Consider naming Marvin Church as a beneficiary in your will or trust.
What gifts, in addition to cash and pledges, does Marvin Church accept? The Board of Trustees has guidelines specific to many of the ways to give outlined below. Before making a gift, consult with your financial advisor and the Marvin Church director of finance to ensure you receive the best personal value for your donation. Creative ways to give include:
Consider a Gift from your IRA to Marvin Church. If you’re 70½ years or older, you may want to take your required minimum distribution (RMD) and give a gift to Marvin Church. The IRA Rollover allows individuals 70½ years or older to distribute anywhere from $100 up to $100,000 from their IRA to Marvin Church or other charitable organization. To consider a gift to Marvin Church:
Thank you for your faithful support of Marvin Church. Our vision statement, “growing disciples to share the love and hope of Christ” is more than just words in a document, it’s being fulfilled in our community life and mission work. The vision makes our God-directed path clear and creates exciting opportunities for growth. Your investment is needed to make it happen.
Our annual stewardship campaign invites church members to complete an estimate of giving for the next calendar year, to support the annual operating budget. Your gifts support ministries, missions, staff salaries, facility security and utilities, Christian education, worship, communications and so much more!
Gifts to the Marvin Methodist Church Foundation are legacy gifts, with the interest being used to bless the church forever. Each gift is important, laying a foundation for our church for years to come.
Please write a separate check and make your check payable to the Marvin Methodist Church Foundation when making a gift.
Gifts to the Foundation are held in trust, and only the interest will be used to meet church needs that fall outside of the regular operating budget. Our Foundation’s bylaws specify that 50 percent of income shall be used for the physical building, 20 percent for missions and 30 percent for discretionary purposes as approved by the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
Foundation gifts show gratitude for Marvin Church. You can invest in the church’s future with a gift that will outlive you.
Ben Sutton was a great ambassador for Christianity, a great witness whose heart was with his local church, according to his wife, Elizabeth. Mrs. Sutton wanted to memorialize her husband in a meaningful way, a way that would last through the years and benefit others. She found the perfect way to memorialize Ben: She encouraged church leadership to establish the Marvin Methodist Church Foundation and she furnished seed money. The Foundation was established in 2017.
Gifts to the Eternal Flame Fund are used for projects on our campus not covered by the annual operating budget. One hundred percent of every Eternal Flame Fund gift is utilized as directed by the Church Council for critical maintenance not covered by the annual operating budget.
Eternal Flame Fund members who give $75 or more during the year are members of Flame Alive, a giving group of the Eternal Flame Fund which impacts the lives of our members and the community who come in and out of our doors for worship, for education, for service and for community.