Prayer Request

 

     Resurrection Lutheran Church from Kyiv asks for prayer to the throne of grace of our Lord and Savior on her behalf. We were asked to leave our usual place for worship where, in addition to God's services, we had a possibility to have Bible classes, children's choir and Sunday School classes. 

     We could find a place for worship which is smaller. We cannot have all the regular activities now, except liturgies. The place is also rather cold - many of our people caught cold and other illnesses.  Could you pray that we would have a permission to return to the former place of worship, please?  Another prayer request - to help our church build or buy our own worship facility. Without it will we will have lots of hindrances for sharing the Word of God and serving God's people effectively.
The Lord says, "Call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me." (Psalm 50:15).

Pastor Balge Visits Ukrainian Lutheran Church

Pastor Jonathan Balge, official WELS contact man, has visited our church on January 12-17. Pastor Balge has met pastors in Kyiv, Kremenets and Ternopil and worshipped at the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Kremenets. He has also preached in the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Kyiv. WELS is a sister church of the Ukrainian Lurtheran Church, is a member of the Confessional Lutheran Conference and the largest church body in our fellowship.

New Communicant Members at the Resurrection Lutheran Church

Volodymyr and Oleksandra confess their Lutheran faith

Three new communicant members have joined the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Kyiv. Having studied the Word of God as it is explained in Small and Large Chatechisms of Dr. Martin Luther, brother Volodymyr Vikharev and sisters: Oleksandra Petrenko and Natalia Syvulia have entered the full membership in the Ukrainian Lutheran Church. Natalia was ill on October 31 and could not participate in the festive Reformation worship service. In the beginning of the service Volodymyr Vikharev and Oleksandra Petrenko have confessed their Lutheran faith publicly and the congregation have appealed in a prayer to the Lord for these new members of the church. Please keep Volodymyr, Oleksandra and Natalia in your prayers.

Convention of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church

On October 20 and 21, 2010 Convention of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church took place in Kremenets. Rev. Steven Petersen has greeted the Convention on behalf of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, John Moldstad and Bishop Horpynchuk has read a greeting for the Convention from the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod President, Rev. Mark Schroeder. The delegates of the Convention have thanked both ELS and WELS for the support they provide to the Ukrainian Lutheran Church.  The Convention has approved the work of the officers of the ULC and her committees. Rev. Neal Schroeder (WELS) has been the essayist of the Convention.  His interesting and edifying essay was titled “Stewardship: some Scripture, statements, suggestions, stories”. The Convention delegates have discussed the essay and thanked Pastor Schroeder for interesting insights and for his help to the ULC. Pastor Neal Schroeder has also been the preacher at the Convention Liturgy where 2 new ULC pastors were ordained: Pastor Taras Bosiuk to serve at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Simferopol, the Crimea and Pastor Oleksandr Kulchytskiy to serve in Tiraspol Lutheran Church in the Republic of Moldova. A special surprise for the delegates of the ULC Convention has been Holy Cross Lutheran Church children choir presentation.  The next ULC Convention is scheduled for 2012.