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I M P O R T A N T
D A T E S
REGISTRATION―begins
on Sunday, May 23
MISSION WEEK 101 ORI-
ENTATION―9:45 a.m.
Sunday, June 6, in the Con-
nection Class
KICK-OFF DINNER―6
p.m. Friday, June 18, at
Pollard UMC
WORK DAYS―Saturday,
June 19; Monday–Friday,
June 21-25
FAMILY SERVICE
DAY―Tuesday, June 22
NEIGHBORHOOD FESTI-
VAL―6 p.m. Thursday,
June 24, at St. Paul’s
CLOSING CELEBRA-
TION―6 p.m. Saturday,
June 26, at Marvin
O U R M I S S I O N
Since 1988, one of the
foundations for Marvin's
Christian outreach and
service has been Mission
Week! Participants of all
ages experience a wide
variety of hands-on mis-
sions during the week,
from construction projects
to a neighborhood festival.
Mission Week provides fun
All the preparations have
been made and in just a
few days our Marvin team
will depart for Togo, Af-
rica, on a May 20–28
Mercy Ships Vision trip.
Dr. John Robbins, Dr.
Doug Baker, Melissa Brig-
man and Donna Bowers
will be onboard the Africa
Mercy and onshore in Togo
learning about needs and
how Marvin can support
Mercy Ships’ vision minis-
try in Togo. The team will
share their mission experi-
ences with us during the
trip and afterwards.
Two prayer boards will be
available for you to write
prayers and words of en-
couragement for our team.
On Sundays, May 2 and (Continued on page 2)
Mission Week is June 19–27
Africa
HEARTS AND HANDS V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 5 M A Y 2 0 1 0
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Texas Mission
of Mercy
2
Kids
and Horses
3
Russian
Souls
3
Empty
Bowls
3
Diaper
Drive
4
Haiti benefit
concert
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
and meaningful opportuni-
ties for service. Our 2010
partners are Pollard, St.
Paul’s and Whitehouse.
H O W Y O U
C A N S E R V E
You can … deliver water
and ice or do major con-
struction or do minor con-
struction or roof or paint
or do yard work or do
electrical work or do
plumbing or take digital
photos or run errands or
work at the festival or
serve meals or work with
children or be a youth
helper or pray or give
money! We need you!
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P A G E 2
75 percent of
blindness is
preventable or
treatable
through surgical
and non-surgical
eye care.”
Cory Rogers and
Paula Wallace
Africa (continued)
Thanks for the smiles, TMOM On March 26-27, Tyler
played host to the 20th
Texas Mission of Mercy
(TMOM).
This medical mission
brought East Texans
much-needed oral health
care.
TMOM was able to serve
472 patients with a value
of care in excess of
$368,000!
Thanks to all of the
Marvin volunteers who
made this mission pro-
ject such a great success.
A special thanks to our
inspiration and our
leader, Dr. David Nich-
ols!
look for our tote board
on the first floor and
let’s take it over the top.
Your generous donations
can have a life-changing
impact for someone in
need of hope and healing
in Africa. Did you know
that 60 percent of the
people will die within a
year of going blind? Yet
75 percent of blindness is
preventable or treatable
through surgical and non
-surgical eye care.
Please send a check
made out to Marvin
UMC and write “Mercy
Ships” on the check’s
memo line. Your help is
so essential. Following
are some of the Togo
vision needs:
For $1 to $5, you can
provide eyeglasses
$25 will provide an
eye exam for some-
one in danger of los-
ing his/her sight
$250 will fund a cata-
ract surgery.
$500 will fund much
needed a printer for
intra-ocular lens cal-
culations
Two portable KOWA
silt lamps are needed
at up to $5,000 each
Tabletop eye exam
equipment (auto re-
fractometer) at
$10,000
…and the blind shall see.
Matthew 11:5
May 9, these prayer
boards will be located at
our Mercy Ships table on
the first floor near the
Welcome Center. At
other times, the boards
will be at the Welcome
Center for you to write
your thoughts on.
The team will be dedi-
cated in the 8:45 a.m.
traditional service in the
sanctuary on Sunday,
May 16. The two prayer
boards will be presented.
Let’s give our team an
enthusiastic bon voyage.
Some have asked for a
visual means to show the
progress that Marvin is
making toward our 2010
goal of raising $50,000
for Mercy Ships. Please
H E A R T S A N D H A N D S
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Kids and horses
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 5
If you love kids and horses
and seek a most rewarding
adventure, come be a volun-
teer at KIDS & HORSES,
INC, a program for building
communication and trusting
relationships through the
tools of natural horseman-
ship. This wonderful new
ministry, started by Marvin
member Kate Vigneron, is
located just 20 minutes away
from Marvin at the Green
Mansions Farm in New Har-
mony. For information, con-
tact Kate Vigneron
(katesgreenmansion@yahoo.
com or 903.533.9524).
and the East Texas Wood-
turners. More than 200 hand
-crafted bowls were donated
to raise funds for the hunger
relief ministries of the East
The Marvin Missions Team
would like to thank all of you
for your support of Empty
Bowls! Major bowls spon-
sors included Piddlin’ Pottery
Texas Food Bank, PATH and
St. Paul Children’s Founda-
tion. This is the seventh year
for this fun and educational
missions fundraiser.
vide a new pair of shoes for
an orphan in Tomsk, Siberia.
Make your check payable to
Marvin UMC and indicate
“Russia Shoes.”
Our July mission team will
buy shoes for the children
when they are in Russia.
Would you like to fund a
pair of shoes for a Russian
orphan?
For a $15 gift you can pro-
Shoes for Russian souls
Empty Bowls filled to overflowing
Left, thanks to the UMW
Night Circle who helped
organize and relocate the
missions supply room!
Right, Wesley Founda-
tion’s Sunny Farley and
Gayle Robinson at the
Beauty for Ashes Art
Show that raised money
for the burned churches
in our area.
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DI REC TOR
OF MISSIONS:
MELISSA BRIG MAN
MBRIGMAN @
MARVINUMC .COM
903.592.7396
Bits and pieces Diaper drive
During the month of May we will collect diapers, wipes, formula and baby food for
PATH. Please bring your donations to the baby bed located in the atrium. Thank
you, mission hearts!
Communion offering
Our May communion offering will be for Mercy Ships. Following the example of
Jesus, Mercy Ships seeks to become the face of love in action, bringing hope and
healing to the world’s forgotten poor through the use of the word’s largest non-
governmental hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. Please give generously!
Benefit concert
Canticles of Hope and Light is 4 p.m. May 16 in the sanctuary. The concert will
feature the Chancel Choir and Texas Vocal Arts Ensemble. The offering will benefit
Haiti earthquake relief. Admission is free and child care is available.
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
We’re on the Web!
www.mumcfamily.
com/ministry/
missions
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