ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2026

Our next Men’s Breakfast will be on March 7th at Fostoria Dell’s.

Please join us this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. for our Ecumenical Ash Wednesday service. The full Ecumenical schedule is shown below.
• Ash Wednesday (February 18th) at 7:00 pm with Pastor Bob Greene providing the message at Bascom Community Church. Pastors Amy Kinney, Dean Durant, and Bob will all participate in the Imposition of Ashes for those wishing to receive them.
• Maundy (Holy) Thursday (April 2nd) at 7:00 pm with Pastor Dean providing the message at Hopewell Church of God. This service includes a Hand Washing Service for those who wish to participate.
• Good Friday (April 3rd) with a Tenebrae service at St. John’s UCC at 2:00pm. This service concludes with an open table sharing of the elements of Holy Communion.

Mark your calendars for our church potluck on Sunday, March 8th after our worship service. Juanita Yambert will be organizing the potluck.

Marcia Abbott will remain as our Administrative Board Chairperson for 2026. Thank you, Marcia!

We will be having another Capital Funds Campaign to replace the depleted funds from our 2018 “Raise the Roof” campaign. After the church and parsonage roofs were installed, the fund had a remaining balance of $13,167.00. $12,685.30 of those funds have been used to pay for repairs, replacements, and ongoing preventive maintenance at the church building and parsonage. Donations raised will be kept separate from our general funds and used exclusively for future church and parsonage upkeep. Please see Pastor Dean or any board member to express your desire to join the team.

As we spoke to last week, we are having a card party for Heather Kreh’s friend Crystal Hester (4 intracranial surgeries and a divorce in the past year). Address: 604 Lawn Ave, Apt. 604, Findlay, OH 45840.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

Feb. 16: Liam Beidelschies, Shelby Lopez

Feb. 19: Glenn Meisner (in memory)

Feb. 20: Denise Stull, Don Thallman, Karin Smith, Nancy Tschanen (in memory), David Thallman (in memory)

Feb. 21            Mally Marie Hedrick

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 8, 2026

Thank you to Ron Lutz for heading up the Sub Making project once again! Thanks also to all who braved the cold to come out and help with sub assembly Saturday morning.

As we were making subs yesterday, our next Men’s Breakfast will be this coming Saturday, February 14th, at GW’s Fine Foods in Tiffin. Our March breakfast will be on the 7th at Fostoria Dell’s.

Dorothy Finney has moved into assisted living. Let’s surprise her with a card party! Address (also on the narthex bulletin board): 4250 Lakeland Highlands Rd. Apt. 309, Lakeland, FL 33813.

February-March newsletters are available outside the sanctuary and online.

Our next Administrative Board meeting is this coming Tuesday, February 10th at 6:00 p.m. Board members are Marcia Abbott (Acting Chair), Bob Manz, Shelby Lopez, Morgan Johnson, Carol Reisner, and Helen Emerine. During our first meeting we will need to nominate and approve the Chairperson for 2026.

Our 2026 Ecumenical Lent worship schedule is:
• Ash Wednesday (February 18th) at 7:00 pm with Pastor Bob Greene providing the message at Bascom Community Church. Pastors Amy Kinney, Dean Durant, and Bob will all participate in the Imposition of Ashes for those wishing to receive them.
• We will be ecumenically celebrating Maundy (Holy) Thursday (April 2nd) at 7:00 pm with Pastor Dean providing the message at Hopewell Church of God. This service includes a Hand Washing Service for those who wish to participate.
• We gather at 2:00 pm on Good Friday (April 3rd) with a Tenebrae service at St. John’s UCC, concluding with an open table sharing of the elements of Holy Communion.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

Feb. 8              M/M John Tschanen

Feb. 9              Ken Null Jr., Kent Thallman,

Feb. 11            M/M Braden Park

Feb. 12            Jeannie Edinger (in memory)

Feb. 13            M/M Robert Brendle (in memory)

Feb. 14            Greg Stull

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Both Judy and her husband Mike are on our prayer list. If you feel led by the Holy Spirit to send a card, here is their address: 164 Gibson Court, Tiffin, OH 44883.

Join Pastor Dean and the men of the church, for breakfast at Dell’s in Fostoria @ 9 a.m.

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JOYS: The beautiful door wreaths and Easter decorations by Juanita Yambert; Shelby & D’lo Lopez now know that they will be having a boy (Congratulations!!!); Marge Reinhard has returned after rehab at the Tiffin Willows; and we have a Heavenly Father that loves us, a Savior that redeems us, and the Holy Spirit that strengthens us.

CONCERNS: Judy Prosser has been diagnosed with a kidney tumor as well as two other spots of concern in addition to her pelvic bone cancer – she will be meeting with her medical team this Wednesday plus has radiation treatments daily from February 23rd through the 27th; Tim Heiserman is to meet with the specialist for his right ear cancer on March 3rd and has a follow-up with the surgeon on March 13th with the surgeon for his torn hip muscle and ligaments; Ann Zimmerman’s esophagoscopy has been rescheduled for March 6th; and Bruce Kreh has two female cousins (Sandy & Kris) who are undergoing treatment for a brain tumor and ovarian cancer.

PRAYER LIST: Leticia Caudill, Carri Breidenbach, Jean Mertes, Laverne Ruth, Jacqueline Freeman, Sue Brickner, Michelle Steinmetz, Pat Scherger, Ron Pollard, Nancy Bailey, Ken Pattison, Marilyn Abell, Janet Thallman, Regan Fitzgerald, Sandy Lehner, Tim Rife, Connor Whaley, Randy Wyant, Margaret Cumbow, Dennis Holman, Autumn Kerr, Walter Roth Sr., Crystal Hester, Don Ferguson, Juanita Yambert, Beverly Wheatley, Denny Holman, 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!!