On October 13-15, Biblijski institut hosted a seminar on preaching. The seminar was intended for those who preach, or desire to preach; to help them enhance their art and increase their skills in sermon conception, preparation, and delivery. Lessons included the rationale and purpose of preaching, and effective elements and organization of sermons. Participants were […]
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Weekend Follow-up to Champs Camp
The last weekend of September we had a children’s ministry event that was a follow-up to our Champs Camp in the summer. We had a day full of Bible stories, songs, crafts, games, and lots of fun. Thank God for these precious children and their families. Thanks also to the Oklahoma Christian University students who […]
Family Camp at Činta…And New Life!
The second week of August found us on the island of Ugljan for the 46th annual family camp of the Churches of Christ in Croatia. I arrived in Zagreb the day before the camp from a two week trip to the USA. So I went down to camp a day late, along with one church […]
Youth Camp
I am quite behind in updating the news of the summer. Here’s an attempt to get back on track. July14-17 found about 25 of us at our first ever Youth Camp for teenagers from our churches, and other friends. I led the team putting the camp together. We held the camp at a planinarski dom […]
Champs Camp Jarun
For the fifth year in a row, we held Champs Camp at the Jarun Lake park in the southwestern part of Zagreb. Held from June 29-July 2, it was four days of Bible lessons, games, crafts, and great fun. This year we had 82 children registered for the camp, more than half of whom were […]
Champs Camp Expansion – Maksimir
This year we added an additional week of Champs Camp, on the other side of the city, for the children in the neighborhoods (Maksimir) surrounding our church/institute building. This camp happened last week. As with the camp at Jarun Lake, this one was also sponsored by Biblijski institut, with a lot of help from church […]
More From Ukraine…Some Serendipities
So much was packed into my trip to Ukraine two weeks ago that just one post couldn’t cover it all. I actually arrived the day before the conference. I spent that night with friends Andrew and Jenny Kelly, north of Kiev, near the town of Ivankiv. Ivankiv town sign Andrew and I co-founded the Ukrainian […]
Mission to Ukraine – ВРЕМЯ ВОЙHE И ВРЕМЯ МИРY (Time for War and Time for Peace)
I went on a mission to Ukraine over last weekend, along with Mladen Dominić and Ivan Tešić. Back in February, my friend and former co-worker in Ukraine, Dema Grishchuk, came to visit us in Zagreb and invited Christians from Croatia to go to this conference in Kiev on May 1-3. They specifically wanted some from […]
Naša Misija – Our Mission
We are a spiritual family that worships, praises and proclaims Christ, and by the grace and love of God builds up, serves and blesses people. For more than a year, since the death of our Croatian minister, Mladen Jovanović, the leadership of our congregation in Zagreb has been praying about and piecing together a new […]
Church Retreat…And Easter at our Church…Isus je uskrsnuo!
Last week found me again in Crikvenica on the coast, for our annual church spiritual renewal retreat. I helped lead worship and also helped lead the teen discussion group. We talked about the topics the teens wanted to discuss, along the line of what keeps people from believing in Jesus. We also took them […]
