At Stony Lane Church, we think attending church should be both enjoyable and fulfilling.
When you arrive, there is ample parking in the front of the church. Upon entering, you will be greeted enthusiastically by one of our ushers who will assist you in finding the seat of your choice.
The church service is usually 75-90 minutes in length. Dress is casual. We sing several times through the service. Children, ages 4-10, are dismissed for Children Sunday School around 11. After the sermon, we finish with a closing song and a prayer. We offer nursery care for infants and up. There are two adults present with them at any time. Through the nursery’s glass window, children can directly see their family in the worship hall.
COFFEE HOUR FELLOWSHIP
Following the Worship Service, visitors and church members – everyone – is invited downstairs for food and fellowship. In addition to coffee, tea, and cold drinks, there is always an array of sandwiches, salads, pasta, and desserts laid out for us to enjoy as we visit with one another. We have a great team of people who help to provide the food and work in the kitchen to make sure everything is in order. Once a month we have a Covered Dish lunch, and everyone brings food to share. The informal fellowship has enabled us to get to know one another better, so we consider this time to be very important in growing our body of believers closer together. Come Check us out! We’d love to see you.
MEssage From the Pastor
Good morning,
Welcome to Stony Lane – A City on a Hill, a bible teaching, Christ centered, non-denominational church. I am so glad that you have chosen to worship with us today! I hope you have been blessed. We believe that, as the Bible says in Hebrews 10:25, we must “not forsake the assembling of ourselves together.”
If you feel being led by God to become part of this community of believers and would like to get to know us better, please take a Welcome Packet in the lobby of the church. We offer many opportunities throughout the week for further growth. I hope to be hearing from you and
seeing you soon!
Rick Bringhurst,
Pastor
Our leadership
Pastor Rick is the Senior Pastor of Stony Lane Church in North Kingstown, RI.
He has been a Believer in Christ for over 40 years. In that time, SR Rick has served as a deacon at New Hope Christian Church in Swansea, MA from 1989 until 1999. In 1999, he along with Pastor Peter Atkin and approximately 30 people from New Hope, started a church plant in North Kingstown, RI. Pastor Peter asked SR Rick to be an elder from day one of the church plant. SR Rick served in that capacity for 17 years.
In 2015 God called SR Pastor Rick and and his wife Kelly to serve in various roles at the Portsmouth Evangelical Friends Church in Portsmouth, RI. From July 2016 until mid January of 2017 served as the Interim Pastor, until February 2017 when he and approximately 25 of member of the Portsmouth Friends Church began a new church with the blessing of the Friends Superintendent from their Ohio Headquarters.
Pastor Rick recently retired from his self employed contractor business of 45 years. He became the full time Senior Pastor of Stony Lane Church on April 6 2023.
Pastor Jim Ricci is the Associate Pastor of Stony Lane Church in North Kingstown, RI.
Asst Pastor Jim was the Care and Counseling Pastor of the Cranston Christian Fellowship in Rhode Island for 28 years and is nationally board certified in Biblical Counseling, serving currently as the Director of Aletheia Counseling Ministries, a non-profit para-church organization that provides counseling services to the greater New England Region.
He is a decorated War Veteran who served in an elite unit in the Military. He was a Point Man with the 34th Infantry Platoon Scout Dog Unit. For one year he walked point leading a platoon of men, alerting them to booby traps, trip wires, snipers and ambushes. Through these various missions, battles and experiences, Asst Pastor Jim has learned to turn obstacles into opportunities and pain into purpose.
we believe
- The Holy Bible is the inspired, only infallible, authoritative Word of The Living God.
- There is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- The Lord is the Creator of all things in heaven and on earth; all things have been created through Him and for Him (Colossians 1:16; Genesis 1).
- In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
- That for salvation of lost and sinful men and women, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
- In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by who’s indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
- In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost—they who are saved unto resurrection life and they who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
- In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
our mission statement
Our purpose is to evangelize people through healthy personal relationships, educate them in Biblical truth and encourage them to membership in God’s family, as we equip them for ministry, while we exalt the Triune God. We aim to:
- See people respond to the simple Gospel message and become a child of God.
- Encourage change in the lives of people through the application of God’s Word.
- Be a beacon of light in our community.
We would love for you to visit us on a Sunday morning!
- Sunday School at 9:30AM
- Worship Service at 10:30AM