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United News: September-October 2016

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Do not let peer pressure force you into buying a fancy pair of shoes or pair of jeans. What you wear does not define you. But who you spend time with can define you. Do not let those who are going down the wrong path take you with them.

Doing Right, When Everybody’s Not

  • by Gary Smith
To parents of teens: Welcome to this ongoing series of articles written with you in mind. These “hot topic” articles will specifically address current cultural issues and the challenges that you may be facing as a family and, most importantly, how to deal successfully with them in light of the Bible.
Don’t let your barriers get in the way of a great friendship with your brother or sister in Christ.

Break Down the Barriers at the Feast

  • by Linda Dwornik
When you are enjoying yourself and focusing on God’s soon coming Kingdom, it is easy to meet new people, and even go up to them.

Portsmouth Ladies Club

by Kevin Call
Jorge and Kathy de Campos with brethren from Angola.

Jorge and Kathy de Campos visit Angola

by Kathy de Campos
WE also must stop, look and listen.

Stop, Look and Listen!

  • by Robin Webber
We have to push our tongue back, move our ears forward, and use our hearts as a doorstop—so we don’t get in the way.
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Orange County to Celebrate 50 Years

by Jean Updegraff
Sabbath school is a great way to serve at the Feast. This photo was taken at the 2015 Feast in Branson, Missouri.

How to Get the Most Out of This Feast

  • by Jacob Mammen
“Will you be getting the most out of the Feast?” I ask you this: Will you? Make it a reality by choosing to act on those hopes and desires of getting the most out of the Feast. At the end of the day, while we are to enjoy these Holy Days, they are not Feasts unto ourselves, but to God. 
Ben Shoemaker and Chelsea Shaw with items they collected for the Women’s Crisis center in Maysville, Kentucky.

Year of Giving Continues

by Kevin Call
Some of the younger members at the New England Memorial Day Weekend.

The New England Memorial Day Weekend

by Andy Diemer
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Do not be afraid of the choices of this world. Stand up and cry aloud and speak the truth.

Cry Aloud or Sigh and Cry?

  • by Victor Kubik
Yes, God commissioned His Church to thunder a warning message. Indeed, we must “cry aloud and spare not.” But as we do, it must be based on an understanding of “what manner of persons ought you to be” as we sigh and cry over the needless abominations manifested during these last days of this present evil age. 
A group shot of those who participated in the hike.

New England Wilderness Hike

by Ariana Del Signore
When we plan the have the best spiritual Feast ever we can be on the correct path that God wants us to be on.

Plan Now to Have the Best Spiritual Feast Ever!

  • by Randy Urwiller
By now we have made our travel arrangements and our housing reservations. And we’ll soon finish our final preparations before setting out. But have we planned to study the importance of these Holy Days to God’s plan of salvation? We should.
“The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God” (1 Thessalonians 4:16).

The Call of the Trumpet

  • by J L
Where will our spiritual condition be when Christ returns? Will we be at a place in our lives where we are willing and ready to respond to the call of the trumpet?
Mrs. Kubik, at the right, with attendees at the Gold Coast, Australia, leadership conference.

National Leadership Conference in Australia

by Victor Kubik
Participants of the weekend digging for fossils.

Portland Members Dig for Fossils

by Stephanie Lippincott

Troyer’s Hollow Weekend

by Linda Dwornik