Before Vita Vashchyshyn left Ukraine for IYouth Camp in Germany this summer, she did something she had never done before. She deleted her Ukrainian emergency alerts — the constant stream of messages that warns residents of incoming strikes, drone sightings,…
This past Sunday, you made it possible for us to serve at the church where it all began — Brussels Christian Center. I had the joy of leading worship in the morning international service and serving on the team in…
David is a 17-year-old violinist from Kyiv, Ukraine. And thanks to friends like you, he went home after iYouth Camp with something he needed. That something was a kit of violin essentials — new strings, a rosin guard, a practice…
Yesterday, a Ukrainian teenager named Yeva Dovbysh handed me a bookmark she had made. She didn’t say much. Just — “This is for you.” But look at what she wrote on it. “Shared with the world. Made in Ukraine.” Yeva…
Today you made a worship workshop possible for 30 teenagers from Belgium, France and Ukraine. During the workshop, we asked the teens to divide into groups of four and to plan a worship set around a theme of their choosing…
Letters from Kyiv, Week Three “The enemy wants to kill pastors, destroy lives and wipe out ministries off the records completely. But they forget that the Church is not a building – it is the people.” — Tim Vashchyshyn,…
Letters from Kyiv, Week Two “The Lord stretched His hand out to me” — Sofia, 16, Ukraine Two years ago, sixteen-year-old Sofia arrived at iYouth Camp in Germany carrying a grief most teenagers never know. Her father had died before…
Letters from Kyiv, Week One “Before we go to bed, we check to see where it is safe to sleep.” — Tim Vashchyshyn, Pastor, Kyiv, Ukraine Thirty-two-year-old Pastor Tim Vashchyshyn lives with a reality most of us can hardly imagine…
Something new is brewing at Elevate Europe, and we wanted you to be among the first to know. About 30 years ago, I (Jeff) wrote a play telling the Christmas story through the eyes of the innkeeper and his family. The…
Last month, you made it possible for 80 leaders from 17 churches to gather for worship training events in the southwestern Spanish cities of Seville and Algeciras. That alone is remarkable. But what happened during those gatherings was even more…