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Ukraine church hopes 1+1 equals success
Resurrection Church — a church plant in a region of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv — is teaming up with a group from Woodside Bible Church in Michigan to focus on outreach this week.
Twenty people from the 1-year-old church each have invited one nonbelieving friend to spend the first four days of the week at a retreat center outside of the city. Kyiv Theological Seminary graduate Igor Federovich, one of the founders of the church, has worked tirelessly to put together this retreat, dubbed 1+1.
Each day will feature a study time, with nonbelievers working through materials focusing on thought-provoking exploratory questions — such as “Who is Jesus?” and “What do you think of God?” — plus applicable Bible verses.
The days also will feature a Ukrainian-led small-group time, with each person given the opportunity to talk about the time they spend studying the Word, plus evening chapel services.
Sports and other recreational activities will give ample opportunity for people to get to know one-another. “Relationship, relationship, relationship,” said Holly Rist, one of several SEND missionaries helping out during the week. “It’s all about relationship.”
After the retreat, the Michigan team and Resurrection Church members will head back to Kyiv to host the church’s second-annual basketball tournament, which is expected to draw about 160 participants from the community.
Last year’s tournament — a kick-off event for the new church — was “a phenomenal success,” Holly said. In preparation for this year’s event and as a community outreach, the church put up new bleachers. During the tournament, people will be on the sidelines, sharing about how God has worked in their lives and inviting people to Resurrection Church.
Twenty people from the 1-year-old church each have invited one nonbelieving friend to spend the first four days of the week at a retreat center outside of the city. Kyiv Theological Seminary graduate Igor Federovich, one of the founders of the church, has worked tirelessly to put together this retreat, dubbed 1+1.
Each day will feature a study time, with nonbelievers working through materials focusing on thought-provoking exploratory questions — such as “Who is Jesus?” and “What do you think of God?” — plus applicable Bible verses.
The days also will feature a Ukrainian-led small-group time, with each person given the opportunity to talk about the time they spend studying the Word, plus evening chapel services.
Sports and other recreational activities will give ample opportunity for people to get to know one-another. “Relationship, relationship, relationship,” said Holly Rist, one of several SEND missionaries helping out during the week. “It’s all about relationship.”
After the retreat, the Michigan team and Resurrection Church members will head back to Kyiv to host the church’s second-annual basketball tournament, which is expected to draw about 160 participants from the community.
Last year’s tournament — a kick-off event for the new church — was “a phenomenal success,” Holly said. In preparation for this year’s event and as a community outreach, the church put up new bleachers. During the tournament, people will be on the sidelines, sharing about how God has worked in their lives and inviting people to Resurrection Church.
