OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD LETTER!

Dear City Centre Church,

I’m contacting you on behalf of Samaritan’s Purse to express our sincere thanks for your congregation’s participation in the 2025 Operation Christmas Child shoebox campaign. Please forgive me if this email may be more appropriately addressed to someone else, but I did not want to miss the opportunity to share some exciting news about the involvement of churches like yours and the impact that simple shoebox gifts are having around the world! As a result of the partnerships of churches like yours, 458,968 shoebox gifts were collected and processed in Canada this past year! That’s 458,968 opportunities to share the Good News of Jesus with children around the world!   You will also be encouraged to know that, through the gifts collected in all shoebox sending countries, a total of more 12 million children will receive a gift, have the opportunity to hear the Gospel, and many will have the chance to connect with a local church for on-going follow up and discipleship through The Greatest Journey.  Every shoebox gift is a Gospel Opportunity. Through your service and your church’s involvement in this ministry, the impact of simple shoebox gifts is being felt around the globe. Please know the tremendous results of your investment of time and energy. It remains a great blessing to serve alongside you and we, as the OCC volunteer team, are here to support you in any way that we can. Please join with us as we continue to pray for the safe arrival of gifts and God’s blessing on the outreach events that are taking place. May He use these evangelism and discipleship resources to equip local churches to effectively reach children and families for Jesus Christ. I will look forward to keeping in touch with you and trust that involvement with Operation Christmas Child will continue to be a blessing to you and your church in the coming year. Sincerely,  Don BryantRegional Office Team VolunteerSamaritans Purse Canada20 Hopewell Way NE Calgary, AB T3J 5H5403-250-6566 ext. 86131-800-663-6500dbryant@samaritan.caSamaritansPurse.ca