{"id":2153,"date":"2013-01-20T22:52:17","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T20:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=2153"},"modified":"2020-01-21T09:36:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T07:36:07","slug":"pray-for-skiniya-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/pray-for-skiniya-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray for Skiniya Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we had the privilege of visiting Skiniya (Tabernacle) Church. This group of Jesus followers meets in a Christian bookstore in downtown Odessa. This church is a sister church to ours as both were started by <a title=\"Peter Rodoslavov a short biography\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=440\">Peter Rodoslavov.<\/a>\u00a0 We always enjoy visiting because of the close fellowship we share with them.<\/p>\n<p>Skiniya has a great ministry in many orphanages and assisted living homes throughout Odessa. They also recently started a weekly craft group as and outreach to women.<\/p>\n<p>Check out some pictures below and then keep scrolling down for a few ways that you can pray for Skiniya.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2155\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2155\" data-attachment-id=\"2155\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/pray-for-skiniya-church\/sony-dsc-138\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02639.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NEX-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1358683322&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;19&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;SONY DSC&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SONY DSC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02639.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2155\" src=\"http:\/\/69.89.31.195\/~sukofami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02639.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02639.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02639-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02639-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02639-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I preached about the dangers of success<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2157\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2157\" data-attachment-id=\"2157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/pray-for-skiniya-church\/sony-dsc-140\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02631.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NEX-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1358681341&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;SONY DSC&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SONY DSC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02631.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2157\" src=\"http:\/\/69.89.31.195\/~sukofami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02631.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02631.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02631-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02631-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02631-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The church meets in a Christian bookstore<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2154\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2154\" data-attachment-id=\"2154\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/pray-for-skiniya-church\/sony-dsc-137\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02632.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NEX-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1358681465&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;19&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;SONY DSC&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SONY DSC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02632.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2154\" src=\"http:\/\/69.89.31.195\/~sukofami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02632.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02632.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02632-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02632-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02632-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Misha is one of the church leaders with his son<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Skiniya needs your prayers and here are a few ways you can be praying.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Pray for strong leadership as the church transitions to independence from the mother church<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Pray for a good solution to their space needs, Sunday mornings are very full<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Pray for vision as they look for ways to reach the downtown area of Odessa<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Can you pray for Skiniya? Let me know if you can pray in the comments below. \u00a0I&#8217;ll pass it on to them and it will be a real encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we had the privilege of visiting Skiniya (Tabernacle) Church. This group of Jesus followers meets in a Christian bookstore in downtown Odessa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-2153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ministry","tag-church"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC02655.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-yJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4712,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/terrorists-blow-up-ukrainian-store-in-odessa\/","url_meta":{"origin":2153,"position":0},"title":"Terrorists Blow up Ukrainian Store in Odessa","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"December 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Early this morning a bomb ripped a large hole in the side of a store here in Odessa that sells pro-Ukrianian clothing and other patriotic things. 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