Today nearly 50 volunteers depart America traveling to Kyiv, Ukraine. There they will begin their prihoda (adventure) for spreading the gospel message in 12 congregations of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church. The volunteers depart from Chicago, Minneapolis and Detroit as well as some coming from more distant locations. The group arrives in Kyiv at about 4:30 on Wednesday and will be taken by bus to the Dubek Conference Center. Thursday will be a day to tour Kyiv. After dinner on Thursday there will be a worship service with communion led by Pastor Yuriy Fizer. Friday will continue the orientation for the VBS sessions including a presentation on church history in Ukraine by Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk. Later in the afternoon or early evening they will depart to the 12 congregations all across Ukraine by car, van, bus or train.
There will be six days of VBS lessons culminating in the worship service on Sunday July 12th. The volunteers then return to Kyiv for another day of sightseeing and shopping. They return to the US on Tuesday July 14th.
As long as we can find access to the Internet, VBS updates will be posted on this website.
Please keep the volunteers, the Ukrainian host congregations and all of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church in your thoughts and prayers.
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