Marvin UMC reaches out to serve wounded warriors

    Only six miles from the front gate of Fort Gordon in the city of Martinez, Marvin UMC welcomes soldiers to worship throughout the year. But the holiday season presents an extra special time for gathering and, let’s admit it, eating.

     Each year the Marvin faith community combines their favorite things—gathering and eating— into one special event that supports soldiers in our community. 

     This year we connected with the Warriors in Transition Battalion and invited the wounded warriors and their families for an evening of fellowship. We offered a home-cooked meal with entertainment, first-class service with a smile, line dancing, and Christmas carols led by our children. 

     The church community transformed our gymnasium. Our Girl Scout troop invited another troop to join them and their smiling young faces welcomed more than 50 soldiers and their families. Servers of all ages, plus our retired military members, brought a meal to the table fit to warm a soldier’s heart. After dinner, Steel Cross, a young country gospel band, took the stage. Then senior exercise class led everyone in line dancing—electric slide and the Cupid shuffle. 

       The Holy Spirit filled the space and warmed the hearts of our wounded warriors.