St Alban's Children Donate to Swazi School

During November, the children of St. Alban's, Spirit Lake, worked on Operation Christmas Child, led by parishioners Elizabeth Ward and Vera Schmidt. A program of Samaritan's Purse, Operation Christmas Child involves children in a simple mission project in which they provide gift-filled shoeboxes for children around the world.

PHOTO: The children of St. AlbansIn December, the church school continued the theme of helping children in other lands. They made rain sticks and learned African folk songs, which they sang during the service on December 18. They also dedicated their church school offering ($35) to help build a school for orphans in Mpaka, a village in the Swaziland lowveld.

Other churches or groups wishing to give to the Mpaka school, a joint project of the Dioceses of Iowa and Swaziland, should send donations to Christ Church, 220 40th Street NE, Cedar Rapids. Write the words "Mpaka school" in the subject line. For more information about the school-building project, contact Melody Rockwell.