First Baptist Wellington shoebox tradition inspires multigeneration
Three generations, including Jordan Conner, Wendy Langford and Kellyn Conner, prepare to transport 100 shoeboxes packed by the Wellington First Baptist Church congregation for delivery around the globe to impoverished children by Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child ministry. Courtesy Photo
WELLINGTON – For more than a quarter of a century, the Christmas Shoebox Ministry at First Baptist Wellington carries on its Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child tradition, inspiring even the young to play a role in the project.
Four-year-old Kellyn Conner even helped pack the boxes.
“She was in charge of folding the soaps up inside the washcloths to place in the boxes,” said her mother, Jord…
