Saint Michaels, located on the corner of Church St. and Hope St., is an Episcopalian church. Founded in 1718, Saint Michaels offers worship and religious services including baptisms, wedding ceremonies, funeral services and religious education.
Involved in the community, Saint Michaels supports charitable organizations including the Bristol Good Neighbors soup kitchen, the Bromley Mission Health Clinic and School in Monrovia, Liberia, and the Faith Walk for Charity.
Sunday school and child care (Little Children's Village) is also offered at Saint Michaels. Holy Eucharist is held on Sundays at 8am and 10am, and on Wednesdays at 7am.
Only the second Christian Science church in Rhode Island, the First Church of Christ Scientist has created a niche in the community and sees members travel from as far as Tiverton to attend services. A member of the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce, the church also holds Alcoholics Anonymous meetings every Tuesday night.
The church has resided at its location on Tower Hill Road since 1973, though its mother church in Boston has existed for over a century.
Central to Middletown and Aquidneck Island, Calvary Baptist Church offers Sunday and Wednesday services, ministry, missionaries and special services to nursing homes and veterans. Pastor Scott Tucker is a graduate of Bob Jones University in South Carolina. Pastor Tucker and his family joined Calvary Baptist Church in 2005. Prior to joining Calvary, he served as Assistant/Youth Pastor at Riverside Baptist Church in Indialantic, Florida.
Members of St. James Lutheran Church love to say that "God is up to something here," according to Pastor Andrew Simon. It's a phrase that he believes shows the spirit of unity, love and energy and demonstrates the opportunities for spiritual growth within the growing congregation, whose largest demographic is 18 and under. Pastor Simon leads two services each Sunday, a contemporary, more upbeat service at 9 am that features music by a band, and a more traditional service at 11 am with organ music. Outreach efforts focus on children and families and include an annual trip to Honduras, where congregants typically construct facilities for churches there. The church was founded in 1955.
St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church is one of only two Catholic parishes in North Kingstown. In 2010, St. Bernard's finished construction on their new facility.
Overlooking Wilson Park in Wickford, the Historic Baptist Church has served the community since 1991. Of the church's four services during the week, it is the Sunday service at 4 pm led by Pastor Nash Desent's teenage son Isaiah that truly stands out. Pillows dot the pews and some parishioners will take naps between the Sunday services to catch both.
Despite its diminutive appearance from the parking lot, the Living Truth facility houses a game room, a nursery, a kitchen and an area for services. This church aims to help local families by providing food and spiritual support to those in need. If you can't make the Sunday service, podcasts are available free of charge on the Web site.