Last week, Bogumil Jarmulak, Attila Hajdu, Andrew Richardson, and Garry Vanderveen had the opportunity to meet with most of our CREC pastors in Ukraine. Unfortunately, two pastors were unable to attend due to their being drafted into the armed forces.
The situation continues to grow dire, and unless the Lord intervenes, our brethren will find themselves in desperate circumstances this fall, and acute need come winter. Already, the saints of our Ukrainian churches are enduring power outages lasting 12-18 hours a day, even as fuel and food prices rise steadily. We anticipate further deterioration in the coming months, especially as winter approaches. Without electricity, necessary for heating, it will be nearly impossible to gather for worship or for pastors to prepare sermons.
After talking with the pastors, we have concluded that we need to raise $170,000 as soon as possible for power stations and generators, food, and fuel for our Ukrainian brethren. Hopefully we can raise these funds before winter and the prices skyrocket. Please note that these funds are necessary for the CREC churches and their members alone and will not be used for their diaconal ministries to the broader communities.
Saints, we are reminded of the grace of God that was given to the churches in Macedonia (2 Corinthians 8:1-5), and we trust that by the grace of the Holy Spirit, Christ Jesus will move us to give above our means for the relief of the saints in Ukraine during their severe test of affliction.
This is a critical time for our brethren, and your generous support can make a significant difference. We appeal to your compassion and solidarity with our suffering brothers and sisters. Your contributions will help provide essential resources and bring hope and relief to those in desperate need.
These needs are specific to the conflict, which the saints of our church did not cause, and separate from our annual general fund needs. These are above and beyond our normal ministry support.
On behalf of JEEP and in the name of Christ Jesus our Savior,
Pastor Michael Kloss
Here is our budget for essential needs for this fall and winter.
*Power stations and generators: $77 000.00
*Fuel: $33 000.00
*Food and hygiene: $60 000.00
To give to this need, click here and select “JEEP Ukraine Relief”