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I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Living

Legend 2

UMCOR

Depot 2

Mercy Ships

events 2

Missions

Fair 3

Marvin Day at

Bethesda 3

Show your love

this Christmas 3

Menders

at Work 4

F I N D O U T

M O R E

For more in-

formation

about any-

thing you see

in this news-

letter, visit the

Missions pages

on Marvin’s

web site

(www.mumc

family.org/

ministry/

missions).

A N E W S L E T T E R

A B O U T M I S S I O N S

A T M A R V I N

U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T

C H U R C H

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Marvin Mercy Ships events

UMCOR Depot mission trip

A night with Dallas Cow-boys legend Charlie Wa-ters, is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, in Pirtle Hall. Proceeds benefit Mercy Ships.

Tickets will go on sale

Methodist Committee on Relief) Depot, located in Baldwin, Louisiana, on Sunday, Oct. 17.

The team will be gone for six days. During that time they will work in the 48,000-square-foot

A mission team from Marvin will head to the UMCOR (United

warehouse receiving, sorting, packing and ship-ping supplies for disaster relief.

Please keep the team in your prayers!

8 A.M.–4 P.M.IN PIRTLE HALL

T U E S D A Y ,

N O V . 9

CONVERSATION WITH A LIVING LEG-END:

DALLAS COWBOYS CHARLIE WATERS

6:30 P.M. IN PIRTLE HALL

TICKETS ARE NOW

ON SALE

S U N D A Y ,

D E C . 5

ALL THINGS CHOCO-LATE BAKE SALE

9 A.M.-NOON IN THE ATRIUM

SUNDAYS IN DECEM-BER

HOLIDAY TREE – ADOPT A PATIENT

T U E S D A Y ,

O C T . 2 6

MARVIN STAFF WORK DAY

AT MERCY SHIPS HEADQUARTERS

S A T U R D A Y ,

O C T . 3 0

UMW TREASURE SALE

SPONSORED BY THREE STRANDS CIR-CLE

H E A R T S A N D H A N D S

Conversation with a living legend Oct. 3. Cost is $20 for adults and $10 for youth and children. The eve-ning will include dessert, the program and a live and silent auction.

Proceeds

from these events

will benefit

Mercy Ships.

Missions fair P A G E 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 9

Marvin Missions Fair

9:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 3

Fair Gym

Food, Fun, Fellowship

30 Booths highlighting Marvin’s Mission Part-ners

Birdhouse Sale – Rev. Sam Duree’s famous birdhouses with proceeds going to the Methodist Seminary in Cote D’Ivoire

Russia Christmas Market – proceeds benefit the Russia Children’s Hope Fund

Santa’s Secret Work-shop at St. Paul Chil-dren’s Foundation, Dec. 6-10 and 13-17.

Provide gifts for a child and help with our party for foster children from the Methodist Chil-dren’s Home Dec. 11

Christmas in the Neighborhood for PATH families, sign up now!

Marvin Kettle Day for the Salvation Army at Hobby Lobby, Dec. 2

Adopt a patient tree for Mercy Ships begins Dec. 5

Visits with Santa for mis-sions, throughout the holiday season

Watch for more information about how you can be in-volved in these wonderful Christmas mission events!

the medical clinic that day.

If you are interested, contact Bethesda Coordinator Jo-seph Mitchum (jamco44@juno.com).

You are invited to partici-pate in Marvin Day at Be-thesda Health Clinic from 7:30 a.m. to noon on Satur-day, Nov. 6.

We need doctors, dentists, nurses, dental assistants and other non-medical volun-teers to help with running

Marvin Day at Bethesda

Share your love this Christmas

DIRECT OR

OF MISS IONS:

MELISSA BRIGMAN

MBRIGM AN@

MARVINUMC.CO M

903.592.7396

Bits and pieces Coats for Kids

Help a child stay warm this winter through this project sponsored by PATH. Dur-ing the month of October, drop a new or gently-used winter coat by any area dry cleaners displaying the Coats for Kids poster or bring them to the Marvin Wel-come Center.

On-going missions collections in the Welcome Center

HOTEL SIZE TOILETRIES (soap, shampoo) for the St. Paul Children’s Foundation

EYEGLASSES for the Lions Club to use in mission work

HEARING AIDS for use in medical ministries in Haiti

Menders at work

The Marvin Menders continue to “mend for the Lord” on a regular basis! In addi-tion to helping several church members and folks in our community in the past few weeks, the group also worked for four days at YWAM in Lindale doing renova-tions. Thanks to this group of dedicated men and women!

We’re on the Web! www.mumcfamily.

com/ministry/ missions

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