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/)

Tri-County Community Action Agency

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Learn more & apply at a local community action program agency

Potluck Meal

You are invited to a potluck meal in Martin Hall following the Divine Service on Sunday, December 29.

Please bring a food item to share. A sign-up sheet is posted in the narthex to help with planning.

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

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

Bags of Hope 2024

Thank you to everyone who supported this project by giving of their time, talents, and treasures. We had a group of 22 volunteers help wrap and pack bags on December 2nd, and we raised $1,900 through the sale of ornaments. Through the support of Thrivent Action Teams, we were able to provide the volunteers with pizza, cookies and water and were able to purchase wrapping paper and tape this year.

God bless these foster children and the mission of Bags of Hope! 

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.