Compass Check: Spring 2016

We have another excellent issue—our pre-camp issue—for your reading pleasure. I hope you find all the articles practical and encouraging in your life as one of God’s young people. I plan on being at two of our teen camps this summer. I had the pleasure of visiting Winter Camp, Wisconsin last December. It is a joy to see you in this special camp environment that depicts God’s way of life in action. 

Please remember that the deadline for registering for camp is May 1. The 2016 Christian Living theme is “Guided by God’s Word.” See articles about this theme in the special United News Camp insert issue. Let’s make this the best camp season ever, together!  

Readers, check out our new regular feature called Dear Compass Check. This feature will provide practical Bible-based answers to questions and issues facing you as a teen. And as always, please e-mail me your questions that you’d like answered and topics you’d like covered in future issues at compasscheck@ucg.org

—Steve Nutzman, managing editor

We have another excellent issue—our pre-camp issue—for your reading pleasure. I hope you find all the articles practical and encouraging in your life as one of God’s young people. I plan on being at two of our teen camps this summer. I had the pleasure of visiting Winter Camp, Wisconsin last December. It is a joy to see you in this special camp environment that depicts God’s way of life in action. 

Please remember that the deadline for registering for camp is May 1. The 2016 Christian Living theme is “Guided by God’s Word.” See articles about this theme in the special United News Camp insert issue. Let’s make this the best camp season ever, together!  

Readers, check out our new regular feature called Dear Compass Check. This feature will provide practical Bible-based answers to questions and issues facing you as a teen. And as always, please e-mail me your questions that you’d like answered and topics you’d like covered in future issues at compasscheck.ucg.org. 

-Steve Nutzman

Table of Contents

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We have another excellent issue—our pre-camp issue—for your reading pleasure.
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Holy Bible
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Thank you for your question. You may have heard of the old adage “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Actually, this...
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Campers: No Deposit, No Return!
4 minutes
The Pepsi-Cola Company led the soda industry in the use of disposable bottles decades ago. The earlier bottles were made from thicker glass. In...
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A Gathering of Friends
3 minutes
I distinctly remember the color gray. The sky, the overall mood­ of hesitation had been draped over the trees like a massive blanket of morosity. Not...
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Count the Cost
7 minutes
I am writing this article in the same manner that a grandfather might write a letter to his grandchildren. It is with the most heartfelt desire that I...
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Esther: An Incredible Story of Faith
7 minutes
This remarkable young woman in the Bible was an orphan, became a queen, saved her people from mass murder, and had a book in the Bible named after her...
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Modesty: Respect for Yourself, Others and Your Creator
4 minutes
Your appearance matters. It should not define you, but it will determine how others treat you and what they think of you, whether you like it or not.
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Is Being Young Ever an Excuse?
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It is not uncommon for people to say “Oh, it’s okay, you’re young, and you’re supposed to make mistakes.” But is being young really an excuse for...