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TODAY, A MESSAGE OF HOPE

200 Faithful Fill

Pews In Solidarity

A tearful Emily Welsh today shares memories of Milford's First United Methodist Church, which burned Sunday.   More than 200 worshipers from four area congregations gathered this morning in solidarity at the Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center, Milford, two doors down from the damaged Methodist church. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

District Superintendent:

Congregation Will Endure

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

The Rev. Sylvia Barrett preaches from behind the cross – "our holy grail," she called it – rescued from the church's ruins.

MILFORD – The Rev. Sylvia Barrett, pastor of the First United Methodist Church here that burned last Sunday night, rallied more than 200 people who gathered this morning from four congregations with a message of hope.

“When our eyes flood with tear,” she prayed, “raise our heads so we can see Your rainbow of promise.”

Methodists from Schuyler Lake and Fly Creek, and 32 members of First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, packed the Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center – a former Presbyterian church – two buildings south of the gutted remains of Milford’s First UM.

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