Two Tuesdays ago, I taught on Deborah and we learned about the powerful anointing women have through influence. During that time this scripture resonated in my spirit;
“When leaders lead in Israel, when the people willingly offer themselves. Bless the Lord!” Judges 5:2
I knew immediately that the Lord was preparing me to join with another ministry to serve Him in some venue. Several days later, that very opportunity came to light. Eva Jester from MOPS asked if Women’s Bible Study would like to partner with them to take part in an outreach called “Operation Christmas Child”. I knew that this was the very thing that God was nudging me in the spirit to do. Needless to say I responded with a resounding “YES!” Not only did I know that it was God’s will for this ministry but I knew that you ladies would be all over it. Your hearts are so tender and open to the needs of others and you are just looking for ways to show it.
Below are the details on how to participate in that project but I want to encourage as many of you who can to be part of what the Lord is doing. God could easily deposit a huge amount of money from one benefactor to fulfill this outreach but instead He chooses to work through individuals. I believe He gives us the privilege to partner with His heart as we step outside of ourselves to help others in need. There are many ways that the Lord chooses to bless our lives as we give of ourselves but nothing can compare with feeling and acting the way Jesus would and walking in his shoes.
Let’s bless the Lord with an outpouring of the love that we have in him by blessing a child who might never receive this kind of thing. We take so many things for granted in this part of world. If you can’t afford a box on your own perhaps you could split a box with one or two other women or donate some items separately. Maybe right now you aren't able to help financially so how about offering your time to pack the boxes or to help deliver them to the collection sight (details below). Whatever you can contribute is a blessing of love. This is a great opportunity to bring hope to those without hope and point them to the savior and I can guarantee that you will be blessed by it.
Deborah used her influence to rally the Israelite armies to fight on behalf of the oppressed. Let’s be like Deborah and use our influence to bring hope to as many children as we can. Amen?
Here are the details….
The outreach will be “Pack a Shoe Box” for Operation Christmas Child or OCC. Last year the MOPS group intended to pack 10 boxes and had enough stuff to pack 15 to 16 boxes. We have 100 boxes all ready to be filled (please let Eva know how many boxes you would need). To find out more info about Operation Christmas Child, please go to www.samaritanspurse.org/occ. There are several ways that you can get involved in this outreach and they are as follows:
1. Donate items to pack in the shoe boxes – find instructions and suggested gift items @ http://www.samaritanspurse.org/pdf/PackABoxwithLabels.pdf. Please note that the items do not have to be expensive and can even be purchased from the dollar store.
2. Join MOPS group for packing party on Friday, Nov. 18th at 11 am
3. Pack your own shoe boxes and deliver to church between Nov. 14 and Nov. 21 (boxes will be delivered to local church first thing on Monday, Nov. 21)
4. Donate $7 per box to cover shipping costs
5. Donate additional $6 per box to equip each child to become involved in “The Greatest Journey” 12 lesson Discipleship Program or equip a whole class for $90 (provides materials for 15 participants and teacher). To find out more info, click http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/GreatestJourney/index/
6. Help load up and deliver shoe boxes to local church in Colts Neck on Monday, Nov. 21. We would meet at MWC at 10 am. Please let Eva know if you will be able to help with this.
If you have any questions about this outreach, please contact Eva Jester at ejester@optonline.net or feel free to give her a call at home. Please note that all monetary donations would need to be made to the church. If you are writing a check to cover the costs of shipping or the additional $6, please make the check payable to Monmouth Worship Center and put “MOPS – OCC” in the memo field.
Hope you can participate in this great outreach!
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