{"id":4842,"date":"2014-12-31T22:56:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T20:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2014-12-31T22:56:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T20:56:12","slug":"happy-new-year-from-the-sukos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/happy-new-year-from-the-sukos\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year From The Suko&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>Christina and I and all our family wish you many blessings in 2015! May your year be filled with the peace and joy that can only come through God&#8217;s mighty power in your life.<\/p>\n<p>May you have abundant opportunities to serve Jesus in and out of the Church.<\/p>\n<p>May your heart draw closer to God and closer to God&#8217;s people this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/happy-new-year-from-the-sukos\/sony-dsc-242\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC02409.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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;1420075839&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;SONY DSC&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SONY DSC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC02409.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC02409.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC02409.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC02409-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC02409-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC02409-573x430.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2014 has been a historic year in Ukraine, it has also been a tragic year. Through it all we have seen God&#8217;s mighty hand at work and we trust that he will continue to work in the lives and hearts of thousands of Ukrainians despite the continued difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your prayers for our family and for Ukraine in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>Christina and I and all our family wish you many blessings in 2015! May your year be filled with the peace and joy that can only come through God&#8217;s mighty power in your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4843,"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":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC02409.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-1g6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6924,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-this-church-is-trying-to-get-rid-of-its-youth\/","url_meta":{"origin":4842,"position":0},"title":"Why This Church Is Trying to Get Rid of Its Youth","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"October 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I often hear pastors complaining about how so many youth leave the Church after they graduate from high school. Youth pastors especially seem to live in fear that a diploma in the hands of their once vibrant young disciples will turn them into hard and fast sceptics who can no\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ministry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ministry","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/category\/ministry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Youth-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Youth-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Youth-001.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Youth-001.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Youth-001.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5834,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/seven-prayers-for-disabled-refugees-from-eastern-ukraine\/","url_meta":{"origin":4842,"position":1},"title":"Seven Prayers for Disabled Refugees from Eastern Ukraine","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"September 23, 2015","format":"gallery","excerpt":"They've been through a lot, they need physical healing and spiritual healing, they need Jesus. 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