12 Days of Christmas as an Expression of Faith At Copper Hill each December, we have a bunch of fun expressing our faith to the tune and rhyme of 12 Days of Christmas. JoAnne asks 12 people to come up front and hold placards, each with the words for one verse. They hold theirs high…
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Trusting Christ for Peace
Watch the service Peace is a gift from God that we need In a year when conflict has been high and anxiety common, the Christmas promise of “peace on earth” gets our attention quickly. When we trust God to help us, he will deliver on that promise by reconciling us to himself and by teaching…
Our Source of Hope
Watch the service Advent begins with a focus on hope The quintessential Advent carol, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel was the theme for the first Sunday service of Advent 2020 at Copper Hill. It’s theme of expectancy sets the tone for the season. Pastor and JoAnne explained how three of the names for Jesus that…
Gratitude Inspires a Great Attitude
Watch the service Gratitude Helps Our Attitude On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Pastor Kelvin and JoAnne focused on how being grateful changes our lives. Our reader, Ella Robison, helped remind us of some of the things we can be thankful for. The pastor’s message spoke of how the mental habit of giving thanks helps us…
Great Commission Living
Watch the service Using your influence to make a difference Today Pastor Kelvin spoke about how we can be an influence for Jesus during COVID. There are many ways that the pandemic has changed how we do church. While we rue not being able to meet together, not all the changes COVID has forced are…
Love is Respectful
Watch the service Children’s moment leads the way The keyword for today’s service was respect. JoAnne spoke with the Gabbidon girls, Morgan and Malia, during children’s moment and they volunteered excellent and thoughtful ideas about how respect is related to kindness and listening as well as what we actually say. Pastor Kelvin’s text, Show proper…
Prayers for the Persecuted Church
This last Sunday was a special day for praying for the persecuted church around the world. Voice of the Martyrs, an organization that specializes in ministry to areas where the church is persecuted reports that every 2 minutes, on the average, a Christian is killed for their faith. Our prayer team leader, JoAnne Jones has…
New Beginnings for the Church
Watch the service Streaming from our sanctuary today Today marked a new step forward for our church as we streamed our service from the sanctuary for the first time. Pastor Kelvin took the opportunity to talk about our continuing need as Christians for new spiritual beginnings. Drawing from the messages to the churches of Revelation…
Love Destroys the Devil’s Work
Watch the service Love demands truthfulness and rejects hatred Today Pastor Kelvin and JoAnne talked about the transforming power of God’s work in our lives. The enemy of our souls seeks to lead us astray, but God’s love undoes the devil’s game plan by helping us reject the wrong and choose the right. When we…
Be Strong
Watch the service A Word from God for going forward Seven months into dealing with COVID-19, my thoughts fit a quote from Winston Churchill, “It is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” There is the feeling that we are approaching a new chapter, perhaps, but we are rather unsure about its plot. We are desperate…