News (Page 7)

by: Edgars Šneiders, Urs Schweizer Sep 28 2017 When the congregations gather to celebrate, their pastors become very visible as leaders of the worship services and as preachers of the Gospel. But being a pastor means much more than just preaching on Sundays. And the Methodist pastors all over Europe impact many people far beyond their congregants – as a variety of examples from Latvia underline. Kuldīga UMC has started a shower and laundry project for nearby residents, through which…

Sep 27 2017 September 9-13, 2017 the annual meeting of the European Methodist Council took place in the suburbs of London, England. Bishops, pastors and leaders representing Methodist churches in Europe participated in the meeting. This year the meeting took place in the very heart of Methodism. John Wesley lived, believed and preached in England many years ago. The movement of Methodists was born there and then grew out of the boundaries of the United Kingdom, spread throughout the world…

by: Sifredo Teixeira Sep 26 2017 Sharing Jesus through words and actions, making disciples who will make disciples: this is the way the Methodist Church in Portugal is accomplishing the mission given by God. The actual experience of one of the local churches, Mirante Methodist Church in Porto, is an inspiring one. Mirante Methodist Church is the oldest Methodist church, located in the center of the second largest city of the country. Although the majority of its members and participants…

by: Ivan Perestov Thursday 20 June 2019 г. “Our God Jesus Christ fills churches with His Holy presence. It is great that young people feel and answer His calling. . With faith and hope in our hearts we look for personal relations with God, and our path is the desire to be like Christ, be of His image, and be the source of God’s Grace… We are grateful that we are able to take responsibility and care for our church…

by: Irina Mitina Novotroitskaya mission 2017 – Summer Guest Playground Ministry with Roma people is a challenge and a blessing! This summer we had our second summer vacation camp for Roma children in Novotroitskaya, Stavropol Krai (region). We call it “camp” for short. The legal name was “a summer guest playground” SGP according to the legal language of the Russian Federation and because the children did not stay all day long and were free to come to our playground or…

by: John Calhoun “Be Peacemakers, Strive for Reconciliation!” The United Methodist Church of Eurasia Holds a Ukrainian-Russian Peace Dialogue It is now more than three years since armed conflict erupted in the heart of eastern Europe. In February 2014, the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, was engulfed by violent confrontations between protesters and police that left more than 100 people dead and many more injured. The upheaval led the (former) President Victor Yanukovich to flee Ukraine, resulting in…

CALL TO ACTION BY PARTICIPANTS OF THE UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN PEACE DIALOGUE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF EURASIA “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9 The United Methodist Church of Eurasia, as a church of the Lord Jesus Christ, is called to bring peace. With pain in our heart, we witness the deteriorating relations between the peoples of Ukraine and Russia. This is expressed in the cooling of relationships and breaking of bonds. Moreover, the believers…

by: Marina Yugai In September 2016 our United Methodist Church “Grace” celebrated 15th anniversary. Hallelujah – 15 years in Grace! Glory and thanksgiving to the Lord, for He has kept it to this day! “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me”. (Galatians 2:20) . Today, looking…

by: Suvorova Svetlana «I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it» (Matthew 16:18) «And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayer» (Acts 2:42) October 9, 2016 The United Methodist Church «Immanuel» of the city Mytishchi celebrated its 25th birthday. The vigil began with a thanksgiving and worship the Great God. It so happened that this day became the birthday of the worship…

by: Ivan Perestov The International Training Conference by the dependency concerns took place from 13 till 16 October, 2016, in Braunfels, Germany. It was held under the direction of European Board on Drug and Alcohol Concerns. . The delegation of the UMC Eurasia included district superintendent Natalia Prokhorova, pastor Vladimir Ditmar, pastor Elena Melnikova, deacon Stanislav Prokhorov and lay leaders from different churches. The main focus of the conference was experience sharing, generating ideas, networking and building relations between people…