Author: Kelvin Jones
Bible Reading Contest Inspires Congregation
The folks at Copper Hill Church have been busy the last eight weeks reading more than usual in the Book of books…a lot more! The combined total of Bible chapters read by both teams was an amazing 8,475! Several parishioners have commented to Pastor Kelvin Jones, “I’m so glad for this contest; it has helped…
Bible Reading contest sparks interest
Copper Hill Church is running a contest between the Purple Thunder and the White Lightning to promote Bible reading. Contest organizer, JoAnne Jones, divided the congregation roughly in half by alphabet and recruited team captains. Both Kelly Harvey, captain of the Purple Thunder and Sherri Mandirola, captain of White Lightning, reported that members of their…
Understanding the impact of cell phones
Cell phones impact teens in ways we don’t realize One of the struggles we have as adults these days is understanding the true impact of cell phones on our own lives, to say nothing about the struggles that parents have in understanding how cell phones affect teens. Here is a first hand story from a…
Copper Hill contributes more than 2K to disaster response
Anyone watching the news or following it online cannot help but be taken back by the number and magnitude of natural disasters affecting our country recently. So many homes were destroyed or damaged in hurricanes in the Carolina’s and in the Florida panhandle area. Then most recently California suffered the most devastating wildfire ever. And…
Holiday Bazaar a fun social event too
At Copper Hill Church, Holiday Bazaar is not just a fund raiser for charitable projects, it is also a social event. Perhaps the snow outside added to the charm of gathering for a hot bowl of soup and some delicious apple crisp. The baked goods are popular sale items as well, selling out completely this…
Harvest Party a Success
There were so many amazing costumes as you can see for yourself at the annual children’s harvest party on Oct 28th at Copper Hill Church. With sixteen children in attendance, there was quite a variety. A couple of the older girls had made their own costumes. The dragon costume had been made by Lyle’s Grandma…
Baptism of Jake Harrison Oliver
Sunday, October 14, 2018 was a very special day for the Oliver and Griffin families at Copper Hill Church. Mark and Sarah (Griffin) Oliver brought their firstborn, Jake Harrison Oliver to be baptized. Jake joins several others in the church family who are direct descendants of the first class leader of the congregation, Aristarchus Griffin,…
Special Sunday on Sept. 16
Sometimes we just need an excuse to do something we been going to do for some time. Getting back to church is one of things things for many people. I met someone just the other day at Suffield-on-the-Green who expressed exactly this sentiment. Just for folks like you we are creating a Back to Church…
Special Prayer Service
Have you had the feeling of not wanting to watch or read the news because it is so upsetting or discouraging? Maybe you feel there’s nothing that can be done. But there is! This is an event for you. Tomorrow night Copper Hill Church will sponsor a special prayer service, inviting other area churches to…