Elliott Glen Jolene 1993 Ukraine

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1/8

in

the

Former ovietUnion

A u b l i c a t i o n of i i e Clovernook/ Kherson S t i a t e g i c P a r t n e r s h i p Team

March 1993

Two

issionary

Familiesto

Depart

o r Ukraine

Two amilies have been chosen to be n-site

missionariesto

Ukraine.

The lexander

and

Gregory f a m i l i e s have spent

the i

r s t

three

mo nt h s

o f

1993

n C i n c i n n a t i , g e t t i n g to know

the

church family a t C l o v e r n o o k Christian

Church and r a i s i n g support

among

ther

churches.

C h r i s

and Donna

Alexander

have t h r e e chil

dren.

Chris

graduated

in

1983

ith

a

BA.

n

Missions

f rom

J o h n s o n

B i b l e College and com

pleted some ostgraduate work t Cincinnati

Bible

Seminary.

The

lexanders are

veteran mis

s i o n a r i e s , having w o r k e d

with the

Zambia

Christian

Mission

from 1983-85 and

986-89.

Ch ris s e r v ed as Missio n s Minister at th e

F l o r e n c e Church of h r i s t

from 1989

through

1990, t h e n

went ack

to Zambia ntil Oct o b e r

1992. Donna

ttended J o h n s o n

Bible College as

well,

and h as

taught

l i t e r a c y and

other s ub

j e c t s at several international

s c h o o l s .

G e o r g e and

Geri

G reg o ry

have two hildren.

G e o r g e was

the

senior

minister or more

than

s b c

years at the Ha2e l w o o d

Church of hrist

near

P i t t s b u r g h .

The regorys

w i l l

have a e r r i f i c a b i l i t y f o r

b u i l d i n g

strong

relationships

with th e

Ukrainians. George's

strengths

are

teaching, preaching,an d

evangelizing.

The

regorys

are scheduled to leave for

K h e r s o n

at

th e

end

f March,

and

h e

Alexanders

n the

summer

T h e s e two

n - f i e l d missionary f a m i l i e s w i l l b e

w o rking

with b oth

o f

Cloverno ok's

partner

churches,

the

K h e r s o n

Evangelical

Christan

Baptist

C hu rc h (also

c a l l e d

the

Dom

olitve, o r

Hou s e

o f r a y e r )

and

the

K h e r s o n

C h r i s t i a n

Chu rc h.

Their

goals for

the i r s t year

w i l l

b e:

adjusting to i v i n g in t h e i r

newhome;

learning the language an d

culture;

developing relationships

with

krainian Christians

and non-Christians;

a s s i s t i n g

the churches

in

developing

l e a d e r s ,

evange

lism,

and wa re n e s s o f

mis

s i o n s ;

researching possible

new

areas o f m i n i s t r y .

G e o rg e

arxJ

Geri

Gregory, Nicole 8 ) ,

and

lmmy 5)

Ch ris ond Donna

Alexander.

Not p i c t u r e d :

Ryan

6 ) ,

Nichotas

(almost ) , and Vanessa 4 r t o n t l i s


2/8

Kherson

hurch

Leaders Visit U.S.

Leaders rom he

Kherson

churches

spent

three

weeks

ith the Clovernook

and

ickering-

ton churches.

They

tayed in members' homes,

met

ith

groups rom oth churches, and spoke

at

services.

Their

estimonies about

hristian

l i f e in

Ukraine

moved nd

inspired

everyone

who eard. These

four

leaders wereamong

thosewho

isited.

Ivan

Gerasomovich

Tsouman s the pastor

of he

Dom

olitve. He

and is wife

Nadia

are

pensioners.

They have

three

c h i l d r e n and i

ve

grandchildren.

Ivan once

held

a prestigious job

as

a n ^ a i r c r a f t engineer, but

was

removed rom

t h a t

job because of i s C h r i s t i a n f a i t h . For

e a r s ,

Ivan and

adia

were part of

the

underground

church, which

met

n

secret

n the woods, r i n t

ed

l l e g a l

Christian

l i t e r a t u r e ,

and

risked

much.

Ivan i s

also active

in

prison

ministry.

Genia AnatoUvich Fedayev

s married and

has

a

son and daughter. Genia was n a l c o h o l i c

before

he

became

a hristian. He

s well educat

ed, an

e f f e c t i v e preacher, and s

committed

to

evangelism. His prayer group began

paying

h i s

s a l a r y , so

h a t

he could

do

u l l - t i m e e v a n g e l i s t i c

work n Kherson and

the

regional

v i l l a g e s .

Genia PavloAdch Siney s the pastor

of

he

newKherson hristian Church.

He as aised in

a n c t i v e C h r i s t i a n

family r

om he Dom olitve.

He

and

is wife

Vera

have seven children (they

l i v e i n

a

two-bedroom house). In September

1992

he q u i t

h i s job a t a

h i p b u i l d i n g p l a n t t o

work

u l l

time

as

p a s t o r . Clovernook

s

paying

h i s s a l a r y f o r

two

e a r s . Genia

s

a

humble

and

g i f t e d s e r v a n t of God,

nd s

thoroughly

knowl

edgeable

of

the

B i b l e .

Constantlne

Ivanovich Slzov

(Costia) and

h i s wife G a l l y a were the i r s t people

baptized i n

thenewKherson

hristian

Church.

ostia was a

s h i p s captain andnow orks as

a navigator.

He

speaks E n g l i s h

and

e v e r a l

other languages.He

g i v e s much of i s

time

e r v i n g as

church

man

ager. Costia

and

allya

have a son, George,

and

a

newborn

daughter, Vera.

n Short-Term

Missions

Trip

Sbcth-grade teacher

Rachel

Baldhoff

asmade wo-week

t r i p s t o

Kherson n 1991

and i

i m i M i i i i i

1992,

with the groups from

Clovernook

Christian

Church.Her

inistry

was

teacher training,

a

great

n e e d among h e

U k r a i n i a n J :

c h u r c h e s , and

h e

a l s o p a r -

1

t i c i p a t e d in the Ukrainian-

American Friendship F e s t i v a l

w i t h t h e c h i l d r e n s program.

The

hort-term missionaries used

t h e i r pro

f e s s i o n a l

backgrounds

to

make

ontacts (public

servants, profes sional

people, business people),

t e l l

why

hey had

come, nd n v i t e

them o

th e

F e s t i v a l .

There

was

a

business

group, a

medical

group,and a teacher group.

The

e s t i v a l was held on

a

riday, Saturday,

and Sunday

at

the U b i l i n i e

theater

in

Kherson.

Over

2000 eople

attended

each

night

for i

lms,

Above: n

the

ofmer

Soviet Union, most eople

t r a v e l

by

r a i n

because t

i s f a r l e s s expensive t t x a n

f l

y i n g .

The

800-mile r i p

from Moscow o

Wierson

takes about25

x j u r s ,

leaving

o t s of time

o r

t o g e t t i e r n e s s ,

R i g h t :

S t , B a s i f s C a t t i e d r a l

i n

Moscow, t landmaiic

pertvaps best known o

Americarrs.

Partnership

i s a u a r t e r l y n e w s l e t t e r

p u b l i s h e d

by h e Clovcmook/Khcrson

t r a t e g i c

P a r t n e r s h i p , c / o C l o v e r n o o k C h r i s t i a n

Church,

1373

West

a l b r a i t h R d . , C i n ci n n a t i ,OH 5231

C h a i r p e r s o n , R a l p h

W. aylor E d i t o r , Robert E . K o r t h .

C o n t r i b u t i n g E d i t o r s , Glen l l i o t t

K a t h y G i s k e ,

Doug u c a s .

Photos

by Mike Rubush and

R a c h e l

B a l d h o f f .

The o a l of

h i s

n e w l e t t e r s t o i n f o r m c h u r c h e s and

n d i v i d u a l s

about

r a c t i c a l m i n i s t r y

o p p o r t u n i t i e s

i n

t h e

U k r a i n e ,

n v i t i n g them

t o

become n v o l v e d

a s a

network of churches h a t seek

t o s t r e n g t h e n

t h e e x i s t i n g

Ukrainian

church

and

see t established

among rtreachcd

people.


3/8

IS*

Above:Food s fa r

more

l e t i t i f u l (ard

f o r

more xpensive)

at the open arket

than t i s

in

the

magazines,

r t a t e -

run

grocery t o r e s ,

R i g h t :

a ack

street in

Kherson.

preaching,

and

contemporary Christian music

f r

om inger Jim

Bush. On

unday night, f t e r a

f u l l concert

and

a sermon by len

E l l i o t t ,

about

125 eople made

ommitments

to

Jesus

h r i s t .

Rachel

had h i s

to say about her missions

t r i p s ,

e s p e c i a l l y the differences she

observed

th e

second

time

she

went:

"Psalm

66

a y s ,

'You

w i l l

see great

and

won

drous works by he Lord.' did.

We ad

three

nights

o f r a i n i n g ,

three hours

each n i g h t , with the

l a d i e s (and

some

men) f

both churches together.We

o ok o t s o f

eaching

m a t e r i a l

and

pread

t o u t or them to look t

and get excited

about, and they

did

The tmos

phere was i k e

a

room u l l o f i v e - y e a r - o l d s ge t

t i n g

a i s i t

f rom anta

Claus. t was

l e c t r i f y i n g .

We ave

a

quick

overview

o f

how o use t ,

and

old

them

hey could have l l the material.

On

he night before

the e s t i v a l , they

decided

n ot

to meet again,

but to

take the

materials and

a c t u a l l y

plan the

e s t i v a l

themselves.

There

was

doubt among he Ukrainian women

bout

how

wise we e r e to

give them

o t a l

control

over th e

m a t e r i a l . Some eople told me,

Y o u ' l l

never

see

t

again. t

won't come

ack.

They

i l l take

i t and hoard t . But thatwas o t true. They

planned

b e a u t i f u l l y . On

riday night they

came

in

with

loads o f preparations they had done

on

Thursday. i f t y o r

e v e n t y - f i v e

pictureshand

drawnthey i d n ' t have

copy

machines. They

came

up

ith ideas for how o make arious

ffifiyaY

1

c r a f t s f rom hat we

ad

given

them.

On riday

night, a

lady named amara who

worked

with the

you ng er

children came

o

me,

and through a r a n s l a t o r , s a i d ,

'We

the two

churches] are often i k e

this'she

held her

hands a r

apart'but

tonightwe re

i k e

this'

she

clasped her

hands

together.

And t

was obvi

o u s that they were. They had done wonderful

job.

They

took the ideas

and

materials

wc ave

them and ailored them to i t their children.

"Last year my mpression

o f

the Ukraine was

o n e

o f e a l

s p i r i t u a l depression. Everyone had

a

sad look on i s f a c e ; they seemed

esigned

to a

hard

way f i f e that would

never

change. Many

faces

looked the

same

h i s year, except

for

those

whohadbecome hristians. They

i v e

the

same

hard

i f e , but they are a i g h t You

an

walk

down he

t r e e t s o f Khers o n

and

i d e n t i f y

th e

Christians

because

they glow,

they absolutely

glow.

That

has been the major

difference

f rom

l a s t

year

to h i s year, because o f the impact o f

C h r i s t i a n i t y in

the c i t y o f Kherson.The ompari

son s unreal.

t's

awesome.

Rachel

plans to

make

more xtended i s i t

t h i s c o m i n g summer.

Above:

he hildren's

program of the

Ukrainian-American

F r i e r x i s h i p F e s t i v al .

Left:One

f the

teacher r a i n i n g ses

s i on s

held

theweek

before

tTe

festival.

We

aught tt>em

how

o work

ith Idds

how o e l l

stories

u s i n g fbnnelgraph,

different kinds

of

p i c t u r e s , arxJ

s o

o n.

We

old

them

hey

couldhave

i l

the

materials."

f t e r

that,

the

krainian

teach

e r s

t o o k th e materials

and

lanned

tt

c h i l d r e n ' s

pr ogram

themseivesi

i f you

re

n t e r e s t e d

i n r r x j k i n g

a

h o r t -

term missions

r i p to

Kt>erson,

c o n t a c t

Mike

Rubush at

CioverrvDok hristian

Church.

On t^e next

page s

a

i s t of h i e

kinds o f pportunities

for service o r short-

term

misslorxiries,as

well as

o r

missionary

senders

attxxne.


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HELPWANTED

P f o j e c t s

I n

p r o g r e s s

researched ond/or

ImpJementedj n

Kherson:

BUSINESS

Clovemook hristian

Fourxiation

A onprofit ounda

t i o n

t o develop o c a l

businesses

n Kherson,

now oi ng research

Freedom Form

A 0,000-ocre o i n t

ventue g r l c i J t u r a l

project

Junior

Achievement

JA.

branch n

Khterson

C h r i s t i a n

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S t a r t i n g

a h r i s t i a n

publishing

business n

KhersOT

YOU

CAN

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The pportunities

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are for busi

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armers, young people,

publish

ers,

eachers, octor s, nurses,

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supporters, a n d prayer

warriors. Some re simple enough or a ny

C h r i s t i a n .

Others are

d e ma n d i ng enough or

the strongest church. l l are i g n i f i c a n t .

I f you would i k e to know more bout

missions

work n the

f or mer

Soviet

Union,

please a l l

o r

rite:

Ralph W. aylor, Chairperson

Clovernook

Kherson

S t r a t e g i c P a r t n e r s h i p

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Rd.

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CHRISTIAN

EDUCATION

Teoc er r a i n i n g

T r a i n i n g f o r B i b l e

school teachers n

Kherson

summer,

1993)

P r o v i d i n g C h r t s t t a n t

eratueand ibles

Requests

o r

E n g l i s h

and usinessteach

erstoteoch

n

the

b u s l r T e s s high

school

In Kherson

MEDICAL

Mobile

Medical

n it

This unit r i l l

assist

t > e

Khersonchurches n

doing evangelism

among

he

Crimean

T at ar.

There

s

a

eed

f o r both

funding

a r x t

s t a f f i n g .

MedicinesNeeded

For

thechurcties n

Khersonand

the

medical n i t ,

FUNDING

F i n a r c t a l support

f

four lAraintan m i n i s t r y

Interns

T r a i n i n g

of Ukrainian

mis s io n a r ies

Leadership r a i n i n g by

TCM T a k i n g

C h r i s t

to

t t i e

M l l l l o r ^ s

I n

V i e t Y K a

Establishment of

a

TCM

atellite

brarxjh

i n Kherson; unding s

needed or

on-site

ejqaerrses.

Support o r two

is

sionary a m i l i e s v r i x )

v r i l l

live in Kherson arxj

t i e l p

v r t t h

leadership

t r o i n i n g

a r x f a h i r d

family

to

o i n them

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New hurch u i l d i n g s

PRAYER

NEEDS

AskGod o biess the

work

of lie Alexander

and

regory

a m i l i e s

as

hey prepare

to

leave o r U k r a i r T e .

Pray

f o r family medical

needs,

hat

housing

w i l l

be oixrd,

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lead

them o the i g h t

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begin i i e i r r e l a t t o n -

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i t h

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t i e l p ttiem

adopt

o

a

st rar^ new

ultue

end way f i f e , espe

c i a l l y t h r e i r children.

A sk

God o i e l p o t t i e r

congregations

or m

s t r a t e g i c p ar t n e r s h i p s

with chuches

n ottier

Uk r a in ia n

cities.

Pray

o r t t i e funding

and

t a f f i n g

of a

mobile medical

ni t

to work among t i e

refugee

i l l a g e s of

the

Crimean

otar.

Pray o r the goverrv

ment

f

Ukraineand

t t i e

o t t i e r

repctolics o f

theformer

Soviet

Urrfon,so hat tiatev-

er tiappens,

t i e

churchcancontinue

to

gro w r e e l y .

Those nterested in

obtaining informat ion

about ther possible

s t r a t e g i c partnerships,

contact

Doug ucas

Crimean

a ta r

Consortium Coordinator

P.O.Box4100

Cincinnati,

OH 45204

1-800-447-0800

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1373

West

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A ublication o f t i e Clovefnook

/

Kherson S t i o t e g l c Partnership Team

Sep tember,1993

First Impressions

The

lexander

family

arrived

i n

Kherson

on

J u ly 23rd.

This

i s

part

o f a

e t t e r dated the 27th

from Donna

o

t h e i r

shepherding

g r o u p a t

Clovernook.

"Greetings

from the

Ukraine.

am

i n a l l y

here. t

was

good

o meet

l l

the people have

heard a b o u t

for

so long.And

es,

these p e o p l e

are

as

wonderful as

Chris

told me

hey

w o u l d

b e Our partment i s a p r e t t y nice s i z e ,

clean,

a n d I love t .

There

were many i s i t o r s with g i f t s

o f

food, a n d

s uch

nice f r u i t s

for

us.Now

u s t

t o

b e able t o

t a l k

t o them

l uently.

"This

t r i p

was

he hardest

one have

ever

taken. G o i n g b a c k a n d forth t o

Z am b i a

ive

times

was

othing to t h i s .

"S u n d a y was

a great

day.

We

went

o the KCC

[Kherson Christian Church] n

the

m o r n i n g and

were

welcomed

armly .

Chris

preached a n d

was received

well.The e r v i c e

was very upbeat,

a n d I even

knew ome f

he

s ongs

from l i s t e n

ing to the Russian tapes At night

wewent

o the

Dom

olitve,

the more

onservative c h u r c h,

a n d

we

ere very

welcomed

here too.

The er

v i c e

i s much i f f e r e n t , yet so p e c i a l in

i t s

s i n

c e r i t y a n d even i t

slowness.We

i l l

enjoy b o t h

these churches.

"I l i k e the area l i v e i n ,

n o t

in the middle of

the c i t y

b u t

on

n

island very c l o s e . Though t s

n o t

a

retty p l a cethe t r e e t s are d i r t y , the

smells

n o t so pleasant.

"Traveling everywhere

i s a

major event. They

were

r i g h t a

h undred ti mes over

a b o u t the t r o l

ley buses t takes b o t h Chris a n d I p u sh i n g a n d

pulling t o

get

a l l o f u s on

t

the same ime.

The

o y s are

having

a

i f f i c u l t time. know

t h e y l l adjust

b u t wan ted t

t o b e quick.When

we alk,

which i s

mos t

o f the

time, they t i l l

c l i n g t o me

n d

show igns o f

being

a f r a i d . I n

the end

hey

w i l l b e stronger

for

the experience.

"As

for

me,

have

the

overwhelming

f e e l i n g

t h a t I am i g h t

where

I

am

u p p o s e d t o

b e now

a n d I w i l l b e h a p p y here. L i f e here w i l l

n o t

b e

easy b u t marked b y

continual

reliance upon he

Lord

a n d His people

for strength."

D uri ng the i r s t

week

there, Chris

met

i th the

leadership o f

b o t h ch ur ch

es

to

alk about the er v i c e

areas he i l l be involved

i n . Not ong a f t e r

t h a t , h i s

calendar

be g an

t o i l l

u p .

He reaches

on regular

basis

at

b o t h churches,

a n d has

taken part i n l o c a l

e v a n g e l i s t i c

r a l l i e s (as

an American, he's t he

m a i n a t t r a c t i o n ) .

He

was cheduled to speak a t

the A i r Force a n d Army ases. He n d Donna

have also b e g u n hosting a Bible study

g r o u p fo r

married couples from the KCC.

Lang u age

learning

c o n t i n ues to b e d i f f i c u l t

for the whole f a m i l y . A l l o f them ave been tak

ing language lessons with

L a r i s a , t h e i r

l a ng u age

teacher. At present,

R y a n i s d o i n g

the b e s t . He

l i k e s

h i s

c l a s s e s

a n d

i s

learning

r a p i d l y .

He

n d

Nicholas have

been g e t t i n g over

t h e i r

shyness

a n d maki ng some r i e n d s . Vanessa has

n o t

been

t r y i n g t o

learn Russian, b u t

she s almost

walk

ing a n d learning to l i k e homemade a b y food.

Their address:

UKR INE

YK p a n H a

325021 r .

XepcoH

y j i . f lopo4)eeBa f l

.

10 b .

30

AnexaHflep, Xpnc

Donna,

hris,

and

children R y a n 6 ) ,

Nicholas

4 ) ,

and

Vor>sso

(9 o n th s)

P le ase pr ay

o r

t h e i r

a b i l i t y

t o t e

am

he

language, a m i t y

h e a l t h , and

elp I n

developing

r e l a t i o n

ships that i l l

e n a b l e

Chris and Donna o

f i n d

t h e i r

p l o c e

of

service

n both

churches.


6/8

strategic

Partnership

V i k o k i y e v

=

y i

Vc

a l l e y View, e l i a :

Melitopd

E a s t s l d e , F u I l e r t o n

What

s

t ?

A t r a t e g i c

Partnership i s

mor e than a s i s t e r

church" e l a t i o n s h i p or a n agreement to work

together. t i s a long-term r e l a t i o n a l

commit

ment, ombining the best strengths each partner

church

has to o f f e r , to achieve mutual goals.

is

a n n t e n t i o n a l

r e l a t i o n s h i p between

t w o

church

es n

Kherson and

Clovernook

hristian

Church

for mutual involvement in evangelism and c r o s s -

c u l t u r a l

m i s s i o n s .

The

goal

of

h i s

partnership

i s

to strengthen the Ukrainian churches

s o

h a t

they

i l l expand t h e i r e v a n g e l i s t i c

e f f o r t s ,

s p e c i f

i c a l l y to reach

the

Crimean Tatar.

The partner

churches

focus on

n

e v a n g e l i s t i c

mod el

ound in Acts 1 : 8 , reaching

out to t h e i r

Jerusalem (Khers on), h e i r Judea

the

Kherson

Oblast or r e g i o n ) , t h e i r Samaria (the Crimean

T a t a r ) ,

and the ends

of

the

e a r t h .

For a w ide base of

upport,

we

eek

to

devel

op

network

of

n t e r e s t e d churches

to

help with

the

many

spects of

he

partner r e l a t i o n s h i p . Fo r

\Clovefnook,

incinnati

imferopol

Southeast, o u i s v i l l e

( t e n t a t i v e )

Right:

A

iagram of the

Clovemook/Kherson

s t r a t e g i c p a r t n e r s h i p ,

wtTO s involved,and

t r o w t w o r k s .

Networking

Churches

Ukraine

Network

Church

i c k c r -

ington

erson

E v a n g e l i c a l

Christian

Anaheim

Evangelism

Church

P a r tn e r

lovernook

Christian

Church

C i t y of

Kherson

Kherson

O blast

a r k s i d e

Churches

Kherson

Christian

Church

Indian

Creek

Your

church

Network

Church

A b o v e :

everal p a r t n e r s h i p s h ave been ormed

be t w e e n

American

hristian churchesand k rainian

c h u r c t v e s .

Not

shown:

tiarkov adeira/Mason

IncirTnati

w h a t

a

etworking church

i s

and

oes, ee

below

and he p r o f i l e of one uch church on

the next page.

hey

re involved

in ongoing,

not

ust

one

time,

participation.

hey have had people i s i t the i e l d , or a r e

planning to do

o.

hey

a r t i c i p a t e

to some egree

i n a l l of

he

following ways:

r a y e r ,

i n a n c e s ,

and

w or k

They

w o r k with and

k eep

i n

contact with

the

partnering

church.

N e t w o r k i n g

churches

in

the

Khe r son Project include:

Pickerington

Christian

Church

Pickerington,OH

F i r s t Christian

Church,

Anaheim CA

Parkside

Christian

Church,

Ancho rage,

AK

Indian Cre e k

C h r i s t i a n

Church,

Indianapolis,

IN

Partnership

i s a u a r t e r l y

n e w s l e t t e r

p u b l i s h e d

by

h e Clovemook/Kherson t r a t e g i c

P a r t n e r s h i p ,

/ o

Clovernook

C h r i s t i a n

Church, 1373 West a l b r a i t h

Rd., i n c i n n a t i ,OH 5231. Chairperson,Ralph

W. a y l o r .

Editor,

Robert . K o r t h . o n t r i b u t i n g E d i t o r s , Glen

l l i o t t

Kathy

i s k e , Doug u c a s . Photo p. 1)

y

Mike Rubush;

by Richard

B r i g g s .

The g o a l of h i s

n e w s l e t t e r

i s t o

i n f o r m

churches and i n d i v i d u a l s about p r a c t i c a l m i n i s t r y o p p o r t u n i ti e s i n

t h e

U k r a i n e , n v i t i n g them

t o

become

n v o l v e d

a s a

network

of hurches h a t

seek

to t r e n g t h e n t h e

e x i s t i n g

Ukrainian church

and

see

t

e s t a b l i s h e d among nreached people.


7/8

A

etworking

Church

Members f

i c k e r i r i g t o n

Chrlstion

Church with school

supplies f o r Khersor^ churches.

Pictured l . - r . ) John Chtesnut,

Judy Conti, teve

Rouch,

and

(^nio

i n e y ,

m i r ^ s t e r o f t h e

Kherson

hristion

Chuch

Networking Church Conference

at

lovernook Christian

Church,

Cincinnati,

Ohio

February 12,1994

Mark

your

caiendarsi

Gregory Family Moves

to

Simferopol

George and

Geri

Gregory an d children l e f t

Kherson

for

Simferopol

on uly 28, to begin

working there d i r e c t l y with

the

Crimean

T a t a r s .

The

oal

a n d

s t r a t e g y

of

the

Kherson

Partnership Team has

been to give

a

v i s i o n to

the

Ukrainians and

rain them to be ross-cul

t u r a l

missionaries

among he T a t a r s .

George

does not see

h i s

a b i l i t i e s an d

desires

matching

t h i s approach; instead, he prefers to

work

direcdy with the T a t a r s .

e annot

continue

to oversee theirwork

because

our resources re committed to the

two

churches in Kherson, with whom we re

part

ners.

The Gregorys

will now e

under

he over

sight

of

Team Expansion.We sk

God's

blessing

on

George and

Geri an d

f a m i l y , and

ish

them

success n

their new

ork.

When

he Kherson project began,

ohn

Chesnut was

inis

t e r at a rand-new

congregation

in

Pickerington,

Ohio,

a

su b

urb ofColumbus.He

nd

his wife Ruth had

served

for sbc

months

in

1986

with

TOM Taking

Christ

to

the

Millions) in

several

eastern European countries, so

Ukraine seemed

i k e

a n excellent place for

missions

work or h e i r new

hurch.

Now hree

years old an d having reached

130

n attendance, the Pickerington church

i s

strongly

a c t i v e in i t s community as well

as missions.

Their missions budget

s

12

of

h e i r

general budget, with over

h a l f

going to

the

Kherson project.

Four

people

from Pickerington went

on

the

i

r s t short-term missions

r i p

to

Kherson in 1991,and

three

went n 1993:

John Chesnut,

inister;

Steve

Rauch,

Church

Treasurer,

an d

Judith

Conti,

Children's

Ministry

Leader.

They

ave

b u i l t

friendships that

continue

on ith g i f t s , l e t

t e r s , prayers, a n d ev en a return v i s i t l a s t

f a l l from the Ukrainian churchleaders dur

ing t h e i r stay in the U.S.

When

hey went

h i s y e a r , the t r a v e l e r s had a o t of x t r a

luggage. With the help of Gayle Healin an d others,

o c a l

d oc

tors an d

pharmacies

donated 20,000 worth of n t i b i o t i c s

and

over-the-countermedicines

for them

to take to

Kherson.

(Kherson

hospitals

have almost nothing

i n

the way f drugs

and

medical supplies that we o ul d consider

commonplace

in the U.S.) There

they were

d i s t r i b u t e d

by

h r i s t i a n

doctors

a t

a Khe rson h o s p i t a l .

In

a d d i t i o n , Jo

P o r t z l i n e

and

A l t h e a

Joy,

teachers at o c a l

elementary

schools,

organized the

children

in

donating

money,

chool

supplies,

a n d

seeds.

The

ickerington church plans to do t again t h i s Novem

ber,

onlyon

a r g e r s c a l e . The t a t e Department,

through

the

Fund or

Democracy

a n d

Development, i l l ship (for

free) a o r t y - f o o t container of food an d medical supp lies to

any i t y in the former Soviet Union. The ickerington church

i s t r y i n g to

i

l l one uch container.

Besides

going to o c a l

businesses an d n d i v i d u a l s , they are

looking

for other

church

es

who an contribute (for d e t a i l s ,

see

p a g e

4).

P i c k e r i n g t o n ' s

emphasis on ommunity involvement ha s

helped

i t

grow

oth

in

numbers

a n d

in

reputation.

The

church sends

a newsletter

to 5000

dresses in i t s

community,

t e l l i n g about the church an d i t s

work

n Ukraine.

John

also contacts o c a l newspapers for p u b l i c i t y . He

encourages

other

churches to

do he

same,

nd p u b l i c i z e p ro

j e c t s l i k e t h i s or other

benevolent

projects i n your

o c a l

papers.

t

helps,

he s a y s , to show hat churches are involved

in

t h e i r communities

a n d in the world, a n d not

u s t

turned

inward.

I ' v e been

r e a l l y plea sed with a l l the coverage . They

only

got a

few i t t l e

things wrong, and you c a n ' t buy h a t kind

ofgood u b l i c i t y .


8/8

Personals

Help

Wanted Prayer

PERSONALS

F i r s t

Crimean

Tatar

C t i r l s t l a n

A atar woman

as

accepted

esus

h r i s t as

her Lordand

avior

n

August n Simferopd,

t i e

f i r s t Crimean Tatar

to

do

so

to our

knowledge.

Because

f

possible

opposition from

i T e r

Muslim familyand

r i e n d s

her decision tobecome

a

h r i s t i a n

remains a r i

vateone or now

She

peaks n g i i s h

Russian, orxt Tatar,and

now

orks

ith

missionaries

asan n t e r p r e t e r and a r v

guage e i p e r .

She wasone fthoseto

t a i k to

ou hort-term grojp

i n 1991 about he Tatars,

t h e i r e x i l e

and

h e i r

return

home o Crimea ond she

has

been

i t n e s s i n g

t o

ott>er

Crimean atars

n

some f the refugee et

tlementsaround Simfero

pol.

Medical

Supplies

Needed

P I c k e r l n g t o n

C h r i s t i a n

Church

s seeking to

c o l l e c t0 arge amount f medical u p p l i e s

and on-perishable

food

enough

to i l l a

f o r t y - f o o t container) o

send

to Khersonfa

d i s t r i b u t i o n .

T h e i r

target datefa

hipping

s

the i r s t

week

n November.

I f you have tems of

h i s

type to send to

U k r a i n e

you

need n t y s h i p o r b r i n g them

t o

PIckerlngton.

fa

ore nformation,

contact

John Chesnut

P I c k e r l n g t o n

C h r i s t i a n

Church

36

ynette r .

P I c k e r l n g t o n OH 43147

Telephone 614) 33-4900

HELPWANTED

I n d i v i d u a l s i n the

a r t r r e r -

ship network are

n v i t e d

to

take part n t t T e

next

h o r t -

term missions r i p to

Kherson

n June

1994.

or

informationcontact Mike

Rubush /o

Ciovemook

Christian Church

Ivan

Gerasamovich

the minister of theDom

M o l i t v e has

long been

active

n p r i s o n m i n i s t r y i n

the Kherson area.He

as

asked

us to provide e l f

study or correspondence- -

course i b l e study materi

als

in

Russian or those n

p r i s o n

f

vû wish

to cotv

t r i b u t e funds

or f you know

ofa ource or such mate

r i a l s

please

contact R alph

W.

a y l o r c/o Clovernook.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Alexander a m i l y

language

e a r n i n g .

Famiiy health.

Nicholas s

eye

hod u r g e r y

before

they e f t but

t

has

no t

completely

Improved,

t

may meana r i p back to

the U . S . o r f u r t h i e r

surgery

ot

a uture date.

For t i e i r

adjustment

o

a

new

i f e

and

ulture.

For hrisand he

leaders

of

both churches

as

hey

seek

o develop i n i s t r y

areas or him.

The

Gregory

a m i l y

i n

t t i e i r

new i n i s t r y i n

Simferopol.

For

new

a r t r r e r s h i p s to

be

ormed

nd

or f f o r t s

to ecruit

churches

and

i r t d i v l d u a l s within churches,

to

be

art of the network

that serves

tê

KtTerson

S t r a t e g i c P a r t n e r s h i p .

For

Vera Siney,

wife

of

Genia iney, i n i s t e r of the

Kherson Christian

Church

recovering health f t e r the

b i r t h

of t > e i r eighth

h i l d .

F o r Oiga Kudryovtseva s

12-year-old son

Lyosha,

who as had two

surgeries

and s

critica l l y

l l Oiga s a

p r o f e s s o r

at the Pedagog

ical institute.

For Debbie Schneider

orxj or

the Renntes,

who

plan t o develop

a

ea f

m i n i s t r y i n t t i e Kherson

churches, ontinuing the

work done by

Detê

n

1991-2.

For

t i e r y i Truebtood,

having returned to Ukraine

August

15

f t e r time spent

language earning n

th e

U.S. Stie leads

the

tvistian

Club

on

t i e campus

f

t t i e Pedagogical n s t i t u t e .

F o r the growth of new

Christians,

especially

-among tieOrimeoa

TqIol-

F o r t t i e worsening eco

nomic

and

o l i t i c a l s i t u a

tion

in

Ukraine

and

ther

countries that were a art

of the

oviet

Union.

Building Project

The leadership of

the

Dom olitve s

asking

f o r

funding to

b u i l d

a a r g e r church

b u i l d i n g

on

and

donated o t by he government.

Clovernook h r i s t i a n

Church, long

i t h t t i e

Central Valley

B a p t i s t

Association I n

C a l i f o r n t a

who

re also

working n Kherson,

are

support

ing h i s p r o j e c t i n a n c i a l l y and re o o k i n g f o r

others

who

ish

to

help.

please contact

Ralph W.

a y l o r

c/o

Clovernook h r i s t i a n

Church

1373 est

albralth

Rd.

Cincinnati,OH 5224

Clovernook Christian

Church

1373West

albraiih

Rd.

Cincinnati,OH

45231

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Norman

Weaver,

Editor

Horizons Magazine

P.O. Box

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Knoxville,

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