United News: March - April 2008

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ABC Gearing Up for 10th Year

New nine-month program to start Sept. 7; applications due July 31.

"Spring Cleaning for the Heart" Theme of Munster Women's Event

The Munster, Indiana, Women's Workshop is hosting its third women's event March 29 and 30.

Profile

Kambani Banda was born in 1952 in a village in the eastern province of Zambia and has two brothers and three sisters.

Ministerial Training Seminar Held in Australia

From Jan. 24 to 28, 44 elders and wives from all parts of Australia, and also from New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji, assembled at the Twin Towns resort complex on Queensland's Gold Coast for a ministerial training seminar.

Our Most Rewarding Feast Ever

ast year after careful planning, my wife and I decided, instead of visiting one of the larger Feast sites, to visit one of our remote sites.

Pastor Visits French-Speaking Areas

During January and February I had the opportunity to make a three-week trip through Africa, an Indian Ocean nation and French Europe.

English Good News Print Run Reaches New High

The total print order for the March/April 2008 Good News magazine is 545,425, a new record.

Leadership Weekend Held in Toronto

Feb. 16 and 17, 32 people attended a highly successful weekend under the main instruction of UCG Leadership Training Development Manager Richard Pinelli from the home office.

Coordinators Plan Feast '08

Festival coordinators from the United States, Canada and the Caribbean met with home office personnel in Dallas, Texas, Feb. 12 and 13 to make plans for the Feast of Tabernacles this year.

VT Online Traffic Grows

The traffic on the Vertical Thought Web site continued to increase in 2007.

Canadian Office Gives January Update

As of the end of January we have 15,400 subscribers to The Good News magazine (GN ) on file in Canada. We added 600 new subscribers during January, with a number of them coming from the Internet and from the...

ABC Student Body Leaders Announced

The 2008 Ambassador Bible Center class recently elected their student body leaders for the year.

U.S. Reader's Digest Ad Exceeds Expectations

The ad in the April 2007 U.S. Reader's Digest offering a subscription to The Good News and a copy of the booklet The Middle East in Bible Prophecy has exceeded expectations.
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Miracles...Members in Tennessee Survive Tornado

Jimmy and Judy Law were protected through a direct hit by a twister; they met the president in the aftermath.

Beyond Today on Google, Yahoo, YouTube and GodTube Surpass Half a Million Views

The popular online search tools Google and Yahoo continue to allow registered users to upload videos to their video Web sites.

Miracles...Tornadoes Affect Members in Arkansas

The spate of tornadoes in Arkansas in early February affected the Gassville area, about 9 miles west of Mountain Home.

Personal Correspondence Answers Questions for Young and Old

Personal Correspondence letters and e-mails totaled 245 for the month of January (89 surface mail letters, 96 e-mails to the home office, 60 Vertical Thought e-mails).