Decorating for Christmas for the first time at 10 Tripps Lane! Great teamwork.
Jackie’s Celebration of Life
Every seat was full at Jackie Plante’s celebration of life on November 22. She impacted so many of us in a deep way.
On November 15, our beloved Jackie Plante went home to be with the Lord. Jackie and her husband Roger helped launch Renaissance Church back in 2003. She was a spiritual mom to many. She loved you with an overflow of love from the Savior who filled her heart. She created space for you, knew how to draw out the real answer to how you’re doing. Jackie gave life-changing, practical wisdom and prayed powerful, Spirit-led, faith-filled prayers.
Jackie had a special compassion for people who were often overlooked, especially those from the homeless community. As church member Cora put it, she “embodied what it means to serve the Lord and others.” We miss her so much, and yet we know she’s in glory with Christ, reaping the reward for her faithful life.
Here are some fond memories photos of Jackie with Renaissance Church.
The Core (church members group) got together for a summer picnic out in Crescent Park, Riverside.
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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Below, John and Katherine adding string lights to the sanctuary. We can’t have enough of those!
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!
What a beautiful time celebrating the baptisms of Adam, Marina, and Brynn!
We kept the celebration going with a big feast to follow.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Read MoreSince 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!
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!
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.
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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