Tracking the UCC Ukraine response
The United Church of Christ has collected almost $3 million through an emergency appeal for the people of Ukraine. On Jan. 27, 2023, almost a year after the Russian invasion displaced 13 million, church executives are traveling to the region to see what their needs are and how faith partners are responding using UCC gifts.
Ukraine Visit blog updates
Day 1 – Hungary
By Rev. Kent Siladi
Our team spent most of the first day traveling from the U.S. to Hungary (by way of Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, New York, Istanbul and finally Budapest.)…
Day 2 – Hungary
By Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson
The visit to Hungary entered a second day with visits to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHRC) office, Hungarian Reformed Church Aid…
Day 3 – Hungary
By Rev. Kent Siladi
“It is only by God’s grace that we have come together.” Bela Nagy, lay leader, Transcarpathian (Ukraine) Reformed Church. Today was a day of two…
Day 4 – Transcarpathia
By Peter Makari
Transcarpathia, or “across the Carpathian Mountains,” in Western Ukraine is known to the people who live here as Subcarpathia, which means…
Day 5 – Transcarpathia
By Rev. Joshua Baird
The first day that I worked from the new national office space last July, a small package was waiting on my desk. In it, I discovered 30 cards…
Days 6 & 7 – Greece
By Peter Makari
From Hungary, we traveled to northeast Greece, to the city of Katerini where the local congregation of the Evangelical Church of Greece established…
Days 8 & 9 – Moldova
By Rev. Joshua Baird
Yesterday was a long travel day, with multiple flights, not to mention delays and mishaps and miles on the road. On the final flight we had a chance meeting…
Day 10 – Moldova
By Peter Makari
Throughout our trip, we have experienced a tremendous amount of gratitude. Partners, displaced Ukrainians, and local people…
Day 11 – Moldova
By Rev. Kent Siladi
On our last day together our hosts with Church World Service invited us to meet with advocates for Ukrainian refugees who are providing food…
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