OCEAN PINES–The congregation of Community Church at Ocean Pines will participate in Operation Christmas Child, a program sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse.
Those who wish to participate will receive a shoe box and instructions on how to fill it with small items for a child. They will choose the gender and age of the child who will receive the box and contribute a small amount to cover shipping. Operation Christmas Child will insert Christian literature in the language of the country that will receive the boxes.
Boxes will be shipped to more than 20 countries around the world during the Christmas season.  Community Church is participating in this outreach program during July and will donate the shoe boxes to Samaritan’s Purse to be shipped for Christmas delivery.  
In the past 20 years, more than 100 million shoe boxes have been sent to children. Most of the recipients have never received a gift of any kind and have very little to call their own.  
For more information about Operation Christmas Child, visit samaritanspurse.org/occ.  
To learn more about the program at Community Church, call Louise Lassiter at 410-430-0284.