Help collect shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child

To The Eagle:

In just a few weeks, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Puget Island will be collecting shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child- a program through Samaritan’s Purse. This year we are inviting the community to participate with us in sending some Christmas hope to those who greatly need it around the world. Samaritan’s Purse sends shoe boxes filled with goodies to children wherever they are needed. Your shoe box could bless a child here in the States who has lost everything due to flooding or across the globe to a struggling country.

The official drop-off site for our area is Beacon Hill Baptist Church in Longview. Since we want to encourage people to participate in this wonderful ministry, Pastor Hobbs and I are willing to make the trip for any who cannot. You can drop your shoe box off at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Sunday, November 20 from 2-4 p.m., or Monday, November 21 from 10-11 a.m. Pastor Hobbs and I will take the shoe boxes to the Longview drop-off location the morning of Monday, November 21.

If you have any questions about Operation Christmas Child or Samaritan’s Purse, you can go to their website at Samaritanspurse.org and click on the “Get ready for shoe box season” link. If you have questions about bringing your shoe box to Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, please call 849-4412 or email Pastor Theron Hobbs Jr. at ministerhobbsjr@gmail.com.

Though it may seem a bit early: Merry Christmas!

Danielle Hobbs

Puget Island