This year there are three ways you can participate in Operation Christmas Child. Learn about each of these ways below!
For information on where to drop off your box scroll to the bottom.
Three ways to participate in Operation Christmas Child!
Put Together a Box Online
Send the gift of the Gospel to the ends of the earth without every leaving home. Shoebox gifts built online go to the ends of the earth to children in some of the hardest-to-reach places—whether deep jungles, city slums, steep mountainsides, or one of more than 1,000 remote Pacific islands. Many of these areas are resistant to the Gospel, for cultural or religious reasons, and are home to numerous unreached people groups, some of whom have never heard the Name of Jesus Christ.
When you Build a Shoebox Online, it provides believers in remote regions a creative way to share the Good News in a culturally sensitive manner. Online boxes are carefully prepared, abiding by strict customs regulations to safeguard partners who will deliver the gifts, as well as the boys and girls who receive them. Jesus said, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19). Help fulfill the Great Commission and take the Gospel to the ends of the earth by building a shoebox online today!
Put Together a Box on Your Own
You can pick up a shoebox from North Ridge Community Church, head out to your local store, and spend time with your family customizing a shoebox with love and intention. Packing a shoebox on your own is a great way to spend time thinking about the truth of the Gospel and participate in the unending love of Jesus Christ that is available to each of us.
North Ridge Community Church is a collection site which means that you can drop your personally packed shoeboxes off in our office between November 18th and November 25th. We will pray over them with you and get them on their way!
Man the Drop Off!
Drop Off Times at North Ridge Community Church
North Ridge is a drop off location where individuals and churches in the community are able to drop off the shoe boxes that they have prepared. North Ridge will gather the boxes, and pray over them before exporting them to headquarters. Samaritan’s Purse then sends these gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to children in need around the world together with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We are seeking volunteers to simply be present during one of the drop off times listed below during the week of November 17-24. Volunteer hours are only 1-2 hours per day. If you would like to volunteer to help collect these shoe boxes, please sign up today.
If you have put together a box and are wondering what to do with it, never fear. Simply bring it to North Ridge Community Church during one of the times listed. There is an entire collection week with slots for each day.
Location: North Ridge Community Church
1700 E. Blackhawk Trail Road
Eldridge, IA 52748
Collection Week: November 17th-24th
Monday (November 17th):
10:00am-12:00pm
Tuesday (November 18th):
10:00am-12:00pm
Wednesday (November 19th):
10:00am-12:00pm
Thursday (November 20th):
10:00am-12:00pm
Friday (November 21st):
10:00am-12:00pm
Saturday (November 22nd):
9:00am-11:00am
Sunday (Collection Sunday):
During worship at 10:00am or 12:00pm-2:00pm
Monday (November 24th):
9:00am-11:00am