Monday, January 9, 2017, Copper Hill Church hosted its annual dinner for the East Granby Firemen. The tradition of serving the firemen in this way has been going on annually since sometime in the 1950’s. Pastor Kelvin Jones opened the meal with a prayer for the safety of the firemen as they go about their…
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Training for lay ministry is available
Did you know that the UMC is offering free webinars to help you grow in the position to which you have been elected for service? Here is the latest listing of free webinars taken form the CT district news. Free Leadership Development Webinars Register at www.umcdiscipleship.org/webinars Contact: Jacqui King – Director, Leadership for Congregational…
Christmas Events 2017
Children shine in Christmas celebration Our children added so many special touches to Christmas services this year at Copper Hill Church. Under the direction of Sheri Mandirola and JoAnne Jones, the children’s choir sang beautifully an old carol, “I Saw Three Ships” in the service Dec. 11 when Bishop Thomas Bickerton visited us. Then,…
Copper Hill hosts visit by Bishop Thomas Bickerton
Bishop Bickerton an excellent speaker Bishop Thomas Bickerton of the New York annual conference of the United Methodist Church thrilled the congregation at Copper Hill church by his visit on Sunday, December 11. He brought an inspiring message titled, “Joy Unspeakable” which reminded the congregation that our spiritual relationship with God is intended to be…
Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton to visit Copper Hill
Hearing about the 200th Anniversary celebration at Copper Hill United Methodist Church, Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton has announced his intention to visit the church on December 11. Excitement is increasing as no one remembers a United Methodist bishop visiting Copper Hill Church. Bishop Bickerton was elected to the episcopacy in 2004 and…
Women from Methodist history who made a difference
In this election year, and also our church’s 200th anniversary year, it is good to look back in Methodist history concerning suffrage. This article under this link gives John Wesley’s famous advice to voters and then highlights 6 women who have been advocates for the rights of women voters. http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/6-methodist-women-who-fought-for-the-vote
Copper Hill Church Plants Time Capsule
Our Celebration’s Climactic Moment After service on Oct. 23, 2016, Cooper Hill Church 200th Anniversary Celebration culminated in the planting of a time capsule beside the bell. We decided “plant” would be a good verb for the occasion for a church with green doors, agricultural roots and rural location. But whatever the word, the…
Grassroots Prayer event held
Another cooperative prayer service Copper Hill prayer partners and choir members traveled over to West Granby UMC for the third in the cooperative series of prayer services called Grassroots Prayer. Pastor Peter Preiser of West Granby UMC served as host pastor and Pastor Al Royal of Life Church also assisted along with Pastor Kelvin Jones…
“John Wesley” visits Copper Hill Church
Suppose John Wesley could take a little side trip from heaven and visit some of his contemporary Methodists in our church today. What would he share with them? How would he relate? Well, that was the setting at Copper Hill Church on Sunday, Oct. 23 as Rev. James Moore came as John Wesley, dressed in…
200th Anniversary Sunday was a Joy
200 Days of Celebration When our 200th Anniversary committee pondered how to celebrate the church’s two centuries of ministry, they decided to recommend that we set aside a 200 day period during the summer of 2016 and celebrate with a series of events rather than just one. So we began on April…