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Thursday, December 25, 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 message is:

"Meaninglessness for Purpose"

The Scripture is:

Jeremiah 29:10-14

10 For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon’s seventy years are completed will I visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. 11 For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. 12 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. 13 When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, 14 I will let you find me, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

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 Lectionary group will not meet on December 30.

Our next class will be on January 6, 2026

Readings for December 30, 2025

Isaiah 60:1-6

Ephesians 3:1-12

Matthew 2:1-12

Psalm 72:1-7,10-14

Room 304 at 10:00am

Zoom ID 991 9640 5385

password 061620

THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Living Nativity such a success. All of the character roles were filled, and many of you took extra shifts to ensure we had Mary, Joseph, Wise Men and Women, Angels, and Shepherds represented every half hour.

A special thank you to Kevin Metcalf for providing Christmas music; Mary McCoy for bringing Noah and his friends; Vicky Hammons for making sure we had coffee, hot chocolate, and treats; Alice Edwards for creating some new costumes for us as well as dressing Mary, Joseph and the Angels all night and Shane Gentry for setting up the fire pit so everyone could warm up and enjoy the ambiance.

Thank you as well to Pastor Brennan for being there to welcome all who stopped by, and to everyone who came out to enjoy the evening. This truly is a church-wide event, and it would not have been possible without each and every one of you.