ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR AUGUST 2, 2026

Pastor Dean & Pastor Amy Kinney (St. John’s UCC) will be sharing the 1:00 p.m. preaching period at the August 8^th “Day of Revival – Connecting with Jesus” hosted by Reflection Ministries of Bettsville. Please see the flyer posted on the narthex bulletin board for additional information.

The next administrative council meeting will be Tuesday, August 11^th at 6:00 p.m. at the church.

Pastor Dean will be on vacation from August 17-23. Mike Denman will be in the pulpit on Sunday, August 23rd.

August-September newsletters are available today on the table outside the sanctuary and also can be found on our website.

The front and back church entrance locks have been changed. Please see Marcia Abbot (Admin. Chair) or Pastor Dean if you need a copy. Please note that for occasional use, one can be borrowed and returned.

Please see the signup sheet on the Narthex bulletin board for our lawn maintenance schedule.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

August 3          Jim Rainey (in memory)

August 4          Kevin Earl

August 5          Garrett Hedrick, M/M Willard Thallman (in memory)

August 7          Ron Lutz, Brent Hedrick

August 8          Candy Mustamaa, Kim Clouse, Lori Ferguson

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Please join Pastor Dean and the men of the church, for breakfast at The Delia at Frost Village in Tiffin for our August 1st breakfast.

JOYS: Today is Sutton Linn Price’s (Janet Main’s great-granddaughter) first birthday and we have a Heavenly Father that loves us, a Savior that redeems us, and the Holy Spirit that strengthens us.

CONCERNS: George Miller will be undergoing a hip replacement this coming Wednesday (July 29th) in New Albany; the family of Donald Correll (Raine Kreh’s grandfather) who passed away on July 17th; Randall Shaver (Jeanne VanBuskirk’s son) continues his radiation and chemotherapy treatments for cancer in the tonsils and lymph nodes (address for cards: 2444 N. St. Rt. 66, Defiance, OH 43512); Lori Zimmerman will be meeting with her medical team on August 10th concerning concerns about a possible endometriosis condition; and Tim Heiserman will be meeting with his medical team at the Cleveland Clinic on August 20th about a possible hip replacement revision.

PRAYER LIST:  Carri Breidenbach, Jean Mertes, Laverne Ruth, Jacqueline Freeman, Sue Brickner, Michelle Steinmetz, Pat Scherger, Ron Pollard, Nancy Bailey, Ken Pattison, Marilyn Abell, Regan Fitzgerald, Sandy Lehner, Tim Rife, Connor Whaley, Randy Wyant, Margaret Cumbow, Autumn Kerr, Kathy Parker, Denny Holman, Robbin Bush, Jeff Bugner, Danny Pelton, Dorothy Finney, Lindsay Sooy, Whitney Holcomb, Judy Hossler, Juanita Yambert, Leticia Caudill, Irma Cantu, Dotty Devault, and Tom Strickland Sr.

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!!