December 20, 2024

While the Bible doesn’t give us much detail about the innkeeper, the simple

statement that there was “no room” for Mary and Joseph in the inn speaks volumes. The busyness and distractions of life often crowd out what’s most important. This week in our series, we’ll examine how the world can be indifferent to Christ, offering no room for Him in our lives. We’ll reflect on how we can make space for Jesus amid the noise and chaos, ensuring that He has a central place in our hearts this Christmas.

Trevor Miller, Family Pastor, will be preaching in the Auditorium for the Contemporary Worship services; Bill Bouknight, Retired GMC Guest Pastor, will be preaching in the Sanctuary for the Traditional Worship services.

For those worshiping remotely, you're invited to watch our services online, on Facebook and YouTube.



Advent Offering

Christian communities around the world celebrate Advent as a season of remembering and celebrating the arrival of Jesus on Earth. At Mt. Horeb, we choose to celebrate by taking a special offering to advance the kingdom of God. This year, our Advent offering will support a local and global partner.

JUMPSTART, a prison ministry active in several states, serves men and women who have been incarcerated and offers services that provide job training, financial literacy, access to health care, counseling services, stable housing, and, above all, Christian discipleship. Restoration Village is a new transitional housing campus located in Spartanburg County. With our support, new homes will be built and opened to offer life transformation for more individuals.

Through our partnership with Dr. Jerry Kulah, lives in Liberia are being transformed in the name of Jesus. This year’s offering will allow us to build more homes for the most vulnerable, add toilets for sanitation and disease prevention to existing homes, improve both the school and medical clinic, and start businesses to help the people of Boway move towards self-sufficiency.

You can give toward the Advent offering beginning December 1 through the end of the year. Give here.



Christmas Eve Services

We are so excited about our upcoming Christmas Eve services. We hope you will join us for one of our six services on the 24th. We will have Traditional services at 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM in the Sanctuary and Contemporary services at 2:00, 5:00, 7:00, and 9:00 PM in the Auditorium. We want to let you know that the earlier services fill up quickly, but we always have space at the 9:00 PM service. Doors will open 30 minutes before the start, so come early to ensure you get a seat. Visit christmasatmthoreb.org for more information.

December 29 Services

December 29 will be our last worship service of 2024! There will be one 9:00 AM Traditional Service in the Sanctuary, and one 10:45 AM Contemporary Service in the Auditorium. This will be a great way to close out the year together and look ahead with expectancy for what God will do in 2025.



Church-Wide Read Through the Bible Initiative

In 2025, we are inviting the whole church to read through the entire Bible together from beginning to end! We believe that as disciples, followers of Jesus, we are called to be in rhythm with God and one of the main ways that we do that is by staying firmly rooted in the study of God’s Holy Word. What better way to do it than together with a community of believers? To read through the Bible over the next calendar year, we will be using Tara Leigh-Cobble’s, The Bible Recap, which you can access in a few different ways:

• You can purchase The Bible Recap guide, for the daily readings and devotional, at tables near each worship space at Mt. Horeb on Sunday, December 15.
• You can go online and purchase The Bible Recap guide, for the daily readings and devotional by clicking here.
• You can download the Bible App on your phone or tablet and search “The Bible Recap,” selecting the 365-day plan, to get the daily readings and video devotional.
• You can go to Apple Podcast or Spotify and search “The Bible Recap” for a daily podcast devotional.
• You can enroll in Mt. Horeb’s daily prayer prompts for an abbreviated daily devotional related to the readings by emailing communications@mthorebchurch.org.

In addition, our Wednesday Night Pastor’s Study throughout 2025 will dive further into what you have read from Scripture for the week. For that Wednesday study, you may want to also purchase The Bible Recap Discussion Guide, which will guide our time together. We will begin reading on January 1, 2025! If you have any questions, please reach out to Pastor Rachel at rachel.carosiello@mthorebchurch.org.

Celebration Sunday

We are so grateful for the leadership and faith of Pastor Jeff Kersey over 30 years of ministry here at Mt Horeb Church. On Sunday morning, January 5th, we will celebrate his legacy in our worship services, as he transitions into a new season of ministry. We will also be hearing from our new Senior Pastor Michael Turner about all that lies ahead for Mt. Horeb! Services will be at 9:00 and 10:45 AM for both Contemporary and Traditional. The message portion from Pastor Jeff and Pastor Michael will be streamed into the Sanctuary. 



Retirement Party

In celebration of 30 years in ministry here at Mt. Horeb, we want to invite you to join us on January 5 to honor and thank Pastor Jeff and Lynn Kersey for answering God’s call in their lives. We will have a time to enjoy food, fellowship and lots of fun. Registration is required. Please choose one of the times to attend and understand that space is limited. We look forward to celebrating all that God has done at

Mt. Horeb through Pastor Jeff and Lynn! Register here.



We Are Messengers

We're excited to announce chart-topping band, We Are Messengers, is joining ourConcert season on Friday, May 9. Presented by Compassion International, the spring tour features special guests Austin French and Leanna Crawford. We Are Messengers has over 550 million career streams, over 3 billion airplay audience, and a multi-week #1 Billboard radio song (“Come What May”), along with six Top 5 and ten Top 10 Christian Airplay hits. We Are Messengers has played for a live audience of over 2 million people across 45 states and 5 countries, including selling out shows in the Netherlands, England, and lead vocalist Darren Mulligan’s native Ireland. We hope you join us for this amazing night of worship! Tickets go on sale today. Get your tickets here.



Gifts and Offerings

As 2024 comes to an end, we want to take a moment to say thank you for your continued generosity to support the missions of Mt Horeb Church. For charitable tax donations to qualify for 2024, please adhere to the following guidelines.

• Online donations must be made by 11:59 PM EST on December 31, 2024.
• Mailed checks must be postmarked on or before December 31, 2024.

Offerings can be dropped off at the church office on or before December 31, 2024. Offices will close at 3:30 PM.

Online Bulletin

If you can't be here on Sunday morning, stay connected through our online bulletin. You can see our weekly financial report as well as a list of needs to pray over. Click here to view our weekly bulletin.