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!
Join us at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 17th in person or streaming live on Facebook, as we continue our sermon series, I’ve Been Meaning to Ask…. On Sunday we will examine “I’ve Been Meaning to Ask…What Do You Need?” (Job 2:11-13)
We believe everyone has needs, but each of us needs different things at different times. God calls us to care for one another—in seasons of joy, transition, and hardship. How can we commit to listening and being present in the ways in which those around us need the most? What do we do with our own needs and worries while we do this?
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 17 KC Central: Central Christian Church
3801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, MO (816) 921-3614
• 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
On Sunday, July 24th we will have an official welcome for Katie Sample 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.
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. 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.”
Tickets will be around $10 per adult (regular ticket plus group tour ticket.) After our tour we will gather at First Watch to discuss what we experienced during this time and learned from the exhibit. All ages are welcome.
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!
Join us at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 10th in person or streaming live on Facebook, as we continue our sermon series, I’ve Been Meaning to Ask…. On Sunday we will examine “I’ve Been Meaning to Ask…Where Does It Hurt?” (Mark 5:21-34)
We never know just from looking at someone where they have been in their life and what they have gone through. Everyone carries hurt and also, everyone has the capacity to acknowledge the pain of others. God draws us close in every moment of our suffering. How can being vulnerable help our compassion? How can we be present for one another in ways that shares God’s love?
Parents Night Out is this Friday, July 8th! Shawnee Community Youth will host your kids at the church from 6-8:00 p.m. so you can enjoy a night off. Your kids will enjoy games and other activities while you enjoy dinner out, take a nap, or whatever makes you happy!
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 10th Northland KC: Smithville First Christian Church
201 North Bridge Street, Smithville, MO 816.532.0773
• Sunday, July 17 KC Central: Central Christian Church
3801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, MO (816) 921-3614
• 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
