diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97a48a2..5b441f8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^14.14.37",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
     "http": "^0.0.1-security",
     "js-yaml": "^4.0.0",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/express": "^4.17.11",
+    "@types/handlebars": "^4.1.0",
     "@types/ramda": "^0.27.39",
     "@types/winston": "^2.4.4",
     "@types/yargs": "^16.0.1",
diff --git a/src/service/logger/tg.ts b/src/service/logger/tg.ts
index 660a758..2feed04 100644
--- a/src/service/logger/tg.ts
+++ b/src/service/logger/tg.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import { MiddlewareFn } from "telegraf";
 import logger from "./index";
 
 const loggerTgMiddleware: MiddlewareFn<any> = async (ctx, next) => {
-  logger.debug(
-    `received tg message from @${ctx.message.from.username}: ${ctx.message.text}`
-  );
+  logger.debug(`received tg message`, ctx);
   await next().catch(logger.warn);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/service/telegram/index.ts b/src/service/telegram/index.ts
index 4cec80f..e1cc8ed 100644
--- a/src/service/telegram/index.ts
+++ b/src/service/telegram/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logger from "../logger";
 import { Response } from "express";
 import { Update } from "typegram";
 import loggerTgMiddleware from "../logger/tg";
+import { ExtraReplyMessage } from "telegraf/typings/telegram-types";
 
 // import SocksProxyAgent from 'socks-proxy-agent';
 
@@ -74,4 +75,16 @@ export class TelegramService {
     // TODO: test this.webhook.url with axios instead of 'true'
     return isWebhookEnabled && true;
   };
+
+  /**
+   * Sends simple message to channel
+   */
+  public sendMessageToChan = async (
+    channel: string,
+    message: string,
+    extra?: ExtraReplyMessage
+  ) => {
+    await this.bot.telegram.sendMessage(channel, message, extra);
+    return;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/service/template/index.ts b/src/service/template/index.ts
index 6c613c2..312128c 100644
--- a/src/service/template/index.ts
+++ b/src/service/template/index.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ import unified from "unified";
 import { parse } from "yaml";
 import toVFile from "to-vfile";
 import path from "path";
+import hb from "handlebars";
 
-export class Template<T extends Record<string, any>> {
-  public fields: T = {} as T;
+export class Template<
+  F extends Record<string, any>,
+  V extends Record<string, any>
+> {
+  public fields: F = {} as F;
   public template: string = "";
 
   constructor(filename: string) {
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ export class Template<T extends Record<string, any>> {
       const file = toVFile.readSync(path.join(__dirname, "../../", filename));
       const result = processor.processSync(file);
 
-      this.fields = result.data as T;
+      this.fields = result.data as F;
       this.template = result
         .toString()
         .replace(/^---\n(.*)---\n?$/gms, "")
@@ -35,4 +39,8 @@ export class Template<T extends Record<string, any>> {
       throw new Error(`Template: ${e.toString()}`);
     }
   }
+
+  theme = (values: V) => {
+    return hb.compile(this.template)(values);
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/service/vk/handlers/MessageNewHandler.ts b/src/service/vk/handlers/MessageNewHandler.ts
index 44619b5..43d2143 100644
--- a/src/service/vk/handlers/MessageNewHandler.ts
+++ b/src/service/vk/handlers/MessageNewHandler.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@ import { MessageContext } from "vk-io";
 import { NextMiddleware } from "middleware-io";
 import logger from "../../logger";
 import { ContextDefaultState } from "vk-io/lib/structures/contexts/context";
+import { UsersUserFull } from "vk-io/lib/api/schemas/objects";
 
-export class MessageNewHandler extends VkEventHandler {
+interface Fields {
+  buttons: string[];
+}
+
+interface Values {
+  user: UsersUserFull;
+  text: string;
+}
+
+export class MessageNewHandler extends VkEventHandler<Fields, Values> {
   public execute = async (
     context: MessageContext<ContextDefaultState>,
     next: NextMiddleware
@@ -23,8 +33,12 @@ export class MessageNewHandler extends VkEventHandler {
       `received message from ${from.first_name} ${from.last_name}: ${context.text}`
     );
 
-    const template = this.template.template;
-    const fields = this.template.fields;
+    const parsed = this.template.theme({
+      user: from,
+      text: context.text,
+    });
+
+    await this.telegram.sendMessageToChan(this.channel, parsed).catch(next);
 
     await next();
   };
diff --git a/src/service/vk/handlers/VkEventHandler.ts b/src/service/vk/handlers/VkEventHandler.ts
index d5e48b7..35d0df0 100644
--- a/src/service/vk/handlers/VkEventHandler.ts
+++ b/src/service/vk/handlers/VkEventHandler.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ import { VkService } from "../index";
 import { TelegramService } from "../../telegram";
 import { Template } from "../../template";
 
-export class VkEventHandler {
+export class VkEventHandler<
+  F extends Record<string, any> = any,
+  V extends Record<string, any> = any
+> {
   public constructor(
     protected type: VkEvent,
     protected group: ConfigGroup,
+    protected channel: string,
     protected instance: GroupInstance,
     protected vk: VkService,
     protected telegram: TelegramService,
-    protected template: Template<any>
+    protected template: Template<F, V>
   ) {}
 
   public execute: (
diff --git a/src/service/vk/handlers/index.ts b/src/service/vk/handlers/index.ts
index 94c6416..38af5b6 100644
--- a/src/service/vk/handlers/index.ts
+++ b/src/service/vk/handlers/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
-import { VkEvent } from "../types";
+import { ConfigGroup, GroupInstance, VkEvent } from "../types";
 import { VkEventHandler } from "./VkEventHandler";
 import { MessageNewHandler } from "./MessageNewHandler";
 import { StubHandler } from "./StubHandler";
+import { VkService } from "../index";
+import { TelegramService } from "../../telegram";
+import { Template } from "../../template";
 
-type DerivedHandler = typeof VkEventHandler;
-interface Handler extends DerivedHandler {}
+interface Handler {
+  new (
+    type: VkEvent,
+    group: ConfigGroup,
+    channel: string,
+    instance: GroupInstance,
+    vk: VkService,
+    telegram: TelegramService,
+    template: Template<any, any>
+  ): VkEventHandler;
+}
 
 export const vkEventToHandler: Record<VkEvent, Handler> = {
   [VkEvent.GroupJoin]: StubHandler,
diff --git a/src/service/vk/index.ts b/src/service/vk/index.ts
index b69a73a..51d9b7e 100644
--- a/src/service/vk/index.ts
+++ b/src/service/vk/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ConfigGroup, GroupInstance, VkConfig, VkEvent } from "./types";
-import { API, Upload, Updates } from "vk-io";
+import { API, Updates, Upload } from "vk-io";
 import logger from "../logger";
 import { Request, Response } from "express";
 import { flatten, has, keys } from "ramda";
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export class VkService {
           const handler = new vkEventToHandler[event](
             event,
             group,
+            chan.id,
             instance,
             this,
             this.telegram,
diff --git a/templates/message_new.md b/templates/message_new.md
index de3af43..9f6fead 100644
--- a/templates/message_new.md
+++ b/templates/message_new.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ---
     buttons: [link]
 ---
-
-{{ .FirstName }} {{ .LastName }} пишет: {{ .Text }}
+{{!-- 
+    use handlebars template here
+    available variables are: user, text
+    (see MessageNewHandler) 
+--}}
+{{user.first_name}} {{user.last_name}} пишет: {{text}}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index becc573..ebf30c7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@
     "@types/qs" "*"
     "@types/serve-static" "*"
 
+"@types/handlebars@^4.1.0":
+  version "4.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/handlebars/-/handlebars-4.1.0.tgz#3fcce9bf88f85fe73dc932240ab3fb682c624850"
+  integrity sha512-gq9YweFKNNB1uFK71eRqsd4niVkXrxHugqWFQkeLRJvGjnxsLr16bYtcsG4tOFwmYi0Bax+wCkbf1reUfdl4kA==
+  dependencies:
+    handlebars "*"
+
 "@types/lodash@^4.14.165":
   version "4.14.168"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.168.tgz#fe24632e79b7ade3f132891afff86caa5e5ce008"
@@ -593,6 +600,18 @@ glob@^7.0.5:
     once "^1.3.0"
     path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
 
+handlebars@*, handlebars@^4.7.7:
+  version "4.7.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/handlebars/-/handlebars-4.7.7.tgz#9ce33416aad02dbd6c8fafa8240d5d98004945a1"
+  integrity sha512-aAcXm5OAfE/8IXkcZvCepKU3VzW1/39Fb5ZuqMtgI/hT8X2YgoMvBY5dLhq/cpOvw7Lk1nK/UF71aLG/ZnVYRA==
+  dependencies:
+    minimist "^1.2.5"
+    neo-async "^2.6.0"
+    source-map "^0.6.1"
+    wordwrap "^1.0.0"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    uglify-js "^3.1.4"
+
 has@^1.0.3:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has/-/has-1.0.3.tgz#722d7cbfc1f6aa8241f16dd814e011e1f41e8796"
@@ -931,6 +950,11 @@ negotiator@0.6.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/negotiator/-/negotiator-0.6.2.tgz#feacf7ccf525a77ae9634436a64883ffeca346fb"
   integrity sha512-hZXc7K2e+PgeI1eDBe/10Ard4ekbfrrqG8Ep+8Jmf4JID2bNg7NvCPOZN+kfF574pFQI7mum2AUqDidoKqcTOw==
 
+neo-async@^2.6.0:
+  version "2.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/neo-async/-/neo-async-2.6.2.tgz#b4aafb93e3aeb2d8174ca53cf163ab7d7308305f"
+  integrity sha512-Yd3UES5mWCSqR+qNT93S3UoYUkqAZ9lLg8a7g9rimsWmYGK8cVToA4/sF3RrshdyV3sAGMXVUmpMYOw+dLpOuw==
+
 node-fetch@^2.6.1:
   version "2.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz#045bd323631f76ed2e2b55573394416b639a0052"
@@ -1276,6 +1300,11 @@ socks@^2.3.3:
     ip "^1.1.5"
     smart-buffer "^4.1.0"
 
+source-map@^0.6.1:
+  version "0.6.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map/-/source-map-0.6.1.tgz#74722af32e9614e9c287a8d0bbde48b5e2f1a263"
+  integrity sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g==
+
 sprintf-js@~1.0.2:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz#04e6926f662895354f3dd015203633b857297e2c"
@@ -1405,6 +1434,11 @@ typescript@^4.2.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.2.3.tgz#39062d8019912d43726298f09493d598048c1ce3"
   integrity sha512-qOcYwxaByStAWrBf4x0fibwZvMRG+r4cQoTjbPtUlrWjBHbmCAww1i448U0GJ+3cNNEtebDteo/cHOR3xJ4wEw==
 
+uglify-js@^3.1.4:
+  version "3.13.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.13.4.tgz#592588bb9f47ae03b24916e2471218d914955574"
+  integrity sha512-kv7fCkIXyQIilD5/yQy8O+uagsYIOt5cZvs890W40/e/rvjMSzJw81o9Bg0tkURxzZBROtDQhW2LFjOGoK3RZw==
+
 unified@^9.1.0:
   version "9.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unified/-/unified-9.2.1.tgz#ae18d5674c114021bfdbdf73865ca60f410215a3"
@@ -1544,6 +1578,11 @@ winston@*, winston@^3.3.3:
     triple-beam "^1.3.0"
     winston-transport "^4.4.0"
 
+wordwrap@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wordwrap/-/wordwrap-1.0.0.tgz#27584810891456a4171c8d0226441ade90cbcaeb"
+  integrity sha1-J1hIEIkUVqQXHI0CJkQa3pDLyus=
+
 wrap-ansi@^7.0.0:
   version "7.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz#67e145cff510a6a6984bdf1152911d69d2eb9e43"