Operation Christmas Child Collection Week At First Baptist Bratt, Grace Fellowship Atmore

November 16, 2015

Volunteers be busy this week at the First Baptist Church of Bratt and Grace Fellowship in Atmore during “National Collection Week” for Operation Christmas Child. For the 22nd year, the simple, gift-filled shoe boxes will bring Christmas joy and evangelistic materials to children in over 130 countries across the world.

National Collection Week for OCC is November 16-23. The First Baptist  Church of Bratt will be the official OCC Relay Center for the north end of Escambia County, FL, while Grace Fellowship will collect boxes in Escambia County, AL.

“This is not about the FBC of Bratt”, says Student Pastor Tim Hawsey, Relay Center coordinator. “This is about being a blessing and bringing God’s love and hope to children in poverty around the world that would not receive it otherwise.  We have gone through the intense process of been approved as a church to be a Relay Center to collect the boxes from individuals, families, and churches of our area, document and pack them into special cartons and take them to the next level for Samaritan’s Purse, and we have been blessed to do it for six years now.”

Collection hours at the First Baptist Church of Bratt will be:

  • Monday, Nov. 16 – Friday, Nov. 20: 8 a.m. – noon, 4-6 p.m.
  • Saturday, Nov. 21: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
  • Sunday, Nov. 22: 9 a.m. – noon, 4-7 p.m.
  • Monday, Nov. 23: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Collection hours at Grace Fellowship in Atmore will be:

  • Monday, Nov. 16:  1-4 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Nov. 17: 1-4 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Nov. 18: 5 – 8 p.m. (packing party)
  • Thursday, Nov. 19:  1-4 p.m.
  • Friday, Nov. 20: 1-4 p.m.
  • Saturday, Nov. 20: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
  • Sunday, Nov. 22: Noon-3p.m.
  • Monday, Nov. 23: 8-9a.m.

Operation Christmas Child boxes should be packed in a specific manner, and there are changes this year. For more information, call Hawsey at the First Baptist Church of Bratt at (850) 327-6529, visit www.samaritanspurse.org/occ, or call (800) 353-5949. Resources are available for churches that wish to participate.

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