by Yura Belonozhkin | Sep 8, 2013 | Russia
Hello dear friends, Here is some news. We had our annual summer camp in Aug 26 – 28 this year. This time it looked more like a trip than a camp. We were few – just 10 this time. We hiked 18 kilometers across rocky tundra to the Barents Sea coast. There...
by Yura Belonozhkin | Aug 12, 2013 | Norway, Russia
This summer has been a kind of busy one. I tried to keep men’s groups working as long as possible. Most people usually go on vacation in the summer, so much activity in local churches freezes. But this summer only the group in Monchegorsk/Olenegorsk stopped...
by Yura Belonozhkin | Jun 17, 2013 | Russia
My ministry started with a series of failures of pastors in Murmansk Region. None of them had real friends or mentors. They didn’t have any men who they could share their lives with. Their successes, fears, temptations, sins, failures, struggles. The were...
by Yura Belonozhkin | May 29, 2013 | Russia
I love retreats, I love hiking, backpacking and fishing trips with the men. They help us grow in unity and trust, and of course they are a lot of fun! But they will be nothing good without small groups which meet on the regular basis. A small men’s group is a place...
by Yura Belonozhkin | May 10, 2013 | Russia
We just returned from the ski trip men’s retreat. We were eight; we skied about 25 km. There was one unbeliever. We had Communion right there Thursday night.The weather was mostly bad, windy and snowing. But anyway, we had great time together. We could serve...
