We begin our 7 week series on “”The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others” this month and everyone is invited to participate in one or more ways:

• worship with us on Sundays and hear the sermon series to begin your week;
• attend one of the small groups once a week for this time to hear Scot McKnight present a talk on that week’s topic and discuss it together;
• read the devotional guide “40 days Living the Jesus Creed” and commit to a daily time
• read The Jesus Creed (the book) and read it this month along with the series.

Orders for the materials will be taken Sept 4-15th.

We will be starting a new study on Tuesday evenings and have decided to read “Run with the Horses” by Eugene Peterson(translator of The Message Bible). Peterson is an author, seminary professor and pastor. Wonderful writer!
“Run with the Horses” uses the story of Jeremiah, in the Old Testament, to help us to ponder living life at its best. Peterson asks, “We all long to live life at its best-to fuse freedom and spontaneity with purpose and meaning. Why then do we often find our lives so humdrum, so unadventuresome, so routine? Or else so frantic, so full of activity, but still devoid of fulfillment? How do we learn to risk, to trust, to pursue wholeness and excellence — to run with the horses in the midst of life?”

All men are invited to join the Thursday evening Bible Study (contact Bill Parker for time/place) or the Saturday morning Bible Study (7am at D.Q. in Prospect). These men are meeting faithfully each week in order to get to know God and each other better. 

Invite a friend and join them!

You know there are 168 hours in a week. You just don’t know where they all go. So…why not take one of those hours you don’t what you did with and give it over to God?

Really. Why not? There are men’s groups Sat am @7 at the DQ in Prospect and 7 pm @ Java on Thursdays. Talk to Bill Parker or Jim Morse or Joe Taylor or Dave Jennings….

At home on Fridays? Women meet at noon for lunch and a great time of sharing around the book of the month. Talk to Carolyn Wade or Ann Hart or Melanie Winkle…

No good TV on Tuesdays? Join us at 7 for the Max Lucado ‘Fearless’ DVD study, complete with light dessert. Talk to Jim Morse or Jody Arthur or Iva Morse….

In need of prayer and support Wednesday morning? Our prayer group meets at 9 am for prayer and a devotional time on spiritual growth. Talk to Sherry Parker or Pastor Susan…

• Bible studies during Lent include our Tuesday evening 7 pm AVBS which begins a new program “Good God Theatre” beginning on March 17^th. An evening of biblical retellings through drama and humor, this promises to be a chance to revisit the stories of the Old & New Testament you haven’t seen in awhile. It’s a great study to invite friends to come to and experience Shiloh.
• Friday noon women’s luncheon study continues with “Hoping for Something More” and the men continue to meet Saturday @ 7 am at the Dairy Queen working with Mark and Thursday evenings at 7 diving into Genesis.

Sunday from 10-10:45
Women’s Group:  Now studying Liz Curtis Higgs’ Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible.  Next up:  Joyce Meyer’s Me and My Big Mouth
Small Group:  Being Methodist in the Bible Belt, led by Pastor Susan
Sunday School for all children and youth.

Tuesday
Prayer Group from 8:30-10.  Prayer and study of Beth Moore’s Psalms of Ascent
Video Study from 7:00-9:00 pm.  Boundaries (great food included).

Wednesday from 7:00-8:30.  Youth small groups (middle & high school)

Friday from noon-1:30.  Luncheon Bible Study, now studying Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World

Saturday:  from 7-8:30 am.  Men’s Java Group.  Now studying Gospel of Matthew (Max Lucado guide).