Thursday, December 18, 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:


"Gift Exchange"



The title of the message is:


"Fear for Love"



The Scripture is:


1 John 4:7-19


God Is Love


7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.


13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. 15 God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. 16 So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.



God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgement, because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. 19 We love because he first loved us.


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

Readings for December 23rd:

Isaiah 52:7-10
Hebrews 1:1-12
1 John 1:1-14
Psalm 98:1-9

Room 304 at 10:00am
Zoom ID 991 9640 5385
password 061620

HEIFER CHRISTMAS CARD PROJECT

The Gift That Keeps Giving


We will be selling Heifer Project animals again this year in the Narthex from November 30 through December 21.


For those people who don’t know how Heifer Projects works, animals are given to people in third world countries, but the neat part of the program is that they are required to pass an offspring on to someone else the next year, so the gift continues to give.


Heifer Project also teaches people in third world countries better farming techniques, etc. You can give an animal in the name of a relative or friend. We have cards that you can give or send to the friend or relative telling them of your gift.

BOOK CLUB


The Book Club will meet January 22 at 1pm in Common Ground. Connie will lead THE MAGNIFICENT LIVES OF MARJORIE POST by Allison Pataki.


Our February 26 book is CARNEGIE’S MAID by Marie Benedict. Pat will lead.

Everyone is welcome!


Connie Mitzner  913-481-9594

SUMC Schedule

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


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18

-Prayer Quilt-Room 307-1:00pm

-TOPS-Room 308-3:00pm

-Prayer Shawl-Common Ground-7:00pm


FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19

-Prayer Gathering-Common Ground-10:00am


SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20

-Early Birds Circle-Room 307-9:30am

-Yosakoi Dance-Gym-10:00am

-Open Sanctuary for Prayer-12:00pm-2:00pm

-Bible Study-Common Ground-1:00pm


SUNDAY, DECEMBER 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

-Living Nativity-Annex Lawn-5:00pm-8:00pm


MONDAY, DECEMBER 22

-Coffee & Chat-Common Ground-10:00am


TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23

-Lectionary-Room 304-10:00am


 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24

-Candlelight Christmas Eve Service-Sanctuary-7:00pm


Clergy and Staff

Brennan Cummings

Senior Pastor

brennan@shawneeumc.org


Connie Perry

Office Administrator

connie@shawneeumc.org


Phyllis Stauffer

Minister of Care

phyllis@shawneeumc.org

(913) 710-8205


Christine Phillips

Children's Ministry Coordinator

christine@shawneeumc.org


Avaree Norman

Music Director

avareem@gmail.com


Daniel E. Corredor Silva

Piano Accompanist


Karen de la Pena

Digital Media Coordinator

karen@shawneeumc.org


Shawnee United Methodist Church
10700 Johnson Drive
Shawnee, KS 66203-2846

913-631-2280
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