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United News: November - December 2019

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In the November-December 2019 issue of United News, you can read post-Feast reports and see photos from festival sites all around the world. This issue also features new resources such as the illustrated Holy Days, a booklet on grace and Beyond Today Interviews. In the Good News section, look for "Are You Missing Out?" and the next article in the Ten Commandments Series on the Seventh Commandment. Mark Welch's article for the Forward! section focuses on moving forward in faith in the months following the high of the Feast. An article from council member Bob Dick covers a story rarely told regarding the future. Check out the local church updates from around the world and dates for upcoming women's enrichment weekends. Download a PDF of this issue or read the articles online to find out more!

Northwest Young Adults Weekend

On Sept. 6-8, 2019, a group of 54 young adults aged 18-35 gathered in the mountainous town of Cle Elum, Washington, to learn what it means to “Lean in to God.”

Regularly assembling together enables brethren to stir one another up to love and good works!

Are You Missing Out?

8 minutes

It is important to recognize that even though much of our instruction comes through experiential learning, these formal opportunities to learn with...

Members Preach the Gospel in Lexington, Kentucky

Two members of the Lexington, Kentucky congregation painted and reworked an old Marlboro newspaper rack to be a magazine rack for Beyond Today magazine.

The Ten Commandments Series: The Seventh Commandment: Part 2

7 minutes

“You shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18).

UYC Camps in Zambia

Verino and Mufulira UYC Camps

Go Forward in Faith!

3 minutes

Having just returned from completing the observance of God’s annual Holy Day cycle, it is easy to suffer from some “post-Feast blues.”

ABC Student Council Chosen

Just before the Feast this year, Ambassador Bible College appointed students to leadership positions for the class of 2020.

God's People Gather for the Feast of Tabernacles 2019

Each year, God’s people gather in places around the world to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. Together, we look forward to better times. The Feast gives us a small picture of the future God has promised.

LifeNets International: 20 Years of Service

Bringing precious water to parched communities. Providing life-changing scholarships in poverty-stricken areas. Building shelters and bringing Internet connectivity to remote rural areas.

Holy Day Paintings Now Available!

Six beautiful and inspiring paintings—depicting Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles and Last Great Day/Eighth Day—are now available.

Mark Your Calendar! Boundary Waters 2020

Due to a scheduling change for the Challenger West program, the Boundary Waters Adventure will be available again in the summer of 2020.

Women’s Enrichment Seminar Held in Copperbelt, Zambia

Twenty-four ladies had a wonderful time together participating in a women’s enrichment seminar at our recently-built, beautiful church hall in Mufulira, Zambia.

Annual Labor Day Leadership Workshop in Cincinnati

During Labor Day weekend (Aug. 30-Sept. 2), 27 participants from six countries (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, United Kingdom and United States) met in Cincinnati for our 18th annual Leadership Workshop. Friday evening, all participants and several of the instructors and...

Columbus, Ohio Holds Church Hall Work Party

On the last day of the summer of 2019, Sept. 22, 25 members of the Columbus, Ohio congregation “had a mind to work” (Nehemiah 4:6).

Updates from Ministerial and Member Services

Since August we have had eleven recent ordinations.