I know where my operation Christmas child shoe box went but I don’t. The tracking tells you where the shoebox but with mine, it says something different. #shoebox

U.S. Volunteers Exceed Goal of Collecting Christmas Gifts for 12 Million Children. U.S. volunteers have collected enough gift-filled shoeboxes to reach more than 12 million children in need through the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child, but they are not resting on their success. Although local drop-off locations have closed for the season, there is still time to remind children overseas that God loves them.

Georgia Teen Gives Boyfriend a Filled in Journaling Bible. This teen gave her boyfriend this Bible because he wanted a Bible for Christmas. #JournalingBible #Bible #GeorgiaTeen

This is a church sign from Jefferson City where we must be like the innkeeper and decide if we have room for Jesus or are you the innkeeper that says … #RoomforJesus #ChurchSign #ChurchSigns #Christmas

Retail Chain Hobby Lobby Joins Effort to Make Christmas a Reality for 12 Million Children. “We are delighted to partner with Operation Christmas Child to help show God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world,” said David Green, founder and chief operating officer of Hobby Lobby. “This initiative will touch countless lives with a Christmas gift and the greatest gift of all—the good news of Jesus Christ.” #HobbyLobby #OperationChristmasChild #OCC

School Supplies for Operation Christmas Child, some U.S. families are shifting their focus from their own back-to-school checklists to helping children in Need Around the World. #occshoeboxes #ipackedashoebox #OperationChristmasChild

Dollywood & Silver Dollar City Make Memories with Shoeboxes. Herschend Family Entertainment Teams Up with World’s Largest Christmas Project to Share Joy with Children in Need Overseas.#Shoeboxes #Dollywood #SilverDollarCity #OperationChristmasChild

Operation Christmas Child Exceeds Collection Goal by collecting more than 8.7 million shoebox gifts—filled with fun toys, school supplies & hygiene items —for children in need around the world. #OperationChristmasChild #OCCconnect #OCC

In 2015 will have a Christmas Full Moon, a rare occurrence of a full moon on Christmas Day. Find out when the last one was and the next one will be. #ChristmasFullMoon

All Things Color Series: All Things Red. In this post I will talk about the color red and how it is mentioned in the Bible and what the color means. #Red

Coloring a popular adult hobby that has led to the Adult Coloring Book craze. Not to mention it is said that, “All types of coloring can stimulate a person’s creative juices while simultaneously strengthening his or her mental well-being.”

Oak Hills Baptist Church in Jefferson City, TN put on their church sign about you cannot spell Christmas without.

This is unbiased review of the Christmas CD by MercyMe It’s Christmas! I share my review and some info about this Christmas CD. #PizzaRanchMercyMe #MercyMe #PizzaRanch

Samaritan’s Purse and BGEA Among ‘Top 10 Charities Changing the World in 2016’ International Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association have been recognized as Top 10 Charities Changing the World in 2016. As part of a special project by CNBC, the two North Carolina nonprofit organizations were recognized for their work “both at home and abroad, all while maintaining top-notch financial management and transparency standards.”

Around 30 businesses, homes and churches in Townsend, TN are decorating Christmas with wooden crosses outlined in LED lights. “Christmas Crosses” #ChristmasCrosses #Townsend

One school in Paintville Kentucky in the Johnson County School system is cutting any Bible verses from the play, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. #CharlieBrownChristmas #Paintville #WRCastleElementary

2015 marks 50 years since A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired in 1965. This year it is called It’s your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown. I also liked the scene where Linus shares true meaning of Christmas. Notice what he does to his security blanket when he does! #CharlieBrown #CharlieBrownChristmas

Christmas is all about Jesus signs – Several pastors from Clarksville, TN area are wanting to everyone to know … These Tennessee pastors are putting up “Christmas is all about Jesus” signs, at least one in every county of the state of Tennessee.Tennessee has 95 counties. Plus these pastors wish this could go Nationwide too.

This is a music video with Ramona singing, “Mary Did You Know?”. This video is from Christmas Eve 2009 at Kure Beach First Baptist Church in Kure Beach, NC.

Patterson Post 2015, our 15th Issue of our family Christmas Newsletter, Patterson Post. This years edition is a Best of The Patterson Post. Check it out! #ChristmasNewsletter #PattersonPost