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December December 26, 2004. The first English language worship service took place in Resurrection Lutheran Church in Kyiv. Dr. Wayne Borgwardt was leading the service and was the preacher. The Common Service from the Christian Worship (WELS) is used during services that take place every last Sunday in a month. Ukrainian pastors who can speak English will be participating in the worship services in the future as well. The next worship service in English will take place on Sunday, January 30 at 9 Am. at the Institute of Mathematics (3a Tereshchenkivska Street).
December 14-16, 2004. Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk during his visit to Sweden has given a course of lectures on the history of Eastern European Lutheranism within the context of the Eastern Church. The lectures were given for the students of the Biblicum Foundation. The Biblicum trains pastors for confessional churches of Scandinavia and Northern Europe. There are three churches in Scandinavia that the Ukrainian Lutheran Church enjoys fellowship with: Lutheran Confessional Church that unites Lutherans in Sweden and Norway and two Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Finland. Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk has also had fraternal meetings with pastors of the Lutheran Confessional Church from Sweden.
December 12, 2004. Ukrainian Lutheran Church began celebrating Advent. This is a special time for Christians as we are getting ready to celebrate Christmas, birthday of our Savior Jesus Christ. This special church season will be culminated in celebrations of Christmas Eve in the evening on January 6, 2005.
Picture: At the worship service on the first
Sunday of Advent.
A Church Register has been published thanks to the Lutheran Heritage Foundation. It will be the main register for congregations of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church. The Register consists of chapters to register Baptisms, First Communions, Confirmations, Marriages, and Funerals.
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