Greetings,
Church Family!
We are less than two weeks away from the start of National Collection Week for Operation Christmas
Child (November 14th-21st). With upheaval in our world locally and
globally, children are in need more than ever to hear the Good News and
experience the Great Joy of Jesus Christ...and, if you feel called, you can be
a part of that global effort right here in St. Mary's County.
If you are
interested in helping as we undertake our fourth year as a Drop-Off location at
Pax Pres, please keep reading!
Our Schedule
Please let me know if you (or your youth/teens) are available to help during any of the following shifts:
Monday, November
14th – 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Tuesday,
November 15th – 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Wednesday,
November 16th – 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Thursday,
November 17th – 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Friday, November
18th – 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Saturday,
November 19th – 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Sunday, November
20th – 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Monday, November
21st - 8:30-10:30 a.m. (UHaul Driver: Robert Hardin)
Some of you have
already let me know your availability and I have you on the schedule. Once the
schedule is filled, I'll send it out, along with more specific information and
this year's game plan.
How can you help?
The ultimate goal of the Drop-Off is
to collect, count, and carton shoeboxes from community donors, while
thoughtfully engaging every visitor in a transformational manner. For each
shift, we need greeters, paperwork-ers, and cartoners. Some shifts are
very quiet and some are pure mayhem, but your willingness to serve during both
the calm and the chaos is much appreciated.
Who can volunteer?
ANYONE - youth helpers to seniors!
Supervised youth of any age can be of service alongside a parent, but youth
should be 13 or older to serve without a parent. Service hour letters will be
provided for our middle and high school volunteers. For our more
"seasoned" volunteers, we have less physically demanding jobs for you
and would love to have your help, experience, and company.
Friends, last year was simply
amazing. We had 29 volunteers put in 146.5 hours of time at our Drop-Off,
where we handled 2,352 shoeboxes. That's 2,532 gospel opportunities
starting on their journey from our back door! I'm excited to work with you
and to watch God work through Patuxent Presbyterian Church during National
Collection Week!
Susan McKinley
Drop-Off Team Leader
Operation Christmas Child Southern
Maryland Area Team
Contact: churchoffice@paxpres.org
“Let
the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,
for
the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”
- Mark 10:14
