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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Dear Shawnee UMC Family,

Please join us this Sunday for Worship

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

The title of Pastor Brennan's sermon series is

"All In"

The title of the message is

"Commit"

The Scriptures are

Ephesians 4: 22-24

22 You were taught to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

John 3:16

16 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

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 call or text prayer requests to Phyllis Stauffer at

(913) 710-8205.

Also, Connie Perry in the office at connie@shawneeumc.org, or call the office at (913) 631-2280.

Paper copies of the prayer list are available at the church.

LECTIONARY NEWS

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 readings:

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Colossians 1:11-20

Luke 23:23-43

Psalm 46:1-11

Room 304 at 10:00am

Zoom ID 991 9640 5385

password 061620

A BIG THANK YOU!

We had a very successful Pumpkin Patch this year thanks to all the many volunteers that helped. It was truly a complete church effort, and I believe we were successful in touching our community again! I’ll try to summarize the fast 5 weeks of the patch…

First Pumpkin Patch by the numbers:

35 days – the number of days the patch was open which equates to 105 shifts needing to be manned
46 Volunteers worked shifts at the patch (most in recent years)
19 National Honor Society (NHS) students volunteered at the patch from both SM North and SM Northwest high schools. This is a first.
4 GREAT Saturday Events attended by 100’s & 100’s of kids and adults from the community
$23,000 of pumpkins sold (35% commission since we sold over $20,000)
Over $1,000 in donations and tip

All this couldn’t happen without some special volunteers . A special thanks to:

United Methodist Men (UMM) for set ups and tear downs, and Jim Hammons for orchestrating the Bouncy House many weekends.
Marianne D’Amato – for coordinating all the Banners and Printed Collateral (recipe books and coloring pages). And being the liaison for the Girl Scouts Painting in the Patch
Mike Webb – for coordinating the Bark & Boo Event getting the K-9 dog handlers and Newfoundland dog group to attend
Athena & Tom Sullivan – for setting up the Photo Area, creating the Bark & Boo crafts, & coordinating the Coffee in the Patch.
Charla Nichols & Mary McCoy – for coordinating both the very successful Family Fun Day and Trunk-or-Treat Events
Gina D’Amato - for communicating to the High Schools for NHS volunteers
Charla Nichols again - for creating the Sign-Up Genius for shift sign-ups online
Mary McCoy again - for handling the daily money and reporting of sales to the patch folks. Helping me out greatly.

I’m sure I missed someone so my apologies, but it couldn’t have been so successful without all our volunteers.

In polling some of the shift workers it appears that this year it’s an even 50/50 split between customers being First Timers and loyal Repeat Customers. Overall, we’re making a positive impact on the community!

Thanks for a great Pumpkin season!

Until next year,

Steve D’Amato