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Thursday, August 24, 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 Changsu's message will be:

Romans 5: 1- 4

Results of Justification

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

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:

2 Samuel 16:9-14 Zeruiah's son Abishai said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my master the king? Let me go over and cut his head off!" But the king said, "My problems aren't yours, you sons of Zeruiah. If he is cursing because the Lord told him to curse David, then who is to question, 'Why are you doing this?'" Then David addressed Abishai and all his servants: "Listen! My own son, one of my very own children, wants me dead. This Benjamite can only feel the same--only more! Leave him alone. And let him curse, because the Lord told him to. Perhaps the Lord will see my distress; perhaps the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing today." So David and his men kept walking, while Shimei went along the hillside next to him, cursing as he went, throwing rocks and dirt at him.

Acts 23:6-11 Knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, Paul exclaimed to the council, "Brothers, I'm a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I am on trial because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead!" These words aroused a dispute between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. This is because the Sadducees say there's no resurrection, angel, or spirit, but Pharisees affirm them all. Council members were shouting loudly. Some Pharisees who were legal experts stood up and insisted forcefully, "We find nothing wrong with this man! What if a spirit or angel has spoken to him?" The dispute became so heated that the commander feared they might tear Paul to pieces. He ordered soldiers to go down and remove him by force from their midst. They took him back to the military headquarters. The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Be encouraged! Just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so too you must testify in Rome."

Mark 12:24-27 Jesus said to them, "Isn't this the reason you are wrong, because you don't know either the scriptures or God's power? When people rise from the dead, they won't marry nor will they be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like God's angels. As for the resurrection from the dead, haven't you read the scroll from Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to Moses, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He isn't the God of the dead but the God of the living. You are seriously mistaken.

Psalm 86:8-13 My Lord! There is no one like you among the gods! There is nothing that can compare with your works! All the nations will come and bow down before you, Lord; they will glorify your name, because you are awesome and a wonder-worker. You are God. Just you. Teach me your way, Lord, so that I can walk in your truth. Make my heart focused only on honoring your name. I give thanks to you, my Lord, my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify your name forever, because you've rescued my life from the lowest part of hell.

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.

LECTIONARY NEWS

Scriptures for Tuesday, August 29th:

Exodus 3:1-15

Romans 12:9-21

Matthew 16:21-28

Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45b

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COLLECTIONS FOR HAWAII WILDFIRE RELIEF

The Missions Committee is now collecting donations for the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii. The donations will be sent to UMCOR which is an agency of the United Methodist Church that works with disaster relief across the entire world.

Please make your checks out to Shawnee UMC or SUMC and write UMCOR in the memo section of your check. We will be collecting donations through September.