The Baptist Church in Warren Founded in 1764 Main Building: 407 Main St. Warren, RI USA Mailing Address/Office Building/Parking Lot 16 Miller St. Warren, RI 02885 Map Handicapped Access from the Parking Lot RIPTA Bus 60 Providence-Newport Line Phone: (401) 245-3669 Office Email: [email protected] Lion's Den Thrift shop has closed. |
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America for Christ Offering, and food for the local food bank. Collecting items for the town’s food pantry at St. Mary of the Bay church. They especially canned soup, canned pasta, toothpaste. Also, family sized items: cereal, peanut butter, canned meat, pasta sauce. LIVE ON YOUTUBE
We are LIVE on the world wide web! Shut-ins, vacationers, and members who live far away can now experience our church services as they happen. All you need is a computer, tablet, or smart phone, and a high-speed internet connection. Click on the YouTube options near the top of this page. coffee hour is back!
Please join us for coffee hour after our Sunday Worship Service. SUNDAY SERVICE VOLUNTEERING
Volunteers are always needed for coffee hour, for Sunday Morning Worship service ushers, and Nursery Caregivers (during service). COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE
Our Community Assistance Fund continues to help residents of Warren, Bristol and Barrington with a one-time per year contribution of $100.00 towards a utility bill. We continue our tradition of contributing to the Community Assistance Fund on Communion Sundays, the first Sunday of each month. Let's give what we can to this very worthy cause. Please remember to indicate on your check, or use the provided communion envelopes for your giving. Thank you. REMEMBER SUNDAY WORSHIP TIME
Reminder: Sunday Morning Worship begins at 9am. As a courtesy to others, please try to be seated before then. Also, if you come too late, you might miss important morning announcements! Thank-you. Proof that Masks, Handwashing, and Social Distancing Work
According to Scientific American, influenza cases all over the globe have dropped to “minuscule levels.” We’re not seeing nearly the same numbers as we have in previous years because of the health measures in place to help slow the spread of COVID19 — hand-washing, mask-wearing, staying home when sick, and socially distancing. The publication reports approximately 600 deaths attributed to influenza during the 2020-2021 flu season in the United States, which typically peaks between December and February. Compared to previous years, where the numbers in the 2019-2020 season saw roughly 22,000 deaths, and the 2018-2019 season had more at 34,000 deaths, 600 is a 97 percent drop. So why is that happening? The numbers are so low because the flu isn’t around. “There’s just no flu circulating,” Greg Poland, a researcher who has been studying the flu for the Mayo Clinic for decades, told Scientific American. Because of the measures in place for COVID, including increased handwashing, wearing masks, and staying home when sick, no one is out there spreading the flu either. “It turns out if you drastically reduce global travel, close public workplaces and schools, and promote mask-wearing and handwashing, you’ll cut off opportunities for common pathogens to spread.” |
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Our denomination, American Baptist Churches, USA, believes that the Bible is the inspired word of God and the final authority in matters of faith. We affirm the Trinity, that the one God exists as three persons in complete unity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. We confess Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, through whom those who believe can have fellowship with God. He died, taking on the sins of the world, and was resurrected, triumphing over sin and death. We focus on the risen Christ, who remains an influence in our hearts, and thus, in our daily lives. Meet Rev. Debra Lee, our minister.
Debra is the mother of two adult daughters, Chelsea and Brittany. Brittany lives in New Bedford with her mom and stepfather Doug. Chelsea lives in Macedon, NY (upstate) with her dog Stella. Chelsea teaches high school, and Brittany works at Barretts in the waterfront. Rev. Lee is an Andover Newton Graduate (2010) and has been a settled pastor for the last 13 years. Rev. Lee also received her Masters in Public Administration from Bridgewater State College (2004). She lives in New Bedford with her husband Doug and their four golden doodles: Daisy, Gracie, Pansey and Luna. Debra recently retired as the Director of the Council on Aging for the City of New Bedford. In addition to pastoring First Baptist Church of Swansea (2017), she works as a Hospice Chaplain for Community Nurse and the Operations Manager for the Conference of Baptist Ministers in Massachusetts. She is in the application process for the doctoral program at Gordon Conwell Seminary. |
Sketch of our church by Laurel Paquin
AffiliationsAmerican Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA),
American Baptist Churches of RI (ABCORI), American Baptist Home Mission Societies, International Ministries, National Council of Churches USA, Baptist World Alliance, World Council of Churches, Lion's Den Thrift Shop, St. Mary of the Bay Food Pantry, East Bay Interfaith Association, Women's Resource Center. We stand opposed to all forms of hate.
With the recent violent tragedies in the U.S. and elsewhere in mind, below is the official stance of American Baptist Churches against hate and bigotry, first conceived in 1957 and added to over time.
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