Saturday, June 27 - 6-8 p.m. PROJECTS • Seven home renovations • Additional projects at:

TJC Wesley Foundation, St. Paul Children’s Foun-dation and St. Paul’s UMC

• Neighborhood Festival • Just for Kids Project • Loaves & Fishes HOW YOU CAN SERVE DURING MISS ION WEEK • Construction (major and

minor) • Roofing • Painting • Yard Work • Electrical and Plumbing • Photography • Delivery and Errand

Runners • Workers at the Festival • Meal Ministry • Set-Up & Clean-Up As-

sistance • Working with Children • Working with Youth And lots more! FUNDING Mission Week will run be-tween $40,000 and $50,000 this year. All

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JUNE 19-27 REGISTRATION Registration and waiver forms are available at the Mission Week ta-bles and on-line. WORK DAYS We work on Saturday, take Sunday off and work from Monday-Friday. There will be day projects and night projects available during the week.

Lunches will be served at St. Paul’s UMC from 11:30-1:15 (we will have two lunch periods -11:30-12:15 and 12:30-1:15 because of the large numbers to feed). Dinners will be served from 5-6 p.m. on Mon-day-Wednesday nights at St. Paul’s UMC. K ICK-OFF D INNER Friday, June 19 – 6 p.m. at Pollard UMC, 3030 Copeland Road. Nurs-ery provided.

NEIG HB ORH OO D FESTIVAL Thursday, June 25 – 6-8 p.m. at St. Paul’s UMC

CLOSING CELEBR ATION Saturday, June 27 – 6 p.m. at Marvin UMC. Nursery provided. CHILD C ARE Child care at Pollard UMC, 3030 Copeland Rd: Event: Kick-Off Dinner Friday, June 19 – 6-8 p.m.

Child care at St. Paul's UMC, 215 S. Clayton: Event: Work Days Saturday, June 20 - 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, June 22 - 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 23 - 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 24 - 5-8 p.m.

Child care at Marvin UMC, 300 W. Erwin: Event: Closing Celebration Dinner & Program

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• 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).

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Gatorade!

Gatorade!

Gatorade!

Plastic coffee

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Golfing for a good cause

Mission Week continued

Suzanne Myers and Suzie Mays played in the annual golf tournament benefit-ing St. Paul Children’s Foundation on May 4 at Eagles Bluff. Marvin members Bruce and Teresa Bloch were the chairs of the successful event that raised more than $60,000 for the ministry.

and THURSDAY, JUNE 25 from 3:30-5 p.m.

Meet in the Fellowship Hall of St. Paul’s UMC, 215 S. Clayton. Bring a hammer (labeled with your name) and a smile! Wear grubby clothes and closed-toe shoes (no sandals) for safety. Chil-

dren’s sizes of Mission Week shirts are now on sale for $10. Pre-register at the Mission Week ta-bles or on-line. MISSION WEEK GOES G REE N! We will be recycling at all of our sites! Watch for more exciting news!

money will come from second-mile gifts from individuals, Sunday School classes and other groups. Make your checks payable to Marvin UMC and indicate “Mission Week.” JUST FOR KIDS This year we are offering some Mission Week pro-jects “just for kids!” The groups will make and decorate river rock triv-ets that will be given to the families we help dur-ing Mission Week.

If you have completed first–second grades, COME MONDAY, JUNE 22, and TUESDAY, JUNE 23 from 3:30-5 p.m. If you have completed third-fifth grades, COME WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24,

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Betsy Adams and Celia Tucker work on a 2008 project. Visit the web site for photos of last year’s Mission Week.

Fan club The Missions Office will col-lect new box fans for PATH during the summer months. These will be given to fami-lies without air-conditioning in their homes. Bring donations to the Wel

come Center or to PATH at 402 W. Front. Undie Sundays During the four Sundays in July, we will collect under-wear and socks for children of the St. Paul Children’s Foundation.

Marvin has been asked to focus on children who wear sizes 4, 5 and 6. Please bring donations to the collection tubs located around the church in July.

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Come learn how you can get involved in making a differ-ence! Sundays in June at 9:45 a.m. in the Connection Class.

J U N E 7 O U R M I S S I O N I N R U S S I A Led by George Brigman, Texas Conference Russia Initiative chair, and Marvin Russia team participants

J U N E 1 4 M I S S I O N W E E K , F A I T H I N A C -T I O N Led by Melissa Brigman and Mission Week leaders J U N E 2 1 O U R M I S S I O N I N T H E C O M -M U N I T Y

Special guest Tony Chung, director of the East Texas Rescue Mission

J U N E 2 8 O U R M I S S I O N I N A F R I C A , N O T H I N G B U T N E T S Led by Lara Routon, Texas Conference Nets Distribu-tion Team

Letters, devotional materials and other goodies are col-lected year-round. If you have a family member serving our country, it’s not too late to add them to our growing list. Please send

their current mailing address to Melissa Brigman, director of missions. Also, keep us posted if someone completes their tour of duty overseas.

The Military Care Commit-tee is preparing for their next mailing to service men and women. Our goal is to show these brave soldiers our support and keep them in our daily prayers.

Military Care

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9:45 a.m.

Connection

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hour as little as once a month, we can continue to serve those in need a nutritious meal

.Imagine being one of Meals on Wheels’ frail, elderly home-bound. You are too weak to open a can or stand at the stove. You’ve had to give up driving and are now isolated. Life is like that for many elderly and disabled all over Tyler. We send thanks and prayers to the Lord that there is a so-lution to the problem of grow-ing hunger and isolation! If we can borrow your car with you in it, for just a little over one

Monday through Friday. If we can reduce paid driver costs, the money will provide more meals each year. If we can borrow your car with you in it, each person will have daily human contact. People are hungry, people are lonely and isolated. Please be-come a volunteer for Meals on Wheels by calling (903) 593-7385 ext. 2908 today!

We need to borrow your car

DIRECT OR OF MISS IONS:

MELISSA BRIGMAN MBRIGM AN@ MARVINUMC.CO M

903.592.7396

Bits and pieces Communion offering

Our communion offering in in June will be dedicated to Mission Week. This annual project, set for June 19-27, involves hundreds of volunteers putting their “faith in action” throughout our community.

UMCOR trip

Only a few spaces remain on our annual mission trip to UMCOR Depot in Bald-win, Louisiana. Our team will work in the disaster relief warehouse Oct. 25-30. Total cost is $300. contact Melissa Brigman for more information.

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

UM Army

A UM Army work camp will stay at our church July 5-11. This group of high school, college and adult volunteers from around the Texas Conference will call our church home while they provide free home repairs for deserving people in the community. You can help by providing funds for their meals. Make checks payable to Marvin UMC and note “U.M. Army.”

We’re on the Web! www.mumcfamily.

com/ministry/ missions

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