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…
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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…
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…
Celebration Concert a Big Hit
It was a combined effort and also intentionally a local production. A fantastic Spirit of praise intensified inside Copper Hill Church during the afternoon Celebration Concert on September 25, 2016. JoAnne Jones chaired the event, inviting musicians she knew to participate, organizing some musical groups for the occasion and arranging some of the music…
Musical Celebration Planned
Classics and Contemporary Preparations are continuing for an excellent festival of music at Copper Hill UMC this coming Sunday afternoon. Practicing has been ongoing for weeks as instrumentalists and vocalists prepare for this next event in the celebratory series marking the 200th Anniversary of the organization of Copper Hill Church. The repertoire will be…
How do you preserve the items that tell the story?
Do you have old family documents you are wondering how to save? Maybe you are storing organizational and historical records and pictures for a group to which you have belonged and you don’t know what to do with them? I know as we are celebrating our church’s 200th Anniversary, we have found a lot of…
Ladies’ Annual Dinner Out
The ladies of Copper Hill Church are noted for their cooking. Suppers such as the Corned Beef Supper in March and the Roast Pork Dinner in the fall are almost legendary. But once a year the ladies talk a night off to go out together to restaurant. This year the joyful meal was…