The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world, by providing ministry partners with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Each child/family that receives a shoebox gift from Operation Christmas Child also hears the Gospel message. These gifts bring hope to those that receive them.
National Collection Week Drop Off Hours:
- Monday, November 13: 9-11am
- Tuesday, November 14: 12-2pm
- Wednesday, November 15: 9-11am
- Thursday, November 16: 9-11am
- Friday, November 17: 3-6pm with KTIS
- Saturday, November 18: 9-11am
- Sunday, November 19: 12-3pm
- Monday, November 20: 9am - 12pm
Prairie Hill serves as an OCC Drop-Off location each year by providing a place for families, individuals, and churches to drop-off their packed shoeboxes. Prairie Hill collects, counts, and transports shoeboxes to the Central Drop-Off location which loads cartons onto semi-trucks and delivers them to the Processing Center. The Center processes each shoebox and packs them into shipping containers for delivery to ministry partners around the world.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10