Peter was born and raised in an orthodox family. On August 1, 2009, at the age of 18, the Lord worked in his life through one of his friends and Peter repented. After that, he could not live even a day without serving God in every aspect of his life: either at the church, or for his newly found brothers and sisters. Peter served in different ministries for over 13 years now - starting from children’s ministry to event organization, choir ministry, to volunteering in senior homes. Currently Peter was blessed with an opportunity to lead the PCSBA’s Youth Department. As a visionary leader, Peter serves works  together with the UNITED core team to plan and enhance the continually growing “the UNITED movement”. In his free time, Peter can give excellent advice about Solar Panels, as well as along with his lovely wife loves to fellowship and meet new people. His life motto and words  he lives his life by are  written in the Gospel of Matthew 6:33: “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness”. 

 

Eugene was born in Ukraine and moved to Sacramento California at the age of 5. From early age, his interest un audio and video quickly became into a hobby. Soon enough, he was invited to join the Bryte Russian Baptist Church Audio crew, and later, video crew. As Eugene became a member of Bryte church in June 2016, he continued serving his home church with his talents and skills in the media field. His ministries included choir, band, Sunday School teacher, videographer, audio guy, photographer, and was part of youth events core team. As Eugene continued to grow in his skill, he was quickly plugged into the PCSBA/United core teams the media director. His main focus is to have the media like, social platforms, videography, photography, audio set up and running before during and after UNITED events. As for his personal life, Eugene is married to the love of his, and is waiting another blessing to enter his growing family.

 

Max is a member of Second Slavic  Baptist church where he is heavily involved in youth ministry for almost 14 years now. Going from organizing youth camps, to other youth events, Max has done it all when it comes to youth ministry. Starting 2021, Max joined the UNITED core team and became in charge of special events. 

Born and raised in a christian household with a father who is a pastor, Eva always saw the importance of service and ministry in church. In 2016, she accepted the Lord into her heart and made a promise to serve Him for for as long as she lives. Ever since 2013, Eva whole heartily served her home church - “Resurrection”. Her ministries range from childrens', youth ministry to missionary camps out in Ukraine, and so much more. She has been serving in Sunday School as a teacher since 2014 and continues to serve the children. Three years ago, Eva got involved in PCSBA’s core team and became a great addition to United the Movement as an admin. She takes care of various administrative duties such as but not limited to: registration, paper work, tedious little details, and other areas and departments within the team that need help. She loves her job for the Natomas Unified School District and in her free time she constantly goes back and looks for more areas to be involved in and spread God's love with every opportunity she gets. The Bible verse that gets her going and encourages her in every step she takes is Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me."

Vitaliy, a member of Second Slavic Baptist church since 2011, has been serving God by serving people. Getting plugged into PCSBA core team as an accountant, he discovered a talent that he keeps on working on and growing. He keeps track of budget and all of the  finances when it comes to the United youth events and accounts. He is very diligent and detail oriented when it comes to accounting. When it comes to his free time activities, Vitaliy loves to go sightseeing and marvel at the beauty of God’s creation.

Carina was born and raised in West Sacramento and attended Bryte Church her whole life. Starting from a young age, she has been serving in the church and assisting in various ministries until she committed her life to Christ in 2017. Shortly after, she joined the children's ministry as a Sunday School teacher. In 2018, Carina started taking on more leadership roles in the youth department at Bryte and officially joined the Bryte Youth Events Core team in 2021. She has helped with coordinating event schedules, developing retreat programs, and assisting in team development projects. Her current ministry focus is coordinating events, while also helping build up and encourage the younger generation in their skills and talents. While serving in the church, Carina is currently studying at UC Davis to receive her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering. She enjoys hiking, organizing events with her friends, and connecting with new people. A verse she loves to turn back to is Romans 12:2 in which she is able to understand where the Lord wants her to be in various seasons of life and understand the Goodness of the Lord.

Konstantin was born in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan. In 2006, his family along with him, moved to Sacramento, CA. Being raised in a Christian household, he always understood how important it was to serve in church; therefore, he was involved in many different ministries from an early age. After committing his life to Christ in 2016, he joined the security team at Bryte Church. His security duties spread to different events even outside of Bryte Church like securing camp United and serving there as a vital part of the security team. Shortly after, he got involved in the children’s ministry where he served as a Sunday school teacher, kid’s camp counselor, and currently serving as a kid’s camp director. Konstantin also joined the UNITED core team to help and serve United the Movement by contributing his experience and ideas to serve the PCSBA youth. He currently works in the construction industry, and strives to show Christ’s love wherever he goes and to those around him whenever he gets the chance. During his free time, he loves spending time outdoors, enjoying God’s marvelous creation. One of his favorite verses is Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!”

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