The Core (church members group) got together for a summer picnic out in Crescent Park, Riverside.
Sunday in the Park with the Core
Summer Community Meal
Another beautiful church community meal! Loved being together.🌼
Shoutout to the Afghan Women’s Catering from Beautiful Day RI for the delicious food! Learn more about them here: https://beautifuldayri.org/pages/afghan-women-entrepreneurship
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How many Ren people does it take to change a lightbulb?
Below, John and Katherine adding string lights to the sanctuary. We can’t have enough of those!
Prayer Send-off for Lucy and Joseph
A band of people stayed after the service to pray for Joseph and Lucy Tian-Delamerced, who were moving and had poured a lot into the Ren Church community, especially towards the college students and young adults. They then served to the very last minute, giving a short talk at the Well gathering about trusting God with one’s future. We already miss you both!
Baptism Sunday!
What a beautiful time celebrating the baptisms of Adam, Marina, and Brynn!
We kept the celebration going with a big feast to follow.
Surprise Celebration!
Church members surprised Ren staff with thank you gifts and an all-church celebration! Thank you Pastor Scott, Tiffany, RenKids Director Alli, Art Director Katherine, and general contractor Rich for your ceaseless efforts to make the 10 Tripps renovation happen.
Gather25 GenZ
For a unique 25 hours from Feb 28 - March 1, the global Church gathered through a simulcast called Gather25 to share how Jesus is transforming the Church in many parts of the planet. One of the several broadcast groups in Rhode Island was hosted at Renaissance Church from 8 pm - 2 am, and GenZ women and men led the worship and prayer onsite for the evening. God’s Spirit filled the place with His presence, and many of those who came spent time in confession, prayer, and whole-hearted worship.
Setting up a prayer station about praying for Rhode Island.
11 pm snack break!
The Well gets together.
A new group for teens and young adults has launched at Ren! In hopes to be a space to go deep with our faith in Jesus, we’ve named it The Well. After eating a lunch provided by one of the small groups, students and young adults gathered round for testimony-sharing time.
The Big Move
Here we are finishing the final touches of the renovation at 10 Tripps Lane—and finally moving from Providence to Riverside! Thank you to all the volunteers and contractors for all the hard work to get us across the finish line.
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Since May 2024 we have been renovating our next church space at 10 Tripps Lane, East Providence. Check out the progress over the past few months that a handful of contractors and many church volunteers have put into!
April Interactive Sunday
That time when Sam was a seed that grew up to be a Sam Tree. Interactive service with kids and grown-ups and skit shenanigans!
Easter 2024
Palm Sunday Community Meal
Celebrating Palm Sunday! The Potter’s House made us delicious street tacos again. We’re enjoying one of the final times final times of eating together in the 184 Broad St, Providence space.
Core Kick-off
The first big gathering of Core 2024 ate together and prayed together, starting the year strong with a renewed vision of what it means to be a healthy church.
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Men's Breakfast
Men in the Ren community connected over homemade breakfast.
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Interactive Sunday Service
To continue what we learned from last year’s intergenerational small communities, we started interactive all-church Sunday gatherings. Near the stage we had instruments and drawing materials to engage a variety of worship expressions. Council leader Vicky shared the parable of the prodigal son using pipe cleaner people and paper hearts. Then the congregation got in little groups to discuss themes found in the Bible passage. We still are finding joy in gathering all the generations to seek Jesus together.
