News, events and stories from our congregations.
In Gothenburg, Bishop Pavlo Shvarts joined Nordisk Östmission’s 70th anniversary celebrations and thanked Swedish partners for more than thirty years of cooperation and support for Ukrainian congregations.
Harvest Thanksgiving celebrations in GELCU congregations: a collection of photographs from 2026.
Lutheran congregations in southern Ukraine support children's learning and spiritual growth. Petrodolynske hosted a practical seminar for staff of the Bethany Children's Centre and Sunday schools.
An appeal from the Lutheran bishops of Poland and Ukraine calling for mutual respect, resistance to hatred and support for people facing aggression and discrimination.
Bishop Pavlo Shvarts and Deacon Yurii Rykov shared GELCU's experience of pastoral care during wartime at the international SIPCC seminar.
Bishop Pavlo Shvarts and members of GELCU's Synodal Committee visited the congregation in Oleksandriia and learned about its volunteer ministry supporting military medics.
The Lutheran congregation's guest house was dedicated in Kremenchuk. GELCU's Bishop and Synodal Committee also discussed the development of its ministry and Deacon Yurii Rykov's placement.
GELCU ministers gathered for a conference in Poltava to discuss challenges facing congregations, church documents, new publications and pastoral care.
On 6 September, St Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Kyiv celebrated a special liturgy with two sacraments: Holy Baptism and Holy Communion.
GELCU congregations commemorated the victims of the 1941 deportation of Germans, remembering those persecuted, praying and reflecting on the importance of passing their memory on to future generations.
Children and mothers from Kharkiv supported by the Hope Centre spent ten days in Poland's Masurian Lakes, enjoying nature, shared activities, excursions and new discoveries.
St Catherine's Church in Kyiv commemorated the victims of the deportation of Ukraine's Germans on its 85th anniversary with prayer, a requiem concert, an exhibition and the laying of flowers.
