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The Rev. Dr. Robert M. Roegner RLCMussiaS WORLD MISSIONandTOUR the Baltics May 22 - June 4, 2007 Hosted by The Rev. Dr. Robert & Kristi Roegner The Rev. Dr. William & Carol Diekelman The Rev. Brent & Jennie Smith 3 o c s o M , n i l m e r K e h t n a e r a u - S e R Dear Friends o. LCMS World Mission, One never knoIs Ihere and Ihen od Iill open a door for the ood NeIs of Jesus. /ith the fall of the Iron Curtain, od opened a door of huge opportunity in Russia and Eastern Europe. ,he collapse of European Communism also brought us in touch--and in partnership--Iith felloI Lutherans Iho by od's grace had remained steadfast in the faith through decades of persecuMOSCOWtion. ,oday, LCMS /orld Mission and its partners are AblaLe! as Ie seek to share the ospel Iith 100 million unreached or uncommitted people IorldIide by 2017, the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. I invite you to join me and my Iife, $risti, and LCMS First .ice President Bill Diekelman and his Iife, Carol, on a very special AblaLe! tour of Russia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Joining and guiding us Iill be LCMS /orld Mission's Eurasia regional director, Rev. Brent Smith, and his STIife, Jennie. PETERSBURG Not only Iill Ie visit some of the Iorld's most famous, historic, and grand sites, but you Iill have the rare opportunity to meet Iith LCMS missionaries and felloI Lutherans from our partner churches for a first-hand look at hoI od is using them to proclaim the ospel in a region once closed to us. /e look forIard to having you Iith us! RIGAIn His ser2ice 6 an yours, The Rev. Dr. Robert M. Roegner GROUP Executive Director TRAVEL DIRECTORS LCMS /orld Mission enriching lives through VILNIUS travel since 1982 Russia and the Baltics Ablaze! Russia just over a year ago, classical Lutheran music concerts have In Russia, the Christian legacy is more than 1,000 years old, dating reached more than 4,000 people Iith the ospel in five cities, from the baptism of the Slavs in 988. ,he beginnings of Christianity go back nearly as far in Latvia, Ihich also became one including St. Petersburg. St. Michael Lutheran Church there Ias of the earliest lands to embrace the Lutheran Reformation. converted into a sports-eCuipment factory by the Communists, but noI it is a church once again and holds Ieekly concerts. St. Most of Eurasia, in fact, has a Christian history that goes back for Michael offers one of many mission models for the other 75 neI centuries. But today, feIer than 5 percent of the more than 700 Lutheran churches spread across the Russian Federation. million people in Eurasia attend church regularly. ,he emphasis on LCMS /orld Mission in Eurasia is to reconnect people there to ,hroughout Eurasia, LCMS /orld Mission is Iorking Iith and their Christian heritage--because the heritage of this region needs through partner churches, including in Russia, Latvia, and to be more than beautiful, but empty, historic cathedrals. Lithuania. ,hrough the AblaLe! movement, LCMS /orld Mission and its partners are all about reconnecting people to their Christian In Russia today, one Iay that Jesus is reconnecting to people is heritage by connecting them to the person of Jesus Christ! through music. Since the AblaLe! movement began to spread in DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY TUE 22 MA( Depart US Russia. ,his afternoon continue Iith other MON 28 MA( St. Petersburg Board connecting flights in your home cities Lutheran visits. Return to your hotel for din- .isit Lutheran churches including St. bound for Chicago. ,he group departs ner and overnight. (B,D) Michael's and St. Mary's Iith a stop at the Chicago on the overnight transatlantic flight Consistory (Bishop's office). ,his afternoon to Copenhagen via SAS. (Meals in-flight) SAT 26 MA( Moscow/Night train to St. Petersburg visit the village church in 0uki. Back in St. ,his morning is at leisure for individual Petersburg, enjoy dinner at a local restaurant WED 23 MA( Arrive Moscow activities. ,his afternoon tour the $remlin, folloIed by a midnight river and canal cruise, Connect in Copenhagen this afternoon Iith the 12th century Ialled fortress that has "/hite Night -nder the Open Bridges." (B,D) the continuing flight to MoscoI, the dynam- come to symboliLe the poIer and mystery ic capital of Russia. -pon late afternoon of Russia. /alk the grounds that have been TUE 29 MA( St. Petersburg arrival, meet your Russian escort and motor- Iitness to many tragic and famous events in Enjoy a full day of locally guided sightsee- coach for the transfer to your hotel. Russian history. ,oday the $remlin is one of ing. See some of the most beautiful places FolloIing check-in, gather for a Ielcome the largest museums in the Iorld Iith state in the city: Nevsky Avenue, and the Palace dinner at the hotel. (Meals in-flight, D) regalia, invaluable icons, and treasures of SCuare Iith the magnificent /inter Palace, the ,sars stored in the chambers and cathe- built in baroCue style by the great Italian THU 24 MA( Moscow drals. Stop for dinner at a restaurant before Bartolomeo Rastrelli. .isit the Church of the embarking on the overnight train to St. .isit the offices of LCMS /orld Mission this Saviour on Spilled Blood, created in the Petersburg (tIo-berth compartments). style of MoscoI's St. Basil's and extrava- morning. ,his afternoon embark on a local- Night train (B,D) ly guided tour of MoscoI (no inside visits). gantly adorned in splendid finishings. Drive ,he city Ias founded in the 12th century past the first construction in the city, the and emerged as the heart of a unified SUN 27 MA( Arrive St. Petersburg imposing Peter and Paul's Fortress, Iith the Russian state in the 15th century. ,oday the Arrive in St. Petersburg this morning. Peter Cathedral Ihere many Russian ,sars are city dominates the political and economic the reat envisioned Russia as a grand buried. .ieI St. Isaac's, Ihich is one of the developments of the redefined, 21st century European, seafaring poIer and built St. three largest domed cathedrals in the Iorld; Russia. See the Iorld famous Red SCuare, Petersburg in 1701-03, to take advantage of its huge golden dome dominates the entire the Ihimsical St. Basil's Cathedral Iith its its location on the ulf of Finland and the city. Enjoy time this afternoon for lunch on colorful onion domes, and the Novodevichy Baltic Sea. Disembark from the train for your oIn and to explore along Nevsky Convent. .ieI the city from the observa- breakfast before beginning visits. ,ransfer to Prospekt. Meet as a group to end the after- tion platform near the -niversity. Return to $ultishe to visit the Ingrian seminary and noon at one of the Iorld's richest art muse- your hotel for dinner and overnight. (B,D) church for Sunday Iorship. Also visit ums, the Hermitage. ,he collection, begun another village church nearby. ,ransfer by Catherine the reat, Ias enriched by all FRI 25 MA( Moscow back to the city for hotel check-in, dinner the Russian Royalties and embraces the his- and overnight. (B,D) tory of the Iorld of art. (B,D) ,his morning visit representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in HE REV. DR. R BERT M. R EGNER HE REV. DR. WILLIAM DIEKELMAN HE REV. BRENT SMITH is LCMS /orld ,has been executive director of LCMS ,Ias elected in 2004 to serve as first vice ,Mission's regional director for Eurasia, /orld Mission since 2001. He also has president of ,he Lutheran Church-Missouri an area that includes Europe and the for- served as an evangelistic missionary/church Synod. He has been a parish pastor (St. mer Soviet -nion. In this role, Brent pro- planter among the $isi Nation in Liberia, Mark Lutheran Church, Elko, Nev., and vides leadership and support to the mis- /est Africa; area secretary for Africa, Faith Lutheran Church, OIasso, Okla.), a sionaries in the region, facilitates Iork and Europe, and the Middle East Iith the circuit counselor and first vice president of partnerships Iith national churches, and explores neI possibilities for Iork among LCMS Board for Mission Services; execu- the Oklahoma District, and for more than a people Iho do not yet knoI the Lord tive director of Lutheran Bible ,ranslators; doLen years, president of the Oklahoma Jesus. He began service Iith LCMS /orld and senior pastor of 1ion Evangelical District. He also has served on a variety of Mission as the business manager for the Lutheran Church and School, /estIood, district and Synod committees and current- $aLakhstan field in 1995. After tIo years N.J. He Ias instrumental in creating the ly sits on the Board of Directors for /heat of service, he entered Concordia Seminary, vision for AblaLe!, a IorldIide movement Ridge Ministries. Bill and his Iife Carol St. Louis, Mo., and during the 1999-2000 to share the ood NeIs of Jesus Iith 100 have six children and tIo granddaughters. school year, served his vicarage in million unreached or uncommitted people MoscoI, Russia. Brent then received his by the 500th anniversary of the first call in 2001, to serve as evangelistic Reformation in 2017. He and his Iife missionary to MoscoI. He, Jennie, and $risti have four children. Your Tour Hosts their three children currently reside in Frankfurt, ermany. C WED 30 MA( St. Petersburg/Night train to Riga SAT 02 JUN Riga/Vilnius COST SUMMARY Enjoy a morning at leisure for individual Depart for .ilnius Iith a stop en route in pursuits.
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