Our Bluff Point crew were busy serving the Oak Hill barbeque this past weekend. Article by Joyce L. Wiedrich 09-03-26 Pastor Jeannine showed the kids a diagram of geese flying. The lead goose is the head of the pack. Is the geese fly in a V shape formation. When the goose gets tired, another takes over the lead role. Helping others is part of being a member of this church this church. At this church we all work together! Examples of this teamwork were this past weekend, when many of our church members worked together to serve Oak Hill’s Saturday barbecue. We set up, served, and cleaned up afterwards. Following this was the annual Yates County Hope Walk, led by Ron Miller. Many of us in church participated filling luminary bags with sand, helped with the silent auction, designing luminary bags and we also walked to support the effort. It feels good to be part of a team. Pastor Jeannine reminded us that we are all part of the body of Christ and that God loves us. We need to tell others of the love of Christ. Think of inviting others to come to church. Some of us are welcomers, some are supporters. We are all part of the body of Christ. We need to give our heart, mind, and well and obedient service as an offering to Christ. Pastor Jeannine and Phil are now moved into the Dresden parsonage. The open house is from 3 to 6 PM on Thursday, September 3. On Sunday, September 6 we will have blessings of the backpacks for the kids and for anyone involved in education. It’s important for us to send our teachers in our students back to school with love and support. Please join our little country church at 9 AM on Sundays!

Thank you girls for making so many beautiful bags for the luminaries for the cancer Hope Walk. Article by Joyce L. Wiedrich 08-27-26 Pastor Jeannine told us that Jesus answers prayers on his time. Sometimes this is not when or how we want them answered. Scripture lesson was from Matthew 15: 21-28. Canaanites were enemies of the Jews. A Canaanite woman demanded attention from Jesus. She called out to Jesus to have mercy on her. She told him that her daughter was possessed by the devil Jesus ignored her- the disciples begged Jesus to send her away which he did not. He replied that he was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel. He told the woman that it was not right to give the children’s bread to the dogs. She responded that even the dogs eat the crumbs from the masters table. Upon hearing that, Jesus felt she had great faith and healed her daughter. Jesus showed his concern and love. Summer is soon coming to a close. We have music Sunday on Sunday, August 30 at 9 AM at church. Please come and join us and bring your friends and neighbors. Music Sunday is always a special event. Ron and Marguerite Miller put a lot of effort into the musical numbers of both the adult choir and children’s choir. The open house of Pastor Jeannine and Phil’s parsonage home in Dresden is September 3- from 3 to 6 PM. They recently moved from Geneva to be closer to the two churches that she serves. We have had many visitors this summer, and so are glad that people have come to worship with us. We are a loving church community and welcome all visitors!