Each year the Marilla Methodist Church participates in varied community outreach programs both locally and on a more regional and / or global scale and so spreading God’s love through our time, talents and contributions.

Can you imagine a world without hunger?

The mission of Rise Against Hunger is to end hunger in our lifetime by providing food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable. They ensure the meals distributed by their partners are used as tools to change lives by promoting education, improving students’ health and nutrition, addressing gender inequalities, stimulating economic growth and fighting child labor. To aid in this mission, Marilla UMC is raising funds to hold a future Meal Packaging Event. The cost is $0.34 per meal and our goal is to pack at least 25,000 meals.

Donations are greatly appreciated!!

Once our Event date is set, we will also need volunteers – so check back with us for future updates.

At our packing event in 2019 we packed over 17,000 meals!
(See some of our “work” pictures below from this year’s campaign that was filled with fun and fellowship for this great cause.  

~ Watch for dates in the future so you can  join us in supporting this Rise Against Hunger mission next year ~

Outreach to Local Food Pantries

We collect non-perishable food items for the Alden-Marilla Food Pantry and F.I.S.H. of East Aurora.

Each year the Marilla United Methodist Church collects money to purchase blankets through the
Church World Service (CWS) Blankets Program.

Church World Service (CWS) then distributes the purchased blankets to those around the world dealing with disaster or fleeing their homes.  Each year thousands of these blankets are distributed and bring a small measure of comfort to those in need.