OCC PACKING PARTY - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
We are so excited to partner with Samaritan’s Purse in Operation Christmas Child (OCC) again this year! We hope to see all our Grace Point community participate in our Christmas outreach opportunity where we hope to fill 650 shoeboxes! Samaritan’s Purse states that because of the Coronavirus Pandemic, “Now, more than ever, children need hope!”
Watch this video about Operation Christmas Child.
We get to be a part of the work that God is doing all over the world through Samaritan’s Purse. We have SEVERAL opportunities for you to engage in Operation Christmas Child this year:
- Pray. Pray for the Gospel of Jesus Christ to spread all throughout the world through shoebox gifts.
- Purchase. Shop for items off the Amazon Registry to go towards our church-wide packing party where we hope to fill 400 of our 650 boxes! Instructions for using the Amazon Registry provided HERE.
- Sign-up. Gather your family and friends, your small group, or come on your own to the packing party on Wednesday, November 18. (Details for signing up and what to expect coming soon!)
- Serve. Volunteer to help with:
- Set up for the packing party (November 17-Time TBD)
- Serve as a table representative during the packing party
- Clean up after the packing party
- Fill a box at home. Get a shoebox or two or three at Grace Point and fill your own! Please return boxes to Grace Point by November 15.
- Donate: Each box cost Samaritan’s Purse approximately $9 for shipping. If you would like to contribute towards the shipping expense, you can make out a check to Samaritan’s Purse with OCC on the memo line and turn it in at Grace Point OR mail it directly to Samaritan’s Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607.
You can choose one, two, three or ALL of the options for this Christmas outreach bringing hope and the Gospel message to children all over the world. How you choose to engage is up to you, but the impact it will make is up to God! To Him be all the glory!!
