The Easter Citylove team led by Asa and Heather has been packing up book bags filled with essential items to hand out to the many homeless in our community at Kennedy Plaza.
Read MoreEaster Citylove: Nursing Homes Project
This Easter Citylove project focused on showing kindness to the elderly in local nursing homes
Read MoreEaster Citylove: "I Love Providence" Mural
We decided to give our murals a fresh look for Easter as a part of our Easter Citylove Initiative.
Read MoreEaster Citylove: Loving Local Organizations
Baptism Sunday
This Sunday (Palm Sunday) we celebrated 9 people making a public declaration of their commitment to follow Christ during our Baptism service! Here are some photos and videos from the baptisms:
Read MoreRENkids Prayer Wall
The RENkids Valley area now has an interactive prayer wall!
Read MoreWomen's Worship Night Recap
About 40 women attended last weekend's Women Worship + Prayer Night at Ren. It was a beautiful night of worshipping and sharing and praying together.
Read MoreRenaissance Church Easter Services - April 1, 2018
We are designing our Easter services this year not only for those who already believe but also for the many in our city who might be described as spiritually curious. So come and experience God’s love. A new life is possible!
Read MoreSupporting Missionaries
This year we want to take our support of missionaries to another level and have decided to form a group who will work together to learn about the missionary of the month, pray for the missionary and think about fresh ways to be a blessing to the missionary.
Read MoreRENkids Volunteer Training Meeting Recap
RENkids held the first of our quarterly trainings for volunteers the night of Thursday, February 1st. Becky Pracht, a longtime Ren member, is very knowledgeable and experienced in Behavior and Classroom Management with children and did some teaching and sharing on this topic.
Read MoreNew Service Times (February 2018)
Over the last week the ministers, staff and elders have been reviewing the service time surveys and trying to decide what is best.
Read MoreBible Journaling
The Wednesday morning women's bible study has been reading through the Bible using the Read Scripture app and incorporating creativity through Bible journaling (creating art on bible pages or in a separate journal). It has been beautiful to see how people visualize God's word and enjoy the creative process together.
Here's a sampling of what they've created:
Read MoreChristmas Decorating 2017 Recap
We had a great time decorating the Ren Church space for the Christmas season - thanks to everyone who joined in!
New wall art in the Valley
Our newly renovated downstairs kids area, the Valley, received some beautiful art installations by talented Ren artist Christine, AKA The Hipster Housewife.
Read MoreHeart: Citywide Worship Event
We partnering with Pastor Andrew Mook of Sanctuary and a few other local pastors to hold prayer and worship gatherings. The first one for 2018 will be Sunday January 14th at 6pm at Gloria Dei Church. This is the church Sanctuary rents at 15 Hayes St right across from the Providence Place Mall next to the Vets Auditorium. All are welcome.
Welcome back College Students
A huge welcome to everyone coming back to Providence for college.
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