Operation Christmas Child
Year-round Volunteer: Encouraging Students to Serve Children Around the World
Adrienne Krater serves in student relations with Operation Christmas Child in the Dayton, Ohio, area. Encouraging Students to Serve Children Around the World Year-round volunteer in Ohio mobilizes students to get involved with Operation Christmas Child. Adrienne Krater loves encouraging students to help reach children around the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through…
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Families Learn About Jesus Together in Mexico
As children around the world receive Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts and are invited to learn more about Jesus Christ through The Greatest Journey discipleship program, many parents are curious to find out what their children are learning. This is especially true if the adults themselves know little about Him. Soon, whole families are studying…
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God Is Transforming Families in Botswana through The Greatest Journey
In the desert village of Serinane, hours outside Botswana’s capital Gaborone, jobs are hard to come by. The little money that finds its way to the village is often spent on alcohol; many families are hurting as a result. Life is difficult for everyone here. Change will only come person by person, with God’s transforming…
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A Young Girl Comes to Faith and Family Follows
When Athena was 8 years old, she received a gift-filled shoebox through Operation Christmas Child. Living in an impoverished area of the Philippines, the young girl had never received such a present. Athena began to learn about how much God loves her when she read The Greatest Gift, a Gospel story booklet Samaritan’s Purse developed…
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Challenges Don’t Hinder Volunteer from Following God’s Call
As a year-round volunteer, Rebecca Parker-Moore leads the efforts of Operation Christmas Child’s area team in Huntington, West Virginia. “An area coordinator overseas all the operations of collecting shoeboxes, shepherding a team, and just being the face of Operation Christmas Child in a community,” Rebecca said. At age 16, Rebecca started packing shoebox gifts simply…
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Ends of the Earth (es)
Enviando el Evangelio hasta lo último de la Tierra Las cajas llenas de regalos de Operation Christmas Child llegan a algunas de las regiones más difíciles de alcanzar de la tierra. Estas áreas incluyen algunas que son hostiles para el Evangelio, lugares donde comunidades enteras aún no se han podido alcanzar y cientos de islas…
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By Volunteering, She Became a Prayer Warrior
“Prayer is such a central piece of Operation Christmas Child. It supports all parts of the organization. It’s that underpinning to make sure everything else runs smoothly,” said Nancy Osborn, prayer coordinator for the Maine West team of year-round volunteers in the Portland area. A resident of Falmouth, Maine, Nancy works full-time as an inventory…
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72-Hour Discipleship Challenge
72-Hour Discipleship Challenge 121,726 Children Sponsored June 13–15, 2022 72: 00: 00 : : 00: 00: 00 June 13–15, 2022 Children Sponsored: 105,980 The 72-Hour Discipleship Challenge has concluded, but you can still send a child on The Greatest Journey! Children ↑ ↓ Total Amount Give Now Single Gift Monthly Gift In just 72 hours, we want to…
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Billboards Landing Page
Digital Billboards The artwork below is designed to assist you in promoting Operation Christmas Child on outdoor digital billboards. We hope these resources will inspire people to join us in packing a shoebox and sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with children around the world! National Collection Week Download English .zip Download Spanish .zip…
Discipleship, Education & Training
The Whole Story
Kaitlyn Lahm is the media relations coordinator for Samaritan’s Purse. She recently traveled to the Philippines. Throughout the schoolyard, children’s laughter and squeals filled the air, and, in the distance, I heard a chorus of voices say, “Ephesians 4:32.” I walked into a classroom to hear more than 30 children reciting, “Be kind and compassionate…
