Ken Treybig Home Page
Last Updated: Friday, October 03, 2008
Welcome to my
Web site. I'll use it to post some information about the congregations of the United Church of
God, an International Association, that I have the pleasure of serving. The local Announcement
Bulletins for the East Texas and Texarkana congregations are posted on our local Web site. The URL
is http://www.ucgeasttexas.org/.
Click here for the current activity year's calendar of events for East Texas (PDF format).
The UCG Home page is at http://www.ucg.org. See other links at the bottom of this page.
To get to the UYC Camp Carter Website, click this link: http://treybig.org/CampCarter/
Upcoming Activities:
- October 4 - ETX church hall (2:30 PM)
- October 9 - Day of Atonement, ETX church hall (2:30 PM)
- October 11 - ETX church hall (2:30 PM)
- October 13 - Opening night, Feast of Tabernacles
- October 14-20 - Feast of Tabernacles
- October 21 - Last Great Day
- October 25 - ETX church hall (2:30 PM), Teen Bible Study & meal, Family Night
Hurricane Ike
As of Thursday afternoon, September 11, Hurricane Ike is forecast to be a major storm when it hits the Texas coast line between Houston and Corpus Christi early Saturday morning. Here are some email messages sent out about taking precautions for the storm.
9/11/200 email from Ministerial Services--services canceled in Houston for this Sabbath
9/11/2008 email to local people from me
August 2008 COE Meetings
Oops. I see I didn't get the agenda posted soon enough for the August COE meetings, which are going on as I write. It's posted now and the meeting reports will be posted as I get them. See Council of Elders page.
2008 GCE
The results are in from the balloting at the 2008 GCE. All three current Council of Elders members who were on the ballot were replaced this year, the ballot to rescind last year's ballot to relocate the Home Office passed, as did the Strategic Plan, Operations Plan, Budget and the amendment to allow for statements of support for proposed amendments. The results are:
COE:
International-Paul Keiffer, US: Aaron Dean, Darris McNeely, Robin Webber
Strategic Plan: 287-72 - Passed
Operations Plan 280-79 - Passed
Budget 270-91 - Passed
Amend 7.5.4 -- 173-181 Failed
Amend 8.3.1 -- 148-209 Failed
Amend 9.1 -- 193-161 Failed
Amend 9.6 -- 145-212 Failed
Amend 12.2.2 -- 266-88 Passed
Resolution to rescind the 2007 ballot to relocate the Home Office 186-176 -
Passed
Statement from the Council on the relocation issue. Click here.
Recent Tornadoes in Southeast US
Ministerial Services sent an email about the effect on members of the recent bad weather.
5/12/2008 report from Mr. Franks
Members in Mexico & Bahamas
After the recent weather tragedies in Mexico and the Bahamas we have updates from the pastors there. Mr. Roybal reports twice on the members in the economically challenged area of Tabasco where members are safe but face financial troubles. Mr. Mather reports members are safe in the Bahamas.
10/7/2007
report on Bahamas from Mr. Mather
10/6/2007 update on Mexico from Mr. Roybal
10/6/2007 report on Mexico from Mr. Roybal to Mr.
Walker
California Fires
10/22/2007
Roland Clark,
an elder in Southern California, wrote in to let us know about the fires in the
Roland wrote:
“There are several independent fires in the general
“The year has
definitely been a severe drought, with only about 2 inches of rain all year,
far, far below normal, and none in sight. The news reports are showing full
programming coverage of the fire situation. They report that the weather high
pressure area over the Great Basin is forcing the westerly
Your prayers are requested for our brethren and their homes. A few have already been evacuated. We hope to have an update in the upcoming Ministerial Services Newsletter, and sooner, if necessary.
2007 Winter Family Weekend
The first announcement about the 2007 Winter Family Weekend has been released. The dates are Friday, December 21, through Tuesday night, December 25. Click here for the announcement from the Home Office. There is also an announcement about needs for volunteer help with the Dessert Social on Friday night. You can also check www.ucg.org/familyweekend for information and the latest updates.
2007 Feast
We just got back from a very inspiring and encouraging Feast of Tabernacles. I hope your Feast was as wonderful as ours!
Feast Cybercasts
There are four Feast sites offering cybercasting for members who are unable to attend the Feast this year--Jekyll Island, GA; Bend, OR; Kelowna, CN; Acapulco, MX. Go to www.ucg.org/feast to find the links.
Announcement About New Hymnal
A special letter was released September 11, 2007 about the new UCG hymnal and personal copies being available at all U.S. Feast sites. See the Home Office page or click here to go directly to the letter.
2007-08 Activity Calendar
The social activity calendar was set for the next year. Click here for the calendar.
2007 Camp Carter
We just got back from Camp Carter, so now I can update this site a bit... Camp was wonderful this year. We had a great staff and terrific campers this year. The weather was very unusual for July/August in Fort Worth--it rained...a LOT! We had a hard rain during registration on Sunday at the start of camp and rain every day until Thursday. It made for some "schedule juggling" but campers and staff all took it in stride with wonderful, patient attitudes showing they have truly absorbed and want to exhibit "The Zone".
2007 GCE Results
The balloting results from this year's General Conference of Elders resulted in all four items being passed--Strategic Plan, Operations Plan, the Budget, and the proposed relocation to the DFW area. The specific results are (no votes on the first three items were not reported by the CPA firm):
The official ballot results were released by the CPA firm in mid-May.
Strategic
Plan
318 -
Operations Plan
305 -
Budget 281 -
Nominating Process 319 - 66
Relocation to DFW 202 - 195
The results of balloting for the Council are:
International - Robert Berendt
US - Roy Holladay, Clyde Kilough, Vic Kubik
Request for Prayer and Fasting
The elders of the United Church of God would appreciate you fasting and praying about the upcoming General Conference of Elders meeting in Cincinnati, May 5-7. Click here for the request from Bob Dick, Chairman of the Council of Elders.
Announcement About Covenants Booklet
A special letter was released March 27, 2007 about the new booklet on the covenants that was recently printed and will be sent to all member households in the next few weeks. The 176-page booklet (more of a book) is titled The New Covenant: Does It Abolish God’s Law? Click here for details!
Special Announcement from UCG President
The president of United Church of God, Clyde Kilough, sent out a special announcement after the December 2006 Council meetings sharing the good news of God's blessing on the income and thanking the members for their support. Read the message here.
Families' and Singles' Spring Cruise
Here is your
opportunity to escape the snow and cold and have fellowship at the same time. A
growing tradition over the past six years is the Midwest Family and Singles’
Club spring cruise. This year the group has partnered with the
Arrangements are being made for church services and activities. The local church coordination contacts are Rick Johnson at (630) 846-4653 and Bob Brown at (626) 798-3351. For pricing and details, see www.travelgallery.com. The program will need a minimum number of people to operate. The deadline for reservations and payment is Dec. 14, 2006. Make your reservation and deposit by calling Travel Gallery at (800) 858-6999.
Winter
Camp Is Fast Approaching!
Attention teens 12-18: Take advantage of the chance to attend camp this December by applying for Winter Camp. Camp will be held Dec. 27-Jan. 1 in Montello, WI - about 1/2 hour NE of the Dells. Activities will include ice skating, cross-country skiing, horseback riding, volleyball, dancing, plus the opportunity to spend time with friends and learn more about God's way.
Applications are available online at www.ucg.org/youth. Please apply by Nov. 15th. For more information see the UYC Camp Magazine, or call Gary & Gale Black at (651) 769-8802.
2006 Winter Family Weekend
The 2006 Winter Family Weekend is shaping up to be bigger than ever! The dates are December 22-26 in Louisville, KY. Click here for details!
Please remember to register online for the Winter Family Weekend. Many have made reservations at the hotels, but not registered for the event, and we need the registration to help plan for all the events.
Also, a Sign Language Interpreters Workshop has been added to the weekend. Click here for details.
Cost-Cutting Ideas
We received a few more cost cutting ideas from the Home Office for low-income individuals--for medicines and weatherization of homes. Click here or click the "Links" button on the menu system.
Listen to the Good News radio broadcast on 50,000-watt WWL-AM 870 at 9:30 PM Saturdays. Click here for the radio log at the home office web site or click here for the program downloads page.
Exciting news about the radio program!
WWL-870 AM in New Orleans is a clear channel news-talk station. After dusk it reaches parts of 28 states including the entire Southern United States and most of the East Coast and Midwest.
Here are some other related URLs:
United Church of God, an International Association -- http://www.ucg.org.
United Youth Camps Camp Carter -- http://treybig.org/CampCarter.
Vertical Thought magazine -- http://www.verticalthought.org.
UCG Singles Web site -- http://www.ucgsingles.org.
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