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Thursday, July 18, 2024


Dear Shawnee UMC Family,


Please join us this Sunday for Worship


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


The Scripture for Rev. Butch Ritter's message will be:


Mark 6:30-37


Feeding the Five Thousand



30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32 And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. 33 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. 34 As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things. 35 When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late; 36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.” 37 But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”

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:



Psalm 82:1-8 God takes his stand in the divine council; he gives judgment among the gods: “How long will you judge unjustly by granting favor to the wicked? Give justice to the lowly and the orphan; maintain the right of the poor and the destitute! Rescue the lowly and needy. Deliver them from the power of the wicked! They don't know; they don't understand; they wander around in the dark. All the earth's foundations shake. I hereby declare, 'You are gods, children of the Most High—all of you! But you will die like mortals; you will fall down like any prince.'” Rise up, God! Judge the earth because you hold all nations in your possession.


Deuteronomy 31:28-32:1-3 “...Assemble all of your tribes' elders and your officials in front of me, so I can speak these words in your hearing, and so I can call heaven and earth as my witnesses against them, because I know that after I'm dead, you will ruin everything, departing from the path I've commanded you. Terrible things will happen to you in the future because you will do evil in the Lord's eyes, aggravating him with the things your hands have made.” Then Moses recited in their entirety the words of this poem in the hearing of the entire assembly of Israel: Heaven! Pay attention and I will speak; Earth! Listen to the words of my mouth. My teaching will fall like raindrops; my speech will settle like dew—like gentle rains on grass, like spring showers on all that is green—because I proclaim the Lord's name: Give praise to our God!


Romans 10:17-21 So, faith comes from listening, but it's listening by means of Christ's message. But I ask you, didn't they hear it? Definitely! Their voice has gone out into the entire earth, and their message has gone out to the corners of the inhabited world. But I ask you again, didn't Israel understand? First, Moses says, I will make you jealous of those who aren't a people, of a people without understanding. And Isaiah even dares to say, I was found by those who didn't look for me.


But he says about Israel, "All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."


Mark 1:21-27 Jesus and his followers went into Capernaum. Immediately on the Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and started teaching. The people were amazed at his teaching, for he was teaching them with authority, not like the legal experts. Suddenly, there in the synagogue, a person with an evil spirit screamed, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the holy one from God.” “Silence!” Jesus said, speaking harshly to the demon. “Come out of him!” The unclean spirit shook him and screamed, then it came out. Everyone was shaken and questioned among themselves, “What's this? A new teaching with authority!


He even commands unclean spirits and they obey him!” Right away the news about him spread throughout the entire region of Galilee.

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.


What wonderful people we have in this church!!! 


When you hear of a need, you are there.



You have made the gift of a meal and time together for families of lost loved ones much easier with your help of setting up, food, clean up.


Gayle and Janet thank you for your eagerness to help. 

 

You are loved and very appreciated.


LECTIONARY NEWS

Lectionary readings for
July 23, 2024


2 Samuel 11:1-15

Ephesians 3:14-21

John 6:1-21



Zoom ID 991 9640 5385
password 061620

BOOK CLUB


The book club will meet Thursday, July 25 at 1pm in Common Ground. Pat will lead the discussion of LINCOLN’S BATTLE WITH GOD by Stephen Mansfield.


The August 22 discussion of THE THREAD COLLECTORS by Shaunna J Edward’s will be led by Janis Henkel.



All are welcome!

Connie Mitzner 913-481-9594

Please register for VBS at

https:shawneeumc.org/other/vbs-registration

To schedule an appointment, please click on the link below:


https://arcpublicity.bottomlineink.net/Common/SocialClick?oid=1692881&sk=ShawneeUMC&src=Email

SUMC Schedule

(Please contact Connie in the church office to reserve a room.)


THURSDAY, JULY 18

-Prayer Quilt-Room 307-1:00pm

-TOPS-Room 308-3:00pm

-Prayer Shawl-Common Ground-7:00pm


SATURDAY, JULY 20

-Early Birds-Room 307-9:30am


SUNDAY, JULY 21

-Equip Sunday School-Room 304-9:00am-Zoom ID 938 0969 0560

-Genesis Sunday School-Room 305-9:00am

-Keystone Sunday School-Chapel -9:00am

-Maranatha Sunday School-Room 307-9:00am

-Children’s Sunday School-Room 300-9:15am

-Worship Service-Sanctuary-10:30am

-Yosakoi Dance-Gym-4:00pm


MONDAY, JULY 22

-BINGO-Fellowship Hall-1:00pm

-Boy Scouts-Fellowship Hall & Gym-6:30pm


TUESDAY, JULY 23

-Lectionary-Room 304-10:00am

-Finance Meeting-Room 304-6:00pm

-Missions Meeting-Common Ground-7:00pm

-Yosakoi Dance-Gym-7:00pm


 WEDNESDAY, JULY 24

-COVID Testing-Narthex-9:00am

-Mid-Week Fellowship-Zoom-6:00pm

-Bible Study-Zoom-7:00pm

Clergy and Staff

Changsu Kim

Senior Pastor

changsu@shawneeumc.org

(913) 752-7275


Phyllis Stauffer

Associate Pastor

phyllis@shawneeumc.org

(913) 710-8205


Connie Perry

Office Administrator

connie@shawneeumc.org


Christine Phillips

Children's Ministry Coordinator

christine@shawneeumc.org


Avaree Norman

Worship & Music Director

avareem@gmail.com


Valerie Wellington

Piano Accompanist

valeriewellington@gmail.com


Sue Kim

Digital Media Coordinator

sue@shawneeumc.org


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