Rather than feeling despair, Olga—a key leader in our SlavicWorship ministry—is choosing to trust in Jesus as her foundation and help many Russian-speaking people encounter God's truth and love.

‘I am having conversations with many mothers that would never have taken place in Moscow, because now they have lost everything and are struggling with their identity.’ - Olga

This past July, SlavicWorship helped Olga launch our first Fine Arts Day Camp in Belgrade, Serbia. Through our camp, we were able to create a worship environment where people could encounter God’s truth and love.

Our Goal

This giving season, we aim to increase our monthly giving by $1,000 to support Olga and others on our team. This will allow our SlavicWorship team to focus on creating worship environments where people encounter God, without the pressure of seeking supplemental income.

Your SlavicWorship donation will directly support:

• Continued coordination of Fine Arts Day Camps for children
• Expansion of our Soli Deo Gloria worship conferences to new regions and countries
• Ongoing song translation and worship resource creation
• Training of new ministry team volunteers

How You Can Help

1. Commit to a monthly contribution to help sustain our expanded ministry efforts
2. Make a one-time donation
3. Share Olga's story with others

Your generosity will make a lasting impact by supporting Olga and others on our SlavicWorship team. Together, we can transform lives by creating environments where people encounter God’s truth and love through Christ-empowered worship.

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Gerry Schroeder Shares the Passion behind SlavicWorship

As the founder of SlavicWorship, people often ask me, "Why do you do what you do? What motivates your ministry?"

I was recently reminded of our "ministry why" during the final performance of our 2024 Fine Arts Day Camp in Belgrade, Serbia.

This was the launch of our first FADC in Serbia. I remember sharing with Olga, "We've worked hard and prepared the best we can. We're physically spent. God has promised to do good works through us. And He will."

The first song began tentatively, but the children quickly found their footing, relying on their training and gradually easing into the performance. The audience's supportive applause boosted their confidence. By the time we reached the satirical song "Poor, Poor Pharaoh," where five campers performed as an "air blues band," everyone on stage had shifted from merely performing to having fun.

Then came a key moment in the musical. The campers were singing their hearts out. The lyrics were filled with phrases from Psalms 23 and 27, as well as a promise directly from Jesus:

I will fear no evil.

For my God is with me.

And if my God is with me,

Whom then shall I fear,

Whom then shall I fear?

Oh, Lord, You never let go…

Lord, You never let go of me.

Suddenly, the God who was strengthening me to do good works was speaking to my heart. By the first chorus, I was teary-eyed. Inside, I was standing up, fist in the air, shouting, "YES! And AMEN! You NEVER let go of ME!"

Nothing in my life compares to God speaking to me when I encounter Him. For over 50 years, I've experienced this many times. Our SlavicWorship team and I want others to experience God speaking to them with truth and love—to have their own moments of encountering God.

Simply put—we want to help Slavic people encounter God through Christ-empowered worship.

If you share our passion, we invite you to join us on this extraordinary journey. Your involvement—through prayer, financial support, or participating in a ministry project—can help create more moments where people encounter God's truth and love.

Together, we can help Slavic people encounter God through Christ-empowered worship.

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Our Theological Premise

Scripture clearly states that salvation and adoption into God's family come by God's grace alone, through our faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. It is not something we can achieve through our own works. And yet, God is shaping us as His masterpieces, intending to carry out His good works. When we offer our lives as a living sacrifice for Him to work through us, this is our worship.

This principle is embodied in the five solae of the Protestant Reformation:

• Scripture Alone (Sola Scriptura)
• Grace Alone (Sola Gratia)
• Faith Alone (Sola Fide)
• Christ Alone (Solus Christus)
• Glory to God Alone (Soli Deo Gloria)

We were created to worship God by allowing Him to work through us in a relationship where He speaks to our hearts and we are able to know and experience His truth and love, ultimately to glorify Him. Embracing this profound relationship with God is transformational.

At SlavicWorship, we call this biblical concept: Christ-empowered worship. We are passionate about creating environments where Slavic people encounter God’s truth and love through Christ-empowered worship.