Would you like to put your church at the heart of your community? Operation Christmas Child is fun, simple and a great way to connect with the people on your doorstep – coming together for a special purpose.
Need motivation to get involved? Here are our top 5 reasons to get your church linked in with Operation Christmas Child:
1. There's power in each simple gift.
2. Your gift bring huge smiles to the faces of children overseas.
3. Children in the UK discover the power of giving.
4. Brings your church and local community together.
5. Churchgoers can share their faith and motivation with children and adults.
Get your church involved TODAY:
.gif)
- Order your FREE resources, everything you need to get your church involved.
- Download our powerpoint presentation to help you unpack Operation Christmas Child to your church.
- Check out our new Church Guide, complete with great ideas on becoming a community hub.
- Need an alternative to Halloween? Download our new Alternative Halloween Party Plan.
- This year, the VeggieTales are teaming up with Operation Christmas Child! Get hold of their new DVD.
Between early September and late November, churches up and down the country will be busy wrapping, packing and sending shoeboxes, getting young and old from their communities involved too. So why not join them?
Don't forget...
To pray - Prayer is essential to Operation Christmas Child. Please join with us in praying for the children that will receive each shoebox, as well as our communities in the UK that are participating.
To celebrate - Finish your Operation Christmas Child campaign in style with a Shoebox Celebration – a time of praise, prayer and thanksgiving.
Here's what Rev David Newton of Clayton Baptist Church had to say:
“In terms of an outreach opportunity, Operation Christmas Child has been the second best thing that we've done. The first being to send teams to Romania on short term mission trips. We held a National Shoe Box Sunday service to which we invited 700 people by dropping invitations in their mail boxes. Twenty-five people came and six people continue to come to church."