Samaritan's Purse - International Relief

Meeting critical needs of victims of war, poverty, famine, disease,
and natural disaster while sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Friday 4 July

Operation Christmas Child

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What is OCC?
Watch the Video
Campaign Dates
Gift Ideas
How to Pack Your Box
Order Promotional Material
Track Your Order
Where to Take Your Boxes
Ideas for Churches
Shoe Box Sunday Celebration
Ideas for Schools
Knitting for OCC
Volunteering for OCC
Where do Boxes go?
Stories
Partners

Shoe Box Sunday Celebration

Below you will find the Shoe Box Sunday resources we developed in 2005 and 2006. Click on the resource name to download it.

Resource	Description	Year produced
Talk	This talk is based on the Good Samaritan - Luke 10:25-37.	2006
Stories from Kyrgyzstan (pdf)	Stories from the 2005 shoe box distribution in Kyrgyzstan.	2006
Prayers (pdf)	Shoe box prayers	2006
Scriptures (pdf)	Acts 20:35, Luke 10:30-37 and Matthew 25:31-46.	2006
Wordsearch	2 wordsearches: The 1st based on the contents of a shoe box and the 2nd based on some of the countries the boxes are sent to.	2006
Wrap 'n' pack (pdf)	The aim of the game is to wrap and fill a good quality shoe box with suitable items for a child in need in the shortest possible time. The first team to have an approved shoe box ready is the winner.	2006
Warm up activity (pdf)	A game that involves hiding shoe boxes around the church for the congregation to find. It can be used at the start of the shoe box service.	2006
Big Wordsearch (pdf)	A shoe box wordsearch.	2006
Big Wordsearch (solution)	The answers to the shoe box wordsearch.	2006

Shoe Box Sunday overview	This page is the same as the overview page, and is in Word format for you to download and save on your computer.	2005
Event template 1 - all-age service style	This event template has a suggested order of service for an all age style church service. Pick and mix from ideas listed in the programme, hopefully this will give you the inspiration to get started.	2005
Event template 2 - concert style	This event template has a suggested order of service for a less ‘churchy', concert style service. Pick and mix from the content any way you like.	2005
All age talk	This talk could be adapted for a possible all age talk/sermon on your Shoe Box Sunday.	2005
Prayers and liturgy document	Call to worship, Gospel reading, liturgy and prayers that will fit well in the service.	2005
"Christmas in Mozambique" Sketch document	To illustrate the meaning and joy that a simple shoe box gift brings to a child in Africa.	2005
Mozambique presentation slides	The powerpoint slide show is part of the sketch or could be used on its own, apart from the sketch. Please note that this file is zipped and needs to be unzipped. To find out how to do this see the bottom of this page.	2005

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To unzip a file:
Click on the link you want to view
Select save
Save the document in one of your folders
Right click on the folder
Select "Extract file"
Click on the "Next" buttons as instructed.
Both the powerpoint presentation and music need to be in one folder in order for the music to work with the slides. This will happen automatically as you unzip the file.