Bacton is a Relay Center and we will be collecting shoeboxes from churches and organizations in our area during that week. Our drop-off hours are as follows:
Monday, Nov. 17, 10 am – 12 noon
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 4:30 – 6:30 pm
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 11 am – 1 pm
Thursday, Nov. 20, 6 – 8 pm
Friday, Nov. 21, noon – 3 pm
Saturday, Nov. 22, 10 am – 12 noon
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2 – 5 pm
Monday, Nov. 24 - not collecting
Many churches in our area are taking part in a unique program called Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child is a division of Samaritan's Purse, and is probably the simplest, easiest and least expensive program in which you can participate in a Holiday Outreach program.
The program is easy - take an empty shoebox and fill it with toys, hygiene products, school items, etc. for a girl or a boy (for one of three different age groups). You can help bring JOY and HOPE into the lives of children living in poverty and desperate conditions. Your gift-filled shoebox brings JOY into a child's life while Samaritan's Purse provides the HOPE in a booklet in the child's own language called "The Greatest Gift". This could be introducing the Word of God to this child for the very first time.
You can become a missionary through the use of a single shoebox! There is probably no easier way to reach thousands around the world. 2006, the Mid-Atlantic Region of Operation Christmas Child sent over 475,000 shoeboxes, and over 7.4 million shoeboxes were collected internationally.
If your church or organization would like additional information or more specific directions to your local drop-off location at Bacton Hill Bible Church, please contact Amy Shaw at 610-827-9101. She would be pleased to talk with you or set up a time to meet to talk about Operation Christmas Child. You can also order supplies and get additional information from contacting Samaritan's Purse at www.samaritanspurse.org.
Amy J. Shaw
Operation Christmas Child, Relay Center Coordinator
Drop-off Location: Bacton Hill Bible Church
2109 Conestoga Road
Malvern, Pa. 19355
610-827-9101
Daily Devotions for Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week
Monday - November 17: THE CHILDREN
Pray that God will meet their physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
Related Scriptures:
"A Father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, is God in His Holy habitation." Psalm 68:5
"For the Lamb in the center of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them to srpings of the water of life; and God shall wipe every tear from their eyes." Revelation 7:17
"The Lord will be a stronghold for the oppressed in times of trouble." Psalm 9:9
Tuesday - November 18: MINISTRY PARTNERS WORLDWIDE
Pray that shoe boxes will be effective tools for evangelism.
Related Scriptures:
"A gift opens the way for the giver." Proverbs 18:15a
"So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth." 1 Corinthians 3:7
"And He said to them "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation." Mark 16:15
Wednesday - November 19: ACCEPTANCE OF THE GOSPEL
Pray that doors will be opened, so the Good News can be shared.
Related Scriptures:
"The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish for all to come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:9
"And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come." Matthew 24:14
"I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My Name." Revelation 3:8
Thursday - November 20: SHOW BOX GIVERS
Pray that they will see that it truly is more blessed to give than to receive.
Related Scriptures:
"Do not withhold good from those whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it." Proverbs 3:27
"Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver." 2 Corinthians 9:7
"He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but he who is gracious to the needy honors Him." Proverbs 14:31
Friday - November 21: OCC VOLUNTEERS
Pray for the thousands of volunteers involved in collecting, processing, transporting and delivering shoe box gifts.
Related Scriptures:
"The Lord is your keeper. The Lord is your shade on your right hand." Psalm 121:5
"Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest." Matthew 9:39
"By this all men will knwo that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:35
Saturday - November 22: LOGITSTICAL CHALLENGES
Pray for logistical challenges of Operation Christmas Child worldwide.
Related Scriptures:
"Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He will do it." Psalm 37:5
"For nothing will be impossible with God." Luke 1:37
"And such confidence we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God." 2 Corinthians 3:4-5
