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MusLab (musical laboratory) is the time and the opportunity for• The musical creativity• Worship God through your music and songs• The achievement of your potential• The development of musical skills for worship• Getting new knowledge in music• Communication with brothers and sisters – musicians from different parts of Eurasia. Worship members and songs writers from Bishkek, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Satka, Saint-Petersburg, Uzhgorog and Tallinn gathered together in Moscow at the end of November, 2015. . At first Project MusLab started in…

When growing up children start to dedicate time to activities out of home and spend more time with their friends. Pajamas Parties are organized by Samara United Methodist Church for the children to meet each other, strengthen relations, speak and hear about God in a relaxed atmosphere. The meetings are held during school holidays; the age of the participants is from 9 to 13. . What should the children wear? Of course, as the name speaks for itself, pajamas! Just…

January 7, 2016, in the new location of the First United Methodist Church “Singing Christians” long-awaited event: Charity Festival of Arts “Every child – a star.” It is impossible to convey in words the pure joy ringing angelic voices, which the children sang “Let Sing with Joy, the King of Kings was born” as tenderly sounded angelic hymn “Glory to God!” All the churches of our Moscow District of UMC are keeping in prayers this festival of art. . Hallelujah!…

Scripture says, ‘Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’ (John 8:32, NIV). Sometimes we need a slightest understanding of who we are or the world around us – and it suddenly makes all the difference. We start to understand ourselves better, as well as other people and God. Discovering small truths. That’s exactly what happened at the leaders’ training for Eurasia UMC ministers in the field of substance abuse prevention and treatment (November 23-26th,…

Participants of the meeting were representatives from different European countries where there are Methodist Churches – Church ministers, leaders and bishops. Every year meetings take place in different countries. In 2015 beautiful Bulgaria was chosen as a meeting place for the Council. As usual each delegate shared about the life of his/her country and how the Methodist Church is carrying out its ministry and spreading the Gospel, what challenges, joys, plans and hopes they have for the future. The participants…

Thanks to God, by His mercy, already for 4th year we were able to have youth camp for the youth and young adults from Ukraine and Moldova. Every year we do all possible to find resources for the camp, to make participation in the camp affordable for everyone. Everybody, including organization team and leaders, pay their contribution, all leaders serve at the camp as volunteers. During camp planning team do their best to pay major attention to the spiritual sphere…

by: Urs Schweizer MAY 17, 2019 Student Ministry in Pleven, Bulgaria Pleven is the seventh most populous city of Bulgaria with approximately 100.000 inhabitants. It is not only the biggest economic center in Northwestern Bulgaria, but also home of a major Medical University with more than 1.000 students and academic employees. How can United Methodists reach out to these students if Bulgarian law does not make this easy at all? In 1916, despite very difficult circumstances, a United Methodist church…

20 MAR 2019 It’s crucial to realize how important it is to find time for the talk with God within your daily hussy routine. It’s vital to know that we need this time, our relationship with Jesus, on a regular basis, not only in relate to some spiritual events…. In the end of January, 2019, a youth event “God’s calling” took place in the suburbs of Saint Petersburg. The event initiated by the United Methodist Church in Eurasia was held…

by: Christian Alsted 18 JAN 2019 Story from pre-General Conference gathering of European and Eurasian delegates in Braunfels, Germany 11-13 January 2019 It is no secret that there are different understandings of human sexuality, and of what the best way forward is, among the 40 delegates from Europe and Eurasia. This was quite clear when the delegates met in January in Braunfels, Germany for three days of worship, prayer, conversation, reflection and fellowship. The purpose of the gathering was to…