(Sandy Creek, NY – Sept. 2011) Sandy Creek United Methodist Church will host Operation Christmas Child volunteer area coordinator Patty Jennings at its 11am service on Saturday, Sept. 18. Anyone interested in learning more about the outreach ministry that fills shoe boxes with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies for children in need in more than 100 countries is welcome.
Jennings coordinates the Operation Christmas Child New York North Central Area that includes Herkimer, Oneida, Lewis, Jefferson, and Oswego counties. As part of her Sept. 18 presentation, Jennings will share photos of her trips to help distribute the shoe boxes to children in Africa and Central and South America.
Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of the international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan’s Purse (www.samaritanspurse.org), headed by Dr. Billy Graham’s son Franklin Graham. The national collection week is always the third week in November.
Sandy Creek United Methodist Church is located at 2031 Harwood Dr.
Operation Christmas “Child” Livia Satterfield who received a box when she was living in a Romanian orphanage will speak in Watertown on Friday, Sept. 16 at 7pm and Saturday, Sat. Sept. 17 at 9:30am at New Life Christian Church, 1222 Arsenal Street Plaza.
The Saturday program includes a packing party to make 500 shoe box gifts for the 2011 campaign.
