Christmas in July is one of our key dates in our annual Operation Christmas Child campaign. This year, we will celebrate in both services on July 20th. There will be a Christmas tree in the sanctuary. We will sing at least one Christmas carol. And there will be room under the tree for your OCC contributions. July is when many vendors have sale prices on school supplies that we include in each of our boxes. We need pencils, pencil sharpeners, pens, crayons, colored pencils, rulers (with metric edges), notebooks, erasers, and glue sticks. We are also accepting wearables (socks, shirts, hats, etc.), toys, dolls, balls, children’s jewelry, hair accessories, puzzles, and games. Everything must fit into a shoe box. Collections continue thru September. Boxes are available outside the office and in the Narthex.