Barry Malphrus Area Coordinator Lowcountry, SC.
"I recently had the privilege to help with a shoe-box distribution in the Dominican Republic. The joy and hope that the boxes brought to those children will be with me for a lifetime. I have witnessed the difference you can make with each shoe-box that you pack for some of the poorest children in the world." -Barry Malphrus
The Area Coordinator is the leader and chief spokesman of Operation Christmas Child in a specific geographic area.
Barry Malphrus
Area Coordinator
in Dominican Republic
The Area Coordinator promotes the program generally and recruits volunteer team leaders and other participants to assist with implementing specific activities, including church relations,prayer, and promotion.
Barry Malphrus is the Area Coordinator for the lowcountry team SC, which consists of Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties. You can e-mail Barry Malphrus with any questions. Barry Malphrus has served in Operation Christmas Child since 2001. He has served in every volunteer Leadership role that Operation Christmas Child has during this time. He served as assistant relay center coordinator from 2001-2002, collection center coordinator from 2003-2005.He was the first lowcountry team S.C. Area Coordinator, and has held that position since 2006. Barry has (spoken to) or given numerous presentations churches, schools and groups during this time. He is a Real Estate Broker who owners and operates a mini storage facility & he is also part owner and General Manager of BMW Billboard Company.
One of Barry's favorite things to do is to tell churches and groups about the importance of Operation Christmas Child. He w
ould count it all joy to give a presentation to your church or school. No church is too big or too small. Please call Barry today at 843-525-6359 to set up a presentation.
Barry can speak on a variety of related topics, including:
- Dominican Republic Shoebox Distribution (Part 1 or 2)
- Samaritan's Purse: More than just Operation Christmas Child
- Learn How To Find God's Plan For Your Life
- If God Can Use Me God Can Use You
- God Can Use Business People Too
A presentation can be as short as five minutes or as
long as 30 minutes. The length can be adjusted as is
needed by your church or school.
The presention will give your church, school, or group the importanace that each smiple shoebox can make in the lives of the needest children in the world.
We are contracting churches through church relations team. All other groups through community relations team. There is a media team to work with all other types of promotion. There is also a prayer team for more information see the make a difference page of
this web site.
"I want to personally help people in the Low Country understand many of the children who receive these shoebox gifts are the poorest children in this entire world. For some of them, no one has ever cared for them. The reality is, most of them have never in their lives received a gift. Through this project we can show children all over this world the true meaning of Christmas."
-Barry Malphrus
Testimonials
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Our school has participated in Operation Christmas Child for a number of years. Last year, Mr. Barry Malphrus presented a program during an assembly. His message inspired amazing giving on the part of our children and their families. We went from 40 or so boxes in 2006 to 154 boxes in 2007 and even 240 in 2008! Our boys and girls responded with generous hearts because of the impact the message Mr. Malphrus shared and the video he presented. The students wanted to reach out to boys & girls across the world with gifts or caring. We have been blessed by being a part of Operation Christmas Child.
Donna Carter
Step of Faith Christian Academy
School Administrator
For three years, Barry has spoken in our church to help us inform our members about shoeboxes for Operation
Christmas Child. He shared about the big difference such small gifts make in the lives of so many children around
the world. His dedication and enthusiasm for this program are contagious toeveryone who hears him.Joyce Bunton
WMU Missions Leader at Port Royal Baptist Church
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The Lowcountry Team of Operation Christmas Child has come to our church the past three years as a team of highly qualified and professional people. Barry Malphrus has always exceeded our expectations in creating an excitement for Operation Christmas Child. They have prepared wonderful attractive displays and provided an excellent musician to share in our services of worship. I recommend them to your church with the fullest confidence that you will be glad they came and shared with your congregation their ministry.
Rev. Tim Tomlinson
Okatee Baptist Church
To Whom It may Concern:
Barry Malphrus and his team came to our church to do a presentation for Operation Christmas Child for the first time this year. Although the DVD is very informative I believe their presentation and testimonies presented with such enthusiasm for the project conveyed much more than could come from just watching the DVD. It is also great to have the interaction with questions and answers on how the program works in our local community as well as the vast BIG picture. We are a small country church at this time and the response to the project after Barry's presentation was overwhelming. I would highly recommend inviting them to all the area churches for the Mission outreach that we are all commissioned to do.
Rev. Mike Richard Beaver Dam Baptist Church
We would like to thank Brother Barry Malphrus and his colleagues for their hard work, prayer, and dedication to the Operation Christmas Child program. It was such a delight to have them visit our church and help to open our
hearts and minds to what it really means to be in poverty and need at Christmas. Brother Barry gave a wonderful presentation, in light of not having the proper technology to show the accompanying video, on the details of how the program is run, what it provides and the great need to keep it going. We were able to fix boxes individually, during our mission classes with the children and make monetary donations on the date of Barry's visit. We hope that they will continue to visit our church in the future to help remind us of the great need and importance in this program for all the many children across this world. We look forward to continuing our work with Brother Barry and his team in the future to help out in any way possible!
Thanks and God Bless,
Brother Chris Malphrus, Pastor
Gillisonville Baptist Church
There is a saying that "enthusiasm is contagious". Get ready to get infected with a giant dose of "Enthusium" ( a
virus derived from extreme enthusiasm) ! You will be nothing but blessed by a presentation made to your group by Barry Malphrus. He truly "gets" what Operation Christmas Child is all about and has a very unique and passionate way of translating that message to others. Shoeboxes always increase when you allow someone with passion and knowledge to "infect" your group. I would strongly urge anyone who has a passion for the lost children of the world to allow Barry to "infect" you with this most joyful "virus"!
Susan Pons
Area Coordinator
Foothills Team, North Carolina