Members of Marvin Church show their love and care for others through numerous collections throughout the year, such as UMCOR Disaster Kits, “I Care Kits” to refugee children in the Sudan and “Christmas Kits” to needy children in Haiti. At other times of the year, we collect needed items for PATH (soup, diapers, school supplies, coats),  the Food Bank (peanut butter and jelly, canned food at the Fair), St. Paul Children’s Foundation (children’s clothes, shoes, hotel-size toiletries), the Lion’s Club (eyeglasses), and Conference Missions (hearing aids). We also collect items needed for mission trips throughout the year, as well as for families sponsored through the “Christmas in the Neighborhood” outreach.

We sponsor an Easter Offering for Missions with proceeds going to UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief), the Food Bank, PATH and Rev. Paul Renjithan’s work in the slums of Bombay, India. Our Christmas Offering for Missions is designated for Golden Cross, Methodist Children’s Home, Methodist Mission Home and the St. Paul Children's Foundation. Other special funding comes from Communion rail offerings, in addition to designated gifts, honorariums and memorials given specifically for missions.