Greetings to you in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
I thank and praise God for the privilege to serve Him. I thank Him for watching over us all these years and helping us in growing both spiritually and in numbers. Praise the Lord for His continued blessings. Our regular worship services have been a great blessing to many. We are privileged to hear the word of God through our honorary Pastor and guest Preachers.
Apart from regular Sunday worship services, we had special services on Christmas, New Year Eve (Watch Night Service), Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Thanksgiving, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. On the scheduled Sundays, Sr. Honorary Pastor Rev. Dr. David Ravinder shared the God’s Word and spiritually encouraged us all through the year. We are also blessed to hear the Word of God through many of the guest preachers from India and around New Jersey. The guest preachers for the year 2021 included the following eminent servants of God: Rev. Joseph Theophilus, Dr. Krish Dhanam, Bro. Saikrishna Gomatam, Bro. Ramesh Mikkilineni, Bishop Kishore Daroga, Bro. Josiah Srigiri, Bro. Sunil Robert Vuppula, Bro. Pravin Charles Dhara, Bro. Sam Chilaka, Pastor Raj Punuru and Rev. Alison Philip.
Missions/ Outreach Ministry:
UECF goal and purpose is to participate in the great commission given by our Lord Jesus in Mark 16:15 ‘Go ye into the all the world and preach the gospel to every creature’. UECF is supporting missionaries who are doing missionary service in spreading the Gospel of our Lord and savior JESUS CHRIST primarily in India where many people do not know Christ.
UECF supported Bro. Joseph Dawson, AEL Revival Outreach, Rev. G.C.R. Arun Rao, Bro. J. Prem Kumar, Blind & Prison Ministry(Followers of Christ Ministries), Partners India International, Love of Jesus Christ Ministries, Physically and Mentally disabled ministry, Peace Proclamation Ministries, Poor Widows Ministry, Village Outreach, HIV Ministry, Village Ministry, UNICORPUS Elderly Care, Indian Mission support, Orphanage in Hyderabad as part of missions support. Thanks for your prayerful financial support.
UECF is humbly following the word in Acts 1:8, ‘Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and all Judea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost parts of the earth’. We thank and praise the Lord for all those who have participated in this ministry in different caliber for the glory of GOD.
Music Ministry: We thank and Praise the lord for UECF music Ministry which is a vital part of our Worship Service every Sunday. UECF music Ministry is based on four key factors.
1. Adoration of God's power and majesty. 2. We praise and worship the Lord in response to God's goodness towards us. 3. Our worship is an expression of our love towards God.
4. Our worship is all about Jesus.
Highlights of Music Ministry: 1. The music ministry of UECF has been a blessing to so many people around the world.
2. The music ministry is a blessing to so many people in USA also.
3. The UECF choir is highly appreciated by well known musicians as one of the top Telugu choirs in USA.
4. UECF music ministry has become a blessing to so many local people as well as the local Churches too.
5. We are glad that Sunday School Children,Youth and elderly ladies have started participating in worshipping the Lord.We thank the Lord for their enthusiasm and zeal praising God.
UECF started weekly Aradna TV outreach program with messages from our Pastor Rev. Dr. David Ravinder and special music by UECF Choir.
Thanks to Bro. Samuel Sudhakar Chilaka for leading the Music ministry and praise the Lord for other musicians: Bro. Josiah Srigiri, Sis. Suneela Ponnapalli and Olivia Davidson, Singers, Sound Engineers and AV people who are committed to serve the Lord by exalting the Lord's Name.
Sunday School Ministry: We thank the Lord for UECF Sunday School Children for participating in all special occasions with their individual talents, Dramas, Choreographs and group dances and a successful trip to . This year we had our first Christmas Quiz for all age groups of Sunday School. Thanks to Mrs. Emily Myla and the Sunday’s School staff for their efforts to nurture our children in Word of God.
Only one thing to update Phani, we took Sunday school throughout half the year via zoom,even when church was closed for inperson. Also we didn't have vbs or christmas quiz last year. Everything else is Good Phani.
Thank you.
Youth Ministry: It has been an interesting year as just like the rest of the world, we were adjusting to the 'new normal'. We met mostly on zoom every sunday, Most of our weeks were spent checking on the kids health, talking about real world challenges kids were facing, encouraging them through the scriptures and praying for each other. We couldn't do much outings wise thanks to the pandemic. One of the new things we started this year is to create a channel for the college kids. We want to make sure we continue our communication with the college kids and be there for them as a source of encouragement. Lord willing, we are hoping that this will encourage them to be as enthusiastic about church and be mentors to other younger kids in the church. Thank you Jesus for a good year of ministry.
Married Couple’s Ministry: The Married Couple’s meeting usually held on the 4th Saturday of every month in various homes that are pre-decided. Couples discussed and debated on various topics that are very practical and tried to use the Bible as a guiding tool. Thanks to Rev. Dr. David Ravinder & Mrs. Sarita Ravinder for leading this ministry. Thanks to Mrs. Asha Chakravarthy for coordinating.
Bible Study: It was indeed a blessing for all the believers who participated in the study of Book of Revelations and other books. Thanks to Sis. Santha & Bro. Sudhakar Mondithoka for leading the special Friday Bible Study Prayer meetings.
Christmas Carols: As we do every year, we participated in Carol rounds during the Christmas season. In the year 2021, we had visited 22 families as part of our carol rounds and received prayerful gifts.
Family Retreat: We had our First Annual Family Retreat at Harvey Cedars Conference Center, Harvey Cedars, NJ. Thanks to Rev. Dr. David Ravinder for conducting special sessions for all the families and Mr. Clement Myla for coordinating with Retreat Center.
Picnic: Last year, we had 3 Family picnics. Rev. Dr. David Ravinder shared the word of God during our picnic time. Many families have actively participated in various items of the picnic. Thanks to Mr. Clement Myla for making arrangements.
Fellowship Hour: Many of our members have volunteered to host Fellowship Coffee hour after each Sunday service while celebrating their Birthdays and Anniversaries. I thank all the congregation members for keeping the sanctuary and the fellowship hall clean and neat after the usage. Thanks to Sis. Kavitha Shaik for coordinating Fellowship Roster signups.
Women’s Prayer Fellowship: Thank God the UECF Women’s Fellowship. God is enabling us to grow in HIM step by step. God is honoring our desire to grow spiritually and do great things for HIM. UECF Women’s Fellowship is dedicated to glorify and honor God by encouraging one another to grow in the Lord through fervent Prayer, worship, Bible Study, testimonies and loving fellowship.
- Women’s Prayer Conference
With an urge to grow every step and with a burden to pray for the various needs of the church all UECF families, sick and needy, especially children and youth, God enabled UECF women to start a prayer conference twice a day, M-F every week. We believe prayer changes us first and then things around us. We continue to have early morning prayers Mon-Fri @5.30am.
- Women’s Christmas
We had a fun filled UECF Women’s Christmas 2021 at Mrs. Esther Vellore’s residence. Mrs. Roselyn Ravula, Mrs. Jaya Simon, Mrs. Grace Tsappidi, Mrs. Komala Vellore .Mrs. Vatsala Bhasker the word of greetings. UECF elderly women presented Nativity and others actively participated through Skit (‘Nijamaina Christmas’, ‘ Light of Jesus’) and Choreos (Telugu Christmas Medley and Veda Pusthakam ). We praise God for the joyful spirit and unity among Women. The offering of $1673.00 was given to the orphanage "Cherish Foundation”, Hyderabad. We also praise God for the Powerful Women’s Special Prayer Meeting in October 2021. Many women were encouraged through testimonies and powerful Word of God by Sis. Shanthi Mondithoka.
We thank the Lord for all the UECF women for the prayer support, fellowship, generosity, delicious cooking, and their service in maintaining the sanctuary & fellowship hall clean and for their love and faithfulness towards God and UECF Church in everything they do.
UECF.NET: The presence of UECF is known all over the world through this web site. Many visitors have attended our worship services and testified that they came to know about UECF through the website. Some such visitors started attending regularly.
Many guests have visited us and worshipped with us during regular Sunday worship and other Special services. Mrs. Sanjotha Rapaka as a Stewardship Coordinator has helped to reach out the visitors and thanks to Mr. Prabhakar Akula and Mr. Clarence Ponnapalli for auditing the UECF finances. Special thanks to Bro. Ashok Vellore for helping with zoon online worship services.
I am thankful to the Executive Committee Mr. Samuel Sudhakar Chilaka(Vice President), Mr. Anand Devi(Treasurer) and Mr. Joshua Shaik(Secretary) for providing their continual cooperation and support. I also thank the Board of Trustees and Pastorate Committee, Coordinators and all the members of UECF for their cooperation. I express my thanks to our Pastor Rev. Dr. David Ravinder for ministering to us. Thanks to Rev. Alison Philip and FUMC Westfield leadership for welcoming and supporting UECF worship services.
I am extremely happy to inform you that the Lord has blessed UECF ministry with wonderful messages by Pastors and other eminent Servants of God, Praise and Worship, Offerings, Children activities and Bible Studies and Outreach and our Lord’s name was glorified.
In Him,
Joshua(Phani) Pilli 23- Jan- 2022