Advent & Christmas in Mars Hill

Worship alongside us this Advent & Christmas season

Sunday Worship @ 9:45 am In-Person or Online
Sunday School @ 11 am In-person or Online

Join us online or in-person in Mars Hill this Advent and Christmas season.

No matter who you are or where you’re from, you are welcome, affirmed and celebrated here - just as you are no exceptions. We invite and welcome you to worship alongside a congregation that shares God’s love for ALL as we commemorate the Nativity of Our Lord. Here, we celebrate the ways in which you enrich our collective worship whether you’re a first-time visitor or life-long member.

Our Advent & Christmas Calendar
Celebrate the Season in Madison County

  • Holiday Decorating | Saturday, November 30, 2024

    Advent & Christmas Decorating + Soup Luncheon @ 11:30 am

    To prepare our space in order to prepare our hearts, we will host our annual decorating Saturday on November 30.

    In addition to decorating, we will host our annual Soupfeast so plan to bring a soup or side to share.

  • First Sunday of Advent | Sunday, December 1, 2024

    Worship @ 9:45 am
    Sunday School @ 11 am

    Join us in-person or online December 1 during our 9:45 am worship to kick off the Advent season with an abbreviated Hanging of the Greens service. The service begins our four-Sunday Advent journey as we stir up our hearts during this holy season of joy, anticipating the coming of Christ among us. In our first Sunday of the month tradition, this service will include the celebration of Holy Communion. Our table is open to ALL.

  • Second Sunday of Advent | Sunday, December 8, 2024

    Worship @ 9:45 am
    Sunday School @ 11 am

    Join us us in-person or online December 8 at 9:45 am am as we continue our four-Sunday journey through the season of Advent.

  • Christmas Bazaar | Saturday December 14

    9 am until 3 pm

    For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, we will host Ten-Thousand Villages for a Holiday Bazaar.

    The event will feature Hearty Homemade Soups and baked goodies. Local artists will be offering their crafts

    Funds raised will support missions.

  • Third Sunday of Advent | Sunday, December 15, 2024

    Worship @ 9:45 am
    Sunday School @ 11 am

    Join us us in-person or online December on December 15 at 9:45 am am as we continue our four-Sunday journey through Advent with a special service of Lesson & Carols The Third Sunday of Advent acknowledges our longing and expectation of the coming of Emmanuel among us. In our third Sunday of the month tradition, we will host our fellowship meal after the service.

  • Annual Christmas Cookie Swap | December 19, 2023

    2 pm

    United Women in Faith, formerly known as United Methodist Women will host its annual Christmas Cookie Swap at the home of Judy Moorhouse. All are invited to bring one to two dozen of their favorite cookies to “swap” and take home an assortment of Holiday goodies.

  • Blue Christmas | December 20, 2023

    Blue Christmas Service / Liturgy of the Longest
    6 pm

    Our Blue Christmas coincides with the Winter Solstice as well as the traditional feast day for Saint Thomas the Apostle, making some connections between Thomas's struggle to believe the tale of Jesus' resurrection, the long nights just before Christmas, and the struggle with darkness and grief faced by those living with loss.

    The 6 pm service will be in-person or streamed online.

  • Fourth Sunday of Advent | Sunday, December 22, 2024

    Worship @ 9:45 am
    Sunday School @ 11 am

    Join us us in-person or online on December 22 at 9:45 am am as we continue our four-Sunday journey through Advent with a special prelude from our handbell choi.r. The Fourth and final Sunday of Advent - what better place to experience and celebrate the coming of light among us?

  • Christmas Eve | Sunday, December 24, 2024

    Candlelight Christmas Eve Communion @ 5 pm a

    Join us on December 24 at 5 pm for Candlelight Christmas Eve Communion.

  • First Sunday after Christmas | Sunday, December 29, 2024

    Worship @ 9:45 am
    Sunday School @ 11 am

    It’s still Christmas. Spend the last day of 2024 hearing your favorite Christmas stories and singing your favorite Christmas carols.

    ”There's a song in the air!
    There's a star in the sky!
    There's a mother's deep prayer
    and a baby's low cry!
    And the star rains its fire
    while the beautiful sing,
    for the manger of Bethlehem
    cradles a King!”

  • Epiphany Sunday & Baptism of the Lord | Sunday, January 5, 2025

    Worship @ 9:45 am
    Sunday School @ 11 am

    It’s the last Sunday of our Christmastide or Christmas season worship and celebration - today, tree lights still glisten. Join us as we celebrate the Epiphany and Baptism of our Lord. This service will feature the celebration of Holy Communion.

    “This star drew nigh to the northwest
    O'er Bethlehem it took it's rest
    And there it did both Pause and stay
    Right o'er the place where Jesus lay
    Noel Noel Noel Noel
    Born is the King of Israel!”

Make Room to Love & Serve Others

Our Mitten, Hat & Scarf Christmas Tree

Share the warmth of the season by making seasons bright for our WNC friends and neighbors.

  • Bring warm winter mittens, gloves, hats and scarfs to decorate our tree in the Fellowship Hall.

  • Donated items will be given to those most in need in our community.

  • While all sizes of mittens, gloves, hats and scarves are welcome, adult sizes are in most need.

Support Our Little Free Food Pantry

In 2022, Mars Hill’s first Little Free Food Pantry was dedicated by area Girl Scouts and Mars Hill United Methodist Church.

The Little Free Food Pantry is available 24 hours a day to whoever needs it. The rule is: “Take what you need; give what you can.”

A Festival of Carols
Enjoy Sounds of the Season from Mars Hill


We invite you to enjoy the sounds of Advent and Christmas from Mars Hill United Methodist Church from Christmastide 2020. We welcome you to hear enjoy the sights and sounds of the season online or in-person on Sundays at 9:45 am.

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A Prayer for the Advent Season

The Advent season is a time of preparation and expectation for the coming of Jesus Christ. The below narrated video meditation offers individuals and families moment to take time this season to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus and look forward to the second coming of Christ among us.

Oh Immanuel, God with us, truly in this Advent season we celebrate that you are not hidden in some faraway cloud, but you chose to be with us in the blur and mystery of our lives. In the midst of lists and rush, you are with us as a song that echoes in our minds, as the light of a candle, as a card from a friend. They are signs of your presence. We turn to you this season and pray that you would birth joy and healing, blessing and hope in us. Let something wonderful begin in us — something surprising and holy. May your hand be upon us. Let your love fill us. Let your joy overwhelm us. Let our longing for you be met on a coming holy night. Immanuel with us once again. Amen.

— an Advent Devotion by the Rev. Jerry Chism