Pastor Kelvin to speak on Easter Supervising Pastor Rev. Gene Ott has assigned Pastor Kelvin Jones to speak at Copper Hill Church on Easter Sunday morning, March 31, at the 9AM service. Rev. Jones is excited to return to Copper Hill for this special day and commented, “It will be a joy to celebrate the…
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Foundations for Faith
Visiting soloist inspires Watch the service Music was the highlight again this week as Kim Ouderkirk of Chambers, NY visited our church and sang, “In the Presence of Jehovah” in her rich alto voice. God’s Spirit ministered to the congregation as she sang. Pastor Kelvin followed with an Eastertide message on the importance of the…
Faith for Eternal Life
Easter Celebration Energizes! Watch the service Anticipation was high as many arrived early for Easter service. Lilies, tulips and hyacinths beautified the sanctuary as JoAnne played a stirring rendition of “In Christ Alone,” just before Griffin Mandirola rose to read the Easter story from John 20:1-18. The congregation joined in praise with the hymn, “Christ…
Easter Celebration
You are invited! We’d love to have you join us for our EASTER CELEBRATION on Sunday, April 9! It will be a morning of joy, music, and celebrating together Jesus’ triumph over death. MUSIC: We’ll begin with our Family Easter gathering at 9:30 AM. The choir will present a medley of beloved Easter songs ending…
Doubting Thomas’s Can Believe in 2022
Realists can find evidence for faith today Watch the service The Scripture lesson for today was unusual in that we know the events it relates happened on the Sunday after Easter. The disciples gathered together again behind closed doors just as they had on Easter evening. But unlike on Easter evening, this time the skeptical…
Easter Presentations Shine
Junior Teen Video – “The Empty Tomb” – was a Highlight Retelling of the story of Jesus’ life is part of our church’s purpose. This Easter at Copper Hill UMC, our junior teens worked hard to do exactly that in a twenty-first century way. They collaborated together under the direction and encouragement of JoAnne Jones…
Jesus Sustains Us
Watch the service Assurances drawn from Jesus’ appearance to the disciples by the Sea of Galilee Today was Communion Sunday and Pastor Kelvin drew inspiration for us from one of the incidents in the Gospels where Jesus fed the disciples. The appearance of the Risen Christ to the disciples by the Sea of Galilee was…
A Journey of Faith
Watch the service The Road to Emmaus and us In many ways, the experience of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus is similar to our own journey of faith. Pastor Kelvin and JoAnne pointed out that sometimes we are hesitant to believe, just as they were. But, by God’s grace, we open our…
Mary Discovers the Empty Tomb
Watch the service Easter service is a double celebration Today was a day of rejoicing at Copper Hill Church both because it is Easter and because it is the first official public in-person service in our historic sanctuary in more than a year. We began outside so we could sing an Easter hymn together. Then…
In Person Worship on Easter
Copper Hill Church to Reopen We are happy to announce the reopening of Copper Hill Church for in-person services on Easter Sunday April 4, 2021 for our 9:30 AM service. We will be following the COVID-19 safety guidelines for all Methodist churches which Bishop Bickerton has established. Online broadcasting will continue at the same time. We…