Parsonage Telephone: 814-345-6931<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pastor Julia Cell: 814-883-8602<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daycare telephone: 814-345-3809<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Church Email address: gumc.office@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Church Website: www.gethsemanechurch.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WiFi Password: Trustinchrist<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you would like to sponsor the bulletin<\/strong> in honor\/memory of someone or some event, the cost is $20. Please call church office 814-345-6860 with the information for the bulletin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you would like to<\/em> purchase flowers for the altar for Sunday morning worship<\/em><\/strong>, there is a sign-up sheet on bulletin board by sanctuary entrance. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Then please call church office 814-345-6860 and give the information for the bulletin. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n G<\/strong>ethsemane United Methodist Church<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 28, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9:00 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also available by <\/em> Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n as we gather for <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GETHSEMANE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 28, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PREPARATION AND PRAISE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GREETING <\/strong>AND<\/strong> ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GATHERING PRAISE SONG <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PRELUDE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n OPENING PRAYER:<\/strong> <\/strong>(in unison)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gracious and Holy God, Thank You for the gift of Jesus, Emmanuel\u2014God with us. As Christmas has passed and the ordinary days return, help us remember that You remain near. Be with us in our joys and in our struggles, and open our hearts to Your presence with us today.<\/strong> *<\/strong>OPENING <\/strong>HYMN<\/strong>: <\/em><\/strong> “What Child Is This?” #219<\/p>\n\n\n\n OLD TESTAMENT READING: <\/strong>Isaiah 63:7-9 Tom Hampton<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHILDREN\u2019S MESSA<\/strong>GE:<\/strong> <\/strong>\u201cJesus Loves Me\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n SONG OF PRAYER<\/strong>: \u201cLord Listen to Your Children Praying\u201d # 2193<\/p>\n\n\n\n PRAYER OF INTERCESSION (In unison after prayer)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n as we forgive those who trespass against us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And lead us not into temptation, but<\/strong> <\/strong>deliver us from evil.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever. Amen.<\/strong>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b (Matthew 6:9-13)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5<\/strong>GREETING AND SHARING GOD\u2019S PEACE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sharing Joy by greeting each other from where you are seated.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n GOSPEL LESSON<\/strong>: <\/strong> Matthew 2:13- 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n MESSAGE<\/strong>:<\/strong> <\/strong>\u201c<\/strong>Christmas Doesn\u2019t Stop at the Manger\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n OFFERING AND TRADITIONAL DOXOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n OFFERING: <\/strong>Feel free to place your gifts, offerings, and tithes in the<\/em> <\/em>container in the aisle behind the last pew. We thank you and may God <\/em>bless <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n each of you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n *<\/strong>CLOSING <\/strong>HYMN<\/strong>:<\/strong> \u201cThe First Noel\u201d #245<\/p>\n\n\n\n SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n BENEDICTION SONG<\/strong>: <\/strong>Shalom to You #666<\/p>\n\n\n\n *Please stand, if you are comfortable. 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<\/strong>Amen. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n