Kosice
The city of Kosice is the second largest city in Slovakia and is situated in the eastern part of the country. The Methodist Church does not have a congregation in this city but started mission work here in a part of the city called Tahanovce. It is the youngest neighborhood built around the year 1985. Today, there are around 23,000 people out of which 30% are children younger than 18. The mission work of our church started four years ago and the main target are children and teenagers. The employed worker we have here is Maria Skrivankova, who is not a pastor but has a heart full of love for marginalized children. She organizes workshops for kids 3-4 times a week. A Bible study takes place once a week and once a month they have a club “Girls only”. Maria sees the importance of building relationships with these kids and through these relationships she is trying to lead them to giving their life to Jesus. Gospel is told in every meeting.
Last week the work in Kosice moved to a new dimension because we started regular Sunday worships. We were not able to find a place to rent for this activity in Tahanovce, so we started working in a different neighborhood Nad Jazerom. We are hoping to reach out not only to children but also adults in the coming months. Pastors from surrounding towns where we have established churches are going to take turns in coming to Kosice and preaching here on Sundays. We pray that this new effort brings fruit and people find their meaning of life in Jesus.
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