First Baptist Wellington carries on shoebox ministry
Kellyn Conner, daughter of Jordan and Tucker Conner, helped her grandmother, Wendy Langford, and Rosa Carter pack 50 shoeboxes for delivery to impoverished children around the globe through Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child ministry. Courtesy Photo
WELLINGTON – For almost a quarter of a century, the Christmas Shoebox Ministry at First Baptist Wellington continues its Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child project. The tradition began with the late Rubye Hodges, longtime Sunday school teacher and director of the GoodTime Singers.
For the 2024 project, Glenna Fourmentin constructed 50 dresses, 50 purses and 100 bracelets, explained Sharon …
