Operations Christmas Child 2008 November 18, 2008
Posted by rshort in : 3-Missions Projects , trackbackOur August – September 2008 missions project supported Operations Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse, that presents children in need in all areas of the world with gift-filled shoeboxes and the Gospel message. Box assembly day was held in early October and families put together 386 boxes! Over the 2 months we also collected $1626.69 in offering from both the Tysons and Loudoun Campus Kid’s Quest which was used to purchase additional supplies for the boxes and postage to ship the boxes to their destination.
Some of you may have wondered why we moved this missions project up earlier in our calendar than when we normally have done it in the past. So if you’ve been wondering, I’ve got an answer for you!
Since MBC’s ministries all communicate to the same congregation of people, this year we have been making an intentional effort to streamline missions projects so we are working together more and not creating unnecessary confusion with conflicting messages.
Turkey Outreach and Christmas Outreach (formerly known as Angel Tree) are two MBC-wide missions projects that had set dates for when an offering collection could contribute to the project. Since the turkey dinners are purchased and distributed in mid-November we could not wait till the end of November to give our children’s contribution. This meant we had to do our collection in October. Likewise with Christmas Outreach, since the gifts are purchased and distributed in December, we had to do our part in November. And since December is too late to be collecting for Operations Christmas Child, that left August and September.
Thank you to all the families that supported this project with their prayers, their offering gifts, their donations, and their time to assembly the boxes. We encourage your family to be praying for the children who will receive these boxes this Christmas season.
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