14 Oct Shiloh Church: 800 Shoeboxes for Samaritan’s Purse

The little Shiloh Church in Tiverton, Ontario, has outdone itself again This congregation, with an average attendance of 26, provided nearly 800 shoeboxes for the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child.

Board Chair Donna Doern writes:

At Shiloh UB church, we start working on our shoeboxes during the summer. We filled 33 cartons, which is 792 boxes. We had enough money to pay for 518 boxes, but still needed more funds to make that happen.

Some people wondered, of course, why we wouldn’t do 800 boxes. Again, that would be more funds.

We decided to have a “Black and White” roast beef dinner on a Saturday evening. The decor was all black and white, and we asked people to wear black and white. We also showed old black and white show clips–Red Skelton, Lucy, Abbot and Costello, etc. Sixty people attended

We needed $1,904 to send our 792 boxes and 1,960 to send 800. We had a profit of $3,700. We were totally blown away, and certainly know that God’s hand was in this project.

Pastor Bob Cotie brought the house down with his newly acquired wardrobe, coming dressed as a Holstein cow.