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Operation Christmas Child
Keeping you up to date on what our ministries have been doing and what they are planning to do in 2025.
There is much to be thankful for.
Our Operation Christmas Child packing party is returning to the Simpson Room. We will gather at 10:00 am Sunday, September 29,
Our Operation Christmas Child packing party is returning to the Simpson Room for the first time since the pandemic forced changes. We will gather at 10:00 am on September 29th.
The Fellowship of the Cross youth are grateful for your support as we advance in our 14th OCC drive.
A tradition launched by Pastor Hannah has become one of the key dates in our annual Operation Christmas Child campaign.
As we moved through early Spring, through April and May, empty shoe boxes kept appearing. We found some in the collection boxes, and some on the ledge above the stairway. Happens every year.
Thanks for FOTC donations and a special birthday wish.
Thank you! And YES!!!
The Fellowship of the Cross would like to thank everyone who joined our chorus this year as we delivered 140 boxes for Jesus to share with His children.
We’re nearing the finish line for our 2023 Operation Christmas Child campaign.
The Fellowship of the Cross is hosting its annual Operation Christmas Child packing party on September 24 in the Sewickley UMC basement classrooms.
FOTC will continue to collect gifts through September and financial contributions through early November. Prayer is always welcome. We will provide an updated list of our needs later this month.
On July 16, Sewickley UMC will celebrate Christmas in July during both worship services. We will have a tree in the sanctuary and share some Christmas music. The Fellowship of the Cross is encouraging our church family to bring some Operation Christmas Child gifts to place beneath the tree.
As we step into June, we find 38 shoeboxes wrapped in bright Christmas paper sitting on a table in one of our basement classrooms.
Elizabeth Groff is the child we think of as we pack shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. She is the child who drives us to shop and share and pray through every OCC campaign.
Our 2023 Operation Christmas Child is accelerating into spring.
Thanks to our congregation from UWF, FotC, Pastor Russel, and Bill Utterback for our support of missions, Operation Christmas Child, the Building of Faith, and the Haunted House.
We have 100 empty shoeboxes wrapped in vibrant Christmas paper.