Each year, Samaritan’s Purse sends gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to children in need around the world together with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Come join us as we pack 150 shoebox gifts at our 2024 Packing Party!

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The FFWBC family welcomes all our friends and neighbors in the Town of Sutton to join us in this important and worthwhile ministry that sends Good News and Great Joy to children in over 100 countries.

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Packing Party
Saturday, November 16
9am to 12pm
First Free Will Baptist Church, North Sutton (next to the Follansbee Inn)


Last year, Samaritan’s Purse distributed 11.3 million shoeboxes. And since its inception in 1993, 220 million shoebox gifts have been delivered, over 170 countries and territories reached, and 25 million decisions made for Jesus Christ! As Franklin Graham often says, “A single shoebox can impact a multitude of lives”.
If you would like to pack your own shoebox, visit ​www.samaritanspurse.org/occ​​​ and click on “Pack a Shoebox”. You can drop off your shoebox at First Free Will Baptist Church during National Collection Week, Nov. 18–25, 2024. The hours that we will be open are listed in the next section below.
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New this year, First Free Will Baptist Church will be a drop-off location for the Kearsarge area during National Collection Week! We are one of eight drop-off locations in the Operation Christmas Child Southwest NH Region.
Kearsarge area churches, school groups, and other community organizations that participate in OCC will be able to drop off their shoeboxes at FFWBC during the following days and hours:
  • Monday 11/18     10am-1pm
  • Tuesday 11/19     4pm-7pm
  • Wednesday 11/20     12pm-3pm
  • Thursday 11/21     9am-11am
  • Friday 11/22          4pm-7pm
  • Saturday 11/23     9am-1pm
  • Sunday 11/24     1pm-4pm
  • Monday 11/25     10am-12pm

FFWBC is located at 1533 NH-114, North Sutton, NH. We are located right next to the Follansbee Inn, across from Kezar Lake. There will be signage outside the church to help direct you to the entry door.
  • 1533 NH-114, North Sutton, NH, USA
  • PO Box 51