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United News: May - June 2022

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A group of brethren at Church services

Trip to Trinidad and Tobago

  • by Chuck Smith
For the first time in almost two years, Chuck and Mary Smith were able to visit the brethren in the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago.
Two people having a conversation

Gifts of Speech

  • by Katherine Rowland
“Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers” (Ephesians 4:29).
Two women in attendance at the tea party

Congregations in Georgia Hold Women’s Tea

  • by Wendy Englehardt, Philip Aust
The Atlanta Women’s Club gathered for the club’s tea party, in which they played ice-breaker games and introduced a new book for the Atlanta Women’s Book Club.
A couple standing on a bridge with umbrellas

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?

  • by David Mills
God intended marriage to be a lifetime date, but it is very easy to take our mate for granted. Emma’s story shows the importance of expressing love and appreciation every day.
A path running through grassy fields toward a backdrop of rolling hills

Pondering the Path to Pentecost

  • by John Miller
We tend to “romanticize” the glory of what occurred on this Day of Pentecost without pondering the path that led to it.
Open Bible

Preaching the Gospel as a Witness

  • by John LaBissoniere, Peter Eddington
Discover how contemporary advertising methods play a vital role in the Church’s commission to preach the gospel of God’s Kingdom as a witness to all nations.
A pair of praying hands

Christianity: A Cult for Jesus?

  • by Amanda Miller
In this three-part series, let’s briefly examine the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, the nature of Jesus in the context of modern cult worship, and how one might discern whether the cultivation of Christianity is based on authentic design or cultish forgery.
Through spiritual begettal you and I can not only become inheritors of everlasting life but we can develop the very mind of God.

Marvelous Functions of the Holy Spirit

  • by John LaBissoniere
How does God use His Holy Spirit and what does He accomplish through it? As we prepare to observe the Holy Day of Pentecost, let’s focus on three of the various roles and functions of the Holy Spirit. By doing so we can better appreciate God’s divine gift to His greatly blessed and deeply loved people.
Victor and Beverly Kubik

United Church of God Thanks Victor Kubik for Nine Years of Presidency

by Terri Eddington, Ariana Del Signore
Brethren attending Church services

Myanmar Update: Part One: Civil War and the Brethren's Safety

  • by David Bensinger
In this first of two parts, we will discuss the current status, as of writing, of the civil war in Myanmar and how our brethren are doing. We continue to be careful of listing certain names or places that might bring harm to our brethren.