Russia Additional Resources

Music:
"Russian Praise" hymnbook and CD. Published by the General Board of Global Ministries.1999. OSBM" 1-890569-17-8. Available through Cokesbury. Very well done. Perhaps suitable for a more experienced choir. CD would be great for background to a Russian dinner or presentation.

Worship Planner, The Faith We Sing (supplemental resources), Abingdon, 2000

Resource Book/Planner, Global Praise I, II , GBGMusik, 1999, GBGM, N.Y.

Halle, Halle - We Sing the World Round, Songs from the World Church, CHORISTERS GUILD (children/youth resources) C. Michael Hawn, 2834 W. Kingsley Rd., Garland ,TX [Teacher/Singer, Cassette]

Gifts of Many Cultures (Worship resources for the Global Community) Tirabassi & Eddy, United Church Press, 1995

Many & Great, Songs of the World Church, Iona Community, Wild Goose Publ., available through GIA, Chicago

And Everyone Shall Praise -- Resources for Multicultural Worship, R. Mark Liebenow, United Church Press, 1999

Russian Praise by The First United Methodist Church in Moscow -- CD or cassette available through Cokesbury

Videos:

Some available taken in Russia by Dick Faris

Books:

The Transformed Lives: Of Twenty-seven Contemporary Russians by Boris Mikhailov. Russian Resources Press, Inc. FLA, 2001. ISBN: 1-888676-09-4A truly inspiring book about the lives of Russian Methodists and their church. Many of the stories are redundant but you get a sense of what a revelation (and revolution) is to a people who were raised under communism as atheists.

The New Russians by Hendrick Smith. Avon Books., NY 1990. ISBN: 0-380-71651-8 A good history of the radical change from communism to today. Has good insights and is well written but maybe a little heavy for some. [Back to Top]  

Children’s Books:

Russian Girl: Life in an old Russian Town, by Russ Kendall, Scholastic Inc., NY, 1994. ISBN: 0-590-45789-6. Written on cusp of changes but still has good pictures and good information. Suitable for Sunday school class or children’s teaching moment.  

Newsletters:

Update: Russia Initiative, a publication of the General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church. To subscribe write to: The Russia Initiative Office, Dr. R Bruce Weaver, Director,  6116 N. Central Expressway, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75206; phone (214) 273-0330; fax (214) 273-0332; e-mail: rbw101@aol.com.

Russia Initiative Committee Newsletter of the VA Annual Conference, editors: Sally and Dick Arnold. Phone: (540) 961-1265 or e-mail: salarnold@aol.com.  Or write the conference office.

Speakers' Bureau

The Russia Initiative has a speakers' bureau, which sends persons who have been to Russia to local churches. The mission in Russia comes alive with testimony, pictures, videos, and information about the work there. For bookings or more information, contact Dick Faris, (434) 974-6970 or e-mail farisrb@aol.com.