The women’s club is planning to make “Operation Christmas Child” a project for the upcoming holiday season. Heather Anderson has provided the information below concerning suggestions and requests for filling the “shoe boxes.”  Please read over the material carefully. Please bring your contributions to church between now and November 1st. At our meeting on Nov. !st, we will prepare/pack the boxes which Heather will take care of delivering. Heather will also be providing the boxes.

Here are the gift suggestions for the shoe boxes for Operation Xmas Child:

1. School Supplies – pens, pencils, sharpeners, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, coloring and pictures books, etc.
2. Toys – small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yo, jump ropes, small Etch-a Sketch, toys that light up or make noise (with extra batteries, Slinky, etc.
3. Hygiene Items – toothbrush, toothpaste, mild bar soap (with plastic bag), comb, washcloth, etc.
4. Other – T-shirts, socks, ball caps, sunglasses, hair clips, toy jewelry, watches flashlight (with extra batteries)

You can include a personal note to the child and a photo of yourself or your family. If you include your name and address, the child may write back. We can follow our boxes (on-line) to see where they go!

Do not include: Used or damaged items, war-related items such as toy guns, knives or military figures, chocloate or food, out of date candy, liquids or lotions, medications or vitamins, breakable items such as snowglobes or glass containers, aerosol cans.

Operation Christmas Child is a project by the Samaritan’s Purse (Franklin Graham’s organization). Last year, they delivered 8.2 million gift-filled shoe boxes to children in places like earthquake torn Haiti and war-scarred Sudan. Since 1993, OCC has collected more that 86 million boxes. They have been sent to more than 130 countries through over 500,000 volunteers and a discipleship program has been started in 60 countries.

Those who helped Kathy  were Dianne Duncan, Brenda Elmore, Amy Houk, Mary Kohntopp, Dawn Gregory, Laura Wright , and Sarena Northern.

There were 16 children who attended for the nights of 24, 25, and 26 from 6 to 8. Learning new things about Jesus each night and participating in crafts and games plus enjoying excellent snacks with pizza the last night made for a fun time for all.

Thank you again to the teachers for sharing your time so lovingly with each of the children.

Born on December 24, 2009 at 7:46 am EST weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measuring 20 and 3/4 inches long.