GCS takes on Operation Christmas Child

By Lisa Baker –

Novem­ber 12–19 was Oper­a­tion Christ­mas Child National Col­lec­tion Week. Gilead Chris­t­ian School North Cam­pus is a Relay Cen­ter for Samar­i­tans Purse. Over the last 12 years our doors have been open to col­lect shoe boxes. Vol­un­teers step up to greet the won­der­ful peo­ple that are drop­ping shoe boxes off. The vol­un­teers help unload the boxes, pray over them, and pack them into the final ship­ping boxes.

GCS North Cam­pus staff & stu­dents pray over the shoe boxes.

On Novem­ber 19th all the shoe boxes in Cen­tral Ohio will go to the OCC Col­lec­tion Cen­ter in Bran­don, Ohio. After the boxes leave there they will be trans­ported to one of the 7 Pro­cess­ing Cen­ters in the USA. Our boxes will be shipped to Char­lotte, North Car­olina. There the boxes will go through final inspec­tions and will be cov­ered by lots of prayer before they are shipped overseas.

This year GCS north & south cam­pus fam­i­lies were able to send 56 boxes!! GCS, as a Relay Cen­ter, col­lected a total of 799 shoe boxes for the week! This year marks the 100 mil­lionth shoe box that will be deliv­ered since 1993 by Samar­i­tans Purse. Wow!!! God is so good! Just think, 100 mil­lion children/families have now heard about Jesus and the love He has for them—and it’s all been done one shoe box at a time.

At left, GCS Kinder­gart­ners prayed over the items they brought to fill their shoe boxes. At right, Lisa Baker-OCC Relay Cen­ter Coor­di­na­tor /GCS Admin­is­tra­tive Assis­tant finds a quiet spot in the mid­dle of the OCC ship­ping boxes.

At left, GCS stu­dents were excited about the Son­shine Express deliv­er­ing the shoe boxes to Bran­don, Ohio. At right, Vol­un­teers & GCS staff unloaded shoe boxes brought in by At His Feet Chris­t­ian Center.

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