– Bulletin –

South Vernon United Methodist Church

142 Columbus Road, Mt. Vernon, Ohio 43050

southvernonumc@gmail.com         www.southvernonumc.org

“Brighten the Corner Where We Are with the Love of Jesus
 
 
       
 
 
Sunday, December 28, 2025, 11:00 a.m
 
Welcome and Announcements
 

*Sharing the Peace greet one another in God’s love and peace

 

Prelude / Bringing Forth the Light of God’s Presence
 

*Advent Candle Lighting Liturgy  see screen 

                                              

*Hymn #238                  Angels We Have Heard on High

                                              vs 1,2&4

Old Testament Lesson                               Exodus 24:3-11
 
Our Tithes and Offerings followed by the *Doxology #95
 
*Offertory Prayer see screen
 
Children’s Message all children, please come to the front.
 
Sharing Our Prayer Concerns and Joys
 
Pastoral Prayer followed by the Lord’s Prayer #895
 
                                                                                    vs1&3
 
Message                             Up Close and Personal &
 
 
*Pastoral Benediction
 
*Taking Forth the Light / Postlude
 

* Please stand if you are able.

& Sermon core from 2006/12/24, WES HUMBLE, Granville, OH / wes@sermonhunt.com / © 2018

Servant Leaders Today:                                        Liturgical Color: Purple

Ministers: Congregation                                 Acolytes: Cole & Griffin Hunt

Pianist: Barb Spitzer                                   Church IT Specialist: Brad Mills

Liturgist: Lynne Bohandy                         Next Sunday: Lynne Bohandy

Pastor: Thom Fowler 567-231-8759 / pastorthom.3@gmail.com

Pastor’s devotional blog: MoreThanUseless.com

Up Close and Personal

Exodus 24:3-11; Leviticus 24:5-9; Hebrews 10:19-25
 

Sermon for Next Sunday (01/04/26):
 “Be Holy? You Betcha!” Hebrews 10:19–25

Is holiness really possible in everyday life? Hebrews 10 declares that through Jesus, holiness is not a distant ideal but a present gift. Because Christ has opened a new and living way to God, we can live with confident assurance, purified hearts, and unwavering hope. Holiness is not our achievement—it is the work of Jesus, who makes us holy and faithfully keeps us in His grace.

Hebrews 10:19-25, 1 Peter 1:15-16 (Leviticus 11:44,45; 19:2; 20:7), Romans 8:15-16; 1 Corinthians 2:12

We love the many new faces!

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