Watch the service God’s love teaches us to love. This week Pastor Kelvin helped us to understand how the truth that “God is love” (1 John 4:8,16) is simply the first step in a wonderful sequence. God demonstrated what his love in like by sending his Son, Jesus, to die for us ( 1 John…
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Transfiguration Sunday Service
Watch the service Bishop Bickerton speaks at today’s service Today our message is by Bishop Bickerton. The theme for the service is Transfiguration Sunday, which is the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday. This is also the end of the respite week provided for pastors by the NY Annual Conference. That is the reason that the…
Live with a Purpose
Watch the service Power Pak Moment by Karen gets everyone laughing and makes the point well Today Pastor Kelvin’s message focused on living with the dual purpose that God has given us, sharing the Good News and showing God’s love. During the Power Pak time for younger viewers, Karen Ahijevych talked about how the special…
Love is Respectful
Watch the service Children’s moment leads the way The keyword for today’s service was respect. JoAnne spoke with the Gabbidon girls, Morgan and Malia, during children’s moment and they volunteered excellent and thoughtful ideas about how respect is related to kindness and listening as well as what we actually say. Pastor Kelvin’s text, Show proper…
Coffee Hour this week; Valentines series continues
One of the quiet joys each month at Copper Hill church is coffee hour, that time usually on the second Sunday of the month when we bring in light refreshments and stay after service to chat and get to know each other better. The weather caused cancellation of coffee hour last Sunday so…
Characteristics of love are the topic for February
Love is a very popular subject all over the world. Unfortunately in America, the sexual aspect of human relationships dominates the conversation in a way that it should not. The result is the statistically shown decreasing ability of the American populace to stay married. So it is vital to review the characteristics…
The Way of Love is Practical
After service this past Sunday, I was discussing with one parishioner my desire that sermons be relevant to today. God intended that his Way of Love, which is the title of our January message series, would be very practical indeed. I had just spoken about how we needed to step out of our own comfort…
“True Love” is the title for August message series
“True Love” is the title for August message series Have you ever wondered about the origins of Christian teaching about love? We take it for granted without thinking about it. Our new August message series called “True Love” promises to be an interesting one filled with human interest as well as basic Christian teaching. Your…
Family relationships are the theme for May and June
All of us rejoice when our closest relationships are doing well. And nothing bums us out as much as having tension between us and our best friends or closest family members. Fortunately for us, the Bible is a great resource for practical how-to ideas that can help us interact with others in healthier ways and recover…