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I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Holiday

happenings 2

Find out about

mission trips 2

Bless

a soldier 3

Santa’s

workshop 3

Menders thank

you note 3

Marvin

Kettle Day 4

Greatest

Generation 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

6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, Pirtle Hall Dessert, live auction, silent auction

Get tickets on Sunday in the atrium: $20/adults, $10/17 and under

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All Things Chocolate

An incredible bake sale to benefit Mercy Ships is set for 9 a.m.-noon Sunday, Dec. 5, in the atrium.

Mission trip interest meetings

Christmas for a Methodist Home child

Santa visits benefit Missions Ho, ho, ho!

For the past six years, Santa has visited homes, businesses, par-ties and schools bringing smiles and joy. Santa is a part of the Marvin

Missions Ministry with

the proceeds from visits benefiting “Give Kids a Smile Day” and the Chil-dren’s Clinics of St. Paul Children’s Foundation.

Santa’s scheduler (Mary Gammell) can be reached at 903.561.7119.

Home visits begin at $50 for 30 minutes and rates

for school parties and business parties are ne-gotiable.

Dates in December fill up quickly, so be sure to reserve your visit NOW!

lies in East Texas at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11. If you would like to furnish a gift or gifts for a

Marvin will host our an-nual Christmas party for Methodist Home foster children and their fami-

child from their wish list, contact Melissa Brigman in the missions office by Nov. 18.

sponsored trip.

Africa – November 2011. Medical team (and some non-medical sup-port volunteers) will work with the Africa Mercy in Sierra Leone. Interest meeting will be

held at 7 p.m. on Mon-day, Dec. 6, in the Trinity Classroom at Marvin. Contact Melissa Brigman or Donna Bowers for more information about this Marvin-sponsored trip.

Russia – July 2011. Inter-est meeting will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 14 at Winterfield UMC, 2616 Tryon Rd. in Longview. Contact George Brigman for information on this Texas Conference-

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

Coming soon: Mercy Ships holiday tree Mercy Ships patient and providing a medical mira-cle for someone in need. You will receive a holi-day card to be presented

Give a gift that really makes a difference! You can honor your loved ones during this holiday season by sponsoring a

to your loved one in-forming them of this very special gift. Watch for more information!

Bless a soldier at Christmas P A G E 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 1 0

The Marvin Military Care Committee would like to honor our soldiers serving overseas by collecting items now through Nov. 15 for a Christmas mailing. A collec-tion tub will be located near the Welcome Center.

Suggested Items include:

Christmas items – flat or-

naments, crosses, candy

Signed Christmas cards

Chef Boyardee – don’t need a can opener

Microwavable mac & cheese

Drink mix packets to put in water such as Crystal Light or Powerade

Snacks of any kind

Baby wipes or individually packaged handi-wipes

Dental items such as den-tal floss, toothpicks

Hard candy

Socks

Toiletries

Small American flags

Letters of encouragement

Pictures saying “thank you” (this would be a great Sunday school project for any age class!)

Donations to help under-write the cost of the mailing can be brought to the Wel-come Center or left in the collection plate and will be greatly appreciated.

sweeping through the minis-try like the breath of God bringing encouragement through their hard work, enthusiasm and love. We are encouraged to have new rooms in the kitchen.”

From Katherine Ewing, one of our missionaries at Youth With A Mission (YWAM): “Man – the Marvin Menders sure are great. May God bless them and keep them safe and strong. They come

Individuals and families will have opportunities to “work” in the store (located on the St. Paul’s grounds) during the two weeks the store will be open (Dec. 6-10 and Dec. 13-17). The vol-unteer shifts are 12:30-3

p.m. and 2:45-5:15 p.m. Ad-ditional volunteer hours on Monday nights are 5:00-7:30 p.m.

To sign-up for a shift, con-tact Melissa Brigman (mbrigman@marvinumc .com).

Marvin will host a Christmas store for the clients of the St. Paul Children’s Founda-tion in December. Families will be able to select NEW items to use as Christmas presents for immediate fam-ily members.

Be an elf at Santa’s workshop

Gotta love the Menders Menders Doug

Ingram, Stan Bates

and Thomas

Sammons

Know someone

serving overseas?

Let us know!

There are sign-up

cards in the

Welcome Center

or e-mail the

name and

address to

Melissa Brigman

(mbrigman@

marvinumc.com).

DIRECT OR

OF MISS IONS:

MELISSA BRIGMAN

MBRIGM AN@

MARVINUMC.CO M

903.592.7396

Bits and pieces Communion offering

Our November Communion offering will be designated for Bethesda Health Clinic, a faith-based clinic dedicated to living out the biblical and historical commission of the church to care for those in need by providing affordable, high quality health care for the working uninsured of Smith County through dedicated volunteers and staff. Four times a year, our church operates the special Saturday morning clinics. Please give generously to this wonderful medical outreach!

Marvin Kettle Day for the Salvation Army

We need volunteers for one-hour shifts from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 2. To sign up, contact Coordinator Sharlotte Hyde (903.593.9493 or sharlotte@suddenlink.net).

Our greatest generation

Help us identify all WWII vets in our congregation. We will honor them with a dis-play in December. Any families with photos and/or memorabilia from WWII are en-couraged to contact Edie Bergeron (903-534-1116). A form will be available soon at the Welcome Center for sharing memories of WWII, especially the bombing of Pearl Harbor

We’re on the Web! www.mumcfamily.

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