Great Hill UMC in Seymour slates annual lobster, chicken dinner

 

Great Hill UMC Church in Seymour to hold open mic night June 1

 

Great Hill UMC in Seymour to hold baked potato fundraiser Saturday

 

The church is at 225 Great Hill Road in Seymour. 

Great Hill United Methodist Church in Seymour to host chili cook-off

 

Great Hill UMC in Seymour to hold flea market Saturday

SEYMOUR - Stop by Great Hill United Methodist Church from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday for our February Flea Market! 

Fellowship Hall will be filled with 20+ vendors with treasures and delights! The  hall is handicap-accessible, so everyone can enjoy the event.

The church is at 225 Great Hill Road.

Great Hill United Methodist Church in Seymour to host flea market Saturday

SEYMOUR - Stop by Great Hill UMC from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday for our January Flea Market! 

Fellowship Hall will be filled with 20+ vendors with treasures and delights! The hall is handicap-accessible, so everyone can enjoy the event.

The church is at 225 Great Hill Road.

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Great Hill UMC in Seymour to host baked potato fundraiser Saturday

 

Great Hill UMC in Seymour to hold annual Basket Bonanza

SEYMOUR - Join us [at Great Hill United Methodist Church] for the 2025 Basket Bonanza Saturday, Oct. 11. For the admission price of $20, patrons will receive 25 free basket tickets, a door prize ticket, and a grand prize ticket.

Over 75 special theme baskets and door prizes will be handed out. Basket themes include movie, travel, spa, handyman, entertaining, sports, kids, baby, pets, hobbies, cooking, seasonal, and many others. 

This year’s Grand Prize Basket will include a wide variety of gift cards with an estimated $1,000 value.

This year’s event will have daytime preview hours from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., as well as an evening hour from 5-6 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. 

During the preview, tickets are placed in the cup corresponding with any of the baskets; the baskets are given away starting at 6 p.m.

The drawing will be livestreamed in front of an in-person audience and results posted to the church website and on Facebook.

Basket pickup times will be Saturday from 7:30-8 p.m. and Sunday 12 to 1 p.m.

The church is at 225 Great Hill Road.

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Great Hill UMC in Seymour to present annual lobster dinner Aug. 30

SEYMOUR - Invite your friends, family, and neighbors over to your house for a fantastic Lobster Bake and let the Great Hill United  Methodist Church do all the cooking. 

Our annual Lobster/Chicken Dinner will be held on Aug. 30. Reservations are required and you can pick up your reserved dinners between 4 and 6:30 p.m.

Our delicious menu includes: 1 ¼ lb. steamed Lobster, baked potato, corn on the cob, coleslaw, ready-to-heat clam chowder, and dessert. 

All this will be packaged and ready for you to pick up for $30. Add an extra whole steamed lobster for just $18 more. Or instead, enjoy a 1/4 chicken meal for $18.

Reservations are required and must be made prior to Aug. 25. Visit www.greathillumc.org/lobster to place your reservation or email faithgh@comcast.net.

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Great Hill UMC in Seymour to host Chili Cook-Off fundraiser

SEYMOUR - Great Hill United Methodist Church will host a Chili Cookoff Dinner Saturday, March 15 from 5:30-7 p.m. (or while supplies last). 

For $12.50, enjoy either a bowl of chili with toppings and cornbread or a hot dog with toppings. Both dinners come with sides of coleslaw, mac & cheese, and bag of chips, as well as a beverage and dessert in the church’s fellowship hall. Diners will have a chance to taste from a selection of specialty chilis and vote on their favorite.

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Great Hill UMC in Seymour postpones fund-raising dinner to March 8

DUE TO EXPECTED WINTER WEATHER, WE ARE POSTPONING OUR FEB. DATE AND MOVING IT TO MARCH 8.

Baked potatoes - it's what for dinner on Saturday, March 8! 

From 5-7 p.m. (or while supplies last!), you can enjoy a baked potato with all the fixings (bacon bits, broccoli, butter, cheese, chives, chili, sour cream), a beverage (coffee, hot tea, soda, bottled water), and a dessert (brownie or cookie pack) for $10 per person. 

No reservations required.

Great Hill United Methodist Church is at 225 Great Hill Road in Seymour.

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Great Hill United Methodist Church in Seymour to hold flea market

SEYMOUR - Stop by Great Hill United Methodist Church from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday for our January Flea Market! 

Our Fellowship Hall will be filled with 20+ vendors with treasures and delights! Our hall is handicap-accessible, so everyone can enjoy the event.

The church is at 225 Great Hill Road.

This is shared from a Facebook event page

Great Hill UMC in Seymour to host Christmas on the Hill event

SEYMOUR - Join us Saturday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Great Hill United Methodist Church for our annual Christmas on the Hill event. 

Complete your last-minute Christmas shopping while enjoying complimentary refreshments, Christmas music, and our seasonally decorated hall.

Also enter in for your chance to win one of two $50 AMEX gift cards, just in time for a little extra Christmas spending.

The church is at 225 Great Hill Road. 

The event will be held in Fellowship Hall which is handicap accessible.

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Great Hill United Methodist Church in Seymour slates Saturday flea market

SEYMOUR - Join us from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday at Great Hill United Methodist Church for our last Indoor Flea Market of 2024.

Check out more than 20 vendors with treasures galore!

Fellowship Hall is handicap-accessible, and there's plenty of parking. The church is at 225 Great Hill Road.

See you there!

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Great Hill United Methodist Church in Seymour to host Christmas on the Hill event

SEYMOUR - Mark your calendar and join us at Great Hill United Methodist Church from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 7 for our annual Christmas on the Hill event. 

Complete your last-minute Christmas shopping while enjoying complimentary refreshments, Christmas music, and our seasonally decorated hall.
Also enter in for your chance to win one of two $50 AMEX gift cards, just in time for a little extra Christmas spending.

The church is located at 225 Great Hill Road. The event will be held in Fellowship Hall which is handicap accessible.

This is shared from a Facebook event page.

Great Hill UMC in Seymour to host Basket Bonanza

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SEYMOUR - Join us Oct. 12 at Great Hill United Methodist Church for the 2024 Basket Bonanza. 

For a $15 admission price patrons will receive 25 free basket tickets, a door prize ticket, and a grand prize ticket.

Over 75 special theme baskets and door prizes will be handed out. Basket themes include movie, travel, spa, handyman, entertaining, sports, kids, baby, pets, hobbies, cooking, seasonal, and many others. 

This year’s Grand Prize Basket will include a wide variety of gift cards with an estimated $850 value.

This year’s event will have daytime preview hours from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., as well as an evening hour from 5-6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The church is at 225 Great Hill Road.

During the preview, tickets are placed in the cup corresponding with any of the baskets; the baskets are given away starting at 6 p.m.

The drawing will be live streamed in front of an in-person audience and results posted to the church website and on Facebook.

Basket pickup times will be Saturday from 7:30- 8:30 p.m. and Sunday 12-2 p.m.

This is shared from a Facebook event page.

Seymour Food 2 Kids to hold pasta dinner at Great Hill UMC

 

Great Hill UMC in Seymour slates fall flea market

SEYMOUR - Stop by Great Hill UMC for our September Flea Market! 

Our Fellowship Hall will be filled with 20+ vendors with treasures and delights! Our hall is handicap-accessible, so everyone can enjoy the event. 

The sale is from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 28 at the church, 225 Great Hill Road.

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Oxford Historical Society postpones Peach Festival at Great Hill UMC

 

Oxford Historical Society to host Peach Festival at Great Hill UMC in Seymour

SEYMOUR - The Oxford Historical Society will host its 17th annual Peach Festival from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 24 at Great Hill United Methodist Church, 225 Great Hill Road. 

The festival celebrates the Hale-Coleman Peach Farm, once located on Great Hill and Peach Farm Roads. Raising peaches was once a major enterprise in Seymour and Oxford.

Homemade peach shortcake will be featured with fresh peaches and whipped cream plus Rich Farm’s peach ice cream. The fee for admission and one serving of dessert is $8. Bottled water, tea or coffee will also be available.

This year’s Peach Festival will also highlight Oxford’s Russian Village. Located in the steep-sided valley along Eight-Mile Brook and near the Housatonic River, it is named for the many Russians and Ukrainians who fled to the United States after the Russian Revolution in 1917. 

Settling in New York City, they found second homes in Oxford, first spending their summers in Connecticut and then winterizing their ​“dachas” on Loughlin Road, Hemlock Trail, Little Punkup Road, and Roosevelt Drive and becoming permanent residents. This continued as late as the 1970s.

The birch trees, evergreens and tumbling creeks of Oxford reminded these newcomers of the homes they had left behind. Many were highly intelligent and creative Russian-speaking expatriates such as artist Eugene Agafonoff, who continued his painting in his studio on Little Punkup Road. 

Oxford’s ​“Russian House” known at Oltan, the work of Oleg and Tatiana Novosilzof is on the State Register of Historic Sites and many photos of the architecture and artwork will be featured.

All proceeds support the society’s preservation and opening of the historic Mr. Munn’s one-room schoolhouse. 

For additional information call 203-888‑0230.

This is shared from the Oxford Historical Society Facebook page.