“I am the Way, the Truth and the Life” was the biblical motto of the children’s retreat which took place in Omsk Oblast from August 18-22, 2024. The retreat provided a nurturing and friendly environment for kids from Orlovka, Kovalyovo and Omsk to explore the basic biblical truths. The good weather, the cozy retreat facility, the … [Read more...]
Kids’ program in Verkhni Suetuk
From August 10-12, 2024, St. John the Baptist Lutheran Church in Verkhni Suetuk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, held a children’s retreat. The kids played a Bible-based quest game which included elements of Alternate Reality Games. On the last day, everyone traveled to Abakan, Khakassia, to visit a zoo and a bowling alley. Give thanks to God … [Read more...]
Seminar for youth ministers in Novosibirsk
From March 8-10, 2024, Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk hosted a seminar for children’s and young people’s ministers. Organizer: ELCIR Children & Youth Department. Its participants came from the ELCIR, the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church and other church bodies. On the first day, department head Yevgenia Gavrilenko … [Read more...]
New senior pastor installed for Ulan-Ude Lutheran Church
On March 1, 2024, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev installed Rev. Aleksandr Dyshenov as the new senior pastor of Grace of Christ Lutheran Church in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia. Bishop Laptev said a homily based on 1 Tim. 6:10-12. During the blessing ceremony, he was assisted by the church’s former senior pastor Rev. Nikiforov and Deacon Urmayev. Church … [Read more...]
Church growth in Siberia
It was a blessed Sunday on October 29, 2023, at St. Mary’s Lutheran Church of Irkutsk in eastern Siberia as Senior Pastor Albert Mazurenko performed the rite of confirmation for Andrei and Tatiana! On the same day, Deacon Ivan Pavlovets administered the Sacrament of Holy Baptism to a child at the Lutheran Church of Sayansk, Irkutsk … [Read more...]
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