WORSHIP SERIES – The summer worship services are diving deeply into the scripture, to understand how we use it in our spiritual practice and to open us to the divine love God promised through Christ. Pastor Tyler encourages everyone to get a copy of Inspired by Rachel Held Evans to follow along in this series. 
 
PRAISE BY THE POOL– Next Sunday, August 18^that 10:00 am, we will have Praise by the Pool with EUMC and Grace UMC, at Rose Park. Please bring a long a chair, and a snack to share for fellowship after the service.  Don’t forget your swim gear if you want to go swimming after the service. We will hold the 8:00 am service at the church.  There will be no 10:15 service at the church on that day, August 18.
 
UMCOR HYGIENE KITS-Since UMCOR Hygiene kits cannot be taken to the U.S. Government holding centers, we are distributing UMCOR Hygiene kits at transitional shelters along the US-Mexico border.  More hygiene kits are needed!  There is a list of the items and a sample kit on the table in the lobby. Everything can be bought at the Dollar store. There are also instructions on how to assemble these kits. Please bring your assembled kits, or just bring the items for kit(s) to the church and we will get them to the UMCOR Depot in Salt Lake City.  Another way to help is packing hygiene kits. If you want to join other Methodists around Billings come to Grace UMC Tomorrow(August 12) at 6 pm. Bring a potluck dish and supplies for hygiene kits.    
 
CHURCH FINANCIAL SECRETARY NEEDED - Are you hoping for something to do when kids are back in school?  Why not consider joining the staff at SUMC as Financial Secretary? Can you email, text and balance a checkbook?  Great! You may be just the person Shiloh is looking for.  The position is part-time.  Approximately 5 hours on Monday morning.  The position requires basic skills such as data entry.  Any bookkeeping or accounting skills would be helpful. Training will be provided.  A monthly staff meeting is part of this role.  Please submit a resume and letter of interest to PastorTyler@shilohbillings.church or contact the office 656-0050 to learn more.
 
METHODIST NIGHT AT THE MUSTANGS –Saturday, August 24 from 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm will be Methodist Night at the Mustangs.  This is a Billings City-Wide Methodist Event.  The cost is $18.00 per person (ages 13 and older) or $13.00 per child (ages 3-12).  This includes: game admission and all-you-can-eat buffet @ the Pepsi Pavilion before the start of the game.  There will be Pepsi products, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, brats, salads and chips. There will also be fellowship with all 5 Billings United Methodist Churches. Checks need to be into the church office no later than the 21^stof August.  We hope to see you at the ball game!!!
 
ONE MORE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE-We are having one more community garage sale in the parking lot at Shiloh United Methodist Church on September 14.  Each booth space is $10.00 which gives you 2 parking spaces.  Set up is from 6am – 8am and the sale is from 8am – 2pm. You sell your own items and keep the money you make. There are also vendor spots available and a couple of food trucks will accompany us. To register call Brenda at 256-5535 or Jen at 671-5770.  There is a clipboard on the “Volunteer for Shiloh” table and volunteers are needed at the garage sale to work 2-hour shifts from 6 am to 3:00 pm.
 
SEWING TEACHER AND QUILTER NEEDED–The Women’s Shelter has a sewing room but they have no one to teach the women how to sew.  The shelter manager would love any support they can get because the women love learning to sew.  If you are interested, you can contact either the volunteer coordinator at the shelter or the shelter manager at the Women’s Shelter. Also, if you quilt, we have all the pieces for another Shiloh UMC hand quilt.  If you can help, please contact the office.   
 
NEW FREE STORE PARTNERSHIP-A new thrift shop has opened at the corner of Minnesota and South 30^thStreet.  The name is Gratitude in Action, whose “goal is to fund Recovery and Sober Living by creating a Community that empowers men and women to become self-supporting.”  The Free Store’s partnership with them will provide a venue where their shoppers can purchase furniture at a reduced cost by showing their Free Store identification card. If you have furniture to donate, consider this location!  Many thanks for the continuing support for this important ministry. Please do not bring any furniture to SUMC or to EUMC.
 
SCHOOL SUPPLIES–The Missions Committee is asking for school supplies for the 2 schools we support. There is a list on the table in the entryway of the supplies needed by Big Sky School and Meadowlark School. Please have the supplies here by August 25^th. Thank you.