25 Years of Operation Christmas Child

  Once again friends of St Columba’s have been busy packing shoeboxes to send to children in poor countries for Christmas. It is now 25 years since Operation Christmas Child has been run by Christian international relief charity, Samaritan’s Purse, and we celebrated in our morning service on Sunday 18 November with balloons. Some one […]

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Shoebox Sunday

Sunday 19 November was Shoebox Sunday at St Columba’s. For many years, the church has supported Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child project.  People from all over the area have been coming to drop off shoeboxes at the church, and many were added in today’s service.  A couple of hundred boxes were piled up at the […]

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The Journey of a Shoebox

Sunday 6 November was our Shoebox Sunday.  We watched a moving video of the journey of a shoebox from the UK to children in Ukraine and Liberia.  Operation Christmas Child has been running for 26 years, and now reaches 124 million poor children each year, providing each with a shoebox packed with gifts. We collected 124 […]

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Shoebox Sunday

Our morning service on Sunday 15 November took the theme of preparation. It was also Shoebox Sunday! Once again St Columba’s supported Operation Christmas Child, filling nearly 200 shoeboxes with gifts for children in other countries who would otherwise not get any Christmas presents. Such a big international effort requires a good deal of preparation.  Some people had […]

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Shoebox Sunday

Over 200 shoeboxes were gathered in church on Sunday 17 November, before going out to children in poor countries in time for Christmas. Once again St Columba’s members, supported by schools and the local community, has been able to brighten the lives of deprived children, through charity Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child.  As the charity […]

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