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Joe Greene
2024-05-23
Interested in working for the United Church of God? This page contains current employment opportunities, and will be updated as new jobs become available.
Jobs will be removed when they are officially filled, so feel free to apply to any opportunity you see listed on this page!  No openings at the present time.
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Are Political Systems an Orderly Way to Choose Leaders?

Blogs
Jim Tuck
2024-11-08
Election day in the United States of America has finally come and gone, and now we wait for the inauguration of the 47th U.S. president, Donald J. Trump. Finally, the deafening cacophony of the election process is over, or is it?
All the political name-calling and rhetoric can now be put to rest, or will it? Many rejoice their political candidate won, and many cry because their candidate lost. However, as soon as one election ends, the fight for the next begins....
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Home Office Weekly Update: October 31, 2024

United News
2024-10-31
We all have a heartfelt preference for the place we call home.
No Place Like Home The Feast of Tabernacles and the Eighth Day are now behind us! As much as we look forward to the Feast, isn’t it nice to be home? Our thoughts echo the words of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz: “There...
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Home Office Weekly Update: October 10, 2024

United News
2024-10-10
Let’s make sure God is first in everything we do this Feast, and always.
Greetings brethren around the world, As we find ourselves in the midst of the autumn Holy Days, we look forward to the upcoming Sabbath, where we will observe the solemn Day of Atonement. Following that, the Feast of Tabernacles will...
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Needed: A New Vision for World Peace

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Jim Tuck
2024-10-04
What is needed in the world is a different kind of vision for world peace, or the winds of war will keep blowing. Who has the answers?
The novelist, Herman Wouk, published his highly popular second book in 1971, The Winds of War. The novel, which is a mixture of real and fictional characters, begins six months before Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ends...
2024 Feast of Tabernacles Webcast

2024 Feast of Tabernacles Webcast Information

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United Church of God
Feast of Tabernacles
2024-10-01
Join us for the Feast of Tabernacles webcast from Panama City Beach, Florida and Klamath Falls, Oregon Feast sites.
The following Feast sites will be providing a LIVE webcast of services: Panama City Beach, Florida (Central Time) and Klamath Fall, Oregon (Pacific Time). Click on the links below and view the webcast schedule for Panama City Beach and...
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Home Office Weekly Update: September 26, 2024

United News
2024-09-26
Our motivation should be for God's will to be done and His Kingdom to come.
Spiritual Preparation for the Holy Days Greetings brethren around the world, This past Sunday, Sept. 22, autumn officially began in the Northern Hemisphere. A notable season is upon us as we approach the final days of the sixth month...
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Home Office Weekly Update: September 19, 2024

United News
2024-09-19
The Holy Days center around and teach us about God’s plan for all mankind and the centrality of Jesus Christ’s role in every step toward its completion.
Divinely Appointed Times and the Next Full Moon Greetings everyone, This past full moon of Sept. 17 was called the Harvest Moon, named this way because this moon graces the skies during the harvest season each year. As we observed...
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Political Turmoil Portends Trouble for America: Widespread Concern that November Election Will Not End Well

Blogs
Andy Diemer
2024-09-18
A second apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has the world wondering what this portends for the November election. American stability, which has benefitted the world, is now in question. If America cannot ensure...
On September 15, in West Palm Beach, Florida, another crazed American citizen attempted to shoot former President and current presidential candidate, Donald Trump. Americans wonder what the two attempts on Trump's life portend for the...
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Home Office Weekly Update: September 12, 2024

United News
2024-09-12
We should recognize the days in which we live, and with our hearts draw closer to God.
Anticipating the Fall Holy Days Greetings brethren around the world, In the Northern Hemisphere summer is nearly over, and we’re eagerly anticipating the fall Holy Days. In just three weeks from today we will be observing the Feast...
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Is it Jesus Christ or the Antichrist? Will You Know the Difference?

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Jim Tuck
2024-09-06
Events are transpiring towards the climactic return of Jesus Christ. Just how will you know who is the true Christ?
Satan is the master of using counterfeit to deceive the whole world (Revelation 12:9). At the return of Jesus Christ, Revelation 1:7 clearly states: “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him....
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Home Office Weekly Update: September 5, 2025

United News
2024-09-05
This past weekend, the Labor Day Leadership Workshop held in Cincinnati was especially rewarding, productive and enjoyable.
From Ministerial and Member Services A Leader is First a Disciple This past weekend, the Labor Day Leadership Workshop held in Cincinnati was especially rewarding, productive and enjoyable. With the theme “A Leader is First a...
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Armageddon: The Hordes Out of the North and East

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Jim Tuck
2024-08-30
Believe it or not, armies are already preparing for this battle of all battles called Armageddon, meaning from the Hebrew, the Mount of Megiddo. Why is it necessary to understand the importance of this historical end-time battle?
Armageddon strikes fear in most people who have heard of it. It signals the end of days. Two hundred million soldiers will descend on Israel to fight in the greatest battle in history at Megiddo, an important town of northern ancient...
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Home Office Weekly Update: August 29, 2024

United News
2024-08-29
God has given us His Word to offer valuable guidance for navigating this anxious world.
From Ministerial and Member Services Encouragement, Not Worry We live in uncertain times! World events are unfolding before our eyes, just as foretold by prophecy. Concerns abound. Job security and financial stability are on our...
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Are You Focused on the Right Things? Avoiding Materialism

United News
Jim Tuck
2024-08-23
Why is it so hard to reach people in the Western world with the gospel of Jesus Christ? Interestingly, more seem to respond in places where people are the poorest.
The church seems to be growing in impoverished countries like Africa, India and the Orient. What has Western culture been doing to affect the minds of people in the most affluent nations of the world? Why are the "have-not" countries more...
Daily Bible Reading: Deuteronomy

Daily Bible Reading: The Book of Deuteronomy

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United News
2024-08-22
Join us and read through the book of Deuteronomy before the upcoming Feast of Tabernacles.
As we approach the Feast of Tabernacles and Eighth Day and the return of Jesus Christ to this earth, we are reminded of something God commanded His people to do every seven years. We find it in Deuteronomy 31:10-13: “And Moses...
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Home Office Weekly Update: August 22, 2024

United News
2024-08-22
Read recent updates from the home office
Preparing for the Feast Days Greetings brethren around the world, If you happened to look out your window during any of the last several nights, you might have noticed the moon seemed quite a bit brighter than normal. Indeed, there...
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2024 Festival Youth Instruction

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Feast of Tabernacles
2024-08-20
The 2024 Festival Youth Instruction lesson plans are now available for the upcoming Feast of Tabernacles.
These lesson plans may help youth instructors at the Feast. You can click on "Downloads" on the right-hand side of this page to download the PDFs. We have provided two separate lessons to be used on the usual two youth instruction...
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Festival Children’s Choir Music is Now Available

United News
Steve Myers
2024-08-20
See below for details and link.
The Festival Children's Choir selections are now available for download on the UCG Feast website at: https://www.ucg.org/members/feast/childrens-choir-music. The guidelines for the Children’s Choir are posted there as well as vocal...
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Youth Festival Activity Booklets Available: 2024

United News
Feast of Tabernacles
2024-08-19
You can download PDFs of the 2024 Youth Festival Activity Booklets now.
Youth Festival Activity Booklets are now available online! There are three separate booklets for grades K-1, grades 2-3 and grades 4-6. Three PDFs are available for download by clicking "downloads" on the right side...
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