CHILDREN HELPING DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS Today, (Dec. 3) is the first Sunday of the traditional Advent season, the pre-Christmas season of preparation that begins the church year. Several of the children helped us to decorate our church for Christmas last Sunday after church. A couple of the men got out the big step-ladder and Griffin,…
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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,…
Children’s Christmas Sunday 2015
Sometimes traditions are a joy. Such is the case with the annual Christmas Children’s Sunday at Copper Hill Church. 12 children participated. More than half served as readers and all helped decorate the altar rail and table and carry forward and place the figures for the nativity scene. The service ends with candle…
Advent/Christmas Plans Made
Each year, we look forward to the Advent/Christmas season. Technically, Advent covers the four Sundays prior to Christmas while the liturgical Christmas season goes from Dec. 25 until Jan. 6 which is Epiphany (12 days of Christmas). The Advent season is intended to be a time of spiritual preparation leading into our Christmas…
Advent/Christmas Events
What’s happening at Christmas? We’ve been planning and preparing for weeks already. On of the most popular events of the season is the Children’s Sunday, with the traditional “Hanging of the Greens” liturgy and the children bringing in the manger scene, piece by piece. That will happen on Dec. 14. Music is one of…
A UM Christmas special on TV!
There is a United Methodist Christmas special on TV this year. The trailer for it is found at http://rethinkchurch.org/article/unwrapthegift. And the stations listing schedule is at http://www.saintmarkumc.com/rethink.php
Children’s Christmas service includes Hanging of the Greens
Here at Copper Hill United Methodist, one Sunday in December, the children lead a special service that has traditionally been called “The Hanging of the Greens.” This year it was on December 8. Actually, it includes much more than just the bringing in of the greenery to decorate our beautiful curved 19th century altar rail. There…
Advent/Christmas message series invites us to “Come and See.”
Christmas is such a visual season. We decorate for this season more than any other holiday of the year. We love the lights, the multi-colors, and the shimmer of tinsel. It is the one time of year when we almost universally welcome the sparkle of snow. We wrap our presents so that they are…