As July ended and a new month began, the Ocean State church hosted a historic tag sale for missions and a moving church service highlighted by a special song regarding God’s love. As our special missions’ contribution approaches, the congregation executed our plan to get our minds focused on raising money for European countries desperately […]
As the church here in the greater Providence, RI, area nears its one year anniversary, we must pause to thank God and all of New England for your powerful partnership and prayers. We have felt your love and impact very much these past several months. When our congregation began, we had zero undergraduate college students. […]
For the past two Sundays, temperatures have climbed to their highest levels here in Rhode Island. In our third floor perch of the non air-conditioned French American School, there was a lot of high heat flowing for our July 19th “The Mission” service. Several guests and some special families showed up for this summer spectacular. […]
Features Face Paint, Flowers, Food and a Baptism On Sunday, July 12, the Ocean State Church of Christ ventured off to Colt State Park in Bristol, RI, for our first time ever. Several members of the past Rhode Island church remember with fondness the many services held The worship service began at 10:30 AM with […]
This month, our entire church celebrated as one of our members – Jessica Boerma – graduated with a master’s in social work from Boston University. Jessica moved to New England two years ago from Clemson, South Carolina. She was married on June 29, 2014, to her handsome husband – David – who is working on […]
On Sunday, May 17, five disciples from the Lincoln Gifford family attended the Ocean State church of Christ and led us in worshipping God. The father, Lincoln, an elder in the Hartford church, led an extended communion time of sharing which included some great thoughts on life – pray, prepare and serve. Irene, his wife, […]
On Sunday, May 10, the members of the Ocean State Church of Christ – along with many friends and relatives – gathered at the French American School to sing praises to God and also honor the many mothers among us. The service began with inspiring singing. Then five of our congregation’s kids shared thoughts about […]
A long-standing, Rhode Island tradition calls for a Breakfast during the first weekend of May each year. Since our church is an Ocean State congregation, we decided to jump into our own morning delight in the evening. On Friday, May 1, virtually all of the members of our church and several friends invaded the Martin […]
About one year ago, David Boerma and Jessica Kirkus were about to be married. Several disciples from Clemson, South Carolina, came up to Providence to encourage them in their new northern home. The crew went out to Starbucks one day and shared with an employee. He seemed interested in spiritual things and his phone number […]
Easter Sunday Points Ocean State Church To Jesus’ Bold Prediction On April 5, 2015, over 90 people gathered in the French American School of Rhode Island to worship God and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. An array of guests and members climbed the stairs on this special day to sing, pray and read about the […]