Monday, August 1st- Sunday, August 14th
Tabatha and her family will be enjoying family time and vacation from August 1st-14th. There will be guest preachers for worship. Please call your Elders for any pastoral needs you may have. If you aren’t sure who your Elder is, contact Ashley at communications@shawneecommunity.org.
Join us for an all church service Saturday on August 27th from 9-11:00 am at Shawnee Community. We will pack meal boxes for Harvesters and prep hygiene kits for Micah Ministry. Sign up to attend below.
We still need items for the meal boxes and hygiene kits. Please consider donating items or money. You can drop them off in the church lobby.
Here is a list of the items we need:
• Empty pill bottles of all sizes
• Any travel size shampoos, soaps, body washes, toothpaste
• Packages of toilet paper
• Whole grain item (crackers or pretzels)
• Protein item (single serving canned meat with a pop top, shelf stable hummus or sun butter, or chicken/tuna salad)
• Shelf stable milk, bottled water, or juice box (100% juice)
• Snack items (individually packaged raisins or trail mix)
• Fruit Cup with pop-top or applesauce
• Granola bars
Join us on Sunday, August 14th for our annual Backpack Blessing! Students of all ages are invited to bring their backpacks for a special back to school blessing. We will also be presenting students with Bibles who have moved up to the next stage in Children’s Ministry.
You are invited to join us for Family Fun Night on Sunday, August 21st from 4-6:00 pm at Shawnee Community. Enjoy outdoor games, water balloons, corn hole, karaoke, Kona Ice and popcorn. This is a time for our church family to enjoy fun, fellowship and a time to connect with each other. Bring your chairs and outdoor blankets. All ages are invited for this fun event!
“I’ve Been Meaning to Ask…Where Do You Find Your Hope?” (Genesis 32:22-32)
Things in life can go south pretty quick. Unexpected illness, death, financial distress, relationship struggles—all can be unknown one day and revealed the next. So how do you hang onto your hope? Where does it come from and what do you do with it when you’re in the middle of the wilderness? We all find hope in different places and experiences. What brings hope to one person can bring despair to another…how can we listen and share our stories to find hope when we need it most?
Sunday is going to be a great day at Shawnee Community! Join us at 10:00 am either in-person or streaming live on Facebook as we officially welcome Katie Sampel as our new Children’s Ministry Directory. During the service we will all have an opportunity to affirm her gifts and the start of her ministry with us. After the service we will celebrate together with a cupcake reception. Cards and notes of congratulations are welcome.
We will continue our sermon series, I’ve Been Meaning to Ask…. On Sunday we will examine “I’ve Been Meaning to Ask…Where Do You Find Your Hope?” (Genesis 32:22-32)
Things in life can go south pretty quick. Unexpected illness, death, financial distress, relationship struggles—all can be unknown one day and revealed the next. So how do you hang onto your hope? Where does it come from and what do you do with it when you’re in the middle of the wilderness? We all find hope in different places and experiences. What brings hope to one person can bring despair to another…how can we listen and share our stories to find hope when we need it most?
All are welcome to join Tabatha for a tour and discussion of the Johnson County Museum exhibit, “Redlined:Cities, Suburbs, and Segregation” on Tuesday, July 26th at 10:00 am. The tour will be led by a representative from the museum. Sign up to attend at the link below.
The exhibit “takes visitors on a deep dive into the history of redlining and how it both shaped and was shaped by Johnson County and the region. Visitors will learn about the 19th and 20th century foundations of redlining, how the private practice became federal policy during the Great Depression, the expansion of the practice during postwar suburbanization, attempts to dismantle the system during the Civil Rights Era, and how the legacies of redlining continue to impact communities around the nation today.”
Join us for an all church service Saturday on August 27th from 9-11:00 am at Shawnee Community. We will pack meal boxes for Harvesters and prep hygiene kits for Micah Ministry. Sign up to attend below.
We still need items for the meal boxes and hygiene kits. Please consider donating items or money. You can drop them off in the church lobby.
Here is a list of the items we need:
• Empty pill bottles of all sizes
• Any travel size shampoos, soaps, body washes, toothpaste
• Packages of toilet paper
• Whole grain item (crackers or pretzels)
• Protein item (single serving canned meat with a pop top, shelf stable hummus or sun butter, or chicken/tuna salad)
• Shelf stable milk, bottled water, or juice box (100% juice)
• Snack items (individually packaged raisins or trail mix)
• Fruit Cup with pop-top or applesauce
• Granola bars
Our Regional Board is discerning the future of our Tall Oaks Camp and Conference Center. Tall Oaks is our Kansas City Disciples region’s camp and conference facilities in Linwood, KS. For over 50 years, children, youth and adults have attended camps, conferences and retreats at Tall Oaks. Listening sessions are scheduled over the next month. Visit https://www.kcdisciples.org/todr to learn more. All are welcome and encouraged to attend one of the listening sessions. No decisions are being made at any of these sessions. Information shared will inform the Regional Board about our Region’s
sense of God’s preferred future for Tall Oaks.
• Sunday, July 31 KS North: Merriam Christian Church
9401 Johnson Dr, Merriam, KS (913) 432-2390
• Sunday, August 7 KS South: Hillcrest Christian Church
11411 S Quivira Rd, Overland Park, KS (913) 663-2822
• Sunday, August 14 Metro Southeast: Lee’s Summit Christian Church
800 NE Tudor Rd, Lee’s Summit, MO (816) 524-3616
Join us on Sunday, August 14th for our annual Backpack Blessing! Students of all ages are invited to bring their backpacks for a special back to school blessing. We will also be presenting students with Bibles who have moved up to the next stage in Children’s Ministry.
