Savvy shoebox packers know that it’s never too early to start shopping for and packing your OCC shoebox gifts! Get a head start by picking up a small item monthly to fill those shoeboxes! By preparing shoebox gifts all year long, you can send the Good News of Jesus Christ and the great joy of receiving an Operation Christmas Child shoebox to more boys and girls around the world!
Operation Christmas Child provides a calendar with monthly gift suggestions, as well as a list of suggested gifts according to gender. We've provided links to these helpful lists below.
Please join us for our Christmas in July initiative to celebrate, plan, and pray for this impactful ministry. Shop those August back-to-school sales to get a head start on your Operation Christmas Child gift lists! At Fellowship, we collected 856 shoeboxes last year! Our goal for this year is 900 shoeboxes! Visit the ministry tables in the foyers during the month of July for more information, and pick up a box or two to fill!
Operation Christmas Child provides local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children with the Good News of Jesus Christ. OCC ships these simple gifts outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine, and disease.
- Pray for this ministry, that many children will hear about Jesus this year
- Pack a shoebox, anytime, all year long (you can find a list of suggested gifts at samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/what-goes-in-my-shoebox-suggestions/); or pack an online shoebox (for instructions, visit samaritanspurse.org/buildonline).
- Volunteer! Join our team!
- Christmas in July - help hand out shoeboxes after Sunday services for school sales shoppers. Contact Kay Holze: kayholze@gmail.com
- October-November: Operation Christmas Child Countdown - help hand out shoeboxes after Sunday services in Oct. & Nov. Contact Kay Holze: kayholze@gmail.com
- National Collection Week, Nov. 17-24 - help collect, "carton" and load church truck for delivery to central drop-off location. Contact Kay Strauss: kay.strauss69@gmail.com
For more information about Operation Christmas Child, visit their website : samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/.
