Nordic / Baltic / Eastern European
Newsletter
October 14, 2010
Issue 16
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Greetings!
We are again happy to share news of
the God's Work from our part of the world.
Attention focuses on two periods of
worshiping God on Holy Days. We just
experienced the
Feast of Tabernacles that more than
15,000 people of the United Church of God
observed in many sites around the world.
The one for our region was held on the
island of Saaremaa in
Estonia. In addition some members in
Scandinavia travelled to
Germany, Portugal and the United
States to keep the Festivals. The other
story is of a gathering of young adults from
Scandinavia and
Europe in Germany for
Pentecost earlier.
The
United Church of God observes Holy Days that
the early
New Testament Church observed. The
Creator of mankind does have a plan for us,
and He reveals it to us through an annual
cycle of festivals described in the
Scriptures. It is an astounding plan
offering an incredible future to every man,
woman, and child who has ever lived. This
booklet will help you understand the
incredible truth about what lies ahead for
all humanity. To order, simply click on the
image of the booklet on the right. You can
also hear the booklet as an mp3 download.
The October/November issue
of our online Virtual
Christian Magazine is listed
below with links to this month's seasonal
and relevant articles. I believe it's a
particularly useful issue offering a
diversity of articles about
Halloween, death, Satan, prayer,
offense, aging and the
Arabic language.
Let us hear from you. You can
easily respond in the contact section at the
end of this newsletter. We always enjoy
hearing from our readers. We email this
eNews to nearly 400 subscribers.
In Christ's service,
Victor Kubik
Senior Pastor
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United Church of God Fall Festival on
Saaremaa
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Thirty two people from six
nations (Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Russia,
United States and Canada), gathered on the
island of Saaremaa, Estonia, to witness, in a
small way, the future coming of God's Kingdom.
Twenty of our 32 hailed from the nation of
Latvia. Recognizing that we have been ordained
to become kings and priests in God's Kingdom,
this festival was our chance to train for and
experience a taste of our future destiny. The
peaceful setting of this island in the Baltic
Sea, along with mostly warm and sunny weather,
seemed also to be witnessing to the nature of
God's coming Kingdom.
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Attendees at the Estonia 2010 Fall
Festival |
Britton Taylor from Fort Worth, Texas
was our guest speaker, was accompanied by his
wife Donna. Mr. Taylor spoke four times,
providing instruction to "The Thin Red Line" of
God's elect about the necessary traits we must
acquire in order to enter into God's Kingdom.
The message most remembered was "The Heart Of A
Winner" in which
he explained that, like the horse
Secretariat,
we need to have a similar heart to finish our
race. John Trotter and Robert Schultz provided
excellent sermonettes. With the Kubiks in Africa
for this Festival, the contributions of these
men were critical.
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Britton and Donna Taylor from Ft. Worth,
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An important lesson was how we can have
large advantages at a small Feast site. In
addition to marvelous group meals, every day is
a chance to be together with everyone in
fellowship. That is just not possible at large
feast sites in the same way. Activities involved
almost everyone every evening from bowling, to
personal stories, a musical presentation, and
Bible Studies. Even daily language differences
can necessitate closeness and provide
opportunities for serving as we develop
affection for each other in working together.
This is a part of the witness from our very
small Feast site.
In addition to the GO Spa being a luxury
hotel, there were saunas, several large and
several small pools of various temperatures, and
various other facilities, all "in house." The
young people really enjoyed the pools every day,
and so did some of the "not as young." Massages
were available, and were popular as well.
We began the Feast with the purpose of
Learning to Fear The Eternal
in an attitude of rejoicing. All left feeling
that we had been faithful to our purpose.
- Johnnie Lambert |
United Church of God Young Adults Travel to
Germany for
Pentecost
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This past May young adults in God's
Church who are scattered throughout Europe
gathered in Germany for a Pentecost weekend get
together. John Wennström and I travelled down
from
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Paul Spenser on guitar
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Sweden and Norway respectively. John travelled
by car from Oslo and I, by train, from Mjölby
meeting at the Gothenburg train station. We then
continued by car together. The drive was quite
long. but fun, as we took it in turns driving
the 12 hour journey.
Being isolated we were both really excited to
meet with other brethren and go to Church
services. The five day event was packed with
fellowship, sports events, grilling, a film
night and more.
The theme for the weekend was taken from
the Christ's Sermon on the Mount, Mathew
5:13-16. We had many encouraging discussions and
Bible studies about how we can try to live up to
Christ's words. Paul Kieffer, director of the
United Church of God operations in the German
language region, attended part of the
get-together and led one interesting study on
"being the salt of the earth."
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Young Adults from Europe Gather for
Pentecost |
It was great to meet old friends and
make new ones within Europe. Another Pentecost
weekend is planned for next year at the same
location. For those not familiar with Gods Holy
Day's please request your free copy of
Gods Holy Day Plan.
You can view the article about
the event published in the
United News
at
http://www.ucg.org/un/un1007/young-adults-strengthen-bonds.htm.
Photos
were taken by Jesmina Allaoua who manages the
United Church of God office in Germany.
- Paul Spenser
Mjölby, Sweden
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October/November 2010 Issue of
Virtual Christian Magazine
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Online articles -- very readable and easily
downloadable.
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