MerryChristmas everyone!

Well, Christmas is all around us! Everybody is shopping trying to find the best gifts. Here in Krakow winter has come and it is white and cold. We all wonder if we are going to have white Christmas this year - finally after quite a while!

This Sunda we have two services. Our regular Sunday morning one and in the evening a special Carol Service. We are praying that many new people come to this evening one. Christmas is such a great opportunity to remind people why we are all celebrating! And to share the love of God with those around us.

We would like to wish you all our dear Friends blessed and joyful Christmas! May it the time filled with love and laughter. And for the coming year 2011 we wish you more of His presence! Thank you for your prayers and support!!! We love and appreciate you so much!

some news

And so the fall has come. It is getting colder and I am not sure if I am ready for it! There is lots happening in the life of our church. With the new seazon we relounched diferent things we have been doing. Students started strong with free lunches for students every Sunday of October and social nights on Thursdays. Both events turned out to be a great success. We have between 20 and 30 people each time. We are believing for a breakthrough! And we are seeing something happening. Each Sunday there are new people coming. We keep praying for salvations.

Couple of weeks ago we finished 'ibelieve' course for all those who just started their journey with God. We have now 4 people who want to get baptised! We are planning our second water baptism in November.

God has been so good for us and we know there is so much more ahead! We are believing for even greater things for the church and for Krakow! Thank you for standing with us and for all your prayers and support.

Summer is over

Well, at least the weather outside our window says so. It is pouring rain and pretty cold for the last days of August. I hope it is just a temporary thing and we will still have some sunshine!

In Poland summer vacation ends 1 of September. Kids start school and most people are back from their summer holidays. It is also a new seazon in the life of our church. Few new families have moved to Krakow, students will be back soon and we are ready for what God has prepared for us. On the 12 we are begining the course for new believers. There are a few people who got saved recently and want to be baptised and so after the three week course we will have our second water baptism in Krakow City Church. We are also relounching our life groups. We'll be meeting in two locations in the city. This year there will be more university students in the church and so we want to start strong from the very begining of the semester to be able to have better influence on the students world of Krakow.

Thank you for all your prayers. It is so good to know there are people all over the world who believe with us for a great church in this most beautiful city in Poland.

Birthday time!

Well, it is hard to believe, but Krakow City Church is one year old!!!! How the time flies.... This coming Sunday, May 16th, we are celebrating our first birthday. It has been a great year. Full of challenges, God encounters, surprises and new friendships. We could see many people coming to know Christ and that is the most rewarding thing! However we know that the best is yet to come! We are expecting the second year to be way better! We want to see more breakthroughs, more people getting saved and being connected to the church, more testimonies of God's goodness and love! We hope you will keep praying for us and with us and we will try and inform you about what is happening in the life of our church.

Being part of God's plan and team is such a privilege. We feel honoured to partner with Him in building His Kingdom. Thank you all for your support and warm comments and words of encouragement. They are so precious for us. You are a part of what we do here!

And the conference is over

It was AWESOME! 500 young people gathered together to worship God and be equipped and filled with God's power and promises. We had two guest speakers - Pastor Mark Foster from Audacious City Church in Manchester, UK; and Pastor Jurgen Matthesius from Christian City Church Sandiego, USA. Their ministry was incredible and God moved in powerful way. People were getting saved and filled with the Holy Spirit, theu received dreams and were being called to ministry. We are so thankful to God for all He has done! And we know it is just the beginning, because as we keep telling the young people - RADYKALNI is not a conference, it is a lifestyle. So we are looking forward to hearing great stories of how God uses these beautiful young people to bring hope and love of God to the nation of Poland.

Thank you for all the prayers, we could feel them. What else can I say... God is sooooo good!!!!

long time no...

Dear Friends,

It has been a long time since we last blogged. Please forgive us that recently we don't do it regularly. We entered a very busy time now and the last few weeks have been pretty hectic. Not mentioning the recent events in our country and with the volcanic ash in the air...

The church is doing good. We did DNA course for those who wants to be our partners. It was a great time and people are so excited. It is good to see how God is bringing people our way who are committed to our culture and the vision God has given us for Kraków.

In just two weeks we start our annual conference RADYKALNI. It begins on Friday April 30th and finishes on May 3rd. We are expecting great things and we know God is going to suprise us as He always does! We pray that everybody who comes will be changed by the grace and love of our Heavenly Father. Please pray with us for God to move in a powerful way, for many people to come and for God's protection for all the time of preparations and conference.

Thank you for your prayers and support. We will try to bring you updates more often!

First water baptism in KCC!!!

Last Sunday we had our first water baptism at !KCC. Five young people decided to tell the world they want to live for God. It was an amazing time, we had over 80 people who came together to celebrate the goodness of God and the new beginning for those amazing five people.

Every week we see new people coming and our church family is growing. We see more and more people really commited in the life of the church. We keep praying for the new people and for the church to grow, so that more and more people could see how great is our God!

New year!

It's been already a year since we started our journey that is called Kraków City Church! Amazing how the time flies... It has been a great year and what is exciting - this one is going to be even better! As a church we have now a week of fast and prayer for our church, our city and our nation. We know God has prepared amazing things for us, and now we want to prepare them.

Recently we have received a very encouraging letter and thought we would share some parts of it with you.

"I just wanted to thank you so much for KCC. Every week I think more and more that it is beyond what I had ever imagined church could really be like, and every week I am more and more amazed at how important KCC is becoming for me. I never believed I would be part of a church that genuinely felt good to be part of, where it would become such an important, precious (and fun) part of my life - and not just a nicely compartmentalised Christian part of my life! - and which I would go to out of anything other than duty on a Sunday morning. I never believed it would be possible to be in a church where I could truly be myself with other people there, and truly be myself there before God. At KCC I realised that my questions are fine, that I don't have to accept a "religion" that doesn't seem to make sense with the rest of my world, but rather God and I can do real life together. I'm beginning to finally understand that He's not trying to trip me up and is not just waiting for me to get it wrong . But He delights in doing me good and truly gives me life in abundance."

We pray that the church we are helping to build will never loose that and would always be a place where people will be discovering all that I just quoted. We thank God for His favour and inspiration and for such great people who join us on the journey and begin to live their lives to the full for Him!

2009

Well, the year is almost over. It has been an incredible year! So much has happened... Here we are in Kraków planting a church that God has put in our hearts. And we are living the dream! We would like to thank you for all your prayers, encouragement and support. You can't imagine how much it all means to us. We know that everything we do needs to be based on prayer.

Since the beginning of the year we have started church meetings, we have seen many people coming to Christ. We have a group of about 30 people who identify with Kraków City Church and each Sunday we see now over 50 people on our meetings. It is more than we could imagine. Yet, it is just the beginning! We believe that God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine and this is what we proclaim for 2010. We know He has prepared so much more for the new year and we are waiting with anticipation for all His plans to be revealed and unfolded. God is so good! And life with Him is such an adventure. We will keep you posted with all the great things God will do in our lives and in the wonderful city of Kraków. Year 2010 will be amazing and God will keep building His church in our beautiful city for His glory!

what's new?

How are you our friends? We trust you are all doing well! We definatelly are :) Last week we (Zibi and Magda) had the privilege to be at Joyce Meyer's conference in Basel, Switzerland. We were also among 17 people envited for lunch and a special meeting with Joyce and Dave Meyer. It was a very encouraging and also stretching time. The best was when we could see 600 people giving their lives to Jesus during one meeting! It's time for Europe and we want to be in the middle of what God is doing here!

Krakow City Church is doing very well. We keep seeing new people coming every week, more people get involved during the Sunday meetings and want to help. We are also hoping for more musicians soon playing in our band. Our weekdays meetings are great, each week several people come to talk and share on how we can apply God's truths in our lives.

We are praying for breakthrough, for more people giving their lives to God, for more new people coming each week. Please join us in these prayers.

97!!!

This Sunday was incredible. We could see the potential of Kraków City Church and what God is soon going to do among us. We are hosting a team from Audacious City Church in Manchester. 28 great young people came to help build the church in Kraków. They are part of the family and it was amazing to have them with us on a Sunday morning. They brought so much energy and life! Howver they were not the majority! Altogether there were 97 people on the meeting! Which means that over 60 people came to celebrate God with us. The atmosphere was great and people were touched by the love of our Lord. Lives have been transformed and more people could hear the good news. We are amazed how God is working and we know that it is just the beginning. It was good to see what it will be like soon, when there is more of us.

This week we are starting DNA course - designed to help people learn more about !KCC, our vision, values and culture. We are looking forward to those meeting and believe God is going to use them to encourage people to get involved in the life of our church.

Autumn is here

September is almost finished and the weather in Kraków is gorgeous! Sun is shining and it's so beautiful. Last Sunday was great. We had over 40 people and the atmosphere was wanderful. Before the service we met with all the people who come early to help us set up and prepare for the meeting. It is amazing what God has already done! We started with maybe 8-10 people doing everything and now we have 20! And that's not everybody who is already a part of !KCC. We love seeing how God is sending people and changing their lives. It is such an honour to be a part of His work!

October is the University students come-back to Kraków. And so next Wednesday we start our students meetings. We prepare some activities to reach out to the freshmen and other students in the city. We believe God will help us meet them and show them His love.

This Thursday we meet for a second part of !I believe course. Our weekly meetings are great. People are so hungry! They are coming with expectancy and want to talk about their faith. We are loving it!!!

Serving God is a privilege and adventure and we can't wait to see everything God has prepared for this city and for us. Thank you for your prayers. It is so important to know there are people who believe with us and cover us with prayer! You are our heros!

I Believe!

Oh yes, I do believe! I believe God is for us and He is going to do even more and better than so far! On Thursday we had our first night of 'I believe' course. It is a course designed for the new believers, but since we are starting we thought it would be good to do it with everybody, so that we are all at the same page. The meeting was great! 18 people came and they loved it. Everybody participated in the conversation and the atmosphere was really good. We are so excited! We will have such meetings every fortnight. When we finish this course we'll start DNA course to tell people about our church - what we belive in, what are our core values and our culture. But we keep doing 'I believe' for all those God is going to send us in the coming months! And we believe there will be many of them!!! God is so good and Kraków will be the city of the King!

we are back online :)

Welcome after a short break! We are doing good, have been away for a few days in August. But now we are back and we'll be letting you know how things are more regularly :)
Today we had our first service in a new venue. We moved to a different hotel. The room we got is bigger and there is a space for us to grow there. It is also in a good location, easy to get to for everybody. It was a very good meeting. There were 50 people, 11 of them were with us for the first time! We know we are entering a new seazon now. After the launch and summer time it is now September and God is going to suprise us once again with everything that coming months are going to bring.
The funny part is that Kraków City Church already has a reputation - people talk about us and want to know how we are doing. We say that planting this church is living the dream, enjoying a great adventure, and we hear that it is very rare.... And the best part is that Kraków City Church is bringing people closer to God and lives are being transformed. God is doing what He promised and we want to keep doing our part in partnering with the Lord Jesus in building His Church.

Summer in the church :)

Hello our dear friends! We trust you are doing great and enjoy the summertime (at least those of you who live in the northern hemosphere ;). Kraków City church is doing very well. Although summer months are a bit slow and many people are on vacation, we are still getting good numbers. And the best part is that God is never on vacation! He is always at work and we can see His goodness and care in our lives. Each Sunday we get many praise reports and answered prayers. It is such an honour to serve such amazing God!

We are now getting ready for September and new things we want to launch in the autumn. We want to start reaching the students. They all come back to Kraków in September and October. So we pray now for ideas and strategy. We also want to start more systematic teaching for new believers. We will do it during our Thursdays' coffee nights every other week. It is so exciting! We can't wait to see what God is going to do in people's lives. We believe for more and more people coming to meet God through Kraków City Church. Because all we do is about God and people!

Church life

Summer is here! And the church is doing great. Last Sunday we had about 40 people again! Can't wait till September when everybody is back :) I am gald we'll be in a new venue, because this one might not be big enough for all the people God is going to send our way.

This week we are hosting a mission team from Canada. Together with us they distribute food for those in need, play sports with young guys and in the evenings musicians from the team do life concerts in one of Krakow's clubs. Last night was great - loads of people came and police said it was too loud! :) So tonight they will start an hour earlier.

It is good to do different actions in the city. People learn about !Krakow City Church and we have a chance to meet some new people. God is amazing and we know He has many people here. We just need to find a way to reach them. And we will! With His help nothing is impossible!

Have an incredible week and keep us in your prayers.

Another great Sunday

Yesterday was a great day. We had 42 people on the meeting. Everything was just amazing. The best thing though was to see new people who just started following Christ raising their hands in worship singing glory to the God Almighty! Powerful. We just love it. It is summer time and everybody is going away for vacation but God still sends people to KCC. And each Sunday whoever comes is a part of our church.

Every week we pray for specific needs and we also give praise reports of God's goodness and answered prayers. It is so good to see how God provides, supplies and answers our needs. People are getting jobs, are being healed, receive help. Our God is awesome and we so love serving Him in His Church.

Hello! :) after a short brake

Our dear Friends all over the world - sorry we haven't written in a while. Life is a bit crazy right now, we are finishing our house and moving in tomorrow!!!! And so we were pretty preoccupied with all it involves. I really can't wait to finally be in our own place!

Church is doing great! Each Sunday we have new people coming, people are responding to the messages and want to commit their lives to God. And that is why we do what we do - to connect people with God, His love and grace.

We keep praying for musicians and music instruments, as well as for new people coming every Sunday. And we want to come out to people who are waiting for the meaningful relationship with the Saviour. God is faithful and He is building His church!

This is our Church

Last Sunday was amazing. There were 40 of us. Great atmosphere. People came before the meeting and stayed after for coffee, tea and conversation. There was such a great buzz in the lobby after the meeting. God has been working - as always, and people were touched with His love and grace. 4 hands went up and people wanted to connect and reconnect with God. And that's what it is about! Every Sunday we are so thankful for every person - no matter if they are there just once or want to make KCC their home. Because this is church - people who come together to worship God and get closer with Him. We love it and look forward to all the great things that God has prepared for us in Kraków.

And so we are one month old!

It is amazing, but it has been a month since we launched our services. And it has been great since then! Every weekend new people, each time decisions are being made and people are connected with God - this is why we are doing it. Last Sunday we had 36 people and 4 of them made decisions for Christ. Every time it happens we think - that's why we're here, that's what we live for. Last week we had two separete coffee nights - one for ladies and one for the guys. It was amazing. Both meetings were great, people are opening up, ask questions, begin to feel a part of church. We are overwhelemed by God's faithfulness and excited about the future. We pray the He suprises us more and more every time. God is GREAT!

Sunday

Today was a great day. We had Glyn Barrett with us from Manchester. The atmosphere was really wonderful. There were 53 of us and 7 people made decissions for Christ! God is soooo good :) This week we are going to do something different - we will have a coffee night with the ladies on Thursday and the guys are going to meet on Friday. It will be fun :) Looking forward to that and to our next Sunday.

3rd Sunday

And so we had our third Sunday meeting. It was so good! We had a brilliant guest speaker from Brisbane, Australia - Paul Geerling. He was a great inspiration and an encouragement for everybody. God was touching the hearts and many people were strongly moved. Three decisions! It is amazing and we are loving Kraków City Church! Everybody is looking forward to the Thursday meeting now and next Sunday. I bet Gos is going to suprise us even more!

17

Yesterday we had our second meeting. It was sooooooo good! This time no invited guests or family. The 13 of us came with an expectation - what God is going to do today?!

17 people came!!! Some of them were with us last weekend, some came for the first time. Most stayed after the service to talk and have a coffee. It was awesome! We can't wait till Thursday! And next Sunday! And.... It is just so good to know, that God is in control and He is now fulfilling His plan for Kraków City Church. We believe in GREAT GOD and expect GREAT things :)

Coffee night

Yesterday we had our first meeting in a cafe. Four new people came!!! Three of them were with us on Sunday and one brought her friend for the coffee :) God is amazing. They all loved it and said they would come on Sunday again. It is so wnderful when we let Jesus build His church. It takes a lot of pressure off of us and enables us to do our part even better. We are all excited and looking forward to this coming Sunday. Maybe there won't be 160 people this time (yet!!!) but God will sure be there with us and those who come will be able to experience His love, grace and power. And that's why we love doing it!

We did it!

And so it happened! We have launched Kraków City Church. Yesterday at 11:00 am Polish time we met for our first public church meeting. It was amazing. 160 people showed up! Our friends and families came to celebrate with us, but we had also guests from the city. 7 people made decisions to follow Christ!!! Few people expressed their interest in getting information about events organised by KCC and some want to make KCC their home church! We are so excited. On Thursday we are meeting in a coffee shop and looking forward to getting to know some of those who came on Sunday. God is so good. We know He will keep suprising us every week. It is so good to be a part of His plan for our nation!

It's this week!!!

This Sunday Kraków City Church goes public! :) We are all so excited about our first service this Sunday. It is amazing how fast it is all happening. This past Sunday we finished our conference. It was awesome - 650 delegates from all over Poland. God was moving in a powerful way and many lives have been changed. And the best is that now we will have it all happening every Sunday! Our God is wonderful and we know that as we pray and expect He will do miraculous things among us. And so our expectations are great and we believe for even greater things happening when KCC meets! Kraków - here we come!

Final Countdown

Just a little over a week now till our first public service! And tomorrow our conference RADYKALNI begins. We are so excited. It is a separate event to the church launch, but everybody from Kraków City Church is involved. This year it is all new - new place, new venue, new people... Already we have doubled the registrations comparing to previous years! We know God is going to do wonderful things among those young people and we pray for His wisdom, guidance and protection for the whole conference. Please pray with us and let us all expect amazing reports of God's mirculous power working in the lives of Polish youth!

3 weeks

Few days ago when we met with our core team, we realised that in 3 weeks time we are launching the church!!! This is so exciting! Next week we are picking up invitations for our services from the printing house. It is amazing that soon there will be no more preparations for the start - we will actually be doing it! We can't wait to see all those unbelievable things God is going to do. We believe in BIG GOD and we want to see Him do BIG things in Kraków. For too long we have heard "it is too difficult". It is - for us, but not for our awesome God! And so we are looking forward to the miracles and healings, to lives being transformed and renewd and to the city being opened for the King. Kraków is called "the city of Polish kings". It is time for it to be known as the city of the King - Jesus Christ! And we want to have our part in making it happen.

just one more month..

It is April, spring has finally arrived and we have just one month left before we start our Sunday meetings. It is so exciting. Yesterday (it was Sunday) we had our first church picnic! The weather was gorgeous and so we decided to take some snacks and spend the afternoon outside. We went to the Wisła river and sat on the grass just oposit Wawel castle. It was beautiful - great day, great view, great people! We need to do it more often. Everybody is excited about the launch in May. We had an apportunity to take everybody to Manchester to Audacious City Church for them to see and experience the church culture we keep talking about. It was a great move. They loved it. And now we all look forward to everything that God has prepared for us here in Kraków. We know He has lots of people in this city and we pray that we can find a way to reach them for Christ.

Meet the family

We would like you to know more about what is going on here in Krakow, but also to get to know others from our team. So here is a short story from Jonny who soon will join us in Krakow City Church!

Just a few weeks ago I made the decision to uproot from my home town of Liverpool England, to take the incredible opportunity to be part of the church plant in the Polish city of Krakow. After many months of seeking God, weighing up my future and trying to understand at least 3 words of Polish….. I finally decided to take the plunge. How? When? And Why? I’m not sure.

But God gave me a glimpse of a Polish nation that is on the crest of revival, of a church that will not only be nation changing but world impacting, of a movement that will be unprecedented, defining generations to come….who am I to say no to that?

I still have a lot of planning, job seeking and house hunting to do, but I know faith is the vehicle which will get me to the promise. Come on Krakow!!!!