Operation Christmas Child

Recognising the financial climate we’re offering 4 ways you might be able to be a part of Operation Christmas Child this year. Together we can still help bring some joy to children around the world.

1.       If you can please do take a box and fill it with some of the suggested items and return it to church by Sunday 13th November.  If you are filling your own box, we would kindly ask you to pay the £5 project donation online before returning your box.

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2.       Donate one or two items off the suggested list. Place them in the box in the vestibule marked Operation Christmas Child by Sunday 13th November. You’ll find some shoebox gift suggestions in the PDF found by clicking HERE.

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3.       Place a small donation of money, in an envelope marked Operation Christmas Child, in the offering plate.  Each box requires a £5 project donation. The project donation covers costs such as shipping and enables groups to run safe well organised children’s events where the gifts can be given.

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4.       Pray for the safe delivery of these gifts and for the children who will receive them.  Follow this link for prayer topics: https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/prayer/

 For more information on how to pack a shoebox follow this link:

https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/how-to-pack-a-shoebox/

 “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” Helen Keller

Below is a list of items NOT to be donated:

Toothpaste, sweets, lotions and liquids; used or damaged items; war-related items; seeds, gum, chocolate or food items; religious or political literature; medicines, aerosol cans, sharp or fragile items.