{"id":25403,"date":"2024-10-26T12:18:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T01:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.canberra-ccc.org\/?p=25403"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:01:50","slug":"samaritan_purse_christmas_shoebox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.canberra-ccc.org\/zh\/samaritan_purse_christmas_shoebox\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreading Christmas Joy and Shoebox"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25403\" class=\"elementor elementor-25403\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c2c49a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c2c49a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00d16f4\" data-id=\"00d16f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec03276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec03276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Spreading Christmas Joy: Our Church Joins Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/strong><\/p><p>This Christmas season, our church family has been blessed to participate in Samaritan\u2019s Purse\u2019s <em>Operation Christmas Child<\/em>, a ministry dedicated to sharing God\u2019s love through gift-filled shoeboxes for children living in poverty around the world.<\/p><p>Over the past few weeks, our congregation has come together to pack shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, hygiene items, and heartfelt notes of encouragement. These simple yet thoughtful gifts are more than just presents\u2014they are tangible expressions of Christ\u2019s love, bringing hope and joy to children who may otherwise go without.<\/p><p>It has been truly inspiring to see the outpouring of generosity and creativity from our church members, from the youngest to the oldest. Families worked together to pack boxes, while volunteers prayed over each one, asking God to use these gifts to bless the children who receive them.<\/p><p>Through Samaritan\u2019s Purse, these shoeboxes will travel across borders to reach children in some of the most vulnerable communities. Alongside the gifts, each child will hear the message of the Gospel, reminding them that they are deeply loved by their Heavenly Father.<\/p><p>Thank you to everyone who donated items, packed boxes, and prayed for this initiative. Together, we are helping to share the joy of Christmas and the hope of Jesus Christ with children around the world.<\/p><p><strong>\u201cIt is more blessed to give than to receive.\u201d \u2013 Acts 20:35<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fdbd71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fdbd71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1b93c9\" data-id=\"d1b93c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-496e2ab gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"496e2ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spreading Christmas Joy: Our Church Joins Samaritan\u2019s Purse This Christmas season, our church family has been blessed to participate in Samaritan\u2019s Purse\u2019s Operation Christmas Child, a ministry dedicated to sharing God\u2019s love through gift-filled shoeboxes for children living in poverty around the world. 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