Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    PROVIDED CHRISTIAN MUSIC WORSHIP LEADERSHIP AND EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH EVEN DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC. PRIOR TO THE COVID LOCK-DOWNS, THERE WAS ONE IN-PERSON EVANGELISTIC EVENT IN KYIV, UKRAINE WITH 1,109 YOUNG ADULTS PARTICIPATING. OF THOSE PERSONS PARTICIPATING, 592 SAID "YES" TO CHRIST ON A WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATED IN LEADERSHIP OF FOUR ENGLISH EVANGELISM EVENTS WITH UKRAINIANS THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF ZOOM. MUCH OF THE TIME AND EFFORTS SPENT DURING 2020 RELATED TO THE PREPARATION FOR THESE EVENTS WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY DUE TO THE COVID LOCK-DOWNS. EFFORTS WERE REQUIRED TO BOTH LEARN AND PRACTICE WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING TWO PRACTICE CLASSES WITH UKRAINIANS. A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT WAS ALSO REQUIRED TO WRITE AND CONVERT ENGLISH LESSONS INTO THE GOOGLE SLIDES FORMAT TO EFFICIENTLY UTILIZE THE ZOOM TECHNOLOGY. PURSUANT TO THE LIFTING OF THE COVID LOCK-DOWNS IN THE UNITED STATES, TRAINING MEETINGS WERE HELD IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; CORSICANA, TX; AND DENTON, TX. MUSIC WORSHIP LEADERSHIP WAS PROVIDED ON PRAISE AND WORSHIP TEAMS ON SIX OCCASIONS VIA EITHER IN-PERSON OR RECORDED REHEARSALS (INCLUDING THREE REHEARSALS EACH). ADDITIONALLY, TWO PERSONAL / CLASS BIBLE STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED WITH UKRAINIANS VIA ZOOM WITH SEVEN SESSIONS EACH. THERE WAS INTENSIVE EFFORTS THROUGHOUT 2020 TO REACH UKRAINIANS VIA E-MAIL, VIBER CHATS, ZOOM CONVERSATIONS, ETC. MUCH TIME WAS SPENT IN ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE AND GOD.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
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  • Evangelistic Outreach and Music Leadership

    PROVIDED CHRISTIAN MUSIC WORSHIP LEADERSHIP AND EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH EVEN AS THE WAR IN UKRAINE CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE PRESIDENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATED IN TWO ONLINE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EVANGELISM EVENTS TO UKRAINIANS WHICH WERE HELD IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER 2024. EACH OF THESE EVENTS INVOLVED FIVE DAYS OF DAILY CLASSES, PLUS LESSON WRITING AND EDITING BEFOREHAND AND STUDENT EMAILING FOLLOWING. THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN MEETING ONLINE WEEKLY ON THURSDAYS WITH A GROUP OF UKRAINIAN YOUNG ADULTS TO STUDY THE GOSPEL OF MARK. THIS INVOLVED AT LEAST TWO DAYS A WEEK OF WRITING LESSONS FOR THIS STUDY AS WELL AS MAKING GOOGLE SLIDE PRESENATIONS FOR THE LESSONS. IN ADDITION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION INITIATED A SECOND ONLINE CLASS MEETING EACH MONDAY IN THE STUDY OF THE GOSPEL OF MARK. ALTHOUGH THIS SECOND ONLINE CLASS IN THE STUDY OF THE GOSPEL OF MARK UTILIZED LESSONS PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME WAS SPENT EACH WEEK EDITING AND IMPROVING THE MATERIAL USED IN THE CLASSES.MUSIC WORSHIP LEADERSHIP WAS PROVIDED TO PRAISE TEAMS (INCLUDING THREE REHEARSALS EACH) ON FOUR OCCASIONS. FROM MAY THROUGH DECEMBER 2024 THERE WAS CONCENTRATED MINISTRY TO A SINGLE WOMAN AND HER TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING HOMELESS. MUCH TIME WAS SPENT IN GOSPEL CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS OF LIFE-SKILLS AND SETTING GOALS FOR HER FUTURE IN ADDITION TO MAKING CERTAIN SHE HAD FOOD AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION TO ALL EVENTS AT CHURCH. THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION WAS AGAIN ALLOWED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MINISTER IN-PERSON IN UKRAINE DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024. EVEN AS THE WAR RAGED IN UKRAINE, 318 STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM AN IN-PERSON ENGLISH LANGUAGE EVANGELISM EVENT IN KYIV DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY 2024 WITH 207 STUDENTS REGISTERING POSITIVE WRITTEN RESPONSES TO CHRIST. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT EVENT, ANOTHER IN-PERSON ENGLISH LANGUAGE EVANGELISM EVENT WAS HELD IN THE CITY OF ZHYTOMYR. THE EVENT IN ZHYTOMYR GRADUATED 237 STUDENTS FROM THE IN-PERSON CLASSES AND RESULTED IN 151 POSITIVE WRITTEN DECISIONS FOR CHRIST. IN ADDITION TO TEACHING CLASSES IN THESE EVENTS, THE PRESIDENT SERVES ON THE PRAISE TEAMS. SUCH SERVICE ALLOWED FOR NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024 TO INTERACT WITH SMALL GROUPS AND TO ENTER INTO ONE-ON-ONE GOSPEL CONVERSATIONS. SUCH CONVERSATIONS INCLUDED:1) A YOUNG WOMAN AND HER PARENTS IN VALENCIA, SPAIN2) HANNA, IN ZHYTOMYR, UKRAINE (A SKEPTIC WHO WILL READ THE BIBLE)3) WORD OF HOPE CHURCH IN VYNNYKY4) OLENA KLEKOTA IN WARSAW, POLAND5) KATIA OSVALD AND HER FIANCE`, DIMA, AS WELL AS FOUR OTHER UKRAINIAN FRIENDS IN BADEN-BADEN, GERMANYSUBSEQUENT TO THE ENGLISH CLASS EVENTS HELD DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION SERVED AS SUPPORT STAFF WITH MICHAEL GOTT AND THE TEXAS COUNTRY BOYS BAND DURING THE FALL OF 2024. THIS MINISTRY OFFERED NINE EVANGELISTIC PRESENTATIONS IN NINE DIFFERENT CITIES IN UKRAINE (PLUS AN UNOFFICIAL EVANGELISTIC PRESENTATION OUTSIDE OF ZHYTOMYR, UKRAINE TO 500 SOLDIERS AT AN ARMY TRAINING BASE). THE MINISTRY'S FINAL 2024 EVANGELISTIC PRESENTATION DURING THE FALL WAS IN WARSAW, POLAND. ALL OF THE 2024 PRESENTATIONS WERE ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED BY THE AUDIENCES. THROUGH WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRES, 2,120 PEOPLE INDICATED POSITIVE RESPONSES TO CHRIST DURING THESE MUSIC EVANGELISM PRESENTATIONS WHICH THIS MINISTRY SERVED ALONG WITH TEXAS COUNTRY BOYS / MICHAEL GOTT PRESENTATIONS. THERE WERE INTENSIVE EFFORTS THROUGHOUT 2024 TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH UKRAINIANS VIA EMAIL, MESSAGING APPS, ZOOM CONVERSATIONS, ETC. MUCH TIME WAS SPENT ENCOURAGING THEM IN ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE AND HOPEFULLY IN THEIR DESIRE TO KNOW GOD BETTER.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    $124.7K