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Nordic / Baltic / Eastern European
Newsletter
March
26, 2010
Issue 14
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Greetings!
As mentioned in our last eNews, we had
more news than we could practically put into
one newsletter, so we're sending this one
ahead of schedule. We appreciate your
feedback to our news and information
about United Church of God's activities.
In the last issue we mentioned how
Natasha Weatherhead, who lives in Barbados,
was cleared for US immigration to work for
the United Church of God at our
Home Office in Cincinnati, Ohio. She
finally received her interview and was
granted her visa this past Wednesday. She
will be arriving in the United States at the
end of April.
We want to tell you about the regional
Festival of Tabernacles that will be held on
the Estonian island of Saaremaa from
September 22-30. The United Church of God
keeps the Holy Days instructed in the Bible
and which were observed by the early
New Testament Church. For more
information about the Holy Days please link
to our booklet
God's Holy Day Plan: The Promise of Hope for
All Mankind. The United Church of
God also observes the
Passover and the
Days of Unleavened Bread this coming
week that are explained in the 23rd chapter
of Leviticus. They were kept by Christ, His
disciples as recorded in
New Testament history in the Book of
Acts and the writings of Paul.
From
April 30 - May 2 the ministry of
the United Church of God will hold its
annual conference in Cincinnati,
Ohio. The theme this year is Go Into
All the World. The ministry and
staff that serves the
Nordic/Baltic/Eastern European areas
will display an exhibit for an expo
evening. We will show what we do
in literature, video and photos. We
will also be presenting 90 minute
seminars about our areas for the entire
ministry in attendance.
The March/April issue of our online
Virtual
Christian Magazine is listed
below with links to this month's
seasonal and relevant articles.
From Moe, Australia Sofie Banham
continues to translate into the
Polish language. We have added
articles about two more of our
Fundamental Beliefs, Humanity
and also Sin and God's Law. We
would like to ask you if you of anyone
else knowledgeable in the Polish
language who could help us with
proofreading. You can see our offerings
of the various languages in the areas
we serve at
www.ucg.org/easteuropean.
You can
view this newsletter plus all the
previous ones on the Web at
http://kubik.org/ucgee. If
you had this newsletter forwarded to
you, you can order your own automatic
subscription on that page. Let us hear
from you. We always enjoy hearing from
our readers.
In Christ's service,
Victor Kubik
Senior Pastor
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2010 Festival of Tabernacles in Estonia
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This year the Feast of Tabernacles in
Estonia will be held on the Baltic
island of Saaremaa. The venue for the
Feast will be the Georg Ots Spa Hotel,
which overlooks the Baltic Sea.
This location was very popular with Feastgoers last year. A double
room at the spa costs a very
reasonable $75 per night. This price
includes a buffet breakfast;
unlimited access to saunas, pools
and a fitness center; use of a
personal bathrobe and sandals;
Internet connection in the hotel
rooms and all taxes. Visit the
hotel's Web site at
www.gospa.ee.
You will not need to rent a car,
as many restaurants and sites are within
walking distance. Taxis are plentiful,
and you can get almost anywhere for
about $5.
Location of Services:
All meetings will be held at the hotel
in Saaremaa.
First Service: Wednesday,
Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m.
Information
and Registration:
Median coach airfare from the United
States to the capital city, Tallinn, is
about $1,200 per person. There are
flights daily from Tallinn to the island
of Saaremaa for about $40 one way.
Additional information about other
charges for bus, excursions and a few
group meals will be made available on
our Estonia Feast Web site at
www.kubik.org/estonia.
You may request an application by
e-mailing the Festival coordinator,
Johnnie Lambert, at
fotestonia@gmail.com
or by writing to him at
562 Sing Sing Road
Horseheads, NY 14845
We invite you to come join us for a
memorable and enjoyable Feast of
Tabernacles!
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Featured Booklet this Month --Is
the Bible True?
Now in Russian
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 In
United Church of God's listing of almost 30
booklets, this one is a must-read.
It explains by what authority we speak and
promote our message. Billions of Bibles have
been published and distributed around the world.
Millions of people regard it as the inspired
Word of God. It's been one of history's most
influential and popular books. But can you-and
should you-believe it? In is now available in
the Russian language.
The booklet is available in English by clicking
on the link below. To receive it in Russian,
please write to one of our addresses at the
bottom of this newsletter.
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President of Ukraine, Victor Yuschenko, visits
our charity near Chernobyl
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On January 11, 2010 the President of
Ukraine, Victor Yuschenko, visited the
"Revival" Centre of Rehabilitation in
Chernihev, Ukraine. LifeNets has been on the
ground floor of establishing and
supporting this wonderful c enter
for disabled children run by doctors and
neurologists who treated by first Chernobyl
victim children back in 1986. We have been
working with them since 1996. Our history
with this mission can be found at
www.lifenets.org/chernobyl.
Our work there has opened the doors
to everything else that LifeNets has done. "
While he was giving a tour to the
President, in the choreographic wing of
the Centre, Director and founder Dr.
Vasyl Pasichnyk pointed out the plaque
on the wall showing the names of the
LifeNets donors who contributed to the
construction of this wing. The President
in a very pleasant way acknowledged the
work of LifeNets with the Rehabilitation
Center.
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March/April
2010 Issue
of
Virtual Christian Magazine
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Online articles -- very readable, easily
downloadable and printable.
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Dr. Jan Karlik Visits Lee's in Warsaw
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Dr. Jan Karlik, University of California
professor in Bakersfield is a long-time friend
of mine going back to days when I was pastor in
the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
congregations.
His ethic roots are Czech. For the past seven
years he has been going to Budapest in January
to offer a lecture series on atmospheric
science, air pollution, and climate change at
Central European University (CEU). CEU also has
a department of environmental science and policy
since there was so much environmental
destruction in Eastern Europe and the former
Soviet Republics. Students come from all over
the world and enroll in either Master's or PhD
programs here.
The department chair, who is an
Armenian Russian, likes to have someone from
California teach the section on atmospheric
science because of the research base and
policy history found in California. He also
likes to have visiting professors from
various countries so students experience a
variety of teaching styles.
Last year on our way to Ukraine, we
visited with Jan Karlik in Budapest. He
likes to take free time to visit the other
Eastern European countries.This January he
traveled to Warsaw, Poland to visit Andrew
and Karen Lee. They, too, are friends of
ours going back again to Minnesota days.
Andy Lee works as a partner at a major
international accounting firm in Warsaw. I
have also known Andy Lee's family for 43
years. Last year my wife Beverly and visited
with them as well. The members of the United
Church of God are quite scattered throughout
Eastern Europe and get-togethers are very
enjoyable and welcome.
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LifeNets Awards Scholarship
to Armenian Student
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The LifeNets Developing Nations Scholarship
Program that currents provides scholarships
to more than 40 students has awarded a
multi-year stipend to a young lady in Armenia to
study English and German. Her name is Ani and
she aspires to be become a professional
translator or a language teacher. Without a
university degree it is difficult to find work
in Armenia. The scholarship will administered
through United Church of God's German Office in
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Helga Mägi of Tartu, Estonia
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On the right is Helga Mägi, one of our faithful
believers with great-grandson Kevin. The young
man on the left is her grandson Jaanus. Helga is
one of our more memorable members.
Johnnie Lambert along with Toomas Schvak visited
with her when he stayed in Estonia through the
month of February. She was in good health,
living now in her daughter's apartment in Tartu
which has central heating and other amenities
unknown at her old apartment.
-- by Toomas from Tallinn, Estonia
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Contact Information
Victor Kubik
3707 Turfway Ct.
Indianapolis, IN 46228
phone:
001 317 216-0802
001 317 216-0802
mobile/sms:
001 317 679-7676
001 317 679-7676
562 Sing Sing Road
Horseheads, NY 14845
phone:
001 607 796-2660
001 607 796-2660
mobile:
001 607 765-1969
001 607 765-1969
email:
jlambert49@gmail.com
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