CREATIVE CHRISTMAS CHILD
Churches in more than 100 nations will be handing out Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts this season. Thirty-nine of those boxes were packed by the Golden Agers at Fourth Baptist Church of Plymouth, MN. It has been such a privilege to work with the Golden Agers this fall. They have been participating in Operation Christmas Child for several years and this year was no exception. Donations for items to be packed in the shoeboxes exceeded expectations and a delightful morning was spent putting those items into the boxes along with a personal message and a picture of the Golden Ager who packed the box. Some of the boxes were so full they reminded me of the verse in Luke 6:38, “Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over.” Accompanying every box were prayers for those who would be receiving them. The Samaritan’s Purse website says “many shoebox recipients also participate in our 12-lesson follow-up discipleship progr...