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P o l i s h c h u r c h l o o k s t o

t h e

f u t u r e

1 9 4 8 1 9 8 8 2 0 0 0

By GENE DULIN

T H E P u la w sk a S tr ee t

C h r i s t i a n

Fellowship, a Church of

Chr is t in

Warsaw,

Poland,

celebrated

their

40th Anniversary September

3

an d

4, 1988.

This

historic congre

gation

looked

back at

their

forty

years

of

history

in

a

special Satur

day

night

service

and Love

Feast. Sunday

services

were de

voted

to

looking

forward from

1 98 8 t o 2 0 0 0 .

1948 The

f i r s t m em b e r o f t h e

congregation,

Mikolaj Kobus ,

is

now

an

honorary elder.

He

had

been baptized

in

eastern Poland

a n d

moved

to

W a r s a w

t o

become

the caretaker

of a

building

that be

came

th e property of the Church of

Chris t through the efforts of Kon-

stantin Jarosevich,

a

missionary.

H e d es cr i b ed t h e f ir st s e rv ic e s.

A ft e r h e

a n d a l l t h e

e l d e r s

a n d

preachers were

a rr es ted in

1950

by th e communist authorities, th e

church

meeting place was

sealed.

Some

m a n used

a

ladder

to b r e a k

into th e

chapel

and began prepar

ing himself

a p lace to live.

The

po

lice

w e r e

cal led

a n d

t h e

m a n

w a s

taken

away . Two days

l at er t he

man returned

to

ge t

hi s

ladder

i T

The widow

of

founding

minister

George

Sacewicz

told

of

th e

diffi

culties of reconstructing th e build

ing which

had

been

40

percent

de

stroyed in th e war. Her

husband

somehow

h a d

a n A m er ic an a ut o

mobile, one

of th e best in all of

Poland. We

tried selling t he c ar

to raise money for the building.

E v e n t h e f i r s t P o l i s h P r e s i d e n t

after

the war didn' t have enough

money

to buy

it .

The

Director

of

th e

Secret

Police

bought

it.

One evening in

September,

1950, my h usb an d an d a

few

o ther s were sitting in our

home.

The

doorbell rang. Two men

asked

if my

husband was home.

I

sensed

something

was wrong, but I le t

them in. They

were

Secret Police.

For three

days

th e

Secret Police

s tayed in the

Sacewicz home.

They

detained eve ry p er son who

came

to th e home.

She

gave th e

police

money

to go and buy food

for

everyone.

F inal ly t hey a rr es te d

t h e

m i n i s t e r a n d r el ea s ed a ll t h e

r e s t .

Mrs.

Sacewicz

went

to

th e

police

station

frequently

to

ask

about

her

husband,

but no

one would tell

her

an5rthing.

The secret

police inter-

rogated

her

almost

daily. Her

home, th e chapel, and

other

apart

m e n ts w er e s e a rc he d o v e r

a n d

over.

Threats

were

made. Finally

s he l ea rn ed

w h e r e

h er h us ba nd

w a s .

S he w e n t t o s e e

h i m

a n d fo r

some

r e a s o n

took

a

t owe l

w i t h her.

H e

w a s o n e o f

t e n

m e n

i n

a r o o m

about eighteen feet

square.

He h a d b e e n

b e a t e n

so n e e d e d

t h e

towel

t o c le a n

himself .

H e w as

depressed

and in a very

bad

state

He

had

a

good

memory

a n d

could

r e c i t e

Bible

v e r s e s a n d

songs.

A

Catholic priest and

he

were abl e to

worship

and

pray

to

gether. After

a

time

my

husband

w a s r e le a se d a nd r ec o ve re d f ro m

th e prison experience.

He

never

lacked

energy

for God s work.

George Bajenski,

missionary

li v

ing in Ibronto,

Canada, became a

C h r i s ti a n a t

P u l a w s k a

S t r e e t

chu rch. He was

present

fo r the

special services. His father,

Paul,

wa s an early member.

George

de

s c r i b e d t h e c h u r c h a s h e r e m e m

bered it

in

those early days. I t was

i n 1953

t h a t

t h e C h u r c h

o f

C h r i s t

u nited w ith

Polish

Brethren ,

Evangelical

Christians, and some

P e n t e c o s t a l s

to

form

th e U n i t e d

Evangel ical Church . This union

gave

strength to th e

small non-

Catholic congregations

tha t ex

i s t e d i n a

c o m m u n i s t d o m i n a t e d

country that s ti ll was th e most Ro

m a n

C a t h o l i c

n a t i o n

i n t he

w o r l d .

I n t h e

1 9 6 0 s

s e r i o u s

c o n f l i c t

arose among

the

leaders. For

a

time

th e

congregation

hung

by

a

thread. Harmony was restored

and t he founding minister, George

Sacewicz, con ti nued as minister.

Paul

Bajensk i became

his as sis

t a n t .


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States to

study

for

th e

ministry.

George Bajenski returned to his

home congrega tion

in 1965

and

led

in developing an

aggressive

youth

program,

including a youth

c am p .

Andrew

Bajenski, grandson

of

Paul and

nephew of George, be

came minister of th e congregation

in 1981.

He was a

protege of

brother Sacewicz, who every Sun

day until his death

last

year sat on

a

chair

a t

the

front

of

the

church

to

encourage

the

young minister.

Andrew gave l eadership to

th e

church through

th e

food crisis

in

Poland

in

th e

early

1980's. He

ove r s aw

th e d is t r ib ut io n

o f

$74,000,000 worth of food and

medicine sent to Poland by

th e In

t e rna t iona l

Aid

and

o t he r

benevo

lent

agencies.

1988The congregation now has

300

members a nd h as es tabl ished

three preaching

points for

the

probable establishment

of

new

congregations.

Attendance

is

about

200 which fil ls

the

meeting

area

to

overflowing. An

apart

ment

adjoining

the

chapel

has

been purchased

for

the

congrega

tion

by

TCM International

to en

able enlargement

of

th e

chapel. A

Bible bookstore is also

operated

by

th e congregation.

In

addition to

th e

many congre

gations

and

friends across Poland

that

sent greetings

for

the anni

versary

service, telegrams

and l et

t e r s

w e re r ec ei ve d f rom

J a m e s

Groen,

president of Youth

for

Christ;

James Franks,

president

of International

Aid;

Rod

Huron,

director, North American Chris

tian Convention;

George

Brooks,

ern

Christian

College;

Sam Stone,

editor, Chris tian Standard; and

North

Industry

Christian

Church,

Canton,

Ohio.

I n a dd it io n

to

many v is it or s

from a cro ss Poland, guests

a t

tended from

th e

United

States,

Canada, Aus tr ia , G reat B ri ta in ,

West Germany and

th e

Soviet Un

ion. Gene Dulin,

president

of TCM

Interna t ional , who

has had

a

twenty-five-year association with

this

congregation,

was presented

a

certificate of honorary

member

ship from

th e

Pulawska congre

gation.

George

Bajenski a lso

re

ceived

an honorary membership

certificate.

Paul Bajko

is also to

re

ceive

a cer t i f icate .

The Sunday service was held in

a

rented

building to accommodate

th e crowd. Cu r r e n t

and

fo rmer

choir members presented special

music,

as did

George

Bajenski.

Gene Dul in , who was

th e

special

speaker, challenged

th e

congrega

tion

to move forward together.

Ijooking

back,

he

said,

is

bene

ficial as

we

recall our

roots,

honor

ou r f at he rs i n

the

faith,

and

leam

from

th e

good

and th e ba d experi

ences.

However,

it

is

also danger

ous

because

we can become self-

satisfied, thinking we have

a rr iv e d. O r we can become

fearful

when

we

compare ou r own

weak

nesses wi th

th e

fai th of

our forefa

thers. Joshua and

Caleb

said, We

can

take

this

land.'

You,

too,

ca n

t a k e

th is land

You

can

t a k e

i t for

Chris t

2000 As

th e ce leb ra t ion

con

cluded,

Andrew

Bajenski, th e vi

sionary minister, led th e

congrega

t ion

in

a dream for th e

future .

Andrew Bajenski

s ix ty c it ie s with a population

in

excess

of

10,000

are without

an y

Bible-believing church. By

the

year 2000 these s ix ty c it ie s

will

have at least one gospel crusade

sponsored by t he Pulawska

con

gregation.

F rom th es e c ru sa de s

twenty to thirty new

congrega

tions

a re p la nned by 2000. This

w ill more

than

double today 's

n u m b e r

o f ch urch es o f

C h ris t in

Poland. The dream includes

pro

duction of Christian literature, de

velopment of an extensive youth

ministry,

i nt roduc ti on o f Bible

study groups al l across Warsaw,

and

development of leadership.

A s th e se rv ice conc luded t he t en

elders

led

th e congregation in

a

ten-point declaration of f ai th and

commitment.

The congregation re

sponded t o each declarat ion by

saying,

So he lp us God.

The Pulawska

Street

congrega

tion is blessed with young and en

thusiastic leadership.

Andrew

Ba

jenski is a young preacher. He s a

vis ionary . He' s

a

worker. He' s

a

man of integrity. He's committed

to C h ris t an d H is c h ur ch . H e's d e

termined

to be just a Christ ian-

nothing more and nothing less. He

resists with all his strength

de

nomina t i ona l t ies o r t en d en c ie s.

He's striving to lead hi s congrega

tion

to be a

genuine

Christ ian

church.

Hi s

task

would

no t

be

easy

any place

in

the

world, b ut in

Po

land,

dominated by communism

and Catholicism, his

task

is

gigantic.

W atch fo r a . d .

2000

T h e P u

l aws ka Stree t church ha s a vis ion .

Their

leadership is working to ful


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Policesurvey scene where a 14-year-old Ajax Street and Adelaide Avenue, at about 8:45a.m.

boydiedThursday morning whenhewasstruck Hewason his

way

to O'Neill CoUegiate school

bya small school bus at the cornerof Simcoe whenhewas hit . Vimesphoio

Woman,

41,

hit by

meningitis

Family

and co-workers to receive

antibiotics

By GREG McDOWELL

Hmes Staf f

A41-year-oiaushawa womanis infair

conditioninhospitalwith bacterial men

ingitis and her family and a

dozen,

co-

workers will be

iven

antibiotics to

Dr. J^ n Gray, who was out of townon

regionalbusiness.

Dr. Mikel

s a id th e antibiotics

will

be

dis tr ibuted by the Durham health de

partment instead of a physician be

cause it s harder toget(thewoman sco-

Four people have died of bacterial

meningitis in the province recently, in

cludinga lO-year-oldBethanygirl.

Therewas

ah outbreak

at a

Peterbo

rough school earlier this month, and

parents andchildren linedupat a clinic

ByCARLFERENCZ

TimesSta f f

Students in O Neill Collegiate s

per

formingarts program foughtback tears

during a short memorial Thursday af

t er no on f or o ne of their best-loved

friends.

The bright young students listened,

with

heads

bowed,to the

facts

surroimd-

ing the death earlier that day of their

classmate, BenjaminBajenski.

The 14-year-old Ajax boy was pro

nounced dead at Oshawa GeneralHospi

talThursday morningafter being struck

and run overabout 8:45 a.m. by a small

Durhamways handicapped bus on Ad

elaide

Avenue

and SimcoeStreet.

Bajensldwasone ofabout50students

fr om throughout the r eg ion who a t

t ended O Nei ll t o take

part

in the

school s performing arts program. Mu

sicwas Ben sspecialty,

DurhamRegionalPolice said Benwas

running north across Adelaide, on the

east

side of Simcoe,

just

as the sou th

bound bus was turning left (east) onto

Adelaide. The

driver of th e bus was Ka-

trina Margach, 23,ofOshawa.

Police said no charges have beenlaid

in theacc identwhich remains under in

vestigation. .

Any w itne sses to the a cc iden t are

asked call police

at

579-1520.

Atthe family s Ajax home, Ben s fa

ther

George

moum^the

loss

ofhis

son.

He wasour future, ourfoundation, and

nowhe's gone.

Ou r

^st ian f ai th wi ll

Benjamin Bajenski

through, he said.

He

will always be

with us. Hopefully we can apply what

we've leamM f r om h im

tol ife

and

other

people.

BruceCourt, an O Neillmusic teacher

who knew the

l oy

well, said Students

comefrom all over Durham Region to

be in the .pe rf orming arts program.

Seven mon s ago nobody

knew

each

otherhere and now, seven months later,

we reall friends. It's reallysad.

I remember hismom and dad.They

were so supportive of their son. 'ITiey

came to

al l the

concerts.

There seemed

to

be

so

much

of a bond between

them.

He was an only child so it must have

been quitea loss.

Ben w as the

valedictorian

in

his

Grade 8 class . He was a goodspeaker

anda ^eat guy, saidCourt. We never

saw h im ina state ofbeing downor de

p re ssed . He had so much to o ffer . He

was

very

consciencious of

what

he

wantedand he set high goals.

Adam Smith, 14.ofWhitby,was one of

Ben s best friends a t O Neill . They at

tended all classes together and joined

during lunch hours toplaya fewlicks of

jazz inan impromptuband.

Be n was a r ea l funny guy , n ever

down, said Adam. He was a great

trumpet player

and

he was picking up

the bas s gui ta r. We loved get ting to

gether and jamming whenever we

could.

Dave Powell, 14, also from Whitby,

wasano the r

friend. B en

hadcha r i sma .

He

wa s a lot

of

fun to bewi th .

Joel

Darnell, 15,

remembered

a

more

serious side of Ben. We competed in

)ublicspeaking in Grade8and he really

}eatme. Hewas a

great

public speaker.

I never talkedto anyonewhodidn't like

him.

Court said the music students gath

ered togetherThursdayafternoon to try

and strengthen

each

otherand

our

faith

an d

reflecton thefamilyloss.

Studentsin O Neill s performing arts

program study dance, drama, and in

s t rumental and voca l mus ic. Aud i ti ons

are held foracceptanceinthe program.


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1 . A wo r k i n g c h u r c h . . .

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encouraging

church

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A ntini s tar i ng

church

. . .

BT^ j ft

Th e commi tmen t

a t

Uestway must be

...

1.

To a t t rac t ing

and l ea di ng t he

unsaved to Chr is t ;

2 . To

encourag ing o th e r s to

commi t

t h e i r

l i v e s

to

ministry;

3 .

To equipping

bel ievers

to lo cal

minis t ry .

Th e c e n t r e

o f

Mestway ...

1 . To b a d i s c i p l a of

Chr i s t ?

Voluntary

sub jec t ion

to

th e Lordship

of Chris t )

2.

To

be

one who knows and

does

th e wil l of God;

3 . To be one

who knows t ha p re se n ce

of

God.

This statement can keep us

steady in the midst

of

storm.

Many

churches

are

sm all sea

plants

going

wherever th e

currents

take them.

This s ta tement ca n infuse

us

with

energy so

tha t we

cooperat ively d i r ec t ou r

resources

to

a pos i t i ve

end.


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NEWS FROM

GEORGE

AND VERA

BAJENSKI

WITH ACKNOWIiEDGEiraT OF GIFTS RECEIVED

IN ORY OF

BENJAMIN BAJMSKI

July

August 1989

J ecalor


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J un e Her rin g Mr.

Mrs. D. Hargrave

Beechwood

Christian Church,

Alliance, OH

Marie

L, Brovm

Linden

Church

of

Christ,

Columhus,

Mr,

Mrs.

C.R.

Morris

Linden

Church

of

Christ ,

Horaebuilders Class,

Columbus, OH

F i r s t Christian Church, Clinton, IL Mr. Mrs. P.R. Moore

Calvary Christian

Church, Swartz

Creek,

IJII

B e t h Emerson Thomas D ia ne H alla m

Dr.

Allan

Mrs. Mildred Lee Borys I fe.ry Ann Boyuk

Tonawanda Church of Chris t , Tonawanda, NY Joan

Miller

Woodview Christian Church,

Grand

Rapids, MI

K.

David

Hargrove Babs

Wheeler

F l o r e n c e

W i c k l a n d e r

C h r i s

Sailer

Atlanta

Christian Church,

Atlanta,

IL

West Hills Christ ian Church,

B r i s t o l

M i c h a e l

Wanda I s a a c

Paul

I^ke

J o h n

B r e r e t o n

J os ep h A lb is

Women s Missionary Council, Keele St .

TN

J o h n O K e e f e

Kay Bocher t

James H. Hensley

George

Vera

Bajenski

J a n e t

S t e v e n s o n

J a s o n

B r e r e t o n

D i a n e

Rollins

R u t h D a v i s

Church of Christ , Toronto, ON

Parkcrest

Christian

Church,

Long

Beach,

E a r l

P h i l l i p s

N e t t i e

F o r s i u k

George

Halina P e t e l s k i

Mr.

Mrs.

Richard Scruggs

M r s . E t h e l Dunn

Central

S t

Christ ian Church, PEI

Wesley Mary Boldt

Ontario Christian Assembly, ON

S y b i l McLean

A n t o n Z i n a G a l a b u r d a

Niagara Christian

Church,

Niagara F a l l s

ON

P a u l i n e

P o s n i k o f f

D o r a T e d e r o f f

Donna L e e

McCormick

John

14:3,4

am going there to prepare a place for

you

and i f I go and

prepare a place f o r you, I

w i l l

come

back

and take

you to

be

with me t h a t you a l s o may

be

where I am.

The

following

memoria ls have been received

by

Global Miss ionary

Radio

Min.

I n memory of;

Mr.

P au l B ru ck i

Given by; B i l l

E l a i n e

Bronsdon

In

memory of: John K. Huk, Sr.

Given by; Gordon

Rebecca

Souder

E l i z a b e t h

D u n c a n

Robert

Cheryl

H o ^ e n

I I

Cor.

4:17-1 For our

l i g h t

and

momentary

t ro ub le s a re

achieving

f o r

us

an e t e r n a l glory t h a t

f a r

outweighs

them

a l l .

So

we

f i x

our

eyes

n o t on

what i s seen,

b u t on v/hat

i s

unsee n. Fo r what i s seen i s temporary,

b u t w h a t

is u n s e e n is eternal


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April 1989

Dear

Friends,

I have to admit

t h a t wr i t ing

t h i s l e t t e r

was

coming

very

d i f f i c u l t fo r me

t h i s t ime .

t was no t t ha t

we

d id

not want to

wr i t e . . .we

love

you and

we

t rue ly

apprec ia te

your in teres t

in

our

l i f e and min is tr y bu t

oh how much we

wish

tha t

this l tt r was wr i t t e n unde r d i f f e r e n t

c i r cums t ance s

We mis s o u r d e a r

son

Benjamin

great ly ,

nevertheless,

we do humbly

submit

ourselves

to God s

heavenward

leading and

do

pat ien t ly wait

fo r His answers to many of

our unresolved quest ions

in this

wo r l d .

Your prayers and di f fe ren t

expressions

of love, even t h i s l a s t contr ibut ion

are very much needed

and

grateful ly received. We did commit once our l i fe

and

s erv ic e to

God and now we reconfirm

it

again . We are yours Father .

Use us to

the

fu l l es t . We so

wish

tha t the whole

world

would know who

Jesus

i s , thus fu l f i l l i ng

the great commission of

our

Lord J es us Chr is t and hastening in

the

same way the

Day o f His coming.

As we read Scripture God speaks

to

us and comforts us dai ly , but He also

speaks to

us

through

song

and many other

l i t t l e things

throughout the day smd

night . The other day, for instance, I was deeply involved

in

my

thoughts,

struggling

somewhat with the same

thinking

concerning

Ben's

death, when in the

midst of

this struggle, a t

the exact r ight moment

over the

radio

wave I heard

the

familiar voice of

George

Beverly Shea singing,

Have Thine own way

Lord,

have

Thine

own way. Thou a r t the

Potter ,

I am the clay. Mold me and make me

after

Thy

will ,

while I

am waiting,

yielded

and st i l l .

I knew

those

words were

for me

gmd

I just

had

to

say,

Thank you Lord

for

being with

us

in

th e

midst

of

our earthly s t ruggl ing. Our

very

l ives,

are

in your

hands.

You are in co ntrol of

all situations, molding us

into

your image. Thank you

for

carrying us

through...

So it i s now in our

l i fe . . .we

are l iving and working day

by

day, ful ly

depending on God's strength and His leading. Our radio programs in a l l

four

languages continue to

rea ch East

Europe. Letters

reciuesting

Bibles come each

day. were

happy

this month to have with

us

here

in

Toronto

Brother

Jacob

Repetski from Saskatchev/an who helped

us

prepare many parcels

with

Bibles fo r

mailing to

the

USSR.

Since

we

are

now

sending

l arger quan ti ti e s o f Ch ri st ian

l i terature,

Canada Post

granted

us book rate privileges which cuts

our

mailing

expenses

cons ide r ab ly .

There i s much work.

We

are

happy to

do i t .

We

again

thank

you our dear

friends

for your

encouragement.

Please remember Vera

and

myself

as

on May 9th

we

leave

fo r

our

summer

ministry

to

Poland. George

and

Lucil le Repetski are

also

get t ing ready

to

go

to

the

USSR

a l i t t l e

la ter . Paul

Diate l i s planning

to

v i s i t severa l churches in V/es tem Canada. May God

continue to bless you

and

be

very close to you

as

together

we continue

our earthly

pilgrimage, keeping our

mind

fixed

on

Heaven where

we shal l

a l l

meet

again,

soon,

some beautiful

day

Yours

in C hris t,

George Bajenski


10/15

GLOBAL

MISSIONARY RADIO

VOLUME

12

NEWS

CONCERN ING THE

CANADIAN-BASED

MISSIONARY OUTREACH TO POLAND

AND

THE USS

communica tDr

MARCH APRIL MAT

NO.

2

V

BENJAMIN'S

GRADUATION

The

past couple

years have been

very

d i f f i cu l t ye t very beaut i fu l years

in

our l ive s

God has

kept

reaching down in

o ur family

and

lov ing ly

touch ing

us

and

l i f t i ng us up, speaking to us in

many

dif fe ren t

ways, some

beyond

our

under-

s tand ing

The por t ion

of

scr ip ture in I sa iah

55

was of ten in our thoughts. For ju s t

V as

the heavens are

higher

than the earth,

\ 4

J Si

ways

higher

than yours

and

my

^ V.l J I

thoughts than

yours.

r / ^0

years ago God first of all

t t ^ called

brother John Huk

Jr home,*

r Ol very suddenly and unexpectedly Four

months l a t e r God spoke

again and

took my

father John K Huk Sr. , to be

with

Him

in

heavenly places. On Feb. 16,

1989> once again God

our

Heavenly

Father,

spoke to us very loudly and

c lea r ly

and

sen t

His

ange ls

down to ear th

to

ushe r i n to

His

presence

our

dear

son, Benjamin Peter Bajen^ i Half

a block

from school,

while

cross

ing on

a

green li t Ben

was

s truck

down

and

run

over

by

a

school bus .

Ben was bom August 26, 1974>

in

Lincoln, I l l inois the only Ameri-

can-bom

c i t i zen

in

otir family .

Ben 's

ear ly

l i f e

was f u l l of adventure.

His

f i r s t minis t ry

venture

began

when he was jus t a

few

days o ld

>

a

Sunday morning service in Elkhar t , I l l ino is These

t rave ls continued

throughout

his

H i years

of

l i fe

Ben's

places of residence

included

Lin

coln,

I l l i jaois Allmersbach, Germany Warsaw

Poland,

Bel

Air

Maryland

and f ina l ly

Scarborough, Etobicoke and

Ajax

in Ontario.

In

nine years he

a t tended

a

t o t a l

o f f ive

schoo ls

He

exce l led in pub l i c

speaking a c t i v i t

ie s

and

l a t e r developed

a

deep

apprec ia t ion

fo r

and

involvement

with


11/15

music, following

the family

t radit ion.

An avid, book

read.er.

A

person

with

a sense

of

homour. A

lover of l i fe

for whom

l i fe

was a challenge, not a

threat . A positive person. An

encourager

with the

desire to

make everyone

happy.

A

warm,

gent le

sp i r i t .

t was the pas t

cycle

of earthly

t ragedies

t ha t brought ahout Ben's

publ ic

and

personal

commitment

to

the

Lord..

One

week

a f t e r

the

d.eath

of

his Uncle John, who Ben dearly loved, Ben

decided

to follow his commitment

in baptism.

High School Grade

9 A

School

for the

Performing Arts .

Breams

come

true

for BenI A member of the

student

council. A trumpet player

in

the

Juniour Band.. A

leader in the

school* s

Christ ian Fel lowsh ip group .

A bass

voice in

the

Cham ber

Choir. As was

often

said., A friend, to a l l . In the

past

six

months we

often

heard, from Ben,

I 've

never

been

so happy

in

my

l i fel

But in Ben's

enthusiasm

and

zeal for living we also

heard, Five

years

o f

High School i s n t

enough

time

fo r me to take a l l

the courses

I

want.

In

fac t , a l i fet ime

i s n t

long enough for me to do

a l l

I want

to

dol

God

in

His wisdom heard

these

words. What time failed

to

allow Ben to do,

e t e rn i t y

i s now

working

ou t .

Ben loved and

used

the material

thin gs of

l i fe , but God very

definate-

ly

touched Ben's heart and he

realized

the spi r i tua l nature of

l i fe and

the

end

fo r

which he

was

crea ted. . . to

put

God

f i r s t and

to

love

and

serve

others.

Ben, you

did i t

in

your

own way

and

you did

i t

well

How

you

look

ed forward

to participating

with us in the

ministry

- church visitation,

camps, vacation Bi ble

schools,

speaking

to

some Sunday School groups.

Already you were making your own contributions in the lives of others.

Independent of us.

You were a child

not buckled

by peer

pressure . .

.who

knew who he was and where he was going, according

to

th e Chr is tian up

bringing

you

received.

You

were

an

achiever

for

yourself

and

for

the

LordI

You

graduated ea r ly in to

God s

school.

But

you

were

jflh. Atf ilT < TV

so readyl

The

witness that ^ t-

follows

you

for the Lord ^ I ,

is still speaking loudly 1 1

HB

among your

school-mates, .1. ^ i-

your

friends,

neighbours,

,

/Mi

the

community

your

family

jJf

jff

'

3

and

us, your

parents . You

were and sti l l

are lifting

IT ?

us to higher ground

Ben, we love you so V .

very much.

miss

you so

' J

much .

Bu t

ou r s i n c e r e

praye r

i s

tha t

your

influ

^

ence wi l l

car ry on

fo r t ime

and e te rn ity ; th at our

Heavenly Father would jIH^E

continue to multiply all Our Last Family Picture


12/15

fii Ya;jsj.nxni lo e-iotn eno lo l Jjciisi'/i oc

lovs'if

Hr^

si:-fei-eqeH

that you offered to

Him^rtnS

our iMfe

and

iallûthe :p1dier;cilive&:d:hat ôu?i/r,c

it.owohfid>q;iriiiii6h^jweiMDlandj;(wherpo}theysill be met By the -^B'ajettî^)>%hi teB6Borê

Repetdci iwdli ireturn-tbtMiialô^hd be joined by

his

wifecwho

is'scheduled

to a r r iv e in from Canada. The churches o f the

Belorusaian^publda^have ;^ ^^^

invited the Repetîs to visit

their yieQripi[i^';S6jîrl^^^li^ns'^^tlir^ Belorussia to

share

from God*s Word

and

mee' iisieners'^'lo'''(je&gl^s^pr^ After ^


13/15

Repetdcis

will

travel to Poland for one more week of ministry

in

that

country before returning home on

the

20th of June.

n

a l l

o f

t h e s e

t rave ls

we

wi l l need

G o d s

p r o t e c t i o n ,

h is

power and

wisdom a s we

minister*

We would request

your

kindes t prayer and

f inancial

support during these next months*

T O

G O D

North Amettan CttrisUan

Comantion

Jutf 11-U, 1989

Kentucky Fairi Ej^iositionCenter

LouenOe, Kentucky

Looking forward

to v i s i t i n g with

you

at

booth 536.

Copies

o f GMRM s fi n a n c i a l

s ta tement a re now

ava i l ab l e

fo r th o se r e q u e s t i n g them.

Our b o o k s are a u d i t e d a n n u a l l y

by Doggart Rutledge

Chartered

A c co u nt an ts , T o ro nt o .

>

G I F TS OP LOVE

IN JE S U S S N ME

n memory o f : Rev*

George Elenko

Given by: Mrs.

Fay

Elenko

I n memoiy o f: John K. Huk, S r .

Given byt

Mrs.

F ay E len ko

n memoxy o f:

Mrs.

Mary Maksimow

Given by:

Mrs.

lydia Tacknowec

Mr.

lk uglas T e m o v a t s k y

V em a M a k s i m o w

n memory o f: Violet ta C u r r i e

Given by: J e a n Ber oovioi

George

&

Ver a

B a j e n s k i

c


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M E M O R I A L S

o w m c r .

'f twtn^it{(

of

m

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By th e d ec is io n o f th e

Board

o f D irecto rs o f Global M issionary Radio

M i n i s t r i e s , a

Benjamin Bajenski Memorial

Fund

h as

been e s t a b l i s h e d . This

fund i s to b e

u s e d

as e d u c a t i o n a l ass i s t ance fo r s t u d e n t s

coming

to No r th

America

from

Eastern

Block

countries,

in

order

to

study

fo r th e Chr istian

ministr y An y g i f t

so

d e s i g n a t e d i s

s ign i f ican t

fo r th e Kingdom

an d

great

ly

apprec ia ted d u r i n g t h i s t i m e

of

new freedom in

t h e

E a s t

Th e f o l l o w i n g L iving M e mo ri al s h av e

be e n

r e c e n t l y r e c e i v e d in memory

o f

Benjamin B a j e n s k i :

ruce Sue

Mackenz ie

lymit r i

Olga

Stanczenko

G o r d o n R eb ec ca S ou de r

har l e s M a x i n e

Br a n u m

I rene Gryn

Grand

V a l l e y

Church o f C hris t -

Women s

Fel lowsh ip

Lydia Gnida

Ru th onno r

Fred, S\mny, Jenna Shearin

Michae l

J a n e

S t e b e l a

J o h n

Tamara Hry cak

Sand ra rownlee

Mary

P r o c i u k

Wil l i am a rba r a K o w a l


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Polish Language and Culture High

School - Mrs

Rica Lapinslci

David Powe l l

Ne l l i e Kudr ick

Ruth

Euk

George

Vera

Bajendci

O^Neill

Collegiate

Vocational

Ins t i t u t e

Sam Gven S tone

Curly Els ie Zinmemian

Gene

l i snor a

Ih i l in

Savid

Margaret

Euhanks

Rod Autumn Huron

Le s t e r

Bo r i s Sh e l l

Le s l i e

n i t a White

O lg a E mte r

Ka th e r i n e

B r u c k i

Uichele

Marlhorough

Peter Uary

Roll ins

Stanley Mary Studenny

Melvin

June

Bayless

Suzanne

Colv in

Fir s t

Chris t ian

Church - Evansvil le IN

Richard

Kathy

Scott

Chris

Tait

Gramps

Glenn Dehh i e Coul son

Boggart Rutledge

Chartered

Accountants

John

Ann

McConnel l

Samuel Lloyd Johnson

ill Helen

Ponke

Joe

Mervina

Repetsk i

Mary

Ann Brown

Luke Sadie Naydiuk

Rudy Evelyn Penner

Gary Louise Reid Family

Nick nne t t e Newar

t t rs Fay

Elenko

r t

Leno r a K l e i n

J ea n B e rc o vi c i

Ed i t h

Leona rd

MacLeod

Margaret Charles

Sprenger

S c o t t

Sue

Whi t

sett

Calvary Mission

Guild -

Rodcford

IL

Dorothy

Williamson

Nancy Matthew

Dol ina Bake r

Don Vi o l e t Wilson

Weight Reducing Clinic

Rober t

Vera

Mae

Haenig

Pe te r

Sophia Koliha iev

Edmund

E s t e l l a

Blank

Mar i an

B um s

Phi l ip St Thelma Davidson

Lee

Velma arrell

Mar t i n Lo i s De r l a k

Mr. Mrs. E.C. Ph i l l i p s

Barry Val Foster

Irs Maxy Htik

Peter

Marsha

Huk Family

Dan Pat Hiik Family

Stephen Anna Baker Family

Westway

Chris t ian

Church

Dana

Conn i e Po r t a n t e

John

Helen Mar t i n

Elkhart Christ ian Church IL

South

Side Christ ian Church IL

Ed

Lou i s e F um a s

Harley

Carol

Pet r i

Creve Coeur

Chris t ian

Church IL

Mrs

K . Wandich

Len Bev B r u d c i

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Mary Leshkewich

George Luci l le Repetski

Fa i t h Krahe r

P a t r i c i a

Cssura

J ohn J e a n

Bob e l l

West Hills

Christian

Church

TN

J oy B r er et on

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Ha r r i s o n

Kixigsway Christ ian Church

Ralph

Dianne

Robertson

Mark

T

Bar f co t

Bruce Lav i e r

Josue Mely dela Cruss Family

Keele Stree t

Church o f C hris t

George

Ida

Clews

Phil ip

Nancy

Dempster

Mrs . lexandra

Wozniuk

John Peggy Spink Family

Walter Dorothy

Sokol

Russian Ukrainian

Evange l ica l

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