{"id":9674,"date":"2024-04-07T23:55:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kachelman.com\/ukraine\/blog\/?p=9674"},"modified":"2024-04-08T11:33:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T16:33:06","slug":"spring-trip-april-7-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kachelman.com\/ukraine\/blog\/2024\/04\/07\/spring-trip-april-7-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Report #4 | 2024 Spring Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Featured Photo: Members enter into the church building for worship on Sunday April 7, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Loving embraces, smiles, and cheerful words filled the building as we gathered together for worship! Such illustrates so well Psalm 122:1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u00a0was\u00a0glad\u00a0when they said to me, \u201cLet\u2019s go to the house of the\u00a0Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n(Ps. 122:1)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Today’s Lord\u2019s Day (April 7, 2024) was a bright sunny and warm day in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. The day was made better by the encouraging assembly gathered to worship the Almighty God. There was a good number present considering several factors that prevented brethren from attending (the war; some away on business; some traveling, some taking exams to qualify for a job; etc). One of the objectives set in January was to involve as many of the men members possible in leading the worship actions. \u00a0Gif is doing a great job in moving toward a reality of this objective. He is planning a month ahead and the men are signing up for the acts of worship they want to lead. We have a fulltime song leader in Kola who has eagerly embraced the work. It is encouraging to look at the planned schedule sheet and see the men sign their names. Gif says that there are men eagerly volunteering for various duties who never before were involved. We have urged this for a number of years and Gif and Perry implemented it in January and it has taken off very well. Thus, we have developing a true \u201ccongregational worship\u201d and not a \u201cpriest-led worship\u201d where the preacher does everything. The key to this is planning and encouraging!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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