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Shiloh UMC Church Calendar and News for March 27
CALENDAR
- COVID-19 Precautions continue
- Billings UMC Combined Sunday Worship Service – Sundays– 10:30 am – Live Streamed
- 406 Youth Middle School Confirmation – Continuing on-line!
- Aging Well – Organ Donation (was April 8) – rescheduled to the fall
- Bible Studies –
- Norma’s Class – Is offered via video call at 1:00 pm on Sundays now. See below for details.
- Tyler’s Class (was Tuesdays at Mission Ridge and SUMC) – Postponed
- Care Givers – Continuing Tuesday at 1:30 pm in the Youth Room
- District Gathering – If you are interested in finding out what’s going on across the conference, feel free to visit the District Gather page and/or call in on Saturday.
- Easter Egg Hunt (was scheduled for April 11) – Is cancelled but we are working on some options. Stay tuned.
- Free Store – The Free Store is closed at this point. They are accepting donations. See below for details.
- Newsletter → Weekly Updates – Instead of an April newsletter, we will be sending out weekly updates. If we have your email, you will receive it that was. If not, you will receive a hard copy mailed to you! Thanks Liz!
- Prayer Team – In-person meetings have been cancelled. They are communicating prayers by phone and email. See below for ways you can share prayers with Pastor Tyler and the Prayer Team
- Relay for Life Daffodils – Daffodils will be here on March 23rd. See below for details.
- Sandwich Ministry – Cancelled for April – We are checking with the Mission and the HUB to see what they need!
- Worship – Starts Sundays at 10:30 am on Facebook Live on our Facebook page. After Sunday, the video is available on our Facebook page and on our YouTube Channel.
NEWS
COVID -19 Precautions – “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in it various forms.” 1 Peter 4:10. During this time when we aren’t sure what will be happening from day to day, it is very important to Pastor Tyler and the staff that no one is forgotten. Until further notice, the church building will be closed, except under very special circumstances.
We will be doing whatever we can do to remain in touch with everyone in our congregation. If you haven’t received a call from someone from the church, please call the church and leave your current contact information and someone will contact you just to check in.
If you have any questions or more important, need help in any way, please call us at the church and leave a message and we will do the best we can to see what we can do. Please leave a message at 656-0050 or send an e-mail at Liz@ShilohBillings.Church. The phone messages and e-mail will be checked every morning. We will continue to follow the recommendations of the state and federal health authorities and we will continue to try to keep everyone informed and keep everyone in our prayers.
COMBINED SUNDAY WORSHIP – Worship is available every week.
· Worship is being provided and coordinated with all five UMC churches in Billings. We hope you have been able to take advantage of this. If not, please do. If you need help, please leave a message at the church (656-0050) and someone will help you.
· You can Livestream the service on Sundays at 10:30 on Facebook Live.
o Instructions for accessing Facebook Live are available.
· After Sunday, the worship is available on our Facebook and YouTube pages:
o Instructions for accessing past worship on our Facebook page are available.
o Instructions for accessing past worship on our YouTube page are available.
· If Facebook and YouTube are not for you, we will have CDs and DVDs available upon request. Please call the office and let us know which one you need. We will put one in the mail to you.
406 UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL CONFIRMATION CLASSES – These are continuing on-line.
AGING WELL – The Aging Well that was scheduled for April 8th has been canceled. The speakers were coming from Washington. They hope to reschedule sometime in the fall.
BIBLE STUDIES –
- Norma’s Study – “Twelve Ordinary Men” – On-site classes are canceled. The group will meet via video conferencing on Sundays at 1:00 pm. If you would like to join the class, please purchase the book (“Twelve Ordinary Men” by John MacArthur) as soon as you can. Let the office know you are interested and we will send you the contact and video call information.
- Tyler’s Study – “Making Sense of the Bible” – Classes are postponed at both Mission Ridge and at the church.
- Pastor Mike Nickerson First UMC – Sunday School this week on zoom. Rev. Mike Nickerson, Ph.D. will be teaching a 2 week class on “An Introduction to the Bible.” We will discuss how the Bible came to be and how it can be a primary resource for our spiritual growth. Join us at 9:15 this Sunday. The link is: https://zoom.us/j/448143495 or call in (301) 715-8592 and the Meeting Id is 448 143 495.
CAREGIVERS – This group is the only group allowed to meet inside the church. They will meet in the Youth Room.
DISTRICT GATHERING – The Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church is holding a District Gathering via video call on Saturday from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm. Among other things, they will be discussing the status of the conference and the opportunity to reflect on how the church could be transformed during this time. Video call information can be found at:
https://www.mtnskyumc.org/eventdetail/13320892?month=3&year=2020&day=1&display=m
EASTER EGG HUNT – This event and all events during the week of Easter could be cancelled. We hope to have more information soon.
FREE STORE UPDATE – At this time the Free Store is closed until further notice. We recognize the hardship this creates for our many shoppers but due to the national guidelines of having no more than 10 people in one gathering, we had no choice. We will keep you updated weekly. They are currently accepting donations at EUMC, 345 Broadwater on Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:00-4:00 pm. Ring the bell near the east door and the secretary will let you in. Put the donations in the chapel to your right. We are not accepting winter clothes at this time. We also ask for prayers for our shoppers who typically live on the edge of disaster. Thank you.
NEWSLETTER – We are still talking about whether it is prudent for us to do an April newsletter. If you have something to share with our church family, please email Liz, Pam or Pastor Tyler and we will get something in the weekly update.
PRAYER GROUP – The prayer group is still meeting by phone and text. They will pray for everyone on our list and will include all prayers that come to the website, the church phone and through the phone tree calls. If you have a prayer, please fill out a prayer card on our website, call the church office at 656-0050, e-mail liz@ShilohBillings.Church, or tell the phone tree representative who contacts you. We are checking all these sources every day. Then we are sending the prayers to the prayer group and to Pastor Tyler.
RELAY FOR LIFE DAFFODILS – Daffodils arrived on April 25 th. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, please call Pat Montgomery (406-696-2019) to arrange pickup.
SANDWICH MINISTRY – was suspended for April. Susan checked with the Rescue Mission. We have sent a check for $100 and will take some peanut butter and apple slices to them. She will check with check with the HUB.
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