Click here to register for this year's Mission Week June 22-30!

 

Mission Week is a foundation of Marvin’s outreach and service. Every year, Marvin members and friends roll up their sleeves and volunteer for Mission Week. People of all ages and all skill levels, from professional carpenters and electricians to those who have never hammered a nail, work together to work miracles in a one-week time frame. Over the years it has grown to include four churches: Marvin, Pollard, St. Paul’s and Whitehouse UMCs. Mission Week 2011 included more than 500 volunteers working on projects in Tyler.

Participants of all ages experience a wide-variety of hands-on missions during the week, from construction projects to a neighborhood festival! Mission Week provides fun and meaningful opportunities for service. There's a place for everyone, whether it's doing yard work, carpentry, taking pictures or cooking and serving meals.

You’ll want to be a part of our 25th annual Methodist Mission Week in Tyler!

REGISTRATION—Click here to register on-line or register at Mission Week tables at church.

SHIRTS & CAPS—A limited number of shirts and caps are on sale! Adult shirts are $12 and caps are $8. Children’s shirts are $10.

KICK-OFF DINNER—6 p.m. Friday, June 22, at Pollard UMC

WORK DAYS—Saturday, June 23; Monday-Friday, June 25-29

LUNCH MEAL—During workdays, lunch will be served at Pollard UMC at 11:30 a.m. This is a change from the past. Everyone will come to lunch at the same time!
DINNER MEAL—Dinner will be served at St. Paul’s from 5-6 p.m. Monday-Wednesday.

NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL—6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at St. Paul’s

CLOSING CELEBRATION—6 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Marvin UMC

HOW YOU CAN SERVE DURING MISSION WEEK—You can … deliver water and ice or do major construction or do minor construction or roof or paint or do yard work 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! You can volunteer for the entire week or even for just a few hours. We need YOU!

PROJECTS

• Six home renovations
• Build a new storage building for St. Paul Children’s Foundation
• Renovations at the St. Paul Children’s Medical Clinic
• Renovations at Andrews Park
• Painting bookcases for Santa’s Secret Workshop
• Many SPY Projects—“small projects for you”
• Neighborhood Festival
• Just for Kids Project
• Loaves & Fishes

MAJOR NEED
Individual bottles of water and Gatorade.

JUST FOR KIDS
This year we are offering some Mission Week projects “just for kids!” Children will build and paint planter boxes for our Mission Week families. If you have completed first and second grades: come from 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, June  25, and Tuesday, June 26. If you have completed third through fifth grades, come from 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, and Thursday, June 28. Meet in the Fellowship Hall of St. Paul’s UMC. Wear grubby clothes and closed-toe shoes (no sandals) for safety. Children’s sizes of Mission Week shirts are now on sale for $10. Pre-register at the Mission Week tables or on-line.

FUNDING
Mission Week is completely funded by second-mile giving! This year we anticipate needing $50,000 to complete all of our projects. Every donation, regardless of size, is so important this year! You can make checks payable to Marvin UMC and indicate “Mission Week.” Thank you for helping us reach our goal in this 25th year of service and outreach to our community!

SPECIAL NEEDS

We are looking for:

• Two small chests for children
• Two small air conditioning units for bedrooms
• One small gas heater; two mirrors for dressing table in bathroom (can be stand up or wall mounted)
• A queen-size headboard
• A child’s size desk
• Any outdoor play equipment for children.

This Mission Week family has two girls ages 5 and 9 and two boys ages 3 and 11. If you have anything to donate, contact Crew Chief Billie Chamness (903.561.0416).