On March 17 youth service at the New Testament Church of the city of Perm was held in an unusual format – a talk show. It was devoted to the topic of love, love when it is not mutual... Because young people tend to fall in love, but not always, their feelings are mutual. Elena and Anastasia who were the hosts of the talk show invited two married couples – Pastor Pavel and Elena Hooda, Pastor Leonid and Catherine Novikov – as experts.

In the first days of spring Grace Church in Kaluga hosted a festive meeting for women. Spring is the time of the year when the nature awakens, it’s the time when new hope and expectation of something joyful and bright appears. We associate spring with life, warmth and colors. And, perhaps, all these images could be applied to women.

On March 9 and 10 New Testament Church in Dzerzhinskiy (Moscow suburb) hosted a Christian Music Festival. Some of the famous musicians and bands participated in the event: Alexander Patlis and Victoria Belova, «Vita Nova» and «LadyBird» music groups, New Testament Church of Dzerzhinskiy music band, American artist James Huey, and other soloists. A special guest of the Festival was evangelist Mikel French. He was the main speaker during the two days of the event.

Last weekend youth ministry team "Plug Into Heaven" of Izhevsk Philadelphia Church led by Youth Pastor Vladimir Batalov visited churches of the city of Bereznyaki in the neighboring Perm region.

On March 5-9, Russian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith in cooperation with International ministries: "Global Teen Challenge", "Isaac" and "TearFond" held a spring session of the Leadership Training Institute for ministers that work in the area of rehabilitation.

On the 8^th of March people of Russia celebrate International Women’s Day. Though the history of this holiday goes back to the Soviet times as a holiday for working women it became a wonderful holiday to celebrate the joy of spring and new life. All men bring gifts to their mothers, wives, sisters and daughters.

Dear brothers and sisters, in March, we offer to pray for the following needs:

1. Churches of different denominations in Russia. Cooperation and fellowship between the churches of Russia. Pastors, leaders, ministers and church members.

2. Interaction of the Church and the government at all levels.

3. Church members that have ceased to attend services.

Childhood and prison. It seems that these two are not compatible, but the realities of this world show otherwise. In women’s prisons there are special facilities for children, who are born in prison and they stay there up to certain age. Another problem in our society is juvenile prisons. It’s hard to even imagine that young boys and girls live in barracks, wear prisoners’ robes. But what can you do – that's life. They committed crimes, and the society is compelled to take measures for their temporary isolation. Fortunately, other methods are being sought to change their behaviors.