05/23/2026
Good afternoon,
Please see the following information about our Full Circle Speaker coming to Blythe Creek Baptist Church on Saturday, June 13th @ 5:30pm. We would love for you to bring your church with you. Anyone who packs a shoebox, your youth, and/or your children's groups. Bring friends, family or anyone who needs to hear the power of the gospel. We are excited and can't wait to see you there. What a blessing it would be to have a full house to hear his testimony.
Please see the link below to register, but please know it is not required but preferred. If you don't register, come anyway. We want you join us in this experience.
NEW EVENTS ADDED!
We have exciting news! You have the opportunity to hear the testimony of an
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox recipient IN PERSON!
Alex, survivor of the Rwandan genocide, is coming to Alabama and Mississippi in June.
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In addition to hearing Alex’s powerful story, we will be celebrating what God has done through the ministry of Operation Christmas Child over the past year. We encourage you to invite your church or packing group, family and friends!
BONUS: Bring your pastor, and receive a personalized video from a shoebox recipient for your church!
We’re thrilled to present these exciting events near you!
Click Here to register for free!
Thursday, June 11, 4:00 PM
Russellville First Baptist Church
213 N Jackson Ave
Russellville, AL 35653
Thursday, June 11, 6:30 PM
First Baptist Church Red Bay
408 4th Ave SE
Red Bay, AL 35582
Friday, June 12, 9:00 AM
Harrisburg Baptist Church - Lodge
4675 Cliff Gookin Blvd
Tupelo, MS 38801
Friday, June 12, 12:00 PM
Pinecrest Baptist Church
313 Pinecrest Rd
Corinth, MS 38834
*Lunch will be provided
Friday, June 12, 6:30 PM
Iuka Baptist Church
Activities Building
105 W Eastport St
Iuka, MS 38852
Saturday, June 13, 9:00 AM
Meadowood Baptist Church
1512 Hatley Rd
Amory, MS 38821
Saturday, June 13, 12:00 PM
By Faith Baptist Church
2220 Hwy 15 North
Pontotoc, MS 38863
*Lunch will be provided
Saturday, June 13, 5:30 PM
Blythe Creek Baptist Church
261 Blythe Creek Rd
Mathiston, MS 39752
Click Here to register
Here is a small snippet of Alex’s amazing story:
Growing up in the midst of an unstable Rwandan government, Alex experienced firsthand the travesties of his nation’s genocide. At the height of tribal unrest, the genocide claimed the lives of his caregivers. Fleeing for his life, Alex escaped gunmen and eventually ended up in an orphanage that was his home for the next several years.
He received a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child one year after arriving at the orphanage and remembers being so excited to have a gift to call his own. The shoebox gift sowed seeds of hope and love that he desperately needed. He realized that God had a specific plan for his life. Alex now serves with Operation Christmas Child, paying forward the hope and love he received through a shoebox gift.
To find out more about how God protected and intervened in his life after surviving the Rwandan genocide, please join us for one of these events! We look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
Nancy Wilson
Operation Christmas Child
Columbus Area Team
Area Coordin