{"title": "Operation Christmas Child", "start": "2026-11-15T00:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Church of Christ", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["occasion/christmas", "religion/christian"], "description": "Operation Christmas Child is a shoebox ministry event at the Church of Christ. The church invites people to share the love of Christ with children around the world by filling shoeboxes with gifts and supplies. You can pick up a box at church, pack one at home, or join a Shoebox Packing Party during the church's Thanksgiving Luncheon. Filled boxes are returned to the church or dropped off at a designated collection location for delivery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/operation-christmas-child-107902/", "official_url": "https://christchurchnyc.com/events/operation-christmas-child-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b528d898e8e2f0c36ca350beded71aa4da70b8c1ca716a6b2691f5b2fe945e28-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-15T00:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Church of Christ", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Operation Christmas Child: Collection Week", "start": "2026-11-16T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-23T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Bethany Lutheran Brethren Church", "address": "Westcott Boulevard 233, 10314", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "worship", "tags": ["occasion/christmas", "religion/christian"], "description": "Operation Christmas Child: Collection Week is a shoebox drop-off at Bethany Lutheran Brethren Church, where people can bring packed shoeboxes for children around the world. Bethany Lutheran Brethren Church serves as an official drop-off location for the collection, and every shoebox is presented as a chance to share the love of Jesus and bring joy and hope to a child. The drop-off on this day runs from 2:00 to 4:30 PM.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/operation-christmas-child-collection-week-51333/", "official_url": "https://bethanychurchsiny.org/events/2026/11/16/operation-christmas-child-collection-week", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6765647e7c893ece4d10ad87b8d5c279151bdcf7c7b1680f8a85e9c207de77f3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bethany Kids & Youth: OCC Packing Party", "start": "2026-11-16T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-16T19:30:00-05:00", "place": "Bethany Lutheran Brethren Church", "address": "Westcott Boulevard 233, 10314", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["occasion/christmas", "religion/christian"], "description": "Bethany Kids & Youth: OCC Packing Party is an evening where children and youth pack Christmas shoeboxes together. 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Those who cannot attend in person are told there will be more chances ahead to serve the community.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/packing-party-88430/", "official_url": "https://subspla.sh/t8y7myx", "image": "https://noky.io/images/852b519827a2454a59c43c2a9abfe24ce25d96b7daa1f5758a29c58f9ebc9ad8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Christmas Craft Party", "start": "2026-11-15T12:15:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-15T13:30:00-05:00", "place": "St. John - St. Matthew-Emanuel Lutheran Church", "address": "283 Prospect Ave, 11215 Brooklyn, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts", "occasion/christmas"], "description": "Christmas Craft Party, a community event at St. John - St. Matthew - Emanuel Lutheran Church. The church hosts this Christmas-tagged gathering, where people come together to make crafts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/christmas-craft-party-56106/", "official_url": "https://www.stjme.org/events/christmas-craft-party-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e77e377bd4f22a3f65183439c2d5bb73980968760d4ba9f3c68ee82310eff7c0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Letter Writing Ministry", "start": "2026-11-15T12:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Madison Avenue Baptist Church", "address": "Madison Avenue 129, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/christian", "community"], "description": "Letter Writing Ministry is a gathering where participants write letters or draw pictures to reach out to others. It is hosted by Madison Avenue Baptist Church and takes place every third Sunday of the month after service. The church invites all children and their humans as well as everyone in the congregation to join. Letters and drawings are meant for members in the church directory and those on its prayer list.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/letter-writing-ministry-53692/", "official_url": "https://mabcnyc.org/events/letter-writing-ministry-11-15-26/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9a409d2e16c626e7357a9f0fd9d8ed3d024b55bcbbf51e1d93fae30a9db1b715-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Build-a-Thanksgiving Bag", "start": "2026-11-08T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T13:30:00-05:00", "place": "Marble Collegiate Church", "address": "1 West 29th Street, 10001 New York, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering", "occasion/thanksgiving"], "description": "Take time to give back by building 293 Thanksgiving Bags. 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Volunteers, bakers for the cafe and donors of treasures are welcome to contact Elana or Kristin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/grace-christmas-fair-79215/", "official_url": "https://gracechurchnyc.org/event/grace-christmas-fair-2/2026-11-07/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Christmas Fair", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "New Dorp Moravian Church", "address": "2205 Richmond Rd, Staten Island, NY, 10306, United States", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "markets", "tags": ["occasion/christmas"], "description": "The Christmas Fair is a holiday fair welcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas, with thirty-six vendors and a cafe serving breakfast and lunch. It is held by New Dorp Moravian Church and offers Thanksgiving and Christmas crafts, food, jewelry, handmade soaps, woodcrafts, toys, quilted and crocheted items, and raffles. All are welcome to come with an appetite and an eye for wonderful surprises for themselves and their loved ones.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/christmas-fair-106765/", "official_url": "https://www.newdorpmoravian.org/event/christmas-fair/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cb1aafe580f058d227fec74c2f563b4051bef5bde694c887a1fe144842ec9662-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Child Dedication", "start": "2026-11-15T00:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Times Square Church", "address": "West 51st Street 237, 10019 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "Child Dedication is a celebration of the blessing God has given through a new baby and an acknowledgment that God is the ultimate father over every child. Families dedicate their child to declare thankfulness for the gift and promise to raise the baby in the word of God. It is not the same as water baptism, which the church believes is an ordinance and an outward expression of an inward decision to follow Christ. Both in-person and online registration are offered.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/child-dedication-57033/", "official_url": "https://tsc.nyc/events/child-dedication-nov-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b00a4cc6e8b0061c17f92e90c2cf50517844a489db21e8556bc6766525458431-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Warmly Wrapped: Winter Coat Distribution Day", "start": "2026-11-17T10:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church", "address": "West 55th Street 7, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "markets", "tags": [], "description": "Warmly Wrapped is an annual winter coat and clothing distribution event for the city's vulnerable neighbors. It is run by the Ecumenical Outreach Partnership, bringing together the staff and clergy of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and members of St. Patrick's Cathedral and St. Thomas Church. Volunteers cover two shifts and are needed to welcome guests with holiday hospitality as the holiday season approaches. It is the first of three planned volunteer events.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/warmly-wrapped-winter-coat-distribution-day-79204/", "official_url": "https://www.fapc.org/event/warmly-wrapped", "image": ""}]}