Operation CHRISTmas Child

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭'𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 - 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮!

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We are deeply grateful for everyone who helped make this year's 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 project a success at Our Savior Lutheran Church of Platte City and Smithville!

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𝐀 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨:

𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐭 & 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐦, who began this annual ministry in our church several years ago.

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𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐭 (𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐖𝐌𝐋 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭), 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐎𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, & 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 to accomplish this annual endeavor. Darcy Oetting initiated the Pack-a-Shoebox four years ago.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬⁣) 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐬 for children around the world.

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Everyone who gave donations in 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. Your gifts help provided not only items but also the funds needed for 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠/𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐬.⁣

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𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬,⁣⁣ for writing the precious 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬⁣

placed in each recipient's shoebox.

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We thank the LORD God for all who joined together in this mission to share His love through these gifts and the message of Jesus Christ around the world.