– 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 7, 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 #240 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing vs 1 & 3

Gospel Lesson Luke 2:1-20

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

Message Do You Year What I Hear? ^&

The Sacrament of Holy Communion

*Hymn #91 FHP I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

NZ195

*Pastoral Benediction

*Taking Forth the Light / Postlude

* Please stand if you are able.

Servant Leaders Today: Liturgical Color: Purple

Ministers: Congregation Acolytes: Cole & Griffin Hunt

Pianist: Barb Spitzer Church IT Specialist: Brad Mills

Liturgist: Ada Carey Next Sunday: TBD

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

Pastor’s devotional blog: MoreThanUseless.com

Christmas Poinsettias

Poinsettias Memory & Honor List

Poinsettias will be $12.00 each

We need your orders by December 7

This Christmas season, as part of our

mitten tree ministry to Columbia, we will

be constructing reindeer-wrapped boxes

of M&Ms! All three churches will be

coming together on Thurs, December 11^th,

at 6:00 pm in the school’s gym.

Please, join us – the more the merrier!

Information is now available for two Columbia School families we are “adopting” this year for Christmas. If you have not already done so, please sign up to provide gifts to assist these families in our surrounding area!

Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent (12/14):
“God Is with Us”

At Christmas, it’s easy to get caught up in traditions, memories, and holiday fun—but Scripture reminds us of the true heart of the season: the miracle of the Incarnation. In John 1, we see Jesus revealed in all His glory—God over us in His supremacy, God for us in His saving love, God with us in His humble coming, and God in and through us by the transforming power of His Spirit. Christmas is the story of the eternal God stepping into our world, taking on flesh, and offering us new life. We’ll rediscover what it truly means to say, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”

1 John 1:1-14; John 1:1-3; Romans 9:5; Colossians 1:15-18;
John 1:4-5; Romans 8:31; John 3:16-17; Romans 5:8; John 1:14; Matthew 1:21-23; Philippians 2:7; John 1:10-13; Colossians 1:25-27; Galatians 4:19, Galatians 2:20; 2 Corinthians 5:20