Shawnee Alliance SnapShot march 23 - Edition 39

Upcoming Events

Calendar Month View

Aerobic Walking - Mondays through Fridays from 8-9am in Activity Center Gym

Wednesday Activity Night - Wednesdays from 6:30-8pm until May 17

Traditional Choir Rehearsals - Saturdays, March 25-April 8 at 10am in East Campus Sanctuary

Lenten/Easter Traditional Choir - will sing on March 26 & April 9 during the 9:30am Traditional Services

Our Daily Bread Volunteer Tuesday - March 28 at 11am

Palm Sunday - April 2 at 9:30 & 11am

"Current Cultural Issues" Class - Sundays at 10:15am in East Campus Rooms B & C

SonRise Seekers Womens' Bible Study - Tuesdays at 6:30-8am in East Campus Rooms B & C

Church Cleanup Night 2023 - April 5 at 6:30pm

Happy Easter! Church Office Closed - April 7 & 10

Good Friday Service - April 7 at 6:30 in Activity Center

Stamp Ministry - April 8 at 9am in East Campus Room C

Easter Saturday Service - April 8 at 6:30pm in Activity Center

Easter Sunday Services - April 9 at 9:30am in East Campus Sanctuary and at 9:30 & 11am in Activity Center

Easter Traditional Choir - will sing for us on April 9 at the 9:30am Traditional Service

Keenager Luncheon - April 11 at 11:30am in Kids Min Area

"Parenting: The Early Years" - small group begins April 12 at 6:30pm

Our Daily Bread Volunteer Thursday - April 20 at 11am

Our Daily Bread Volunteer Tuesday - April 25 at 11am

Family Fun Night - April 28 at 6:30-8pm in Activity Center

"Envision Cleveland" - Renew the City 2023" - April 29 8am-1pm (registration is open)

Pastor's Dessert - April 30 at 6:30pm in Activity Center Lobby (register by April 23)

National Day of Prayer - May 4

Congregational Update - May 7 at 6:30pm in East Campus Sanctuary

Keenager Luncheon - May 9 at 11:30am

Stamp Ministry - May 13 at 9am in East Campus Room C

Happy Mothers Day! - May 14

Child Dedication Sunday - May 14 at 9:30 & 11am services (register by April 30)

Beulah Beach Work Mission Trip - May 15-19 (register)

Sunday Faith Track - May 21 from 10:45am-2:30pm in East Campus Room F (register by May 14)

Memorial Day - May 29 - Church Office Closed on May 26 & 29

Envision Guinea Mission Trip - November 17-25 (registration is open)

District & Community Events

OVD Seniors Retreat, sponsored by our Ohio Valley District - May 9-11 at Higher Grounds Conference & Retreat Center in Indiana (more info & register by Apr 25)

Join Community

Life Transformation happens through discipleship, serving, and making connections with others. Below are some opportunities to join community throughout the week and month!

YouVersion Bible App

Join your church family on YouVersion! Download the app below and search for Shawnee Alliance, set as your home church, and connect others through our weekly devotionals.

As we walk through each week, watch for updates on social media and in the YouVersion app for new plans! Join in our newest plan below:

Connect with others! Join a Group!

For more details, please see below or visit shawneealliance.com/groups. If you are interested in leading or hosting a small group, please contact Pastor Brian at brian@shawneealliance.com.

New & Updated Groups

SonRise Seekers Women's Bible Study

Join us next week as we continue our new study on the book of Joshua (started March 21). We will be listening to a video by Jen Wilkin and filling out a workbook. The book of Joshua shows us God's faithfulness to His covenant with the Israelites to bring them into the land He promised to Abraham. This book points to the importance of covenant obedience before, during, and after God fulfills His promises. We would love for you to join us at 6:30am on Tuesdays! Coffee is on!

"The Sermon on the Mount" Women's Group

As Christians, we are called to look different from the world. In arguably His most famous teaching in all of Scripture, Jesus reveals how we are to walk in obedience in the Sermon on the Mount. "The Sermon on the Mount: A Study on God's Upside-Down Kingdom" is a 6-week study that equips believers to:

• Grow as disciples of Christ in pursuit of His kingdom.
• Develop biblical responses in seasons of anxiety and difficulty.
• Identify the next steps of obedience fueled by the grace of God.

Women are invited to meet Wednesdays from 6:30-8pm in East Campus Avenue56 Room F (down the hall from the office on the right) from March 22-May 3. Join in any time! Facilitated by Cori Fields. You can purchase the book on Amazon here.

Parenting: The Early Years

Join us for a 6-week video study from marriage & family therapists Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott. Pastor Brian will be facilitating this video series for parents who currently have young children. Brian says, "I have two young children. My daughter is 10 and my son is 4. They are the light of my life, but they also come with a lot of anxiety. We continually ask ourselves, 'Am I doing this right?' 'What matters most to me as a parent?' 'Is this normal?'

Each week, we will watch a 25-minute video and then have a discussion and Bible study about what matters to us as parents and how to live out those values. This will be a discussion-focused class. Instead of lectures, the goal will be for parents to build each other up and talk about our own experiences in parenting." Meets Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm from April 12-May 17 in East Campus Conference Room H.

Unanswered Prayer

Unanswered Prayer is an opportunity for groups to process pain and disappointment, to ask truthful and significant questions of faith, and to unite in the face of uncertainty towards healing and hope. In this 5-week session by Pete Greig, we will journey through the final days of Jesus, asking some of the hardest and most personal questions we face as Christians, such as “How am I going to get through this?”, “Why aren’t my prayers being answered?”, and “Where is God when heaven is silent?” Join us Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm from April 19-May 17 in East Campus Room A.

Wednesday Night Groups

Join us for Wednesday Night Groups from 6:30-8pm!

• Bible Institute - an in-depth look into the Bible with Dr. Bur Shilling (Rooms B-C)
• "Iron Sharpens Iron" Men's Group - a great group of guys to walk through life with as we study Romans 8 (Scout Room L)
• Grief Share - a support group designed to help those who have lost a loved one to death (Youth Room D) - Thursday sessions are also available from 10am-noon
• The Prayer Course - uses conversation, testimony, and teaching to help you grow and deepen your prayer life (Room A; meets until April 12)
• NEW! "The Sermon on the Mount" Women's Group - A journey through Matthew 5-7 to encourage women to trust Jesus in difficult seasons and pursue Jesus and His kingdom with everything we are (Avenue56 Room F)
• Begins April 12! Parenting: The Early Years - a discussion-based video series focused on parents building each other up (Conference Room H)
• Begins April 19! Unanswered Prayer - an opportunity to process pain and disappointment together, to ask truthful and significant questions of faith, and to unite in the face of uncertainty as we move toward healing and hope (Room A)

Don't see a Wednesday Night Group you'd like to attend?

• Contact Pastor Brian at brian@shawneealliance.com if you're interested in leading your own!
• Volunteer with Worship & Tech Ministry here!
• Volunteer with Kid's or Youth Ministries here!

Ongoing Weekly Groups

• Sunday Partners in Prayer Team - Sunday during 9:30 or 11:00am services
• Life in the Spirit - Sundays from 9:30-10:45am
• High School Girls Small Group - Sundays from 5-6pm until May 21
• Sunday Night Competitive Volleyball - Sundays from 6-9pm
• Aerobic Walking Exercise Class - Monday-Friday from 8-9am
• Retired Men's Prayer Group - Mondays from 9-10:30am
• SonRise Seekers Women's Bible Study - Tuesdays from 6:30-8am
• Gingersnaps - Tuesdays from 9-11am
• Tuesday Open Gym Volleyball - Tuesdays from 6-10pm
• Moms in Prayer - Wednesdays from 8:30-9:30am
• Stamp Ministry - 2nd Saturdays September-May from 9am-12pm

Ongoing Monthly Groups

• Sunday Partners in Prayer Team - Sundays at 8:20am or 8:45am
• Keenagers - 2nd Tuesdays at 11:30am
• Sewing Group - meets 2nd & 4th Mondays from 9am-2pm

Ministry Highlights

Missions Updates

Countless people today need to hear about Jesus and His healing love for them. But what if there is no one around to tell them?

God is pursuing them, and as the church we want to partner with Him to send people into their culture to speak and live out the gospel. Across our world, refugee camps and informal settlements, as well as entire nations and people groups, still have little opportunity of knowing Jesus. We must go.

Here at Shawnee Alliance, we have multiple opportunities to support missions. We strive to build HIS kingdom here, and we won’t stop until the job is done!

God doesn't call the equipped. He equips the called.

Prayer Update

One of our many important ministries at Shawnee Alliance is the weekly prayer team. We believe that prayer is a vital part of the daily disciplines that a believer is called to engage in, and that extends naturally outwards to covering the church and the ministries that take place within these walls with prayer. God's Kingdom purposes may be different than what our circumstances are, but we learn to listen to what God wants for our church, for our family, and for us personally and we grow our kingdom focus.

America's Prayer Meeting Movement will be hosting teams of believers from South Korea all over the United States this May. One of these teams will be in Lima from May 3-8 during the "National Day of Prayer" week. There will be opportunities to pray with these believers for the revival of America during this time.

There are many ways that you can partner with the prayer team! Join us on Wednesdays at 6:30pm in Room A for small group discussions about prayer in The Prayer Course, which meets until April 12. Then, come back for a study on Unanswered Prayer from April 19-May 17.

On Sunday mornings, in a small group setting, we pray God’s heart on behalf of all aspects of our worship services. We pray for all who step through the doors, our staff, and for everything that goes on during worship service. Every day of the week we have a Ministry of Prayer email, where you can join in praying for the church body as you go about your daily life. If you'd like more information, please contact Denise Darbyshire at denisellen1@gmail.com.