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.
Scroll down to learn about a few of our missions! To view all of our opportunities,
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, PO Box 933, 407 W. Smith Valley Rd #933, Greenwood, IN 46142. 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
Bright Star School World
Global Migration World
Haitian Environmental Support World
Imagine No Malaria/nothing but nets World
Kenneth Vance World
Thika Orphanage World
Trips to Foreign Missions World
Ukraine World
Blanket Sunday National/World
CSI Ministries, Inc. National/World
Heifer Project National/World
Timmy Global Health National/World
Henderson Settlement National
Nome Community Center National
Red Bird National
UMCOR United States National
Bashor Children's Home Indiana
Indiana UMC Home Indiana
Lucille Raines Home Indiana
ReYoAd Indiana
Collections Local/World
Relay for Life Local/ Indiana
Bona Vista Local
Bridges Outreach Local
Carver Center Local
Coordinated Assistance Ministries Local
Domestic Violence Shelter Local
Earth Stewardship Local
Family in Need Local
Howard Haven Local
Kokomo Rescue Mission Local
Kokomo Urban Outreach (KUO) Local
Meals on Wheels Local
MUFF Local
Northwestern Guidance Help Fund Local
Open Arms Local
Salvation Army Local
Samaritan Caregivers Local