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A
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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riends
mourn
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true talent
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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3
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t
to be '
1 . A wo r k i n g c h u r c h . . .
3.
encouraging
church
.. .
f
4
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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the
Bells
99
l e t th e whole wo rld know
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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GLOBAL
MISSIONARY
RADIO
MINISTRIES
BOX
246,
PICKERING, ONTARIO LIV
2R4 CANADA
PHONE: 416 427-3757
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
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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
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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
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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
iall^uthe :p1dier;cilive&:d:hat ^ou?i/r,c
it.owohfid>q;iriiiii6h^jweiMDlandj;(wherpo}theysill be met By the -^B'ajett^i^)>%hi teB6Bor^e
Repetdci iwdli ireturn-tbtMiial^o^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 Repet^is to visit
their yieQripi[i^';S6j^irl^^^li^ns'^^tlir^ Belorussia to
share
from God*s Word
and
mee' iisieners'^'lo'''(je&gl^s^pr^ After ^
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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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L I V I N G
M E M O R I A L S
o w m c r .
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of
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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
Stephen
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
Barheuca Sue
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
Church
I rene ^ a pp s
Mary Mil l e r
Jon
Sprenger
Family
F r i e d a
Ro s s o l
Fi r s t Church of
Christ
-
Bluff ton
IN
lan P a t LaRue
Bethany
Christian Church - Indps IN
rd i th
J a c k Shu l t z
Boh Mary Wuriker
Mrs
Chr i s t i n a Peeve r
Phil ip Judy
Rosenik
ill E l a i n e Bron son
Shel ley McVea
P au l J a n e t
Kaseman
J ames
Harriett
Pa c k a r d
Velma Hende r s on
Lorain Eulala
Grapes
May Chris t ie