Operation Christmas Child
"Operation Christmas Child" is celebrating its birthday! Over the past 30 years, millions of Christmas shoeboxes have been distributed in crisis zones, Eastern Europe, Africa, and South America. In the 2026 season, we want to bring joy to children's eyes once again with lovingly filled shoeboxes and give children in need a special Christmas treat. Enjoy watching this video !
Would you like to support the 2026 Christmas campaign? Then you can:
Pack your own shoe box
Pack a shoe box online
support the fundraising campaign for our packing party
Contribute in-kind donations
Join us with your kindergarten / school / company
Blog stories about the Destiny Church
(from Samaritan's Purse)
On the Samaritan's Purse website you will find several articles about our involvement as a church in recent years, but also personal stories from Krisme and Jeanette, who themselves came into contact with "Christmas in a Shoebox" as children and are now with us in Destiny Church.
Impressions from Destiny Church
Box stop
On the Sunday of the collection week, Destiny Church holds a "box stop." All the collected shoe boxes are brought to the church service to pray for the transport, the recipient child, and their family. Afterward, the boxes are sent on their way.
Christmas On The Street
For two days just before the delivery week, we celebrate "Christmas On The Street." We go into town, hand out balloons to the children and flyers to the parents, and promote "Operation Christmas Child." One woman was so enthusiastic that she took 28!!! empty boxes and returned them to us a few days later, overflowing with boxes!
Packparty
Thanks to a fundraising campaign launched through Betterplace and the support of many companies and individuals, we were able to fill 250 shoeboxes with wonderful gifts. Our vision is to pack even more shoeboxes this year – but we need your support to do it. Feel free to watch the video to get a glimpse of what we're doing.
We will soon link our fundraising campaign for 2026 here:
"You donate - We pack!"
By the way...
In 2023, the Langmeier shoe store donated 280 pairs of brand-new children's shoes as they were closing their children's department. In 2024, a company from Rosenheim published an article about "Operation Christmas Child" and sent it to business partners and customers. In 2025, several companies donated, allowing us to pack an additional 250 shoeboxes at our packing party in the space provided by Duschl Ingenieure. What we achieve in 2026 is also in your hands...
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2023: 170 shoe boxes
2024: 413 shoe boxes
2025: 640 shoe boxes