LEARN ABOUT OUR MISSIONS
As a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church, you will soon experience the power of healing through service. Our various Missions offer different opportunities for members to give back to the community in honor of Our Savior, who sacrificed so much for us. Shiloh United Methodist Church has a ministry fit for you, whatever your age and stage of life.
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BRIGHT STAR FOUNDATION
Shiloh children and adults have helped in Bible School and with special projects, and missions, with tasks ranging from construction, health clinics, organization, training/teaching, to anything else that will help in the well being of the children. Because several of the children are orphans, the school provides orphanage care for them as well. Shiloh personnel have been instrumental in helping with the supplies, equipment, health care, and administration for Bright Star through their non profit foundation based in Kokomo. The foundation is also the umbrella group for supporting Little Angels Preschool and the Thika Orphanage.
TIMMY GLOBAL HEALTH
After taking missionary trips to India, South America, and Central America, Kokomo native Dr. Chuck Dietzen began the Timmy Foundation in 1997, so named for a younger brother who died in infancy. This nonprofit group has channeled medical work around the globe, but currently is concentrating on Nigeria, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Colombia as well as outreaches to Native Americans and groups in Indianapolis. It also made a donation of medical supplies to the crisis in Haiti after the hurricanes. Shiloh has sent many people to Ecuador to help Dr. Chuck's outreach in the last two decades. We have helped in orphanages, preschools, medical clinics, and consultations similar to Habitat for Humanity. We appreciate Dr. Chuck's message and update of his work each year on or about Super Bowl Sunday. We sponsor a soup lunch and give his foundation all the profits. Contact the foundation through Timmy Global Health. 22 E. 22nd Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. The phone is 317-920-1822.
THE LOWELL AND HELEN SPRAKER MEMORIAL BUTTERFLY GARDEN
Learning to Give Back
The Lowell and Helen Spraker Memorial Butterfly Garden began as an outreach of Shiloh's Earth Stewardship Committee. The group is now a subset of the Missions team. The garden is at the south end of the parking lot and features perennials known to attract pollinators. The patch of milkweed is especially valuable in helping monarch butterflies. The garden features over 30 kinds of flowers that bloom from April through November. The team is working to have the garden 100% perennials by 2021. Several species are native to Indiana. The garden is open year round for enjoyment and meditation.
FULL MISSIONS LIST
1. Â Bashor Children's Home (Indiana)
2. Â Blanket Sunday (National/World)
3. Â Bona Vista (Local)
4. Â Bright Star School (International)
5. Â CAM (Local)
6. Â Collections (Local/World)
7. Â CSI Ministries, Inc. (National/World)
8. Â Domestic Violence Shelter Local
9. Â Earth Stewardship (Local)
10. Â Family in Need (Local)
11. Â Haitian Environmental Support Program (International)
12. Â Heifer Project National/World
13. Â Henderson Settlement National
14.  Howard Haven  Local
15. Â Imagine No Malaria/nothingbutnets World
16.  Indiana United Methodist Children’s Home Indiana
17.  Kenneth Vance World Mission
18. Â Kokomo Rescue Mission Local
19. Â KUO Local
20. Â Lucille Raines Home Indiana
21. Â Meals on Wheels Local
22. Â MUFF Local
23. Â Nome Community Center National
24. Â Northwestern Guidance Help Local
25. Â Open Arms Local
26. Â Red Bird National
27. Â Relay for Life Local/ National
28. Â Salvation Army Local
29. Â Samaritan Caregivers Local
30. Â Sudan World
31. Â Timmy Global Health/Dr. Chuck Dietzen National/World
32. Â Trips to Foreign Missions World
33. Â UMCOR United States National