Leo and Ivey Mella love hospitality. They enjoy having people into their home, putting out Christmas lights and serving in our church in many ways. But Leo’s ability to surprise us may have reached new heights as he invited all of the men of the church over to his home for breakfast on Saturday, January […]
Vincent and Joanna Added To Christ’s Body In Rhode Island Vincent Pitts and Joanna Washington have become great friends to many over the past several months. Vincent’s cousin, Maurice Perry from the Boston Church of Christ, introduced this cool couple to us back in the summer. There have been a few challenges these two have […]
Friday the 13th is usually thought of as a scary evening. However, we turned it into one of the most special nights in the existence of our church this month. We had what we called a “Marriage Night.” With the help of our singles’ ministry and some teens who watched the kids (thank you!), 12 […]
Admir Monteiro, a native of Cape Verde, is passionate about all he does. He is presently getting his masters in engineering at the University of Rhode Island. On Sunday, November 8, he was born again of water and the spirit (John 3:5) to obey God’s call in an exciting service of the Ocean State Church […]
The New England School of Missions is a program where young disciples who are desiring ministry or somewhat new in the ministry are being trained to be sent out to serve around New England and across the world. Doug Arthur, Kevin Miller and Val Koha work tirelessly with them over the course of each year, […]
It has only been about one year that our congregation has been in existence. However, we have already made memories in a lot of places and in a lot of ways. Some of the places we have had services in year one have been the Portuguese Social Club, the Marriott Hotel, the Martins’ home, Colt […]
On Sunday, October 18, our congregation celebrated the ending of an era as we worshipped for our final time at The French-American School of Rhode Island. Will Walter, special guest from Hartford, spoke passionately on the topic of “Perseverance,” and then we all put up chairs and descended the three flights of stairs for our […]
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. […]