Church turns 175

While the village of Cayuga celebrates its 150th anniversary, a small brick church within the village celebrates an anniversary of its own. The Cayuga United Methodist Church turns 175 this year.

The church's pastor, the Rev. Kevin Grish, who also happens to be the mayor of the village and a member of the volunteer fire department, has canceled Sunday's regular 11 a.m. service. Instead, he has planned a special 3 p.m. service that will bring back many former pastors from CUMC. After this service, an ice cream social will be offered to the public.

After moving to central New York and taking a position as the technical services manager at Mackenzie-Childs, Grish said he decided to become a United Methodist minister. Before that he had been a deacon in a Catholic Church in New Jersey.