Welcome to Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
Where All the People are Ministers of Christ
Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church has been in ministry to Jesus Christ and the greater Williamsburg community for over 137 years. We’re known as the small church with a very big heart! We offer a traditional style of worship, using the United Methodist Hymnal with organ and piano music. Our choir under the direction of Mrs. Carol Kendall delivers both traditional and praise anthems.
Our vision is to seek to live and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to nurture persons of all ages and circumstances for faithful discipleship, and to transform faith into service to others.
OUTREACH YARD & BAKE SALE!
Save the date, Saturday, May 17th at 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Mt. Vernon’s yard sale and bake sale. Donations may be brought to the church beginning on Monday, May 12th at 9 a.m. There will be someone to receive donations from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. The volunteer sign up list is in the Fellowship Hall.
All unsold yard sale donations will be picked up by the DAV following the yard sale. If an item you donated did not sell and you would like it back, you must pick it up by Monday morning, May 19th.
We also need your delicious cookies, brownies, cakes, pies, etc! Baked goods should be packaged for sale and dropped off at the church on Friday, May 16th from 9 a.m. to noon or before the sale at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 17th. Contact Betty S. or Suzanne L. with questions.
- Outreach Yard & Bake Sale: Save the date, Saturday, May 17th at 8:00 am to 1:00 pm for Mt. Vernon’s yard sale and bake sale. While you are doing your spring cleaning, please put some items aside to donate for our sale. More details later. Contact Betty S. or Suzanne L. with questions.
- Wishlist: Mt Vernon UMC now has a wish list on Amazon.com. If you purchase anything on our wish list, it will be sent directly to the church and will be automatically updated that the item(s) were purchased and are no longer needed. https://a.co/5XTCMvo.
- Proclaiming Grace Outreach (PGO): If anyone is interested in seeing how the PGO foodbank operates, contact Jesse R.
FISH: Fish Food Pantry: Updated 3/19/2025 — The food items needed are:Tomato products, Spaghetti & Other Pastas, Brownie Mix, PancakeMix/Syrup, Canned Soups, Canned Vegetables, Canned Chicken, Tuna &Beef Stew, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Boxed Mac & Cheese, Canned Fruits. There is a donation box in the Fellowship Hall marked FISH. Everything donated will be in honor of Jewell Bryant who encouraged Mt. Vernon’s participation in FISH.
- Fellowship Time: On the 3rd Sunday of every month, there will be a Fellowship Time after the Sunday Service.
- Cereal..Cereal..Cereal: We will concentrate on collecting ONLY cereal donations to St. Olaf’s & PGO Food Pantries, so please consider picking up an extra box or two of cereal each week and deposit it in the basket in the narthex. It’s a need that we can help to fulfill. Thanks!
- Bridge Group: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Fellowship Hall
Worship With Us!
Please join us on Sunday mornings!
Worship service at 10:15 a.m.
Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.
James City Chapel Cemetery
The James City Chapel Cemetery is a ministry of Mt. Vernon UMC.
From the community
A thank-you letter was received from “From His Hands” (https://www.fromhishands.org/about), thanking the congregation for its recent donation. They are grateful that Mt. Vernon continues to support them in their efforts to feed those in need!
From current & former members
I just wanted to thank all of your for the wonderful gifts that you sent me, as I recover from surgery. The prayer shawl is lovely—it touched my heart so! The Brunswick stew, and that terrific chicken soup have just been wonderful. I came as a stranger to your church in December, and you embraced me as a friend. You personify what it means to be “in Christ.” Again all my thanks—I will see you soon.
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Why do I love Mt. Vernon? I love Mt. Vernon because Mt. Vernon embodied all that the church can be to the world! The church is where we have a sense of belonging, being connected to one another, in our common goal of knowing Christ and of living a life pleasing to Him.
From Our Facebook Friends
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