{"id":1897,"date":"2022-10-10T12:56:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T16:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=1897"},"modified":"2022-10-10T12:56:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T16:56:57","slug":"operation-christmas-child-2022","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/portfolio\/operation-christmas-child-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Christmas Child 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all,<\/p>\n<p>Once again we, as a church, will be participating in Operation Christmas Child (OCC), a mission of Samaritan\u2019s Purse Canada (SPC).<\/p>\n<p>We understand that things have been difficult during this COVID-19 pandemic period, and participation is <strong>entirely voluntary<\/strong> &amp; any giving is beyond our St. Hilda\u2019s tithes.<\/p>\n<p>Briefly put, through this mission, it is our desire is to bless children around the world by a packing a shoebox with gifts &amp; opening the door for children to hear about God\u2019s greatest gift \u2013Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>If you do want to participate, there are two options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buying &amp; packing items in a physical shoebox. For this option, we have shoeboxes from previous years &amp; have downloaded packing information. Please contact us &amp; we will get them to you. Here is a link to info on how to pack a shoebox: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.ca\/pack-a-shoebox\/\">https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.ca\/pack-a-shoebox\/<\/a> . Note: a minimum $10 donation is requested with each shoebox. Donations of $20 or more will be tax-receipted by SPC . You may donate online or include a donation in your shoebox. Cheques are payable to Samaritan\u2019s Purse Canada. Again, please contact us if you need materials or help. Also, if requested, we will arrange to pick-up any shoeboxes &amp; deliver them to a collection centre for you. \u00a0National Collection Week is Nov. 14-20, 2022. <strong>Please bring your shoeboxes in by Sunday Nov. 13, 2022.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Packing a shoebox online. For this option, you can choose between a) SPC filling a box online for you ($40, Optional $6 to Support the Greatest Journey program) or b) selecting an age group, boy\/girl, adding up to 2 optional items ($40, optional items $2-4ea, $6 option to support the Greatest Journey program). Note that for packing a shoebox online, the $10 donation is included): <a href=\"https:\/\/packabox.samaritanspurse.ca\/\">https:\/\/packabox.samaritanspurse.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joan &amp; I will be serving as St. Hilda\u2019s OCC ambassadors; please contact us if you need any information or materials.<\/p>\n<p>Thx &amp; blessings,<\/p>\n<p>Bob &amp; Joan Towarnicki<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cLet the Little Children Come to Me\u201d\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGlTr1_oezQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all, Once again we, as a church, will be participating in Operation Christmas Child (OCC), a mission of Samaritan\u2019s Purse Canada (SPC). We understand that things have been difficult during this COVID-19 pandemic period, and participation is entirely voluntary &amp; any giving is beyond our St. Hilda\u2019s tithes. Briefly put, through this mission, it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/portfolio\/operation-christmas-child-2022\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Operation Christmas Child 2022<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"jetpack-portfolio-type":[],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1897","jetpack-portfolio","type-jetpack-portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/1897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1900,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/1897\/revisions\/1900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}