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DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS

l

A i r M a r y la n d

2 1 0 1 4

O U R

i M f N f s m r :

Assistance

in

Establishment of New Congregations

Publishing of

Christian

Literature and

Song

Books

in

Polish Language

Spiritual

Material and Moral

Support of Preachers in Poland Relief

Ministry

to

Poland

Training

Foreign Students

New Testaments and

Bibles

to

Poland and Russia Radio Ministry

in

Polish, Russian and

Ukranian Languages

Follow-up Work

of Radio Listeners

by

Correspondence

Preaching

in

Camps, Churches

and

at Rallies

WorkAmong Foreign Speaking People

in

the UnitedStates

of America

COUNT

YOUR BLESSINGS

Paul

Bajko,

Direc

J a n u a r y

1973.

One

hour

before

midnight

on New

Y e a r s Eve

i n

t h e

meeting of

th e

S l a v i c Church, I s t a r t e d t o count t h e b l e s s i n g s t h a t t h e

Lord

bestowed

on me during 1972;

but it

was almost impossible t o do because t h e r e

were so many

b l e s s i n g s bestowed on

me, my

f a m i l y and

our work f o r

t h e

L o r d .

I t i s

j u s t

a s

impossible

to

count

them

now

and

put

them

on

paper

so

t h a t

you could

read

about

them,and share

our j o y

and see what can

be done

when

we j o i n

our

hands t o g e t h e r i n

the

m i n i s t r y

f o r

t h e Lord.

THE

NUMBER

ONE BLESSING was t h a t the good Lord

kept

me

and

my fa

mily i n good h e a l t h . Despi te

t h e

many people t h a t were

s i c k

with d i f

f e r e n t kinds of

f l u

during t h e

d i f f e r e n t

meetings

and r a l l i e s I was

wel l

a l l the t ime.

There

was no c a n c e l l a t i o n

of

meetings o r

ga ther ings

b e c a u s e o f

some

k i n d o f

s i c k n e s s .

BLESSINQ_NUT^ER

TWO

was

t h a t

I

was very busy i n t h e

work f o r

t h e

Lord.^. 5uring

1972^^ held

20

succesful Faith

Promise

Rallies

spoke

a t S lle ge s, took part in 3 conventions brought special messages at

7 Rallies and Retreats,

and visi ted

23 churches. All

together,

I

prea

ched

135

sermons

aijd

gave 20

s p e c i a l t a l k s .

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THE

THIR

LESSING

was

tha t the

Lord opened the door for me to

v i s i t

Poland where I was

al?le

to

preach

the Gospel without any hind

rance; to have conferences with

our

preachers and to see what was

done

for the

Lord with

your

prayers

and

support

through

fa i th fu l mi

nisters

in

Po l a n d

I

was

a lso

able

to v i s i t

Czechoslovakia Germany

Switzerland

and

En

gland

wi th th e

message

BLESSING

NUM ER FOUR

w;^s

tha t with your

help we

were able

to

ra i se

78 970 27

and with

t ha t money

we were able

to :

1 Publish

a Pol ish magazine regular ly and sent it to

25

coun

tries

2 Publish

songbooks

poem

books Life

of Chris t

and

Book o

Acts v i s purchase Bibles

in the

Pol ish Russian Ukrainia

Czechoslovakian

Runanian

German

French and English lan

guages and send

them

to

thousands

of people

3 Broadcast the Gospel of

Chris t in Polish Russian and Ukra

ini n f rom

tw o

st tions

4

.

Support 24

preachers

and

4

students

5 Purchase

camp grounds

and have the

camp

in Poland

6

Send

over 400 packages

of

used clothing and medicine

Because of

th i s minis try and preaching many

souls

responded to the

Gospel

i nv i t a t ion

OUR FIFTH BLESSING

was

t ha t we had many f r i ends

v i s i t

our home

and s tay with us

and

share the

bless ings

of our work I was

a l so

able

to s tay in many

homes ac ro s s

t h i s land

and

o the r

coun t r i e s and

have

wonderful Chris t ian

fe l lowship

and enjoy grea t hosp i t a l i t y

BLESSING

NUM ER

SIX:

with

th e con t r ibu t ions we received

many

wonderful

l e t t e r s with the assurance of pray ers an d co ncern which

was

grea t encouragement fo r us and grea t ly helped us in our wprk

Once

more

we

would

l ike

to

express

our

apprecia t ion fo r

your

concern and thank you fo r your

p;rayers

and suppor t

P l e a s e remember us i n 1973 a l s o

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FINANCIAL STANDING FOR 1972

^ -

A/ Department of

Missions received

from churches

individuals

Ral l ies

and

Sunday Schools 78 970.27

B/

Expenditures

s

1. Living l ink suppor t Winnik \

sec re t a r i a l

and

bookkeeping-^help

InsuraJices

and

taxes 21 312.84

2. Travels car maintenance and

t r ip

to

Poland

5 051.59

3 .

Newsle t ter

1 294.75

4 .

Office sup l ies telephone 460.60

5.

Polish

preachers

and

relief

>^^3,450.13

6.

Pr in t ing

of

l i t e r a tu r e

purchase of B ib les

and shipment 4 633.76

7. Radio

minis t ry 4 601.70

8. Buildings in Poland and

Slavic

Church

17 151.^0

9.

Miscellaneous:

Scholarships

E.C.C.

e tc .

1 011.55

TOT L 78 968.72

FINANCIAL ST TEMENT OF POLISH

CHRISTI N

SERVI9E

C MP

1970 -

1972

'

1. A/

Received

contr ibu t ions from

Churches

Ind iv iduals

Youth Groups Sunday Schools - by the Dept . o f Miss.

8 000.00

B/ Received

from

Old

Orchard

Church

o f

C h r i s t 1 250 .00

TOT L

9 250.00

2 .

Expenditures:

a /

Fund r a i s ing campaign through

Horizons

mai l

1 000.00

b / Purchase

of

the

grounds

- 12

ac res

3 000.00

c / Development of

the

camp 1 100.00

Tota l 5 100 .00

L NCE

ON

H ND

4 150 .00

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APPROVEEL -

BUDGET

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

MISSIONS

^FOR 1973

1.

Living l ink

fo r

Staf f

members 22 550.0

ft R .W^r>n7v^ Salary housing

17 46

^

B. Insurances taxes and hospital izat ion 2 690.00

C.

Secre ta r ia l and

bookkeeping

help

2 400.00

2 .

Polish minis t ry: preachers bui ldings

r ad io l i te r a tu r e

19 470.0

3 Office: suppl ies

te lephone

postage

4

Promotion:

ca r

insurance

newsle t te r

conventions

5 Other projects : Radio In Baltimore

schoolarships

m i s c e l l a n e o u s

TOTAL

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF POLISH C HR IS TI AN S ER VI CE CAMP

OF OLD ORCHARD

CHURCH

OF CHRIST ASHLAND,

Kentucky.

Char les S. St e e l e m i n i s t e r

1 700.0

3 430.0

4 850.0

52 000.0

1.

Ju ly 1971. .

2 August 1971.

3 O c t o b e r 1971

4 January

1972

5 . Apri l

1972

6.

August

1972

TOTAL

500..00

8 0 0 0 0

7 3 5 5 0

1 049.00

1, 9.00

1 :^50 00

5 383 .50

s en t d i r e c t l y to

Poland

II Tl t l

II

II 11

If

t l

t l t t

II t l

It II It II

sent

to

the

Department

of Missions

t o

b e

f o r w a r d e d t o P o l a n d

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DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS

S^uUnK

l Air M a ry l a n d 2 1 0 1 4

O U R A f l M f S m r ;

Assistance in Establishment of New Congregations Publishing of

Christian

Literalaire and Song Books in

Polish

Language Spiritual

Material and Moral Support of Preachers in Poland ReliefMinistry

to

Poland

Training

Forei^ Students

New

Testaments

and

Bibles

to Poland and

Russia

Radio

Ministry

in

Polish, Russian

and

Ukranian Languages Follow up Work of Radio Listeners by

Correspondence

#Preaching in

Camps, Churches

and

at Rallies

Work Among

Foreign Speaking People

in the Uni ted

States

of

America

D e a r

F r l e n d s s

Apostle Paul in the

le t ter

to

Romans

chapter

10

sald ow

then

shall

the

call

on Him

in whom they

have

not

believed? And how shal l

they

believje

i

im of Whom they have not heard? And how shall

they

preach,

except

they b

sent?

As i t

i s

written, how

beaut iful a re

the feet of them

that preach

th

Gospel of

peace, and bring g la d t idings

of good things

Recently,

we,

in

America

are

rejoycing because the

war in Vietnam

ende

and our POW a re returning back to the beloved count ry with

honor.

We than

God

fo r peace and vic to ry

c

But

in

spi r i tua l

realm

there i s no

peace,

s t i l l the

war

i s

going

on.

Th

^old

devil

i s walking

as a

roaring

l ion.

Our

eyes

are d ire cte d to Europe, the place

where in

the f i r s t

century

Chr

st iani ty was

growing, but

in the 20

th

century in many places only the nam

remained but

the sp i r i t

of

the l iving Christ iani ty is gone.

People

there as

well

as

in

this

country need the true Gospel and spir i tua

food in

order to

remain

f a i t h fu l

and win o th ers fo r Chr i s t

With God's help and

your

fa i thful assistance we are engaged

in

such minis

try

and

we

a re

blessed in the most wonderful

way.

Requests fo r B ib le s, Chris tia n l i terature Songbooks,

Poem

books e tc ar

reaching us constantly.

Messages

through radio penetrate into

the

heart

of

people .

Faithful workers on the

field

labour dilligently winning souls

and feedin

t h e

f l o c k

receive hundreds of requests in this country to help

with

mission pro

grams in the local congregations, to hold

Fai th

Promise

Rall ies , to v i s i

people) e t c

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We thank God

t ha t

we

can

be busy all

the

tim e and can see th e f r u i t s o f th

minis t ry and share our joy and vic to r i e s with you.

I t^s s^3^ 6ok which

contains short

song

J choruses, which can be

easily memo

I^ J razed

and

remembered for the

whole

life.

Th i s words

we

r e a d in t h e f o r ewo rd in on

rvA TrknAi iiPLii A songbooks published by Bro. and S

P JZDROWIENIA

Bajko

The aim which was put

before

th

. .

nir-i

i-nTWkiiyi ed i to r s was reached. At

the

p re sen t

t im

Z

W RSZ WSKIEl

PIELGRZYnKl

at

each

opportunity

sound

beautiful,

char

Polish Cathol ics sing ming songs

from

these songbooks.

The Yout

s ings .

Neve r the l e s s . . . .

For

l as t

few years

we

hear these songs a

our

worship

s er vi ce s, s pe ci al meetings and gather ings .

Many

t imes

we

hold i

our

hands

the songbooks* Heavenly Sunshine and One Song , use them an

th ink noth ing o f it t i s very na tu ra l

to

have them in our hands and t h a t '

that But we do not dare to think th i s way. We a l l have the

grea t

debt o

gra t i tude

to

the poet and t r an s l a to r

-

Adela Bajko.

Let these few words of

recognit ion

from our side a t l eas t par t ia l ly

pay

ou

debt which

we

a l l

owe

fo r such useful and grea t work.

Thanks to

th i s

st renuous work we have access to the temporary song which i

based on new

themes,

new rhythm and

i n t e rpre ta t ion . We

highly t r easure

t h i

work knowing

i t s cha rac te r

and

use -

fulness . The

youth s ings , s ings indeed

everywhere and always. Let this fact ||j||li^k;i.

comfor t the ed i t o r ' s

s t r enuous

days n k

1

do

not know

why

but

each

time I ^ :j

hea r the se beau t i fu l songs, which we

all

love

I

see

sister

Dela

sitting laj

at the desk in the late

evening

and |pl

working hard

translating

and adapting ^

the

songs.

Day

t ime

she has

to

give

to her

children,

husband

and family

11

responsibilities, and in addition to > jH

all

this du t i e s

sh e h a s

t o t ake c a r e

of many outs tanding mat te r s of he r -

husband who is

so often traveljling on

^Hfer^w

Church of Christ Choir

- r eu i xinu

Warsaw Church of Christ Choir

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miss ionary e r r ands .

The labour i s

not

in vain

because

the Youth sings and s ings a t every occasio

The Youth s ings . . . .

THE WORD FROM fBRO. WINNIK

I would l ike to t e l l you a l i t t l e ab^ut my~ workwtth 1;he

radio broadcast a

d i s t r i bu t i on

of

l i t e r a t u r e . Our weekly Monday broadcas ts The Voice

of

Trut

a re very

we ll r ec eiv ed

by

a l l

people in Poland and

br ing

blessed

r e su l t s .

Since

it i s not

p oss ib le to t e l l you

a l l de t a i l s I

must res t ra in myself

to

very condensed

pic tu re

of

t ha t

work.

Since

June

1972 I supply a loca l

s t a t ion

in Conn, with

some

sp i r i t ua l mat

r i a l s

and

s i ce

October 1972 I am

sending

my complete programs to a rad io s t

t ion

in Por tugal which a re on the a i r to Poland every Thursday

and

Saturday

a t 7.45 p.m.

In

the

past

year

I

sent

20

such p rogr ams, and th i s year 15. Th

project

came as

re su l t

of

Bro.

Bajko s

la s t t r ip

to

Europe

and

the

necessi

to help

the

brethren ove rs ea s w ith t h e i r work.

The

di s t r ibu t ion

o f

Chr i s t i an

l i t e r a t u r e con t inues a l l

the

t ime . I am

sendi

packages

with

such

to many

countries,

but

mostly

to Easten Europe, where t

hunger fo r

the Word of God does not d im in is h, but on th e c on tra ry grows a

the

time exceeding our

publishing possib i l i t ies . Our songs

are

being sung

hundreds of young people a l l over Poland

in

various churches,

i nc luding the

man -Ca t h o l i c

c hu r c h .

Many of

our Ch ri st ia n f ri en d s h ea rd a bo ut

^my heart ailment. Since April

1969

t i l l

August

1972

I

had

three serious heart at

tacks and

had

to

spend in

the

hosp i ta l

all toge the r 65 days .

But a f t e r

my

l a s t

hear t a t tack

I was

in the

hosp i t a l

only

16 days

and

a f t e r re turn ing

home

I was

ab l e a l r eady a f t e r one week to resume my

work prepar ing th e rad io

programs,

answe

r ing l e t t e r s ans ca re fu l ly packing packa

ges with l i t e ra tu re fo r

Europe. Although

accord ing

to the do cto rs I was

very se

r ious ly ill I am still ab le

to

do my

work

al though

a

little

s lower

and

with

d i f f e r e n t

tactics

1

am

t h a n k f u l t h a t

t he re

are some

good r e su l t s from my work,

and

from

the

many

l e t t e r s I know t ha t

t he re were sou l s won to Chr i s t

through

that work .

3

w:. jf

;ri

Rad i o

L i s t e n e r s i n

Po l a n d


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I r

Baptismal

Service In

Warsaw

Poland.

I

have

neve r

been

s i ck

never

had

enough of time.But recently I got sick with f lu

and

got a sick-l

from

work. ow

I

have lots of

free time and Monday, January 22, I

had

a

ch

to

l i s t en

to the

program

The

Voice

of

Truth about

the

conversat ion

t ha t

sus

had with Mary and Martha. The song

I

want

to

l is ten

to your

voice,

my

sus was also beau t i fu l . . . Thank you

very

much

for

the 11 records. I w il l

tribute them

accordin^^the need. Recently I heard a tape with your

New

Ye

sermon and

beau t i fu l

music. I t was g rea t . . .

I t i s only th ro ugh

the

grace of

and

thanks

to the prayers of my

ny

Ch ri st ia n fr ie nd s

her e

abroad , t ha t

I am still ab le to

fo r

the

glory of God,

I want to thank

you

a l l fo r y

prayerful

support ,

and

please

member me

in

th e

fu tu r e

a l s o .

FROM THE FIELDS

Dear

FriendsS My family and

I

have recent ly returned

from a

vis i t

to

Pol

where

we

have had

the privi lege

o f f el lowship

with many bel ievers .

At one

a young family had a copy of One Song

and

asked

i f

i t would be

possible

obtain more copies of t h i s song book and

also

copies of Heavenly Sunshine

Will you send me two copies of each

book, and

b i l l me fo r

them?

We

wou l d

also like

t o o b ta in o th er

Ch r i s t i a n

literature M.S.

NEWS FRCM KOSTEK.

Dear B ro. B ajko.

We

thank

God

for His

care

and

help

and

His

unspeakable

lo

ve

t o all

o f

th e

mank ind . We had won

d erf ul s er vic es dur ing the

Chris tmas

hol idays . Also we had several evenge-

l i s t i c mee tin gs a nd a two days t r a i

ning course fo r the Chr i s t i an workers

of our

a rea .

Today

we

are f in ishing

ano the r

week

of

evange l i s t i c

meet ings

with tw o

teams.

In 8 days we

he ld

18

s e r v i c e s

i n

8

d i f f e r e n t

t owns .

he Lord had blessed with a |powerful

preaching .

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iPolish ministers

a t

the Camp grou


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DEPARTMENT

OF MISSIONS

3^n44titnt

el air Maryland 2 1 0 1 4

o u j v

m m n r u Y z

Assistance in Establishment of New Congregations Publishing of

Christian

Literature

and

Song

Books

in

Polish

Language

Spiritual

Material and

Moral

Support of

Preachers

in Poland Relief

Ministry

to

Poland

Training Foreign

Students

New Testaments

and Bibles

to

Poland

and Russia

Radio

Ministry in Pol ish, Russian and

Ukranian Languages Follow-up Work

of

Radio

Listeners

by

Correspondence

Preaching in Camps,

Churches

ajid

at

Rallies

Work

Among Foreign

Speaking

People

in

the UnitedStates

of America

B e l o v e d

I n

C h r i s t s

JtlFJ 5173

May 1973

Time i s f l y i n g

f a s t . Each

day i s

b u s i e r

and

t h e r e I s

so

much to

do i n th e

L o r d s Kingdom and

His

g r e a t

mission

f i e l d .

In March I had two

Faith

Promise

Rall ies and in A pril , except for one t r i p

to New

England area mission

emphasis day , I

spent a lmos t

the

whole month

with

the

Slavic Church of

C h r i s t

where

I preached

and

taught Sunday

School

during th e absence o f t h e m i n i s t e r Adam Korenczuk, who was

on

a t o u r with

the Concert Choir of E astern Christ ian College.

Much of my time was occupied with wri t ing a r t i c l e s to our Polish magazine,

v i s i t a t i o n s answering

hundreds of l e t t e r s sending

support to

Poland and

teaching

a t

the College,

a re

very

happy to inform our

f r iends t h a t

the work i n

Poland I s prog

r e s s i n g .

Our preachers preach

the

Gospel f r e e l y souls a r e bapt ized

i n t o

C h r i s t young ministers

and

workers a r e preparing for 6 weeks of Christ ian

S e r v i c e Camp and

s e v e r a l

R a l l i e s .

Literature which w publish here and send to Poland is reaching destination

w i t h o u t any

i n t e r f e r e n c e .

Each

week

the Gospel of C h r i s t

reaches

many

h e a r t s throuhg radio

Monte Car

l o

a n d WBMD

I n B a lt i m o r e .

We receive many

l e t t e r s of thanks and

with

requests

for

more

s p i r i t u a l food

In our Church in Baltimore we a r e now in p te pa ra tl on f or a grea t

t i o n o f th e f i r s t a n n i v e r s a r y i n t h e new b u i l d i n g .

c e l a b r a

The work i s going on

because

of

your

prayers

and s tr ong suppo rt .

Pleace

a-

ccept our

hear ty thank

you

and

wishes of God s

b l e s s i n g

a s you labor

t o

gether

with

us in t h i s great f i e l d .

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N WS

F

ROM TH FI L S

-Mm.

Songrecording fo r our

radio-broadcas t

POLAND.

Dear

Friends

I t

i s

not

so

long

ago

since

I

s ta r ted

to

l is ten

to

your

programs.I

turnedon

the

radio and there was your program and from that

t ime I

have l i s t ened to every

one.

From t ime

to

t ime I cannot

hear w ell

because there is in terference . y parents are R.C. I have two s i s t e r s

and one brother. We

a re r elig io us people.

I am a

student but religion

does not give me the

answer

to l i fe and I have so many problems.

ow

can I have this fa i th

in

God which you

preach about over

the

radio?

I t

is d i f f i cu l t to have th is f ai th . I t i s d i f f i cu l t to get good Chris t ian

l i t e ra tu re in

our

country .

The

Bible

cos ts

400 zlo ty and it i s

nece

ssary to work two weeks to get a

Bible .

I do

not

know one family who

has a Bible , I

don t have

any

e i the r .

I t is

very

sad

tha t R.C. has

no

contact

with

the

Holy

Scripture.

I t

is

a

shame.

I

write

to

you

please

s-ind me a

Bible in

Russian la ng ua ge a nd other

Chr is t i an l i t e r a t u re fo r

which

I sha l l be gra te fu l .

In

my

nex t l e t t e r

I wi l l wr i t e more.

B . B .

2


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POLAND,

Dear Friends? Thank you

very

much for

the

package

with such precious

Chri

s t i an

l i t e r a t u r e .

t was above my

e xp ec ta tio n to rece ive

such grea t

l i t e ra

ture which po r t r a i t s

the

Life of Jezus

in such a

wonderful way.

Thank

you very

much for the

song books,

Cantata

and the

records .

I t i s

beau

t i f u l . put it on tape and

play

many t imes. Your songs

touch our hearts

and

renew

our

sp i r i t and

di rec t

our

thoughts

to God.

Thank

you

also fo r

the

book

of Poems

wri t ten by

Mrs. Bajko,

Could

you

send

me more of them. Yours, J .Cz.

POLAND.

Dear Sirs? Thank

you

very much

fo r

a l l packages

with

l i t e ra tu re which

I

re

ceived

few days ago.

Each

package received from you has grea t value , it i s

a

re l

t r e a s u r e

f o r

u s .

I ta lked to many people

and

found tha t a l l of them a re lis te nin g to your ra

dio programs. Your

messages

are heard by

a l l

monks and nuns in a l l

monaste

r i e s

and I

am

a f r a id

it wi l l be fo r

you

even

hard to

unders tand what g r e a

impression and in flu en ce th e Word of God, you preach, has on a l l

people .

Especia l ly your

l i t e ra tu re

i s making grea t impression upon a l l young

and

old chi ld

and

longhaired boys.

As soon

as they

take it

in to t h e i r

hands

s t a r t to read you can

see

how God s love

i s

r eaching them.

May

the Lord

reward

you and give

you

more

stren gth to

work

fo r

Him.

B r o th e r S ta n is la w

Sunday School i n

Poland

3


12/24

Church

Dear

Bro.

Bajko

Examine your

se lves

wheth er ye

be in f a i th ;

prove

your own se lves . Know ye not

your

own s e lv e s how t h a t Jesus

Chr i s t i s in you, except ye be

re

probates?

2

Cor,

13:5.

Under t h i s theme and main thought

we had our

Ral ly

and Revival mee

t i n g . Bro. M.K.

from

Warsaw was

main speaker and brough t

some

sou

s t i r r i ng

messages .

Our chapel was

too

small

fo r those

who were presen t

a t

the

services .

I n r e ve re nc e

and

c o n c e n t r a t i o n we

l i s tened

to the

precious

Words of

Life

and sang

glor ious

songs

fo r

His

glory.

The

prayer

was prevai l ing in a l l se rv ices .

defin i te ly

fe l t

the

presence

of our Lord

and

the work of the Holy

Spir i t

in

the

hearts

of

people through

the

preached

Word

During

the

services

also our youth

took act ive

par t playing on musical in

struments and giving spec ia l

numbers

in

songs

and poems.

I am happy to t e l l you tha t few souls responded

to

the

Gospel

invi ta t ion.

Please remember us in your prayers .

Bialogard

Bro.

Z.W,

POLAND.

Beloved in

Chr i s t

Although

t

was in

1969 bu t

we st

remember

the v i s i t

of Bro, Bajko in

our

country.

s t i l l

feel the

power

of

the

Gospel preached

by

him

and I

always wi l l remember our mee tin g in T,

We

thank

God t ha t He

sent Bro. Paul to us. often look a t the pictures

which

were taken

here

during h is v i s i t .

Please cont inue s ending you r publ ica t ions . May the Lord

be

alvays

with

you.W

^

Bro,

Bajko in Polialnd

4


13/24

DEPARTMENT OF

MISSIONS

^An tieiM

^ 9Uft

el AiR aryland

2 1 0 1 4

mmnruYs

Assistance in Establ ishment of New

Congregations

Publishing

of

Christian

Literature and

Song

Books

in

Polish Language

Spiritual

Materia l

and

MoralSuppor t of

Preachers

i n P ol an d

ReliefMinistry

to

Poland

Training Foreign Students

New Testaments and Bib les

to Poland

and

Russia

Radio

Ministry in Polish Russian

and

Ukran ian Languages

Follow-up Work of Radio Listeners

by

Correspondence

Preaching in Camps

Churches and at Rallies

Work

Among Foreign

Speaking

People

in

the

United

States

of

America

Paul

Bajko

Direc tor

Ju ly 1973

THE GREAT

VIGTOTY FOR THE SLAVIC CHURCH OF CHRIST

The

Slavic

Church

of Chris t which was s t a r t ed by

the

Department of Mission

in

i960

had

a

grea t

day

on May 27t

I t

was

the

f i r s t

aniversary

in

the

ne

bui ld ing and the Note Burning

Ceremony.

The his to ry of Slavic Church i s very unique.

In

i960

there were

not

more then

6

people

meeting in a

pr iva te

home

then

ren ted f a c i l i t i e s

of

a Methodist Church and

when

we

incorpora ted th e

Churc

in

May 1961

with

12

members

we pur chas ed our own

building

the same year.

People ga ve

s ac r i f i c i a l l y

toward the bui lding

payments

and a t the same t im

toward the Church program.

The progress of the

Church

was

s l ow b u t

s teady .

At the pre

s en t t ime

th e

Slav ic

\

Church has

5 members

^ ;; B9

with n

v r g

t - ^

became

completely

self ^

supported

and started

to

suppor t

miss ion

a n d o t h e r

c o u n t r i e s .

Our

g iv ing

grew from 800.00 per

In 97

e decided

to A r^

Lord

s Table


14/24

to

purchase

a

la rger

building and the Lord

: ^^ HjH I

with

us in this

i iS enterprise.

' H i . On May 28,1972 we

were

i Kifli able

to

move into

the

11 ill Mi A ^

new

building which

Sf

cost

42,000.00

plus

4,500.-

for

repairs .

He r e

was t h e l o an i f e s -

t tion

t h e

S la v i c C h ri s

ti ns ition

r e gu l a r

generous

g i v i n g gave one

ye r o v e r

the

new

d ing .

Note

urning Ceremony Lord saw the great

faith

of

His people

and

sent some

additional

help

through

Friends

who

sup

por t the Department of M issions and

others

who a re

close

to the Slavic

Church. We

also saw His

great

hand

in

the

selling

of

our

old building whic

was so ld w ith a

great prof i t .

No wonder there were many tears

of

Joy

and

thanksgiving during the Note

Burning

Ceremony.

The Slavic

Church

is

unique also because of i t s uni ty. The Church consis t

of people of d i ff e ren t n a ti on a li ti es ^ Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

American

The services are

in

different languages. Each Lord's Day the Gospel is prea

ched in English and Pol i sh ,

Russian

or Ukra in ian l anguages . At each

servic

a t least

4

songs are

sung and

each

i s sung

in

a

different language.

At

th

Lord's

Table,

the meditation

is

given

in

one language while the

prayers

ar

in another

language .

The

Slavic

Church

has

a good

choir

which s ings

in

4

lan

guages, i t

also

has a good | |

orches t r a

a wel l

organized

. ^

The

Chu r c h

h a s a

n i c e You t h

group with many

young people

^

in Colleges and Un ive r s i t i e s .

We

thank

fo r

th i s unique

the H

the Je

^

sus

Christ,

which, although

^^^'congregsT^r^^ig^^^P^ise God from

it i s proclaimed in di f fe Whom a l l

bless ings

flow

rent languages, s t i l l is the power of God unto sa lvat ion to every one tha t

b e l i e v e s .

P .B .

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15/24

Phone; 30t) 732-5775

Slavic

Church

of

Chri

5 6

South

East

Aiwnuc /

Baltimore

Maryland 21224

^sr

10,

1973

Dea r F r i e nd s :

On Hay 27, 1973 the S lavic Church

o f C h r i s t

ce l eb r a t ed its first ann i ve r

Adam J. Korenauk

Minister sary in the

new

building. We

had many

408

Ounfieid

Court r i ch

bless ings

from

the Lord and

we

were

Joppa

Maryland

2 85 blessed

With many

guests

from many state

Phone:

6/ j-431] r ^ j. i ^ ^ ,

We sa t r ted our sp ec ia l s er vi ce s

on

Satur

day evening

during

which

Brother

George

Bajenski,

one of

the

original

ch

tered members who

recently

arrived from Warsaw,

Poland,

was th e f ea tur ed

speaker. On Sunday

morning, our

choir and orchestra

participated

and we

had many special numbers. J.T.

Segroves,

president of Eastern Christian

College,

brought

a challenging message To Walk Hand in Hand With God .

We had

a

marvelous time of

fellowship and

great

food a t

lunch as ou

ladies prepared

an

opu lent lunch for everyone.

At 3iOO we had many more

guests that

came

for

the Note Burning Cere

mony. Brother Bajko

told the

s tory

of

our congr egat ion and how it came

this

poinx.

in her history.

He

recalled the

sacrif icial sp i r i t and

the i

domitable

desire to

be

free

of debt. This, coupled with

the

blessing fro

the

Lord and

the

Sacrif icial

giving of our

American

brethren

who

gave

ge

erously through

the Department

of Missions, brought us to this glorious

of burning

the note which

represented

our

indebtedness.

He

called

the

E

ders and

Deacons

to the f ron t and

we

proceeded to bum the

note .

Follo

ing

the not e burning

we

prayed in

Polish,

Russian , Ukrainian

and

Engli

thanking

God for

His

great

help and asking Him to help us b rin g o th ers

t

Him. I was a very touch ing ceremony which brought tea rs to many eyes.

lowing

the Note Burning Ceremony, we

took

up a

s peci al o ff er ing

to be ta

to Poland by Brother Bajko to

help

build a Christian Service Camp.

Brot

Arnold, from Frederick, Maryland, brought the concluding

sermon

commendi

us fo r such

an accomplishment and challenging

us to

do

yet

grea ter thing

for God

In the

name

of the

congregation,

I

would

l ike

to

oake

this

opportim

to

thank

a l l those who gave us

the i r

financia help for the

building thro

the Department

of

Missions. May the Lord

bless you

r ichly

in your

endea

to serve

Him

r J

Yours in Christ / /


16/24

ANOTHER GOOD NEWS

to

share^the

good news

with

oji

and

y

wife special, yi^s^;tjj ;r:

With great Joy I would

l ike

11sh government granted

me

P o l a n d .

o

while

you

will be reading our

news letilerL Wa.^wil t Be

in Poland^^rea^h

the

Gospel, visiting our

radio

listenersj-^f^^t^ding

anlversaries

of churc

preaching at Revival meetings, taking

part

inl>t


17/24

DEPARTMENT O F MISSIONS

el air M a r y la n d

2 1 0 1 4

ovji M i M n n Y :

Assistance in

Establishment

of

New Congregations Publishing of

Christian Literature and Song Books in Polish

Language

Spiritual

Material

and MoralSupport

of

Preachers

in

Poland

Relief

Ministry

to

Poland

Training

Foreign Students New Testaments and Bibles

to Poland

and

Russia Radio Ministry in Polish

Russian and

U kr an ia n L an gu ag es

Follow up W ork

of Radio Listeners by

Correspondence Preaching

in

Camps Churches and

at

Rallies

Work

Among

Foreign

Speaking People in

the

United

States

of America

Paul

Bajko

Director

September

1973

TRIP

TO POIAND

On

June

20th Dela and I departed

to

Poland

for a 15 day

v i s i t .

Fo

both of

us i t

was a very exciting t r ip .

flew

W

from Philadelphia

to Frankfur t and

from

Frankfur t to

Warsaw on

a P olish A ir

Line.

Du e to

the a i r

contro l lers

s t r ike

In Germany

our

plane was two

hours l a t e

bu

In sp i te

of

th i s

there

were niany precious

Christ ian

fr iends a t

the

War

saw

a i rpo r t

to

welcome

us with t he i r

smiles t ea r s of joy

kisses and

beautiful f l owe r s .

The

welcoming

dinner which

was

prepared

for

us a t

4 P M

had

to

be post

poned

till 10 P.M. because we had

less

than 30 minutes before the f i r s t

service where I had to preach . Although I did not close my eyes a l l

night

during

the f l ight due to the

change

in time /5 hours

difference/

God gave me

strength

to bring

the

message of Good News.

After the

se r

v ice there were

more

ta lks and welcomes and then almost

dragged

away

from

the

crowd

of friendly people

we went

to enjoy our

dinner

/a la te

late supper/. Ti l l la te

that

night we

s t i l l

talked to people.

The

next day

af ter

a few

hours of sleep we paid

a

vis i t

to

some govern

ment

off i c i a l s

and

establishments

and

then

Dela

departed

to her

home

c i

ty

where she

had

a roya l welcome whi le I remained in Warsaw in o rde r

to

preach a t a Revival M eeting.

On

June

23rd from

early morning

I

met with

a

group of

Polish

preachers

1


18/24

A

Preaching

in

Po l a n d

and

workers

and a f t e r a prolonged prayer meeting we discussed the

wor

and prog re ss o f

th e Ch ris tia n Service Camp I was

glad

to

find tha t

a l

our ministers a re redeeming the time preaching the Gospel and

a l

though not w ith ou t p rob lems and dif f icu l t ies with the

help

of

God mov

on

I

was

very

happy

to

hear

t ha t

a l l help given

from t h i s

side

i s

used w is

ly and helps

them grea tly in th e m i ni str y. They are very appreciat iv

and t h a nk

God

for

hristian l o v e a n d

c o n c e r n .

I t th r i l l ed my

hear t

to

hear repor ts

and to

see the

zeal

and

des ire

serve the

Lord espec ia l ly

s ince it was

most ly

a

group

o f

young preachers

preachers with burning hear t s and

enthusiasm fo r the work

in

the

Kingdo

o f God .

I learned from them and l a t e r from our t r ave l s tha t

a l l

our publ icat ion

songbooks Pol i sh magazine Life of Chr i s t poem books e t c . a re

rece ive

with

thankful

hearts

and

do a

g re at s erv ic e.

There

was

only

one

compla

no t enough send

us

morel Pra i s e God

fo r

t h i s

Then

f rom

Warsaw

we started o u r travels

It was

o u r d es i r e t o visit th

radio

l i s te n e rs in

remote a r e a s of Poland so we

were

ab le to

v i s i t

2


19/24

few

places

I t la liard

to

describe t he

Joy

of

those w o

we visited wh

for years have l is tened to our

broadcast

each Hondayi

w o

we never

me

before. They

opened the i r hearts

and homes. The

planned

vi s i t s wer

too short Few hours of vis i ta t ion with each

family

were

appreciated

but a t the same

time

heartbreaking because

those

people were expectin

us

to s tay with

them 3

days a t l eas t

There were

genuine

t ea r s I

t he i r eyes

when

we

were leaving and th ey ask ed us to

come

again

or

to

send

somebody

to

them

to

t e l l

them

more

about

Jesus

Each

day

we

v i s i t

ed a t l eas t three homes and then had

a

service in the evening and

some

t imes even

two

serv ices during th e working day.

For

some of

those

people th e Ch ris tia n

broadcast

i s

the

only

t ime whe

they can hear

the

Word

of God so they

are

wait ing

anxiously t

5

P.M

when

they can

meet

again

around th e rad io rece ivers

and

l i s t en to th

Word

o f

God .

During almost every

service

we heard

the

songs sung

from

our songbook

by cho i r s qijarte ts e t c poems r ec i t ed from our poem

book

a r t i c l e s

were

read

from

our

magazine.

While we were

in Poland

we

ce lebra ted

the 10th ann iversary o f a churc

which was s t a r t ed by Bro. Wlnnik and

X

also took part in the ordinat ion

serv ice

of

a young

preacher

But

the most

exc i t ing moments of

the

t r ip

were

when we went to

the

Chris

Visi t ing

with

a

radio

l i s t ene r

3

h.f-


20/24

t lan Service Camp

where

we

met

dedicated teachers and 70

youngsters

came

to leam about Jesus and to find C hrist a s the i r

personal

Savi

We went with them for

a

special

13

hour t r ip

by boat on

the beaut

lakes During tha t t r ip

we

heard them singing

from memory many ch

ses translated by Oela

and

I was

able

to preach to them

and

Dela g

her

test imony

The

next day was hard to

depart

from them We wish

had

another 15 days to stay

In

Poland

but

our t ime was l imi ted

du

our commitments here and a load

of

work which we have to carry In o

to help In the preaching

of

the

Gospel

in

Poland and to win

many

so

f o r

Ch r i s t

I t

was

also

our

p riv ile ge to leave with the

brethren 1 350 00 for

camp and over 1 000 00

fo r

Polish New Testaments

After 15 days in

Poland

which

were

the greatest days

in

our

minis

and

two

days

in

Czechoslovakia three days

in

East

Germany

and

few

d

in

West ermany on July 18th we landed isack in our

great

and belov

country

of America

to

be welcomed by our children and then

in

a few

d

by

our

Slavic

congragation where

I was

able to lead the f i r s t

pray

meeting a f te r our return and to

t e l l

them

about the t r ip

We

thank a l l

C h ris ti an s fo r your prayers and help

and

ask

you

to pray

constantly

about Christ ians

in

Poland about

our

ministry

in

building

Church

of Jesu s

Chr i s t

Chr i s t i an Youth

in

Poland and ch i ld ren who

anx iou s

t o l e am abou t J e s u s

and

r ad i o l i s t e n e r s

Chris t ian

Service Camp

in

Poland

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21/24

DEPARTMENT

OF MISSIONS

el Ai r M a r y la n d 2 1 0 1 4

o u j t miMnnri

Assistance

in

Establishment

of New

Congregations

Publishing of

Christian Literature and

Song Books in

Polish

Language

Spiritual

Material and Moral Support ofPreachersin

Poland

Relief^nistry

to

Poland

Training Foreign Students New Testaments and Bibles

to Poland and Russia

Radio

Ministry in

Polish Russian and

Ukranian

Languages Follow-up Work of Radio

Listeners

by

Correspondence Preaching in

Camps

Churches

and at

Rallies

Work Among Foreign Speaking People in the Uni tedStates of America

Dea r F r i e n d s s

Paul Bajko Direc

November 1973

As we are approaching the Thanksgiving Sea son and then Chr is ti na s our hearts

a re l i f t ed up

with

th an ks a nd adora t ion

to

our Heavenly Fa the r

Jus t a week

ago a t

our

Slavic Church of Chr is t

we

celebra ted the

Feas t

of

Harvest . I t was great We preached in

Pol i sh

Russian Ukrainian and En

glish. Every one who was present

thanked

God for

spi r i tua l

and physical

blessings

bestowed upon

us

by God in

abundance

here

in

the

great

country of

Ame r i c a .

Our thoughts were also directed to the people

in

Poland

and other countr ies

who tnay have much less of

material

posessions

as

we do but who share the

same

sp i r i tua l

blessings because

of

many

praying

and con tr ibu ti ng Chr is ti ans

in t h i s

coun t ry .

Thanks

to

you we

constantly supply people in Poland with

song

books

Chris

t ian l i t e ra tu re and Bibles? we send the message of C hris t through two radio

s ta t ions .

By

us supported

preachers

are

able

to preach

and win souls

for

Chr is t . Children and

young

people were able to learn about Jesus and over

50 souls

th i s

past summer accepted Chri s t

as

personal

Saviour

In

the Chris

t i an Service Camp t

i s

g r ea t

We jus t

received good news

that

the

government approved

the

plans of bui l

ding the

new home

for

aged

people on

the beautiful

2

acres of the

camp

g rounds .

A

young

dedicated

Chris t ian

man entered into a

specia l

Bible t ra in ing

course. He wil l be the manager

of

the ome for Aged People and

in

charge

of

the

Chr is t ian

Service

Camp

Here

a t

our home Sept. 6th the Guidance Committee of the Department of

Missions cons is t ing

of Kenneth Meade

Adam Korenczuk Ivan

Odor

Warren

Robblns Charles Stee le

J .T

Segroves William Iker Paul B ajko /absent

Edmund L. John Paul

Por t e r

Desmond

Tease /

met

in

a glor ious meeting.

Reports

were heard recommendations were

made

budget

was

approved

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saw such wonderful

and

harmonious group of

people

who

are completely dedica

te d

t o

th e

cause

o f mi s s i o n s .

Bro. Wlnnik,

our radio minister,

also

was

present a t the

meeting

and gave

report

of grea t

a ch ivement s t hrough

r ad io .

Our hearts rejoice and we thank God for a l l

victories .

also thank you,

dear F rie nd s, fo r your vi ta l in terest in

the work of

the

Department of

Missions and your

support .

NEWS FROM THE FIELDS

P o l a n d

Dear Brother

in

Christ Again in my Christian

boldness

I ask you

to send

me more

of your Chris t ian

l i te ra ture

and

song books in

Polish and

other languages.

Many

people, especia l ly youth,

when

they found out what

a

great spiri tual food

I

received

from

you,

came

to

me

and asked for more,

I

wish

I

had here hundreds

of

copies.

Money which we

get for the

song

books

we

send

for

mission work. Your work is not

in vain.

pray

for

you and may the

Lord b le s s you r i ch l y . J .F ,

U ,

S .

A ,

Dear

Mr.

Bajko,

I would l ike

to take this time

to express

the joy

and

deep

impression l e f t in

my

heart

upon l is tening to you

speak

to

us

here

a t Debraff /Flor ida Unive rs it y/ .

The Lord does

work in wonderous

ways

Pre

vious to your

arr ival

here, I had been going through various

t r i a l s , part i

c ula rly in School and how I was in a s en se s hoving the Lord to one s ide .

Thank you for sharing

your

grea t

discipl ine

and dedicat ion

to

our Lord Jesus

Chris t

with

us.

Thank you

for

being a

vivid

example

of

what we a l l

should be

a s t r u e

Ch r i s t i a n s .

A . J . F ,

Second Group

of

Youth

a t

the

Camp

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Paul and Dela speak a t the Old

People s

ome

TRIP TO POLAND

BY

DELA BAJKO

Our summer t r ip to Poland was beautiful and

a t

the same time heartbreaking.

Beautiful- because we could meet so many old friends and make so many new

friends, and heartbreaking because we did not have enough time to spend

with them, or

even

to see everybody we

wanted to

see.

I shal l

never

forget the

time

I

spent

In my home

town, with

my childhood

frien ds, in

my

old

home

church.

s my

husband

mentioned

in

his

previous

re

por t my home

congregation

prepared for me a

t ruly royal

welcome . On Sa

turday

night

they had a special informal reception in the church when I

could

talk

with everybody and get

aqiulnted

with

a l l

the

new

people,with the

cho ir singing sev eral numbe rs , a nd the youth group singing from

the

chorus

books that we

published.

n Sunday

during

the worship service th e young

people prepared a

special

programs they were

recit ing

my poems

and

singing

more songs

that

I

translated with

the accompaniement

of

the piano

and

a

gui tar .

They wanted to

show me

t he i r

appreciation

for our

work,

and

how

useful i t

i s .

I t made me so happy to

see

that our work is not in vain,just

the

opposi te

t s very, very useful and needed. I was so

thankful

t ha t

God gave me the Jo y

to

see the r esu l t s and the usefu lness of our

work.

During th is t r ip

we did

not have

much

time

to

spend

with old

fr iends

and

churches

because

we

wanted

to v is i t our

radio l isteners and people with

whom we

correspond for

a

long

t ime,

not

knowing

them personally . These were

unforgettable

experiences.

s I Just mentioned, we knew a l l those people

only

from

l e t t e r s

and we real ly did not expect such warm and

s incere

welcome

I t

was

beaut i fu l

They

were

so

happy

to see

us .

They

gathered

the i r

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families from

near and

far

to

meet us. But - we did not have

enough

time

fo

them

All

those people l i s ten to our

radio

broadcast , they read our l i te ra

ture , we witness to them

in

our le t ters

but

they

need

personal

contact

wit

Chris t ians ,

and

we could

give

them only few hours of our time They could no

bel ieve

that we were real ly leaving, when time for departure came. This wa

heartbreaking . . . Our only

comfort

was that we brought along some of our Po

l i sh brethren who got acquainted

with them

and who wi l l be able

to

v i s i t

them

again

and

t e l l them the Words of Li fe

The time

with

th e c hild re n in the camp was also great . But here we faced th

same

s i tuat ion :

we jus t

got

a

l i t t l e a

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