Already throughout several years our Church takes part in a holiday-festival «Happy family» that has become traditional in our city. And also this year on August 20 invited by the Department of social affairs of Daugavpils city the God`s Covenant Church became the active participant in this charitable action. The purpose of the action – to support family values and to help those families which are in financial difficulties, and such families in our city are quite many yet. By the efforts of the members of our church we have taken part not only in a financial way, but also with many activities that have pleased children and adults.
As well as in the last year, in the territory of the park where this holiday-festival took place, we have arranged tents where evangelical churches of our city could acquaint townspeople with their service and organize various activities.
Children were especially pleased with aqua – makeup on face that was done absolutely free of charge by Larisa Zlobina.
On two tables children could make by their hands greeting cards for the parents, grandmothers and grandfathers, and friends as well. Cards-preparations which children needed to decorate and sign have been prepared for this purpose, and Santa Dzalbe and children from youth ministry helped them with this activity.
At the church stands there was a lot of fact-finding literature on various ministries of the church – children's, youth, family. Any interested person could take special issue «The Evangelical Leaf» with a preaching of Gospel and a penance prayer. This literature enjoyed wide popularity and long before the end of the festival was distributed. The members of our church actively told people about the work of the church and acquainted them with various ministries. Thanks to Svetlana Rudakova, Raisa Efimova and others.
A big scene was set up in the park on which the representatives of various organizations of the city and creative collectives acted. On the behalf of Christian confessions the bishop of Lutheran church Einars Alpe spoke in the Latvian language, and in Russian - pastor Stanislav Zlobin. Priests said about the importance of family values and that the family will be strong and healthy when it is constructed on the basis of the God’s Word.
In the course of the festival our Christian tent was visited by the mayor of Daugavpils
Thanks God for the open doors for Gospel and ability to create good!
Pastor Stanislav Zlobin
Photo: Ilona Melnikova, Vilnis Straus
