{"id":8341,"date":"2004-12-14T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2004-12-14T23:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=8341"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:28:37","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:28:37","slug":"4005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2004\/12\/14\/4005\/","title":{"rendered":"KICY Strengthening Reach into Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NOME, AK (December 14, 2004)\u00a0 &#8211; A blossoming ministry to Russians, a special\u00a0 trip to a remote community and a ministry to locals during stormy\u00a0 weather are three things that KICY radio has to shout about during recent months,\u00a0 according to general manager Dennis Weidler.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div>The Russian ministry has been going on for many years, but few knew\u00a0 about it, said Weidler. However, a more concerted effort was made in\u00a0 2001 to send a directional signal and since January this year, 50,000\u00a0 watts have been beaming programming to that country. And, according to\u00a0 recent information given by a number of sources, the response has been noteworthy.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;We&#8217;ve heard spotty reports and when the &#8216;Ice Curtain&#8217; came down during\u00a0 Reagan&#8217;s administration, we realized we had a tremendous opportunity,&#8221;\u00a0 said Weidler. &#8220;Now that we&#8217;re being more intentional in doing ministry, we&#8217;re finding out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>A new face to the radio station, Luda Kinok, has been an important\u00a0 figure as KICY expands its Russian ministry. She grew up in a small\u00a0 Russian far east village in the Chukotka Peninsula. Before moving to\u00a0 Nome, she was serving a church in Provideniya, a village of 2,500 that is only 160 miles from Nome that is considered\u00a0 Nome&#8217;s sister city.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;She knows them and they know her,&#8221; said the general manager about\u00a0 Kinok. &#8220;She&#8217;s youthful, has a lot of enthusiasm for Christ and knows the\u00a0 value of what knowing Christ can do for communities. People are very\u00a0 hungry for the gospel and she is able to articulate it. And, in\u00a0 addition, she has been able to start a daily prayer request program\u00a0 because she knows so many of the pastors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>KICY&#8217;s special trip \u2013 this time to Savoonga in September \u2013 has become a\u00a0 regular ministry for the radio station. This one was especially helpful\u00a0 as an encouragement as the village has experienced numerous suicides in\u00a0 recent months.<\/p>\n<div>The KICY staff flew into the village of 650 (located 200 miles from Nome\u00a0 on St. Lawrence Island) and cooked spaghetti for those in attendance.\u00a0 The event, held at a local school, also included a four-hour sing-a-long at a nearby\u00a0 Presbyterian church. As an added touch, CDs were made for individuals\u00a0 free of charge.<\/p>\n<div>Of course, KICY&#8217;s on-site presence is also beneficial to the region. A\u00a0 series of storms in Nome has made it difficult for local residents \u2013 an\u00a0 estimated $12 million in damages throughout the region &#8211; and the radio\u00a0 station was an important contact point for emergency units of all kinds.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;We had a lot of damage,&#8221; Weidler said about the area. &#8220;One area about\u00a0 20 miles away had a bridge going across a safety inlet. The bridge was\u00a0 lost during the first storm and the second storm took out all of the\u00a0 (repair) work they had done from the first one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>KICY will host its daily CareForce prayer request radio program during\u00a0 the Evangelical Covenant Church&#8217;s Midwinter Pastor&#8217;s Conference in\u00a0 February. Representatives are organizing a host of salmon dinners in the\u00a0 Chicago area and also in Wisconsin and the Twin Cities during the weeks\u00a0 following the annual event.<\/p>\n<div>In upcoming months, KICY will learn if the Federal Communications\u00a0 Commission will approve an application to further increase its power by\u00a0 increasing the height of the station&#8217;s antenna. If approved, KICY will\u00a0 be able to reach many more people in the city of Nome (population 3,800)\u00a0 and extend programming to outlying communities, Weidler said.<\/p>\n<div>To learn more about KICY and the location of the Midwinter dinners, call\u00a0 Weidler at 907-443-2213 or 800-478-5429. 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