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May the Ukrainians sense the prayers of the American church

It was June 6, 1944, and little did the American people know, but the D-Day invasion was already underway in France. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, speaking on his radio program called the "Fireside Chat," led the nation in prayer a prayer uttered by a man who obviously knew God. It is my prayer that the same tremendous encouragement will give courage to the Ukrainian people all over the world today. ....

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May the Ukrainians sense the prayers of the American church

It was June 6, 1944, and little did the American people know, but the D-Day invasion was already underway in France. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, speaking on his radio program called the "Fireside Chat," led the nation in prayer a prayer uttered by a man who obviously knew God. It is my prayer that the same tremendous encouragement will give courage to the Ukrainian people all over the world today. ....

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The life of 'Brother John' Bedzyk, longtime pastor of Elmira church


In 1934, a young John Bedzyk heard about a Wesleyan Camp meeting in Chambers, New York. Here s what he did, according to a newspaper article: 
“At twelve years of age, he and a large group of Ukrainian children piled into and onto a 1926 Essex. John rode straddling a headlight. They were hungry for God. Every one of this group of young people was saved that day” (Herald Examiner, April 1991).
And so began a life in ministry that included being the longtime pastor of one of Elmira s most prominent churches.
John Bedzyk was the son of Michael and Anna Bedzyk. Michael, a Ukrainian immigrant, had come from Zahutyn province in Poland around 1910 at age 16. In 1914, he took a job at the former Eclipse Machine Co. in Elmira Heights, where he met and married Anna Moskal. They settled in the Ukrainian community.  ....

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