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4 Things You Need to Know About Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes This Year

Cyndee Ownbey — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:00:47 +0000

Packing and processing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child is admittedly one of my very favorite service projects. For over 14 years our family has packed shoeboxes and now serves every year at the Processing Center in Charlotte. I’ve helped plan Packing Parties at church and Youth service projects at the Processing Center. In 2015Continue Reading

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How to Host an Operation Christmas Child Packing Party

Cyndee Ownbey — Tue, 31 May 2016 14:00:59 +0000

Are you looking for a fun mission project for your women for the fall? An Operation Christmas Child Packing Party provides an opportunity for your women to work together to bless children around the world! Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love inContinue Reading

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How Your Women’s Ministry Can Get Involved With Operation Christmas Child

Cyndee Ownbey — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:00:17 +0000

I’ve recently shared “What It’s Like to Give a Child a Shoebox” and “How to Pack a Better Shoebox”. Today I want to share some ways your women’s ministry can get involved with Operation Christmas Child. I think some people assume Operation Christmas Child is a Children’s Ministry project. Or maybe it’s just a ministryContinue Reading

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What It’s Like to Give a Child a Shoebox

Cyndee Ownbey — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 15:00:42 +0000

In the fall of 2015 God allowed me to be a part of something life-changing. Life-changing for me and the children I would soon meet. I was invited to travel on a Media Trip with Operation Christmas Child (OCC) to distribute boxes on the island of Grenada. Oh, ya’all! I was shaking when I read theContinue Reading

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Serving in the OCC Processing Center – Part 2

Cyndee Ownbey — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:00:37 +0000

I can’t wait to share the rest of our adventure at the Charlotte Operation Christmas Child (OCC) Processing Center. If you missed out on Part 1 – be sure to go here to get the scoop on our different volunteer roles. Today I’m going to take you inside some of the boxes we processed. There wereContinue Reading

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Serving in the OCC Processing Center – Part 1

Cyndee Ownbey — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:00:04 +0000

For more than 10 years our family has packaged boxes for Operation Christmas Child (OCC). Ove the years we’ve packed boxes for boys and girls of every age group. When our boys were younger we would pack boxes for boys the same ages as ours. This year we packed several boxes with an intentional message. WhileContinue Reading

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My Message in a Box

Cyndee Ownbey — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:00:47 +0000

What if you could whisper a message in the ear of a child in another country? What if you could send that boy or girl a box filled with gifts especially for them? What would you say to them? What would you send? This is the challenge I was given for Operation Christmas Child this year.Continue Reading

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Operation Christmas Child (OCC)

Cyndee Ownbey — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:00:33 +0000

Putting together Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes is one of my very favorite Christmas activities. I spend all year shopping for items for our boxes. I pray for the children and families who will receive our boxes. I lovingly pack the boxes, squeezing in as many items as I possibly can. Several years ago our MOPS groupContinue Reading

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