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===== News July - August 2002 ===== August 28, 2002. Graduation ceremony of the Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary of Saint Sophia took place on this day. Oleksandr Dich and Oleh Okrugin received their Master of Divinity diplomas. Rector of the Seminary, Professor David Jay Webber, Professor Roger Kovaciny, Galician Eparchy Head Taras Kokovskiy and the ULC Bishop Vyacheslav Horpynchuk took part in the ceremony.
August 27 2002. Vyacheslav Horpynchuk, the ULC Bishop visited Kremenets congregation. At meetings with Deacon Vasyl Andreychuk, the President of the congregation, he discussed reconstruction works of the church building in Kremenets. The Bishop has praised efforts of the congregation and especially efforts of Deacon Vasyl Andreychuk in doing this great job. Pictures: Facade wall of the church building. The small worship hall.
On July 30 Pastor Serhiy Somin received a new car VAZ 2104 (Lada) from the ULC Episcopate. This vehicle was bought thanks to the support of the "Thoughts of Faith" mission society. It will be helpful to Pastor Somin in his trips to the steppes villages of Ivanivka, Hamove and Katerynivka (Mykolaiv Oblast). Pastor Somin has his pastoral ministry there. Shuttle bus goes to one of these villages once a week. No buses go to other villages at all! Before a new car was also given to Pastor Serhiy Zuyev, who serves Lutheran missions in Zaporizhia Oblast. May these cars serve well the cause of the Gospel! Picture: Mr. Petro Rudzik, ULC Advisor, gives keys to the car to Pastor Serhiy Somin.
On July 26 Pastoral Seminar on Evangelism took place in Sevastopol. Pastor John Vogt (WELS) who is a pastor-advisor of the LBK in Sweden and Norway was the speaker at the Seminar. Pastor John Vogt also led the Seminar on Christian Stewardship in our congregation in Sevastopol on July 27. On July 27 with assistance of Deacon Victor Pashchenko Pastor John Vogt led the liturgy and preached during the worship service in Sevastopol. Picture: Pastor John Vogt and his wife Sandy.
From July 12 to 15 the First Ukrainian Forum of the Lutheran youth took place in Pushcha-Vodytsia. The Bible verse for the Forum was taken from the Romans 1:16, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." About 100 young people from all the parts of Ukraine and the United States of America took part in the Forum. Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk has addressed the Forum. Participants of the Forum studied the Epistle to Romans. Pastors Yuriy Fizer and Serhiy Somin took pastoral care of the Forum. Deacons Oleh Okruhin and Vadym Zinchenko were their good assistants. Pictures: During the Forum.
From July 1 to 12 Vacational
Bible School took place in Kyiv, Kremenets and Ternopil.
Lutheran Preparatory students and teachers, Evangelical Lutheran
Synod youth as well as Ukrainian Lutheran Church Sunday School
teachers and Ukrainian Lutheran youth were teachers at the VBS.
Around 400 kids were able to study the Word of God, sing Christian
songs and learn fundamentals of the Christian faith in the VBS.
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