ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR DECEMBER 7, 2025

Please see the Advent Candlelight Readers signup sheet on the Narthex bulletin board for openings.

Our next Men’s Breakfast will be January 3rd at 9:00 a.m. at Frisch’s Big Boy. All men are invited to attend.

Our next Administrative Council meeting will be this Tuesday, December 9th, at 6:00 p.m. A hearty “Thank You” to Deb Lutz, Ed Smith, and Jeanne VanBuskirk for your three years of service on our Administrative Council Board. Helen Emerine will be rejoining the board starting in 2026, so we need one more volunteer to join the board. Please see any council member (Marcia Abbott, Morgan Johnson, Bob Manz, and Shelby Lopez are remaining on the board), Lori Clay, or Pastor Dean if interested in joining.

We continue our tradition of supporting a family for Christmas this year. Our family this year has three children under the age of six. Please select an ornament from the tree in the narthex and return the wrapped gift (along with the ornament) to the church.

In addition to our Christmas family, we have identified another household that we can provide assistance to this Christmas season. In years past, we have provided support for Shawna and her grandchildren, and they could use some help again. For the next two weeks we will be accepting basic non-perishable food donations on their behalf.

A memorial celebration of Pastor Dave Culp’s life will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 22, 2025, at St. John’s UCC in Tiffin, Ohio. Visitation will take place on Sunday, December 21, 2025, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Hoffmann-Gottfried-Mack Funeral Home & Crematory, 236 S. Washington St. in Tiffin.

We will be having our Christmas Eve worship service this year at 4:00 p.m.

December-January newsletters are available online and on the back table outside the sanctuary.

The church will be making Super Bowl Subs on Saturday, February 7th. Orders will be taken in January. Questions?? Please see Ron Lutz or call him at (419) 448-8675.

Our Sunday School Class will be led by Pastor Dean in December as we dive into the season with “Advent” by J.D. Greear (available on RightNow Media). In this study, we will be taking a deeper look at Jesus as “Emmanuel”; “Our Wonderful Counselor”; “The Everlasting Father” and “The Great I Am.”

As you see family and friends over the holiday season, we wanted to remind you that Vacation Bible School 2026 will have different dates this year than what we have done in the past. This year’s VBS will be held from June 22-26th. We will also be having a community churchwide blended service on Sunday, June 28th at our church to recap the week. Please mark your calendars!

If you would like to send a card to Don Asselin, his address is on our website and on the narthex bulletin board.

We will be donning our Christmas wear for our worship service on December 21st.

We will be taking down the Advent church decorations after our worship service on January 4th.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Dec. 7 Andrew Rohlen
Dec. 8 Briana Poor
Dec. 9 Amy Miller
Dec. 11 Tasha Frankart, Lela Heineken (in memory)
Dec. 12 Braden Park, Ashleigh Brook Tiell, Ryan Lee Wertz (in memory)
Dec. 13 Charles Popenberg, Judy Kidd
Dec. 14 Mary Belle Heiserman & Joel Park (both in memory)

A memorial celebration of Pastor Dave’s life will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 22, 2025, at St. John’s UCC in Tiffin, Ohio. Visitation will take place on Sunday, December 21, 2025, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Hoffmann-Gottfried-Mack Funeral Home & Crematory, 236 S. Washington St., Tiffin, Ohio 44883, (419) 447-2424.

Please see Hoffmann-Gottfried-Mack Funeral Home’s website for additional information.

Don’s cards can be sent to:

Don Asselin

C/O Blue Creek Skilled Nursing Home – East Wing

11239 Waterville Street

Whitehouse, OH 43571

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2025

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2025
Today’s altar flowers are in celebration of Margaret Cumbow’s 91st birthday and sponsored by her great-granddaughter Mila Lopez.

Luella King’s 100th birthday is today. She received 44 cards as of Saturday evening and says “Thank you to her church family for their cards.” She loved them!!

Please see the narthex bulletin board for the flyer about an outreach opportunity to support residents of Good Shepherd with Christmas gifts. They have requested that any donations be dropped off by this coming Saturday, December 6th.

Advent begins today. Please see the Candlelight Readers signup sheet on the Narthex bulletin board for openings.

Our next Men’s Breakfast will be this coming Saturday, December 6th, at the Deli at Frost Village.

A hearty “Thank You” to Deb Lutz, Ed Smith, and Jeanne VanBuskirk for your three years of service on our Administrative Council Board. Helen Emerine will be rejoining the board starting in 2026, so we need one more volunteer to join the board. Please see any council member (Marcia Abbott, Morgan Johnson, Bob Manz, and Shelby Lopez are remaining on the board), Lori Clay, or Pastor Dean if interested in joining.

We continue our tradition of supporting a family for Christmas this year. Our family this year has three children under the age of six. Gift ideas have been placed on the Christmas tree in the Narthex. Please note that if you would prefer to donate cash, Danene will be accepting it and putting it toward purchasing the gifts.

We will be having our Christmas Eve worship service this year at 4:00 p.m.

Our next Administrative Council Meeting will be next Tuesday, December 9th, at 6:00 pm.

December-January newsletters are available online and on the back table outside the sanctuary.

The church will be making Super Bowl Subs on Saturday, February 7th. Orders will be taken in January. Questions?? Please see Ron Lutz or call him at (419) 448-8675.

Our Sunday School Class will be led by Pastor Dean in December as we dive into the season with “Advent” by J. D. Greear (available on RightNow Media). In this study we will be taking a deeper look at Jesus as Emmanuel; our Wonderful Counselor; the Everlasting Father; and the great I Am.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

Dec, 2              Ed Smith, Calvin Anthony Park

Dec. 3              Cassidy Miller

Dec. 4              Cora Daniel, Dalton Coppus

Dec. 5              Ken Yambert

Dec. 6              Margaret Cumbow, Susan Platt, Barbara Hartsel

Please join Pastor Dean and the men of the church at Frisch’s Big Boy in Tiffin @ 9:00 a.m.

All welcome!!!

JOYS: Mila’s friend Willow underwent a surgery to remove a mass in her throat which was negative for lymphoma and she is undergoing treatment for a chronic bacterial infection; Mike Prosser fell last week but MRI on both knees shows no damage and all his bruises are healing; Hopewell Loudon’s football team came in second for the state and made it home safe and sound from the game; and we have a Heavenly Father that loves us, a Savior that redeems us, and the Holy Spirit that strengthens us.

CONCERNS: Reverend Mike Denman is having the bullet fragment removed from his chest on Monday, December 15th, at 7:30 am; Don Asselin also will be having a lung scan performed on December 15th; Carol Reisner experienced chest pain on Thanksgiving resulting in a change in her medications plus a consultation with a cardiologist has been scheduled for this Friday (December 12th); and flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand have killed 1,500 with at least 800 still missing.

PRAYER LIST: Leticia Caudill, Carri Breidenbach, Jean Mertes, Laverne Ruth, Jacqueline Freeman, Sue Brickner, Michelle Steinmetz, Pat Scherger, Ron Pollard, Butch Payne, Danny Pelton, Nancy Bailey, Ken Pattison, Marilyn Abell, Janet Thallman, Regan Fitzgerald, Sandy Lehner, Tim Rife, Connor Whaley, Randy Wyant, Richie Best,  Margaret Cumbow, Dennis Holman, Matt Emerine, Juanita Yambert, Madi Heater, Don Ferguson, Dotty Devault, Autumn Kerr, Sutton Linn Price, Memphis Depinet, and Rev. Bill McDaniel.

Please go to either our Facebook page (Bascom Community Church) or YouTube channel (DeanDurant5660 – hyperlink  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTYUdwW5I8wiQwTrTI75NkQ ) to view our Sunday messages or Monday through Friday devotions. God Bless!!