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Operation Christmas Child

Samaritan’s Purse collects Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes filled with toys and other items and delivers them to children in need around the world in partnership with local churches.

In a new initiative, the organization is going island to island in the Pacific to take the Gospel to a half million children over the next few years, as part of its commitment to “proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation.” (Mark 16:15 ESV).

Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week is Monday, Nov. 16, through Monday, Nov. 23. Williamsburg United Methodist Church is the drop-...