Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina > Missions > Village of Hope

Friday, July 30, 2010

»

Village of Hope The Village of Hope in Kiev, Ukraine is a ministry to at-risk children. A deserted Russian youth camp was purchased in 2003 to become a residence for the thousands of children who live on, in, or under the city streets. Read more about the VoH history below. How can you help? Sponsor a Child in the Lighthouse The cost to support a single child in the Lighthouse will be $280/month or $3,400/year. Families, SS classes, Bible study groups, and individuals are encouraged to become involved. Send a Mission Team this summer Summer mission teams are scheduled to work in the Village of Hope. Each team will consist of up to 12 people for 8 days with costs expected to be around $1500 each. Summer 2010 will be the last construction until all spaces for children are filled so this will end the construction for a while. Support the Operational Costs Yearly operational costs for the camp are estimated to be $6000/month or $72,000/year. Contributions toward these expenses will ensure the children have adequate support and supervision. Make a Financial Contribution Churches or individuals are encouraged to make contributions of any amount, large or small. Pray for the Street Children The Village of Hope is a Christian ministry to the street children in Ukraine. We recognize that the spiritual needs of the children are as important as the physical buildings. Some things can only be accomplished through prayer. Ask God to provide for the children. Ask God to send caring Ukrainians into their lives. Ask God to give strength and courage and patience to those already dedicated to working with these children. Ask God to change their hearts as well as their living spaces. God will provide. To make a general financial contribution to the work of the Village of Hope contact: CBF Global Missions, PO Box 101699, Atlanta, GA 30392, Project #81393. To sponsor a child in the Lighthouse or to make a designated contribution contact: Missions Coordinator for the CBFNC, 8025 North Point Blvd., Suite 205, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, 336-759-3456. To schedule a mission team contact: Bill Mason, Volunteer Coordinator, P O Box 99, Wingate, NC 28174, 704-233-4645,email: wmason@carolina.rr.com. For more information, contact Linda Jones, Ljones@cbfnc.org or (888) 822-1944. Visit their website at www.villageofhope.info. Thank you to all the teams that have participated with their prayers, their financial commitment and their labors of love. We encourage you to consider your participation in this ministry next year. Would you continue to come and work and bring $5,000 as it has been suggested to each team in the past? With your financial support, we would like to create an endowment for long term support for the children in the Village Of Hope in addition to renovation costs. Presently the Village of Hope Lighthouse has space for approximately twenty-two additional at-risk children and with the completion of the cottage, ten more children can be housed. The estimated cost to care for one child is $3,400 per year.
Recent Reports We now have three foster families living in the Village of Hope! ~ A total of three families with 16 children (7 biological and 9 foster). ~ Four more foster children are coming - the process takes much longer than we would want. ~ Pray for all the families at the Village of Hope. ~ Specifically pray for the Dershanovskiy family who is greiving the loss of Edward, one of their foster children, who had a brain tumor and died after unsuccessful surgery this past summer. ~ Pray for the placing of more foster children. Articles and Links Read an update from the Podgaiskys. Updated July 2010. Read an update from Bill Mason. Updated June 2010. Read an update from the Podgaiskys. Updated April 2010. Read an update from the Podgaiskys. Updated March 2010. Summer 2010 needs Read an update from the Podgaiskys. Updated November 2009. Read an update from Bill Mason from the International Board meeting in October. View photos too. Read an article from Len Keever - Creating a Village of Hope (November 2009) Read an article from Beckey Quate from the week of July 18 - 25 and the family of Don Wagner. Latest updates from VoH, Bill Mason, dated July 18 - also includes photos Read an article from Bill Mason to Wingate Baptist Church, December 2008 View photos of the Village of Hope Board Meeting in October/November and view ribbon cutting ceremony: http://picasaweb.google.com/masonncsu/PicturesBoard2008 Read an update on the construction as of September 3, 2008 - pictures included! Read the latest update from the Podgaiskys, the CBF Field Personnel at the Village of Hope. Updated September 2009. Read Pieces of the Puzzle from Stephanie Miller of Wingate BC, about her experience at Village of Hope this year Read an article in the May/June 08 newsletter by Dr. Len Keever, Jr., Pastor, First Baptist Church, Dunn, The Place Where Hope Grows Read the latest update from the Podgaiskys, the CBF Field Personnel at the Village of Hope. Updated March 2009. Read the latest update from the Podgaiskys, the CBF Field Personnel at the Village of Hope. Updated May 2009. Report from Greystone Baptist Church in Raleigh - The Children 2008 General Assembly Offering: Village of Hope, Kiev, Ukraine: We are happy to report that CBFNC collected over $5,000 from our fellowship at the General Assembly to give towards the Village of Hope in Kiev, Ukraine. This Offering is a wonderful starting place in supporting the foster children who have been placed with families at the Village of Hope. Our target for this year is to raise $20,000. You can still send in your donations through CBFNC. History of VoH The Village of Hope officially was founded in 2003 when the buildings located on a 16-plus acre camp in the town of Bucha, Ukraine were purchased. But the hope and need and vision for the Village of Hope had begun years earlier. The city of Kiev, Ukraine is home to 4 million people, but several thousand of those residents are children between the ages of 3 and 16 who live on, in, or under the streets of the city. Recognizing the need to respond to this growing crisis with Christian compassion, the Ukrainian Baptists, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of NC, and Stichting Little John (the Netherlands), came together to establish the Village of Hope. March 2000: Jim Smith wrote up a national CBF career job-description for urban/poverty/street-children work in Kiev. September 2000: CBFNC delegation attended the Ukrainian Baptist Congress to explore partnership opportunities between CBFNC and the Baptist Union of Ukraine. February 2001: Jim Fowler (CBFNC missions coordinator) & Jim Smith (CBF Global Missions) traveled to Kiev and met with Dr. Kommendant (Baptist Union of Ukraine President) and Victor Kulbich (Baptist Union of Ukraine Vice President). Dr. Kommendant, Victor Kulbich and Jim Fowler agreed upon three projects. 1. Send Chernobyl children to summer camp 2. Help purchase a Wood-Mizer machine 3. Purchase property for street children ministry April 2002: A second CBFNC team traveled to Kiev to look at a possible ministry site. No property was selected by the UCCC. Jim Fowler applied to the CBF Global Missions office for missionaries to be appointed to Kiev. Gennady and Mina Podgaisky were appointed to the Urban Team assigned to Kiev at the June 2003 General Assembly. June 2003: Purchase of seven buildings for $180,000 in the name of UCCC under the Baptist Union of Ukraine. CBFNC contributed $100,000. The Baptist Union of Ukraine, UCCC, Little John's Foundation of the Netherlands, and the Baptist Union of Germany shared the remaining cost for the property. CBFNC contributed an additional $27,500 for the renovation of the first building. That building was expected to house three foster home units. (note: all land is owned by the country of Ukraine) September 2003: First volunteer work team from FBC Raleigh traveled to Kiev. October 2003: The Board of Supervisors was formed. December 2003: The Board of Supervisors held their first meeting. An Executive committee was named to oversee daily operations at Village of Hope. Summer 2004: Fifteen volunteer teams served at the site. 2005: The first building was completed and named "Lighthouse". 2007: The first cottage was finished. FBC Newland has contributed $100,000 towards the second cottage named "Laurel House". Volunteer teams built the second cottage in the summer of 2008. A Master Plan for the Village of Hope was adopted by its governing board in October 2004. That plan includes completion of the Lighthouse as the first priority, but envisions that the entire camp will include: watchtower and security building, fencing around the property, medical center, chapel, dormitories, food service building, and individual family cottages. Some of this construction will involve remodeling existing buildings, and others represent new construction.		Resources For more detailed information, visit these links: Ukraine Orientation Package Ukraine Travel Letter Ukraine Brochure CBF Field Personnel Gennady & Mina Podgaisky, CBF Field Personnel reside at the Village of Hope. The Podgaiskys form relationships with street children, assist in providing them with basic necessities, and help those who want to move off the streets. The Podgaiskys helped start the Village of Hope, a foster care facility operated by the Ukrainian Center for Christian Cooperation. The Podgaiskys hope the village will eventually hold up to 10 foster families and up to 100 children, as well as run Christian camps for at-risk children, retreats and conferences. Learn more about the Podgaiskys.

|

Site by Spence Hackney Design

Follow Us: Share Us:

Share/Follow

Close