Jacksonville

Jacksonville:
relay center for
Operation Christmas Child

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina—For the third year, Jacksonville members participated in Operation Christmas Child, in which shoe boxes filled with toys, toilet articles, pencils, crayons and a Bible story book are sent to children worldwide in war-torn lands and in places where disease and starvation are prevalent.

The Jacksonville congregation is a relay collection center for their region. Mary Lynne Walton, church secretary, works in coordination with Samaritan’s Purse headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. This year the congregation collected 2,700 shoe boxes from churches in Jacksonville and other parts of the region.

Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, was host for a media event in Charlotte. Mary Lynne Walton was unable to attend, so Pastor Charles Marino and his wife, Dixie, attended.

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Pastor Charles Marino (left)
with Franklin Graham.

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