SMALL GROUPS
Zoom Bible Study: The Zoom Bible Study with Cindy Falk will continue on Sundays at 8:45 am. Please contact Cindy Falk at cynthia.g.falk@gmail.com if you would like to attend either remotely on zoom or in-person at the First Baptist Church.
Sisters in Christ: The group is open to women who want to discover more about God. Meetings include Bible study and prayer. The group meets Friday mornings at 10:30am in the Parish Hall at Christ Episcopal Church.
Men’s Fellowship: This ecumenical group meets in the Parish Hall at Christ Episcopal Church on Wednesdays at 6am.
MINISTRIES
Clothing Donations: The First Baptist Church is happy to announce that its Clothing Shed is once again open for donations. The decision to open or close the shed is made by St. Pauly's Textiles, which collects and distributes the donations. We accept used clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, purses, linens, pillowcases, blankets, curtains, and stuffed animals. Donations must be bagged and should not be left outside the shed. Please do not leave furniture, electronics, household items, books, toys, garbage, pillows, rags, and fabric scraps. Donations go around the US and the world to governmental and relief organizations, the U.N., and private companies.
Legal Services: An innovative partnership between the First Presbyterian and First Baptist Churches of Cooperstown and Cornell Law School expands legal services for immigrant communities in the Mohawk Valley region and beyond. The project will provide family and immigration-related legal services to low-income immigrant farmworkers, families, and youth. We are particularly grateful for the American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ Louise Burchard Pierce Memorial Fund, which provided our church with the funding to contribute toward meeting this need.
Honduras partnership: We are pleased to continue to partner with missionary Dilia Castro and the C.E.B. Cristina VIDA Nueva school in Azacualpa, Honduras. Although we have not been able to send a group to Honduras since 2019, we are still able to be part of the ministry. Through generous support from a Palmer Grant, we have provided $40,000 in funding for a new addition to the school. We look forward to being able to travel to Honduras again in 2023, and we also hope to welcome teachers from the school to Cooperstown.