Centenary supports shoesbox project
Members of the Centenary Corps with their Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes.
The Centenary Corps in Brisbane hosted its first Operation Christmas Child shoebox drop-off on Sunday 26 October.
An initiative of international Christian relief organisation Samaritan’s Purse, the shoebox drop-off was part of Centenary's quarterly “Service Sunday” events when community service projects replace meetings for that day.
Families from across the Centenary region, made up of 10 suburbs in Brisbane's south, dropped off 75 shoeboxes, filled with small gifts for children, between 10am and 2pm.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of shoeboxes are collected all over Australia and distributed throughout south-east Asia and the South Pacific.
The corps hosted various activities as part of the event, including a barbecue, face painting, coffee and children’s activities.
“Our corps wanted to engage with and serve the community as well as support an overseas mission for children as we approached Christmas,” said Captain Derek Whitehouse, Centenary Corps Officer. “Partnering with Operation Christmas Child gave us an opportunity to do both.”
Captain Whitehouse said he was pleased with the corps' response and planned to build on it next year.
“We will continue to promote OCC in our community through churches, school chaplains, banners and Facebook, and we will advertise on our website again.
“At our next Service Sunday, which will be the community Christmas carols on 7 December, we will thank the community for their donations and support and update them on how many boxes were collected.
“Our Service Sundays are going well and we are looking at increasing them next year. They offer a different way to worship.”
For more information, visit operationchristmaschild.org.au
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