There was a working meeting of the prison ministry team on January 3. It was the first meeting of the new year! At this meeting the agenda included plans for ministry, the vision guiding the work with prisoners, and a schedule for visiting three prisons. Praise God that the number of people who want to be involved in prison ministry is growing. We need prayer for every brother and sister on the team that the Lord will give them complete dedication to serve and a spirit of unity.

In December last year Salvation church held a day of fasting and prayer. For the third consecutive quarter, we came together to seek God's face.

It is good that ministry leaders are increasingly aware that it is important for the congregation to come together in prayer. The success of the church will never be guaranteed by the number of ministries it organizes. Only God's direct assistance and fatherly blessing will bring the results we all desire. No matter how many "good" programs we develop - if they were not given from above - then the kingdom of God will not grow. (Ps.126: 1) This is the idea we emphasized during the ministry leaders' prayer meeting.

This Sunday Salvation Church had an excellent opportunity to combine business with pleasure. Continuing the Christmas celebration, members of Salvation Church decided to host a Christmas Fair and to contribute the proceeds to the repair of the church in Dnipropetrovsk that was destroyed by fire.

Representatives of each small group of Salvation Church had a good opportunity to showcase their culinary and creative skills. The idea to host a church fair inspired everyone. Everyone involved was focused on serving their neighbors at the fair.

It seemed that each charming housewife had taken this opportunity to let her imagination take flight and realize her secret culinary dreams! There were lots of treats: pancakes, different types of pastries, sandwiches and more. And it was impossible to count all the sweets!

The Christmas celebration has already started! It was a special event for children and adults when a team from two Poltava churches: Salvation Church and Born Again Church, came to Chutovo on December 26. They hosted a Christmas party and a Christian puppet show!

On December 18, 2010 in the city of Kremenchug there was a conference for married couples. The theme of the conference was: "Communication - the first secret of a happy marriage." I think that by the end of the conference everyone agreed with this, but more on that later. The couples who attended were not only from Kremenchug, but also from Komsomolsk, Cherkassy, Kirovograd and Svetlovodsk.

For most Poltava residents winter is associated with snow, sledding, holidays and ... sorry, I forgot to mention colds and other maladies. Yes, against the backdrop of pre-New Year tinsel, no less important is people's concern for their health. Caring mothers remember grandmother's old remedies, schools everywhere announce guidelines for sick students and garlic becomes the main ingredient in almost every dish.

"I was in prison, and ye came unto Me ..." Mt. 25:36

On December 11 Salvation Church hosted a regional conference on prison ministry at the Christian Ministry Center. In addition to the attendees from the Poltava region, the Bishop of prison ministry for all of Ukraine was present, Viktor Ivanovich Mural-Sikorsky, as well as the Larionov family, missionaries from Latvia.

The last two weeks were a great blessing for our church. We were visited by very interesting and dedicated servants of God. It was hard not to confuse each of them with God's angels, because God blessed Salvation Church through them with his message.

Houston Newspaper "THE CY-FAIR SUN" called "the new star of the year" American teenager George Day, who has repeatedly won the swimming competition. "He readily incorporated into the team, and all children took it - wrote" THE CY-FAIR SUN ". - A distinguished him only that Yuri was born with only one complete limb - his left foot. He has almost no right hand, shortened right leg and left arm defective. " "He used every part of your body, beat the water with whatever he could, and felt free," - told U.S. reporters Mary Ann Yurina adoptive mother, who found it in Ukraine, one day after reading an article in a Ukrainian newspaper "facts."

"Lord, how wonderful!" - I shout with all my strength, standing on the bank of a river in autumn ...

I have always loved nature, being outdoors, travel and, of course, fishing! If I have any free time, I spend it near a river. Fishing, that's a rod and reel, and a boat on a river.