Please be sure to don your Christmas wear (ugly sweaters especially appreciated) for our in person service this coming Sunday. Those that watch our message online, you are invited to wear yours while watching it.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR DECEMBER 21, 2025

Our kiddos will be blessing us with the play “A Special Christmas Journey” during Wednesday’s 4:00 pm Christmas Eve Service.

Speaking of our kiddos, they will be joining Carol Reisner and her helpers for a Birthday Party for Jesus during today’s worship service.

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.

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 return your selected wrapped gift to the church by Monday evening. If you would prefer to have someone purchase the gift for you, please see Danene.

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

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 today from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Hoffmann-Gottfried-Mack Funeral Home & Crematory, 236 S. Washington St. in Tiffin.

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.

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 pick up a box of 2026 offering envelopes, you may do so in the lobby. If you do so, please record your name on the sheet by the number of the box you took. You may also just continue to use the envelopes in the pews if you don’t take a box. If you wish to make a Christmas offering to the church, the Christmas offering envelopes have been placed on the table outside the sanctuary.

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

2026 Norman Rockwell Calendars are available in the narthex compliments of Harrold-Floriana Funeral Home.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Dec. 22: Kelly Manz
Dec. 24: Jerry Platt, Laura D. Miller-Vitt
Dec. 27: Karen Popenberg

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR DECEMBER 14, 2025

Our kiddos will be blessing us with the play “A Special Christmas Journey” during our Christmas Eve Service at 4:00 pm.

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.

We continue our tradition of supporting a family for Christmas this year. There are currently 3 gift tags on the tree in the narthex that need a sponsor. Please bring the gifts by next Sunday, the 21st.

In addition to our Christmas family, we have identified another household that we can aid this Christmas season. In years past, we have provided support for Shawna and her grandchildren, and they could use some help again. We will be accepting basic non-perishable food donations on their behalf through next Sunday, December 21st.

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 next 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.

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 continues to 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 pick up a box of 2026 offering envelopes, you may do so in the lobby. If you do so, please record your name on the sheet by the number of the box you took. You may also just continue to use the envelopes in the pews if you don’t take a box. If you wish to make a Christmas offering to the church, the Christmas offering envelopes have been placed on the table outside the sanctuary.

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. 14 Joel Park (in memory), Mary Belle Heiserman (in memory)
Dec. 15 Kailee Smith, Carson Park, Lucille Dundore (in memory)
Dec. 16 Tyler Tyree, Ethan Coppus
Dec. 18 Deb Lutz, Tom Rex
Dec. 19 Ainsleigh Roush
Dec. 20 Deb Ludwig, Kory Shaver

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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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 Lopez enjoyed being the “Student of the Week” last week; Don Asselin says “Thank You” for all the prayers, cards, and even some flowers he has received; Mike Denman’s surgery to remove the bullet fragment this past Monday was successful; and we have a Heavenly Father that loves us, a Savior that redeems us, and the Holy Spirit that strengthens us.

CONCERNS: Traveling mercies for Jenne VanBuskirk and her brother Jerry Boroff as they began a month-long road trip to visit friends and family this past Friday (December 19th); Asher Davis has been battling a high temperature since Thursday (102 degrees on Saturday) while Carol Reisner’s consultation with the cardiologist went well this past Friday, she has been scheduled for a stress test and echocardiogram on January 22nd; and the family of Paul Jones a member of the Hopewell Loudon Class of 1975 and longtime cross-country and track coach upon his passing.

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, Margaret Cumbow, Dennis Holman, 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!!