United News November/December 2016

United News: November - December 2016

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Read updates from Feast of Tabernacles sites from around the world. Also check out the center pages with colorful photos of the Feast. Read the article Keeping Hope after the Feast to recharge from post-feast blues. Included in this issue are a few more camp updates. Also check out Good News articles What is Your Spiritual Moral Compass and "Once Saved, Always Saved"?

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We must step back, look at the bigger picture, focus on setting an example, and be there for our son or daughter. We must take comfort in knowing that God is in ultimate control of the situation.

How Do You Help Your Adult Child When They've Left God Behind?

3 minutes
Four ways to help your children during a crisis in their life when they've stopped responding to God's influence.

Zambia Youth Trip to Victoria Falls

The 20 Copperbelt youth from Zambia had a wonderful experience on their visit to the Victoria Falls.

Oklahoma City Senior Appreciation Luncheon

Following church services on the Sabbath of Aug. 27, the Oklahoma City congregation held their annual senior appreciation luncheon. The event recognized and honored the brethren of the congregation who are 65 years of age and over.
Read the Psalms and Proverbs corresponding to the day of the month for an easy Bible study.

A Great Appetizer for Daily Bible Study

2 minutes
Ever been so befuddled about what to study from all that the Bible offers that you ended up not studying that day? Ever been away from home where all...

Beyond Today Live in South Africa

Steve Myers, one of the Beyond Today television presenters, planned to come to South Africa with his family for the Feast of Tabernacles, we requested that he come a little early in order to conduct two Beyond Today Live presentations.
We must stand in the gap, be courageous and be the one who stands out. We must not hold back.

Standing in the Gap

8 minutes
Are you the man or woman that God is looking for? Or must He look to someone else.
What are you most looking forward to in the Kingdom of God?

One Simple Certainty of the Kingdom!

3 minutes
One fact of the coming Kingdom of God to meditate on.
How will you contribute to doing the work? We all have a role to serve as a team in preaching the gospel.

It’s Not My Job!

4 minutes
It is our job, every one of us, to be involved in the work of God’s Church to herald “Thy Kingdom come” soon—the ultimate solution to humanity’s...
Who is your moral compass?

What Is Your Spiritual Moral Compass?

8 minutes
God’s Word is our guide. God’s Word is our moral compass.

Windsor Congregation Honors D’Alessandros for Their Service

It is said that “location” is everything. Location can determine success or failure starting a new business or in deciding where to move.

Good Works

In the fall of 2003, the United Church of God launched the Good Works program. This program provided a place and way for brethren to help others in the Church by providing a central location in which individuals (primarily members)...
We who have been baptized and have received God’s Holy Spirit have been saved, we are being saved, and we eagerly long to be saved.

“Once Saved, Always Saved”?

5 minutes
It Depends—“Saved” Is Used in Three Ways in the New Testament

United Youth Corps—Lagos, Nigeria

“As cold water to a weary soul, so is good news from a far country” (Proverbs 25:25). The 2016 United Youth Camp in Nigeria was a great success, with 23 staff (including five United Youth Corps volunteers from the United...

Card Party

Members in St. Louis, Missouri, and Troy, Illinois, gathered for two card-making parties before the Feast of Tabernacles.

Phoenix Congregation Recognizes Retiring Pastor

On Aug. 27, the Phoenix congregation recognized the nearly 44 years Randy Schreiber and his wife Kay have served the Church. Mr. Schreiber is entering into “semi-retirement,” retaining only the Albuquerque, New Mexico, congregation.

UYC 2016 Report

Summer Camp 2016 was held at the Peak Centre in Edale, Derbyshire.

Attention All Teens

Those who are aspiring artists, poets and writers!

UYC 2016 Report

Accra, Ghana­—Aug. 14-21
So now that I am home, how do I keep the vision of the Feast alive for another year? You could focus on your memories from the Feast, meditate on lessons you learned and focus on the beautiful Word of God.

Keeping Hope After the Feast

6 minutes
The Feast of Tabernacles is over. The songs have been sung, the hymnals collected, the sermons preached, and the Word of God has gone forth. Families...

UYC 2016 Report

Meru, Kenya­—Aug. 15-21