The Pfeifers in concert Oct. 19 for Operation Christmas Child
Courtesy of Maggi Horst
OCC South Central Ohio Media Team
The Pfeifers, a well-known Gospel Quartet from the area, will headline a benefit concert for Operation Christmas Child (OCC), a project of Samaritan’s Purse on Friday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Hillsboro Church of Christ.
The concert is hosted by the OCC South Central Ohio Area Team and the Church of Christ, located at155 W Walnut Street in Hillsboro. All donations will go to Operation Christmas Child.
The Pfeifers have a family tradition of a Gospel music ministry, the third generation sharing their faith and the message of the Gospel in song.
They travel the country in excess of 150 days each year, lifting their faith in churches, concert halls, auditoriums and arenas. Their desire is always to show compassion to others, and continually reach out to the lost.
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Not limited to travel, the Pfeifers (www.pfeifers.com) are in ministry in Washington Court House, weekly hosting a Bible study at The Gathering Place and celebrating worship every Sunday at the Washington High School Gymnasium.
Special guest for the evening will be Oksana Nelson, who will share her personal story as a young girl receiving a shoe box gift while living in a Russian orphanage.
The following year, she was adopted by an American family, which includes three adopted siblings. The first time her church packed shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, Oksana told her pastor she was once a recipient.
That launched the beginning of her speaking engagements in churches, groups, and schools. As the number of boxes continues to increase, Oksana sees her story making a difference in the hearts of her community and in the children receiving the shoe boxes.
Oksana currently lives in Nashville, Tenn., where she is studying to get her master's degree in accounting
The South Central Ohio Area Team is a core of dedicated volunteers from Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette and Highland counties working year round to further the project. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse (www.samaritanspurse.org).
Promotional material and shoe boxes will be available at the event.
For more information on the event or the Shoe Box Ministry project, contact Ed or Helen Hiestand at 937-393-2790.