First Baptist Church of Cooperstown

The Third Sunday of Advent

We are blessed to be able to work with Ministerios de Fe Nueva Vida in Azacualpa, Honduras. Since the hurricanes this fall, missionary Dilia Castro has been working to ensure that people who suffered horrific losses feel the love of God. This has meant preparing meals and delivering food and cleaning supplies. Today she traveled to Joconales near the border of Guatemala, where people walked up to three hours for pick up. If you would like to provide financial assistance for more supplies, you can do so through PayPal at https://fbccooperstown.org/ or by mailing a check to 21 Elm Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Mark your donation "Honduras."

We are excited to welcome our friends from First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown, NY on November 1, All Saints Day! We will celebrate communion together using hygienic, pre-sealed communion packs that are easy-open and gluten free.

Happy Reformation Sunday!

Please come down today to Cooperstown Price Chopper for the stuff the ambulance event today 9-5pm to benefit the Cooperstown Food Pantry.

Worship for Sunday, October 25 The 21 th Sunday After Pentecost

Join us this Sunday at 8:45am by zoom as we explore a parable unique to the book of Matthew about workers in a vineyard. Our discussion will begin with what it means when we say the last will be first. Send a PM for the link. The Bible study will be followed by worship at the First Presbyterian Church streamed live here on Facebook.

We wish a happy and blessed Hanukkah to our Jewish friends this week. , , , ... . Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who performed wonderous deeds for our ancestors in days of old at this season.

Worship for Sunday, October 18th, The 20th Sunday After Pentecost

The Second Sunday of Advent

Can someone be your biggest cheerleader and your greatest stumbling block? Join us Sunday morning by Zoom at 8:45am to learn more about Peter, the rock on which the church would be built. We continue our Bible study in Matthew chapters 15 and 16. Send a PM for the link. Our worship service this week, Reformation Sunday, will be at the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown at 10am and livestreamed on Facebook.

Congratulations to our friend, and Executive Minister of American Baptist Churches of New York State Jim Kelsey on the 30th anniversary of his ordination! https://www.dropbox.com/s/9mx4cofeq9ik9pw/Jim30th.mp4

This Sunday, October 18, we are excited to report that we will be worshipping together at 10am with the congregation of First Presbyterian in our sanctuary! We will be practicing social distancing (many pews are roped off) and masks are required. We will also be streaming to Facebook for those who can't or prefer not to attend in person. We look forward to gathering together and pray for God's blessings as we prepare for worship.

Our Pastor, Rev. Joseph Perdue, is being honored by the New York State Council of Churches in December. Joe is one of the recipients of the 2020 Ecumenical and Faith Formation Award . You can read more about the 5th Annual Awards and Fundraising Gala here. https://nyscoc.org//6-pm-5th-annual-awards-and-fundraisi/

Worship for Sunday, October 11, the 19th Sunday After Pentecost

Looking forward to joining with you this Sunday for worship

This Sunday we have two opportunities to join together. We will be worshipping on Sunday morning at the First Presbyterian Church as well as online on Facebook at 10am. We also continue our study of the book of Matthew online via Zoom at 8:45am. Send a PM for the link. We will be exploring chapter 14, including the feeding of the 5000.

Happy Banishment Day! On this day in 1635, Rodger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious tolerance and other new and dangerous opinions. He and his friends were driven into the New England wilderness where they found refugee with the Wampanoag. Williams advocated for peaceful and respectful relations with native Americans, and purchased land for a new settlement. They founded the colony of Rhode Island as a refugee where people of all faiths or n...o faith could live without persecution. Williams also founded the first Baptist church in North America. His spiritual descendants continue to insist on the four Baptist freedoms: an absolute separation of church and state, the centrality or scripture over any creed, the priesthood of all believers, and the autonomy of each local church.