We have an active prayer shawl ministry started years ago by Nancy Wilmott. Our congregation prays over these beautiful shawls, and then they are given to the person they were chosen for. Today two ladies mentioned friends that are in need of prayer and chose a prayer shawl especially for them. Hopefully these prayer shawls will give them strength and show the love of those who are caring and praying for them. Article by Joyce L. Wiedrich 11/27/2025 Pastor Jeannine started the service today telling the children about Abraham Lincoln. She gave the children all a penny, and asked them who was on the penny… (concurrently the last penny was minted this week in the United States although there are still millions in circulation). Abraham Lincoln was president during a difficult time in our history. He felt he could not fail because of the assistance of a divine being. Pastor Jeannine asked the children how they would spend $100,000 if they had it. She showed them a picture of her favorite candy bar. Some of the kids said they would buy chicken nuggets, others said they would buy slime. One child said that he would help others. God gave his son to us to help us and show us the way. The scripture this week was from Luke 21: 5-19. It to be a rather dark passage, discussing the destruction of a temple and foreboding the end of times. The positive thought in the passage tells that not a hair and your head will perish if you stand firm in your faith. We have hope in Christ. Pastor Jeannine told the story of the movie, Poseidon Adventure. The ship overturned, and the only way out was going up to the bottom of the ship, and the back to the front. The Pastor on board gave instructions and those that listened and followed were saved from disaster. The world can be a scary place, but in faith we can tackle it. Monday Bible studies at 3 PM will be on the topic of experiencing Christmas. Everyone is free to join. Don't forget to bring your mittens, hats, and scarves for the mitten tree! Feel free to join in on ringing the bells for Yates County Christmas from 9a-4pm in front of Tops supermarket Wednesday, November 26. This is the day that Bluff Point United Methodist Church joins in this mission every year, raising money for distribution at Yates County Christmas. Music Sunday is coming soon! Everyone has been practicing for the Gala musical event on November 30 at church at 9 AM. Bring your family to enjoy this special service. As you can see our church is thriving. There have been recent rumors circulating again that our church is closing. This certainly is not the case. We are an active, loving church. We thrive in coming together to worship and to support the larger community. We offer Sunday school and nursery to our younger members, and are happy to have several young families among us. We welcome visitors. Come join us Sundays at 9:00 am.

A salute to our veterans on Veterans Day Sunday. Remembering those who weren’t in church today and also those that will celebrate in heaven. Thank you for your service. Article by Joyce L. Wiedrich 11/20/2025 Thank you, Laurie Prinzivalli for a wonderful Veterans Day service. Laurie reminded the children of what a veteran is, a person that has served our country in one of the United States services, including the Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, Air Force, Army, and more recently, the Space Force. Joyce Wiedrich and Dana Schillinger brought the Christian and American flag forward is the rest of the veterans in Church followed them. The music for this Sunday was all patriotic, as was the choir anthem. Laurie discussed about the Christian and the American flags. The American flag is a symbol of freedom. We can go where we want to go. We can live where we want to live. We can dream our dreams and say what we want to say. Veterans gave us freedom of speech, freedom to assemble, the right to vote and freedom of religion. The Christian flag gave us freedom in Christ, freedom from hate, freedom from regret, and freedom from bitterness. The scripture from 2 Timothy 2: 3-4 told us how Paul was a veteran Christian. He passed the torch to Timothy. Laurie reviewed a series of E words. A soldier needs to enlist, a soldier needs to endure and engage. We may not all choose to be in the military, but we can all serve in God‘s army and follow Jesus. Music Sunday is coming up on November 30. Please invite your neighbors and family to join us. Chris Wyant put a bag for collection of plastic caps on the back table. A crazy cap lady from Penn Yan is collecting plastic caps, which can be recycled and used to make benches. Please bring your collections in so they may help make a bench! A correction on the recent BPUMC newsletter. The Christmas Eve service on December 24 will be at 7 PM! Thank you for all that signed up to ring the bells the day before Thanksgiving at Tops market. There are still opportunities to join your fellow church members in this activity, which is one of our missions! Don’t forget to bring your mittens, hat, and scarves for the mitten tree. These will also be distributed at Yates County Christmas. Come join us at service at 9 AM on Sunday!