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When love reaches hearts
Camp Crystal 2020 If you have not been there in the summer – the summer was wasted. Many who came to Crystal on a mission, to serve people with special needs, or just to relax think this way: “My little dream to see fireflies has come true here . Do you know that if you walk along the path from the main building to the gate in the evening, you can see bright green lights in the grass? – We…
Students Invest in the Seminary
This fall, the members of the Board of Trustees were pleasantly surprised that last year the amount of offerings for the seminary collected by students exceeded for the first time the amount of offerings from local churches of the UMC in Eurasia. This shows that, despite what is happening in the country, in the world, and in the global United Methodist Church, seminary students want to invest their own money in the seminary’s future. This testimony is also an invitation…
ABOUT PERSONAL EVANGELISM
One of the participants at the seminar, recently held in the Western District, Katya Tokareva, shared with us: “I have recently heard a speech by a priest who denounced the parishioners that once they came to church they became “sick ”, although the church is a“ hospital ”where the Lord Himself is a physician. This priest urged people to remember that before they came to church they were sociable, cheerful, but then turned into a “sanctuary”, convicting their relatives, friends,…
A meeting near a well
Women are called to a ministry. What image comes to your mind? A woman, who takes care of a food table? A teacher in a Sunday school? Maybe a pastor? Or a counselor? Every image is unique and important. And it is not a full list of what God calls women to do. How to hear the God’s call? How to be a leader? How to serve? These and other questions were discussed in the conference of leaders – women…
METHODIST CONTRIBUTION TO A BIG PROBLEM DISCUSSED IN ITALY
Members of the European Methodist Council (EMC) discussed ecological problems at their annual meeting. The following statements came as a result as well as some others: – We pledge to be active in our own churches and countries with respect to climate change and to raise awareness in our local contexts. – We pledge to prefer the use of train/bus/local boat travel and only use a plane when necessary when travelling to EMC meetings. If it’s really necessary to take…