First Baptist, East Greenwich, RI

06/14/2026

Join us for our weekly Sunday Service!

06/13/2026

Annual Meeting Zoom Link, Order of Service

Annual Meeting is this Sunday, right after the Service. We need everyone's attendance to meet quo0rum numbers. You CAN attend via Zoom. Note Zoom will start at 10:30 am, even if the service is still going on.

Topic: FBC Annual Meeting
Time: Jun 14, 2026 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Sunday Service:
Join us at 9:30 am in the Sanctuary or on Facebook Live Pastor Paul will be in the pulpit.

First Baptist Church, East Greenwich, RI
Rev. Paul Rollins, Pastor
June 14, 2026


Please enter the Sanctuary in a spirit of reflection and
Depart in a spirit of service
Welcome & Announcements



Prelude

Call to Worship (Jeremiah 29:11-13)

Leader: For thou I know the thoughts that I think toward

you, says the LORD,

People: thoughts of peace and not of evil,

Leader: to give you a future and a hope.

People: Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me,

Leader: and I will listen to you.

People: And you will seek Me and find Me

All: when you search for Me with all your heart.



*Hymn No. 130 “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing”

O for a thousand tongues to sing

My great Redeemer’s praise,

The glories of my God and King,

The triumphs of his grace.



Jesus! The name that charms our fears,

That bids our sorrows cease,

‘Tis music in the sinner’s ears,

‘Tis life and health and peace.



He breaks the power of canceled sin,

He sets the prisoner free;

His blood can make the foulest clean;

His blood availed for me.



He speaks, and listening to his voice,

New life the dead receive;

The mournful, broken hearts rejoice;

The humble poor believe.



My gracious Master and my God,

Assist me to proclaim,

To spread through all the earth abroad

The honors of thy name.



Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

*Gloria Patri (No. 805)

Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost

As it was in the beginning

Is now and ever shall be,

World without end. Amen Amen



Time for the Offering

Offertory “How Firm a Foundation” Choir

Doxology (No. 809)

Praise God From whom all blessings flow

Praise Him all creatures here below,

Praise Him above you heavenly host

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen

Prayer of Dedication



Meditation: "Let us then continually persevere in our hope, and the

earnest of our righteousness, Which is Jesus Christ, 'who bore our

sins in His own body on the tree, who did no sin, neither was guile

found in His mouth', but endured for all things for us, that we mig!J

live in Him. Let us then be imitators of His patience; and if we suffer

for His name's sake, let us glorify Him. For He has set us this example

in Himself, and we have believed that such is the case "

Polycarp from his letter to the Philippians 115 AD'



Praise Song "Come Jesus Come"

Stephen McWhirter and the Brooklyn Tabernacle choir



Time for Prayer

Celebrations and Concerns

*Lord., Listen to Your Children Praying'' (No 629)

Pastoral Prayer

Lord's Prayer ("...Forgive us our sins. )

"Hear Our Prayer O Lord" (no' 817)



*Hymn No, 622 "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"

What a friend we have in Jesus

All our sins and griefs to bear!

What a privilege to carry

Everything to God in prayer!

O what peace we often forfeit

O what needless pain we bear

All because we do not carry

Everything to God in prayer



Have we trials and temptations?

Is there trouble anywhere?

We should never be discouraged

Take it to the Lord in prayer

Can we find a friend so faithful

Who will all our sorrows share?

Jesus knows our every weakness

Take it to the Lord in prayer



Are we weak and heavy laden

Cumbered with a load of care?

Precious Savior, still our refuge

Take it to the Lord in prayer

Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?

Take it to the Lord in prayer!

In his arms he'll take and shield thee

Thou wilt find a solace there



Message "Semper Fi"

Scripture: Matthew 5:14 Revelation 2:8-11

Hymn No. 514 "Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine"

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine;

Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!

Heir of salvation, purchase of God,

Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.



Refrain

This is my story, this is my song,

Praising my Savior all the day long.

This is my story, this is my song,

Praising my Savior all the day long.



Perfect submission, perfect delight,

Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;

Angels descending, bring from above

Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.



Refrain



Perfect submission, all is at rest,

I in my Savior am happy and blest;

Watching and waiting, looking above,

Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.



Refrain



Benediction

Postlude

WE DEPART TO SERVE



Altar Flowers are in memory of her sister and brother-in-law, Joan and John Santos, and her parents, Stewart and Alice Essex, by Judy and Gary Leonard





Announcements

Rev. Bob Auld will fill the pulpit on June 21st.



Adult Discussion Group will meet today following Worship



Circle II Will be having their annual luncheon on Thursday,

June 18, at 11:30am in the Church House. Please bring a dish

for Pot Luck.



Sharing Locker Kleenex, toilet tissue, no rinse body wash.

Food Pantry Coffee, brownie mix and canned fruit.



June 28 The “Situations”, a collection of Christian gentlemen will

help us celebrate our Independence Day in song!!



Dawn Ward New address: Avalon Nursing Home

57 Stokes Street

Room 10A

Warwick, RI 02889

Tel: 401-384-7077


ANNUAL MEETING

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING WORSHIP

06/10/2026

With a new owner, Camp Canonicus turns to past to resume operations
Portrait of Bella DeCrescenzoBella DeCrescenzo
Providence Journal
June 8, 2026, 5:05 a.m. ET

Canonicus Ministries Inc. is in the process of acquiring the Canonicus Camp and Conference Center property in Exeter.

The nonprofit, which was created 18 months ago to revitalize camping, is looking to restart the camp and conferencing program at the 300-acre property.

“We believe with evidence that camping changes lives. … In a natural setting without day-to-day pressures they have a chance to evaluate where their life is going and choose to head in a more mature, healthy, fulfilling, godly direction,” said Tony Pappas, a board member of Canonicus Ministries Inc.

Why was Camp Canonicus up for sale?
The property's owner, the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island (ABCORI), has been looking to sell the property since 2024. The church association noted the high cost to maintain the property as the reason for it being put up for sale.

In 2025, ABCORI was discussing a possible deal with the state Department of Environmental Management, but delegates from 40 Baptist churches rejected the decision to go forward with the sale.

Those against the sale wanted to come up with a financial plan that would allow the property to once again run as a religious camp.

Canonicus Ministries Inc.’s involvement
The board of Canonicus Ministries Inc. had to show the delegates that they were able to run a camping program. The board gathered former camp directors and camping professionals to convince the delegates that they should transfer the property.

The delegates voted on May 9 to transfer the property to Canonicus Ministries Inc., and they are about halfway through the 60-day window until the deed is officially transferred.

History of Camp Canonicus
In 1948, the property was purchased from the Sweet family by the Rhode Island Baptist community. They ran camping programs for youths of the churches, and in 1980, the property merged with ABCORI.

The Conference Center was built around 1990, according to Pappas, so that nonprofit and for-profit groups could convene.

What will Camp Canonicus become?
According to Pappas, the camp will welcome youths of all religious backgrounds to participate in the camping program.

It will offer both overnight and day camping opportunities for children and will hold conferences in the Conference Center.

Pappas estimated that they will begin conferencing in the center as early as September 2026 and start camping in the summer of 2027.

“We're gearing up to accomplish just that," said Pappas, "So far, we have experienced a lot of encouragement and reinforcement in that quest, so we are just very excited to move in that direction.”

06/10/2026

Annual Meeting this Sunday, June 14
We need your participationa for a quorum!

If you can't make it, we invite you to join in via ZOOMA link will go out SaturdayPlease, we need your attendance and support!

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06/09/2026

Wednesday Night - Join us for some Beautiful Music and Talented Performers

06/07/2026

A big THANK YOU to Ruth Burke and her CE Team for all the wonderful work they have put in this year at Sunday School. Of special note is the organization and spiritual leadership that the team used to inspire our children and young adults to provide such a wonderful service. You can see it all HERE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owbCHBZrPLM&t=45s

Participants in today's service were:
Cora Ciccitelli
Coral Federenko
Amelia O'Donnell
Andrey Goretoy
Zach Ames
Ben Burke
Allison Burke
David Ellingwood (In absentia)

​You can see the announcements HERE.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR2EL7dqG8E&t=8s

Watch, and be amazed and Proud!

06/06/2026

Almost forgot!
Join us!!!!

06/06/2026

Join us at 9:30 am in the Sanctuary or on Facebook Live for CHILDREN'S SUNDAY!!! You know what a fun time that always is. Pastor Paul will be in the pulpit, but he won't be saying much as the kids take over the service!

First Baptist Church, East Greenwich, RI
Rev. Paul Rollins, Pastor
Children’s Sunday June 7

Please enter the Sanctuary in a spirit of reflection and
Depart in a spirit of service

Welcome & Announcements (Ruth Burke)

Prelude (Cora Ciccotelli “Ode to Joy” Cello)
Choir “Train Up a Child

Call to Worship (Cora Ciccotelli)

Leader: When you look at what I say and do,
People: you will see God.
Leader: God is very close to me,
People: and I am very close to God.
Leader: When you see me,
People: you will see God.
Leader: When you listen to me,
People: you will hear God.
Leader: If you know me,
All: then you will know God.

*Hymn: #306 Standing on the Promises”

Standing on the promises of Christ my King,
Through eternal ages let His praises ring,
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
Standing on the promises of God.

Refrain:
Standing, standing,
Standing on the promises of God my Savior;
Standing, standing,
I’m standing on the promises of God.

Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
By the living Word of God I shall prevail,
Standing on the promises of God.

Refrain

Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,
Bound to Him eternally by love’s strong cord,
Overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword,
Standing on the promises of God.

Refrain

Standing on the promises I cannot fall,
Listening every moment to the Spirit’s call,
Resting in my Savior as my all in all,
Standing on the promises of God.

Refrain

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving
*Gloria Patri (No. 805)
Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost
As it was in the beginning
Is now and ever shall be,
World without end. Amen Amen

Time for the Offering
Offertory “(Amelia O’Donnell – Piano)
Ushers Allison Burke, Ben Burke
Doxology (No. 809)
Praise God From whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below,
Praise Him above you heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
Prayer of Dedication

Praise Song “Rest of Us” Maverick City Music and Upper room

Time for Prayer
Celebrations and Concerns
*Lord., Listen to Your Children Praying" (No. 629)
Pastoral Prayer (Andrey Goretoy)
Lord's Prayer /Coral ("...Forgive us- our sins... ")
"Hear Our Prayer O Lord" (no. 817)

Teacher Recognition/Celebrations (Ruth Burke)
Graduating Senior – Ben Burke

Reading: The Power of the Spirit (Amelia O’Donnell)

* Hymn: This Little Light of Mine”
This little light of mine
I’m goin’a let it shine,
(3x)

Let it shine, let it shine,
Let it shine.

Everywhere I go,
I’m goin’a let it shine,
(3x)

Let it shine, let it shine,
Let it shine.

All through the night,
I’m goin’a let it shine,
(3x)

Let it shine, let it shine,
Let it shine.

Scripture Zach Ames)
Acts 2: 17-21

Scripture (Andrey Goretoy
Acts 2:22-24

Message “Moved by the Spirit” (Zach Ames, Andrey Goretoy)

Hymn “Every Time I Feel the Spirit”

O ev’ry time I feel the Spirit
moving in my heart, I will pray.
Yes, ev’ry time I feel the Spirit
moving in my heart, I will pray.

Upon the mountain when my God spoke,
out of His mouth came fire and smoke.
All around me looks so fine,
asked my Lord if all was mine. [Refrain]

The Jordan river runs right cold,
it chills the body, not the soul.
Ain’t but one train on this track,
runs to heaven and right back. [Refrain]

We Share Communion

*Hymn No 708 “Blest Be the Tie That Binds”
Blest be the tie that binds
our hearts in Christian love;
the fellowship of kindred minds
is like to that above.

Before our Father's throne
we pour our ardent prayers;
our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
our comforts and our cares.

We share our mutual woes,
our mutual burdens bear,
and often for each other flows
the sympathizing tear.

When we are called to part,
it gives us inward pain;
but we shall still be joined in heart,
and hope to meet again.

Benediction (Zach Ames)

We Depart to Serve

Postlude

Ushers: Allison Burke, David Ellingwood

Altar Flowers are in memory of their Dad, Stewart R' Essex, by his children, Jim, Judy, Stewart and Susan

Announcements

Adult Discussion Group will meet today following Worship

Bible Study with Pastor Paul on wed. at 11:30am in the church
House. All are Welcome !!!!

Circle ll Will be having their annual luncheon on Thursday,
June 18, at 1 1 :30am in the Church House. please bring a dish
for Pot Luck.

Sharing Locker Kleenex, toilet tissue, no rinse body wash
Food Pantry Coffee , brownie mix and canned fruit.

Join us for Music on the Hill as we fill our sanctuary with beautiful classical music.
June 10-"Enchantment" Chamber music by Mozart ,
Piazzolla and others featuring five musicians at 7:00pm.
We will offer a reception for the musicians and patrons after the
performance-Bakers and Helpers needed !
Tickets available at the door or via www.musiconthehillri.orq.
Any questions please see Randy or Don Rankin

Dawn Ward New address: Avalon Nursing Home
57 Stokes Street
Room 10A
Warwick, Rl 02889
Tel: 401-384-7077

06/05/2026

You know it's always the "most fun" service of the year...but also a chance for all of us to be proud of our Christian Education Program - Teachers and Students alike!

06/03/2026