November 11-15, Agape Ministries conducted a Training Seminar in Volgograd, Russia for Christians who want to minister to orphans and other at-risk children. The seminar was taught by a team from Agape Ministries, Ukraine. The seminar was held in “Light to The World”, a Christian Cultural Center. More than 30 people attended, from Volgograd, Volzhsk, Kirovo-Chepetsk, and Saransk (Republic of Mordovia).
October 31st-November 2nd 2013, Agape Ministries conducted a seminar in Beltsy, Moldova. The seminar was held in “New Life” church of Beltsy, and was attended by close to 30 people from Belchan, Peliniyi, Ryshkan, Rybnitsy, Sorok, Kishinev, and more. Over the course of the seminar, the following topics were addressed: ‘A psychological portrait of an orphan’s heart’, ‘Methods of teaching’, ‘Youth Club ministry’ and ‘Dysfunctional Families’. The seminar attendees were all people who have had experience with or are currently working with orphans and ‘problem children.’ That made this seminar all the more a time of sharing experience, both positive and negative, in a warm atmosphere of shared goals , as all present were united in their great desire to bring God’s love and hope into the broken world of orphan children.
October 28th- November 1st in Gaspra, Crimea, Agape Ministries conducted the first session of our Ministry School for Adaptation Center Leaders, a new training course that we have organized. The goal of this training is to add to the knowledge of those who are ministering to orphanage graduates in adaptation centers, as well as serving as a time for each leader to share their practical experience. There were 22 leaders at this first session, from Zhitomir, Chernivitsky Region, Dnepropetrovsk, Rovno, Zaporozhye and Zaporozhye Region, Krivoi Rog, Kramatorsk, and Kherson.
On the 14th of October, we began the first session of the 10th annual Agape Ministry School. Kiev Bible Institute was our gracious host for the week. Students from Belarus, Russia, and 11 regions of Ukraine made the trip to Kiev to study with us. There were many guests and friends of Agape that took part in the opening ceremonies of the first session: Rustam Nazimovich Fatullayev, pastor of Tabernacle Church; Sergei Vladimirovich Manelyuk, Rector of KBI (Kiev Bible Institute); Alla Vasilyevna Nechiporuk, Dean at KBI; Oksana Vasilyevna Malishuk, Coordinater of KBI’s correspondence courses and Pavel Vasilyevich Fedoruk, Senior Pastor for the Crimea region.
How can we help more children? We can find each child a mentor who would become their role model and who can accompany them in later life.
Dear friends! Let's take a tour to a country where peace, prosperity and stability rule. Flourishing there is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance. You say that this country does not exist? Yeah, I guess you're right.
