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Historic White Marsh packs 721 shoeboxes

Ellie Muddiman carries a load of boxes.

With great joy, the congregation of Historic White Marsh Church on Sunday, November 13, carried 721 shoeboxes out of its new building, Victory Hall.

Each November, the church participates in Operation Christmas Child by packing shoebox gifts that are delivered to the children of some of the most isolated people on earth, reported Brenda Hall. For many of the children who receive them, it will be the first gift they have ever received in their lives.

“Along with the gift, we hope that our expression of God’s love will be felt….

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