the year. Your donation provides the child named on the ornament with a monogrammed duffle bag filled with comfort items.

Checks can be made out to HPC-Bags of Hope. Ornaments will be available for purchase each Sunday from October 27 – November 17. 

Volunteer to help pack duffle bags: A group from Our Redeemer will be volunteering to fill duffle bags on Monday, December 2nd, from 6 pm – 8 pm. Pizza, snacks and drinks will be provided by Thrivent. Please sign up on the ‘OTHERS’ bulletin board if you plan to attend.

Bags of Hope is located at His Providence Church at 262 Swansea Mall Drive, Swansea, MA. (Exit 8 off I-195 East - Use ‘The River Health & Wellness’ entrance in the back of the building by Wal-Mart.)

If you would like to sign up to volunteer at other times during the weeks of November 18 thru December 5, please use the following link: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/923088568051/false#/invitation

Spread the Word: Share the news with friends & family.  To find out more about Bags of Hope and the need for foster and adoptive parents, click on these links: BOH-NE YouTube  BOH Website   BOH Facebook Page

Tri-County Community Action Agency

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Learn more & apply at a local community action program agency

FOOD BASKETS

Every year, members of Our Redeemer adopt families for Thanksgiving. This year, the Youth Group and Missions & Service Team will be collecting food for 13 families in need by providing them with a filled food basket and a gift card for a turkey.

If you would like to help, please sign up to bring in a specific food item from the lists in the narthex. All donations should be brought in by Sunday, November 24, and placed in the designated bins in Martin Hall. Monetary gifts are being accepted (payable to ORELC, memo line: Thanksgiving Baskets).

Your help is needed just as much this year as it was last year. Thank you!

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