The 70th annual convention of the Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention in the USA, the very first conference in the State of Florida, with activities scheduled
to be held at the local Ukrainian Baptist Church and at the North Port
Performing Arts Center, will dominate the Southwest Florida Ukrainian
American community this Labor Day weekend.
The
organizers are inviting all and are expecting many local residents
who are not members of the church to attend many segments of the
conference, and especially the youth program which will be held at 7
p.m. Saturday at the North Port Performing Arts Center at North Port
High School. The program will consist of choral presentations by the UBC
Youth Choir, United Choir of the Philadelphia area churches, a choral
ensemble from Cleveland, Ohio, and soloists Katya Kishta, Alina Rabchuk
and Lesya Hordynska.
The
solemn divine service, at 10 a.m. Sunday at North Port Performing Arts
Center will feature common and choral singing, along with soloists
Nadia Hordynska, Alina Rabchuk, and Vitaliy Velenchuk, in addition to
prayers, scripture readings and sermons.
The host church of this 70th annual conference is the Ukrainian Baptist Church at 3950 Wall Lane, North Port, whose pastor is Vitaliy Bernatskiy. For more information, visit ubcnorthport.org.
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The
days of monthly membership meetings of North Port’s Cpl. Roman G. Lazor
Post 40 of the Ukrainian American Veterans, headed by retired Col.
Roma Rondiak, USA, normally held on the first Friday of the month at St.
Andrew’s Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center, the“Oseredok”, will
take place at 3 p.m.
on Friday, Sept. 11, (so as not to interfere with the long Labor Day
weekend), and again at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, (so as not to interfere with UAV 68th National Convention Oct.
1-3).
The traditional annual UAV Post 40 Veterans Day Luncheon at the Heron
Creek Golf and Country Club is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Nov.
12.
Members
of UAV Post 40 will miss one of its members, decorated WWII veteran and
UAV Past National Commander (1949-1950) Walter Shipka, who was born on
May 18, 1924, in Plainfield, N.J., grew up in New York, moved to Ohio,
and passed away on June 28, 2015, in Englewood.
Post 40 members express their deepest sympathy to PNC Shipka’s wife of
62 years, Helen, their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
other relatives. May he rest in peace: Veechnaya Pamyat!
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The Parish Council of Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of God, St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in North Port, and Pastor Rev. Vasyl
Petriv, will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday with volunteers who were and,
hopefully, will again be working in the parish kitchen. The agenda will
include the serving of very popular traditional Ukrainian American
dinners, held on Fridays, which include “varenyky” (pierogis),
“holubtsi” (cabbage rolls) and Ukrainian pastries.
The Parish Council also will consider other matters and will more
fully brief the recently installed Rev. Petriv about the parish life and
proposed plans for the foreseeable future.
Atanas Kobryn covers the Ukrainian community for the North Port Sun. He can be emailed at atanask@aol.com.
Our Neighbors — The Ukrainians
by Atanas Kobryn
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