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Church Planting and Evangelism

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For anyone who has not been to Ukraine it is hard to visualise what village life is like – it is so different from life at home.   The majority of people live in poor housing, sometimes without an indoor water supply – just a well in the garden.    Most are unemployed, alcohol is often a problem, and people survive by growing their own vegetables and keeping various livestock.

It’s against this background that village pastors and churches seek to reach out to their communities with the Gospel, and to bring hope and comfort to people who have very little.
Churches are unable to support their pastors financially; therefore the men also have secular work in order to provide for their families.   Some are builders, some drivers or company reps., one assembles furniture, and one installs windows among other things.   Many pastors also take orphans into their homes – one alone has 8 such children.     Pastors’ wives often need to work too, so sometimes a husband will work during the day while the wife works at night, leaving little opportunity for family life.

In spite of these circumstances pastors and their people are really dedicated to sharing the Gospel – most churches have excellent outreach to children and young people, particularly through summer camps, various games and sporting activities and on special occasions such as Christmas, Easter and Harvest.     Many have plans to extend their worship centre in order to accommodate more activities, or to make their premises more inviting by installing heating so that people will attend church in the freezing winters, and the members themselves will provide most of the labour, but this is where CP & E seeks to help by providing some or all of the necessary finance.

These pastors and people who are so enthusiastic are always very grateful for all they receive in the way of help.     Let us encourage them by our prayers and giving, in order that the church in Ukraine will continue to grow and reach many more, both young and old, for Jesus Christ.
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Kompas Park

From the moment I decided to visit Kompas Park back in 2007 I have never looked back
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WANTED

Do you have or know of the whereabouts of an unwanted clarinet?
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Thank you for water

I am so grateful God sent you into our family.
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Swindon House News

Inna Petrova has moved on now but remembers with fondness her time at Swindon House under the care of our Childcare Officer Larisa. Inna writes;
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Cool Aid to Moshny

Moshny Baptist Church is a small church with 18 members.
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PRAYER DIARY
01.05.2012    Pray for the music group Zozulenka, and their teacher Natalya, as they busily practice for their return tour here in November

02.05.2012    Pray for preparations that are being made for the cycle tour this summer, and for opportunities for the participants to share their faith as they cycle around the villages

03.05.2012    Pray for Brenda and Ksenya as they speak today at the meeting of the Oasis Group at Locks Heath Church

04.05.2012    Pray for Jon and Ali as they attend the Baptist Assembly annual meeting in London until 7th

05.05.2012    Pray for our students at Universities and Colleges as they complete their studies for this semester and take their end of year exams

06.05.2012    Pray for all those who receive food packages through the feeding programme, that no needy person/family is overlooked

07.05.2012    Pray for David John as he completes his preparations for the teaching sessions at the Pastor’s Conference next week

08.05.2012    Pray that we will have full teams of volunteers for all the camps that will take place this summer at Kompas Park

09.05.2012    Pray for the young people from Rainbow House in South Africa, and for Margaret Ferguson as she supports them in their studies

10.05.2012    Pray for the work of the mobile medical unit, and for Dr Doreshenko to fully recover following his recent illnesses

11.05.2012    Pray for the ongoing support of the Mission Fund, which undergirds all the various projects that we have, that adequate funds will be received each month

12.05.2012    Pray for Larisa and the work she does with the family support group, which encourages mutual sharing and prayer

13.05.2012    Pray that the Humanitarian Aid system that we use to send money to Ukraine becomes quicker and more efficient

14.05.2012    Pray for Anastasia Vovk as she plans camps in various villages around Cherkassy, and pray she finds a team of helpers to assist her

15.05.2012    Pray for safety in travel for Jon, David Reddaway and David John as they travel to Ukraine for the Bible School Graduation and for Ksenya as she returns to Ukraine to help Alla at Kompas Park

16.05.2012     Pray for the ongoing work of Cherkassy’s first sheltered accommodation, especially now plans to renovate the house have been drawn up and the costing received

17.05.2012    Pray for the Church twinning programme, that more UK Churches will offer to twin with a Ukrainian Church for mutual support and encouragement

18.05.2012    Remember before God all our children in cottage homes, thanking God for the security and love they receive from their foster parents as they grow up in these Christian families

19.05.2012    Pray for the work party travelling to Ukraine today, to prepare Kompas Park for the summer season

20.05.2012    As Jon, David and David return to the UK, pray for the newly graduated students as they take up their responsibilities back in their churches

21.05.2012    Pray for the children in the orphanages we support, and for Larisa and Misha as they oversee our work in them

22.05.2012    Give thanks for all our volunteers who come in and help with the monthly mail out, and do other jobs so willingly, often without being asked

23.05.2012    Pray for Jon and Ali to be refreshed as they take some time off together and have a break

24.05.2012    Pray for ex-prisoners who are now leading churches and serving in their communities that they will be faithful to what God has called them to do

25.05.2012    Pray for the young people in our pre-independence homes, that they grow in confidence as they study and plan for their future

26.05.2012    Pray for Vika Lavrenko and Stanislav Dyachenko, sponsored children who celebrate their birthdays today, also for the quiz at Ashley BC this evening in support of our work

27.05.2012    Thank God for our Board of Directors, whose support of the work of Hope is so encouraging; pray especially for the two new Directors to become more familiar with Board matters.

28.05.2012    Pray for Alla Kostyunina and her team as they prepare in detail for the planned camp activities at Kompas Park during the summer

29.05.2012    Pray for Misha in all the work he does at Alpha House and in the Ukrainian Office of Hope Now; pray also for the plans he and Lena have in using Alpha House as a summer day camp in August

30.05.2012    Pray for Vlad Serdyuk, one of our sponsored children, as he celebrates his birthday today

31.05.2012    Pray for Cyndee and Darrel Knight and the Hope Now supporters in America, especially in their plans to visit Kompas Park this summer