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Thursday, October 5, 2023

Dear Shawnee UMC Family,

Please join us for Worship

this Sunday

in-person or on Facebook Live at 10:30am.

The Scripture for Pastor Phyllis' message will be:

Luke 8: 4-11

4 When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: 5 ‘A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. 6 Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture. 7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. 8 Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold.’ As he said this, he called out, ‘Let anyone with ears to hear listen!’

9 Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, ‘To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak in parables, so that “looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand.”

11 ‘Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

The Tuesday Lectionary Group invites you to share some of your favorite scriptures, which we will then share with all members.

Please email them to:

maryann13fenstermacher@gmail.com.

Here are this week's scriptures for study and meditation:

1 Corinthians 8:4-7 So concerning the actual food involved in these sacrifices to false gods, we know that a false god isn't anything in this world, and that there is no God except our one God. Granted, there are so-called "gods," in heaven and on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords. However, for us believers, There is one God the Father. All things come from him, and we belong to him. And there is one Lord Jesus Christ. All things exist through him, and we live through him.

2 Chronicles 30: 13-21 A huge crowd gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month. A very large congregation gathered. First, they removed the altars in Jerusalem, and hauled off the incense altars and dumped them in the Kidron Valley. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the second month. Ashamed of themselves, the priests and the Levites made themselves holy and brought entirely burnt offerings to the Lord's temple. They now took their places as laid out in the Instruction from Moses the man of God, and the priests splashed the blood they received from the Levites against the altar. Since many in the congregation hadn't made themselves holy, the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs, making them holy to the Lord for all who weren't ceremonially clean. This included most of those who had come from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun--people who hadn't purified themselves and so hadn't eaten the Passover meal in the prescribed way. But Hezekiah prayed for them: "May the good Lord forgive everyone who has decided to seek the true God, the Lord, the God of their ancestors, even though they aren't ceremonially clean by sanctuary standards." The Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people. So the Israelites in Jerusalem joyfully celebrated the Festival of Unleavened bread for seven days, with the Levites and the priests praising God every day, accompanied by the Lord's mighty instruments.

Psalm 9:7-12 But the Lord rules forever! He assumes his throne for the sake of justice. He will establish justice in the world rightly; he will judge all people fairly. The Lord is a safe place for the oppressed--a safe place in difficult times. Those who know your name trust in you because you have not abandoned any who seek you, Lord. Sing praises to the Lord, who lives in Zion! Proclaim his mighty acts among all people! Because the one who avenges bloodshed remembers those who suffer; the Lord hasn't forgotten their cries for help.

Matthew 7:1-5 Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. You'll receive the same judgement you give. Whatever you deal out will be dealt to you. Why do you see the splinter that's in your brother's or sister's eye, but don't notice the log in your own eye? You deceive yourself! How can you say to your brother or sister, 'let me take the splinter out of your eye,' when there's a log in your eye? First take the log out of your eye, and then you'll see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother's or sister's eye.

PRAYER REQUESTS

If you would like the prayer team to pray for you or anyone you have concerns for, please email Julie Italiano at

jbitaliano4@gmail.com. She will send it on to the prayer team.

You may also send prayer requests to Connie Perry in the office at connie@shawneeumc.org, or call the office at (913) 631-2280.

You may also pick up a paper copy of the prayer list at the church.

Come All Ambassadors

to our next luncheon

on the second Monday of the month, October 9, 2023!!

The usual time is to arrive at 11:00 am and plan to eat at 11:30 am.

Bring a covered dish to share and your own plates and silverware.

Bread and drinks provided.

Hosts and hostess are Warren Livingston and Dan and Lynn Fraker.

Main course to be determined. Watch for a later email to find out main course!

The program is “Mercy and Truth” brought by Christian Health.

LECTIONARY NEWS

Scriptures for Tuesday, October 10th:

Exodus 32:1-14

Philippians 4:1-9

Matthew 22:1-14

Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23

Zoom meeting id: 991 9640 5385

password 061620

BOOK CLUB

We will be meeting October 26 at 1pm to discuss The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate. Susan Ozga will lead.

We will not meet in November to discuss a book. Rather, we will meet Thursday, November 16, to choose books and plan for next year.

Everyone is welcome!

Connie Mitzner

913-481-9594

THANK YOU FROM JOCO IHN

Maranatha, Equip and Genesis Sunday School Classes,

We received an email from Johnson County Interfaith Hospitality Network. This note was thanking our Sunday School classes for donating two meals on our week of the rotation. They thank us for supporting this crucial program for unhoused families and single woman in Johnson County.

Signed,

Ginny Pemberton

Val Webb

Al Hinrichs