With a rich history to its name, the historic Church of the Ascension on Main Street in Wakefield caters to a devoted congregation that is big on community outreach and offers a variety of church programming including youth groups, adult education and much more.
The mission of the Church of the Ascension is to provide a dynamic worship environment that appeals to all ages and to continue its extensive outreach efforts throughout the greater community.
St. Francis Episcopal Church is a small, wooden building set on Peckham Lane overlooking Old Flat River Road from a small hill.
The church was founded in 1917 as Christ Church, but has since merged with the congregation of St. Matthias, taking its latest name.
The church offers several activities, including parish suppers, serving meals to the homeless at Epiphany in Providence, Sunday School, the Blessing of the Animals and Tie Dye Sunday. There is a coffee hour and adult education between services on Sunday, and Christian education for children pre-K though grade 12 beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Members may choose to be active as worship leaders, ushers, acolytes, in the Altar Guild or Sewer's Guild. The church is led by The Reverend Sean Manchester.
Located in the Rumford area of East Providence, the Church of the Epiphany is an Episcopal church. The church has a community garden and sells pumpkins before Halloween.
The Church of the Apostles is an evangelical Anglican church located on Fairview Avenue in Coventry and is a member of the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference. The CCC is theologically conservative and believes in the autonomy of local churches. The denomination allows for differences among its member churches in some details of worship, though it is committed to basic Christian doctrine.
The church holds men's and women's bible studies, Sunday morning Christian education classes followed by brunch and Sunday evening worship and bible study. They also have a youth group and children's ministry.
St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a Christian worship community that blends the traditional and the innovative. The church is rich in history with the cornerstone being laid in 1847. Located on the church's 90 acres is the Gibbs House, the rectory, the parish house, the churchyard and St. Mary's Episcopal Church.
According to St. Peter's records, the worshippers have been meeting since the summer of 1852, when Joseph H. Dulles fathered a group of various denominations for worship on Sunday afternoons at Indian Rock at the shore. The first church was built in July 1869 at a cost of $4,000, only for a "great northeast gale" to demolish the structure in September of the same year.
However, the very next day the church trustees met and resolved to build a new church. This same church, built in English Gothic style, stands today, with the same stained glass Tiffany windows. The church has been in the National Register of Historic Places since 1982.
A preschool is also run by the church on the property. A rector's house on the property was converted into the schoolhouse in the 1970s. An annex completed in the late 2000s connects the church with the schoolhouse, and also provides office space. Sermon podcasts are available on the church's website.
St. Davids On The Hill Episcopal Church, headed by Reverend Nancy Willis, has been located at 200 Meshanticut Valley Parkway since 1921. Originally a mission of the All Saints' Memorial Church in Providence, St. David's finally became its own independent church in 1950. The church has many great educational programs and events that encourage friendship and Christian values for children and adults. St. David's also regularly organizes clothing drives, food banks and community clean-ups to help the people of Cranston. You can view a full list of events happening at the church at www.stdavidsonthehill.net/current-events.html.
Set among heavily wooded winding rural roads, Saint Columba’s is home to a spiritually engaged and socially diverse group of people, as well as an open house for all those who seek a closer relationship with God. It’s a parish of the Episcopal Church in the United States, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The congregation celebrates that Christian heritage with respect for both scripture and reason, as well as an appreciation of the ways that our faith is nourished by liturgy, music, and art, and expressed through service to others.
Worship*Reflect*Connect
Worship:
8am Holy Eucharist - Rite One
10am Holy Eucharist - Rite Two
10am Children’s Chapel in the Parish House. Children join their parents in church for communion.
Reflect and Connect:
9am Reflect and Connect - Adult Education
9am Sunday School (ages 4 and up)
Nursery for children under 3 - 9am thru the 10am service
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Wednesdays:
5:30pm- Holy Eucharist with prayers for healing
6pm - Youth Group
The Rev. Richard Shippee, Priest-in-Charge at
Saints Matthew and Mark Episcopal Church since 2011 describes his parish as a generous community that provides a strong worship experience and serves to relieve distress wherever it occurs through numerous outreach programs and financial support. The parish was opened in 1891 in West Barrington by the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island as the "Chapel of Ease" for linen makers and their families who worked in the former mills. Through flood and fire and financial hardships, Saint Matthew's has continued on as a thriving place to worship. The congregation's Queen Anne Gothic Revival-style building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.