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Sharing Christmas Joy in Armenia and Artsakh AMYRIGA#I HA# AVYDARAN{AGAN UNGYRAGXOV:IVN ARMENIAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AMAA NEWS LI 1 Sharing Christmas Joy in Jan-Feb-March 2017 Armenia and Artsakh P. 11 CONTENTS January•February•March 2017 /// LI1 3 Editorial Against the Tide By Zaven Khanjian 4 Inspirational Corner A Resurrection Reflection By Rev. Haig Kherlopian 1918 2018 5 Around the Globe Armenian Evangelical Church of New York By Peter Kougasian, Esq. 6 Almost a Hundred Years Later By Heather Ohaneson, Ph.D. 7 In Memoriam: Samuel Chekijian 8 Meet Our Veteran Pastors Rev. Dr. Joseph Alexanian AMAA NEWS 9 Remembering Hrant Dink By Zaven Khanjian is a publication of 10 Stitched With Love By Betty Cherkezian The Armenian Missionary Association of America 11 AMAA Shares Christmas Joy with Children in Armenia and Karabagh 31 West Century Road, Paramus, NJ 07652 Tel: (201) 265-2607; Fax: (201) 265-6015 12 AMAA's Humanitarian Aid to the Armenian Army E-mail: [email protected] 13 Armenian Children's Milk Fund Website: www.amaa.org (ISSN 1097-0924) 14 A Time of Ending and Sending By Jeannette Keshishian 15 New Missionaries Go Into the World to Preach, To Serve By Zaven Khanjian The AMAA is a tax-exempt, not for profit 17 God's Faithfulness By Nanor Kelenjian Akbasharian organization under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3) 18 Relief is Still Needed in Syria Zaven Khanjian, Executive Director/CEO 19 AMAA's Syria LifeLine Relocates 113 Families to the Homeland Levon Filian, West Coast Executive Director David Aynejian, Director of Finance 20 First Armenian Evangelical Church of Montreal Continues Providing Help to Syrian Armenian Refugees OFFICERS 21 Catholicos Aram I Meets with Armenian Evang'l Community in Aleppo Nazareth Darakjian, M.D., President Michael Voskian, D.M.D., Vice President 22 AMAA Centennial Capital Campaign Mark Kassabian, Esq., Recording Secretary 24 Armenian Evangelical Church of Brussels Celebrates Arsine Phillips, Esq., Recording Secretary th Nurhan Helvacian, Ph.D., Treasurer 170 Anniversary of the Armenian Evangelical Church 25 The Armenian Evangelical Church of Baghdad EDITORIAL BOARD Zaven Khanjian, Editor in Chief 25 AMAA Sunday at San Francisco Church Louisa Janbazian, Associate Editor, Art Director 26 Armenian Cilicia Evangelical Church Raises Funds for Magda Poulos, Contributor Families of Martyred Soldiers in Armenia and Artsakh Jane Wenning, Contributor 26 FAPC Sunday School Children Help Children in Syria CHANGE OF ADDRESS 27 Merdinian School In order to keep our mailing list up to date, please send all corrections, along with the old address, to: 28 Spreading Good News AMAA NEWS 28 Torosian School KG Playground Opening 31 West Century Road Paramus, NJ 07652 29 News and Notes E-mail: [email protected] 32 Book Reviews DESIGN 34 Armenian Section Caspianseal.com 34 Ուրիշ Ելք Չկա՛ - Զաւէն Խանճեան 36 Հրանդ Տինքի Պատգամը Լոս Անճելըսի Հայ Աւետարանական NAMEPLATE DESIGN Եկեղեցիին մէջ - 2006 Yearbook, Inc. 37 Վեր. Դոկտ. Ռընէ Լեւոնեանի Այցելութիւնը Յունաստան PRINTING: 38 Bookstore Printsolutions.info Englewood, NJ 41 Obituaries Tel: (201) 567-9622 Join us on Facebook (AMAAInc) Follow us on Twitter (@AMAAInc) Editorial Against the Tide 3 Editorial Against the Tide By Zaven Khanjian "You need to have courage to swim against the tide." Pope Francis 4 Inspirational Corner A Resurrection Reflection By Rev. Haig Kherlopian 5 Around the Globe Armenian Evangelical Church of New York By Peter Kougasian, Esq. 6 Almost a Hundred Years Later By Heather Ohaneson, Ph.D. By Zaven Khanjian, Executive Director/CEO, AMAA 7 In Memoriam: Samuel Chekijian 8 Meet Our Veteran Pastors Rev. Dr. Joseph Alexanian rowing up in the Middle East, recollection of my of distress. Whether personal, conscious life mostly reveals a constant single ethnic, religious or regional 9 Remembering Hrant Dink By Zaven Khanjian direction of human migration to the West. It is anxiety, sorrow or physical 10 Stitched With Love By Betty Cherkezian true that our lives revolved around our insular and mental suffering, there is 11 AMAA Shares Christmas Joy with Children in Armenia and Karabagh Gcommunities and the notable migrating currents were from ample pain around that calls 12 AMAA's Humanitarian Aid to the Armenian Army within. Not surprisingly, I discovered later in life that currents for attention and attendance. of indigenous Middle Eastern masses of other faiths and Driven by the fear of physical 13 Armenian Children's Milk Fund ethnicities also joined the constant Westward migration flow. violence, discouraged by the lack 14 A Time of Ending and Sending By Jeannette Keshishian Communities of (Greater) Syrian origin punctuate landmarks of opportunities, disillusioned by 15 New Missionaries Go Into the World to Preach, To Serve By Zaven Khanjian both in Europe and in North and South America. shattered dreams and unrealized 17 God's Faithfulness By Nanor Kelenjian Akbasharian Oppression, tyranny and persecution of minorities in the promises, hope is at the risk of Ottoman Empire had long led to a smaller degree of flight extinction. Enter the courageous few, filled with the spirit 18 Relief is Still Needed in Syria to the West. A further splash deep in the history of mankind of the greatest healer, Jesus Christ, His eternal love, 19 AMAA's Syria LifeLine Relocates 113 Families to the Homeland clearly reveals the constant flow of civilizations from their ever enduring mercy, unlimited compassion and ultimate 20 First Armenian Evangelical Church of Montreal Continues Providing cradle in the Middle East toward the promising land of sacrifice, ready to move against the tide, injects hope, Help to Syrian Armenian Refugees opportunities and safer new found territories of the West. radiates love, reaches out, creates opportunities and 21 Catholicos Aram I Meets with Armenian Evang'l Community in Aleppo The realized promise of an independent Armenia did provides comfort and peace. not change the direction of the flow. On the contrary, since The Bakalians set sail to a region plagued with violence, 22 AMAA Centennial Capital Campaign independence, the Homeland has been one third depopulated uncertainty, economic spiral, turmoil and poverty, a region 24 Armenian Evangelical Church of Brussels Celebrates losing 48,000 more people to the tide of exodus in 2016 alone daunted with fear, intolerance and anguish. Armed with love, th 170 Anniversary of the Armenian Evangelical Church (www.aniarc.am ANI Armenian Research Center). knowledge and compassion, they will teach, mentor and 25 The Armenian Evangelical Church of Baghdad Pursuing a better life, education, freedom or escaping advise. They will heal, encourage and sow hope. 25 AMAA Sunday at San Francisco Church from persecution, tyranny or discrimination, the flow is agoing Sam loved the Homeland, invested in Armenia, embarked with the tide. Natural, justified and far-sighted it may be, but on an ambitious construction project and built a uniquely 26 Armenian Cilicia Evangelical Church Raises Funds for with the tide. luxurious residential complex. He created employment and Families of Martyred Soldiers in Armenia and Artsakh On Sunday, January 29, 2017, a service, sponsored jointly supported families. He loved his Creator, worshiped at the 26 FAPC Sunday School Children Help Children in Syria by the Armenian Missionary Association of America and the Evangelical Church of Armenia and graciously funded the 27 Merdinian School Common Global Ministries Board of the United Church of Christ, renovation of the Church Hall at Baghramyan. Sam loved 28 Spreading Good News the successor body of the American Board of Commissioners Armenia’s children and generously supported the Avedisian for Foreign Missions, commissioned Philadelphia-born School. 28 Torosian School KG Playground Opening Rev. Nishan Bakalian, Pastor of the Armenian Martyrs Moving against the tide takes courage, involves risk taking 29 News and Notes Congregational Church since 2007, and Maria Bakalian as and demands ample sacrifices. It is the hard and narrow road 32 Book Reviews Missionaries to Beirut, Lebanon. On Tuesday, January 31, the but one which leads to happiness experienced only by the 34 Armenian Section Missionary couple left for the Middle East. few. On Monday, January 30, 2017, Jerusalem-born Samuel 34 Ուրիշ Ելք Չկա՛ - Զաւէն Խանճեան AMAA’s Centennial Campaign embodies vehicles, Chekijian, a successful businessman, longtime resident 36 Հրանդ Տինքի Պատգամը Լոս Անճելըսի Հայ Աւետարանական endorses missions, empowers imagination, encourages Եկեղեցիին մէջ - 2006 of Boston, Massachusetts, and member of the Armenian 'homecoming’ and enables potential moves against the tide. Memorial Church in Watertown, passed away in his self- 37 Վեր. Դոկտ. Ռընէ Լեւոնեանի Այցելութիւնը Յունաստան The AMAA’s Centennial Campaign does not build empires or built residence in Yerevan. He had resettled in Armenia and raise monuments. It builds and re-builds lives and resurrects 38 Bookstore extensively invested in the Homeland. hope. 41 Obituaries What do Rev. and Mrs. Bakalian and Mr. Chekijian have Please keep Rev. and Mrs. Bakalian and Mr. Chekijian’s in common? loved ones in your prayers and partner with us to push back They all meaningfully exemplify a move against the tide. the tide and make our world and our Homeland a better place The world we know today is undergoing a great deal worthy of His glory. q AMAA NEWS, Jan-Feb-March 2017 3 Inspirational Corner A Resurrection Reflection By Rev. Haig Kherlopian* esus’ victory over death reveals God’s future for humanity. Our destiny is in the new creation where humankind will be given new bodies that are free from the disease of sin and decay. Because Jesus Christ has risen from the grave, the past is forgiven, death is defeated, and the future is eternally secured for those who belong to Him. The spreading Jof this amazing news along with the power of the Holy Spirit, which was unleashed at Pentecost, is what took a small Jewish sect and turned it into the world’s largest religion.
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