Warner Press, Inc., introduces God’s Campground, a five-session resource for teaching children about giving God our best. Written by Tina Houser, minister of children at First Church of God in Kokomo, Indiana, this series of sessions teaches children to be good stewards of daily decisions, natural resources, time, money, and personal skills.

Lake Wales, FL—U.S. News and World Report’s America’s Best Colleges for 2009 has once again recognized Warner Southern College as leader in the south region. The college is ranked 5th in the Ethnic Diversity of its student population. Warner Southern, a Tier 3 institution, has also consistently been recognized for its low student to faculty ratio, which is 16:1. The ranking is found in the category of Baccalaureate Colleges in the South.

The rankings, available in the September issue of the magazine and on-line at http://www.usnews.com/sections/rankings/  offer an opportunity for parents and potential students to compare the nation’s colleges and universities on the basis of various statistics such as SAT scores, class size, retention, acceptance rates, alumni contribution rates, and other such information that is important in determining an institution of choice. Factors that are considered in determining rankings include peer assessment, retention, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and graduation rate.

Praise God! Eight years after the first Church of God presence in South Vietnam, the fast-growing church has now reached out to the north, to Hanoi. The phrase “God works in mysterious ways” holds true. God has not just brought two people together through an arranged marriage but also North and South Vietnam.

K.T. Tan, one of the early members of our Singapore congregation, was introduced to a northern Vietnamese lady named Thi Loan through an online marriage agency. They were married early this year and in April went with Singapore’s founding pastor and missionary Neville Tan and his wife Anne to Saigon to the wedding of a South Vietnamese pastor’s son. K. T. had also invited his wife’s parents to come to Saigon to meet the South Vietnamese pastors. Within six days of their meeting, Thi Loan and her parents had received the Lord and were immediately discipled and baptized at the end of the week.

Wounded Knee, SD—A new family life center was dedicated on Sunday, August 24, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The new facility, located on the Church of God grounds, will provide a gathering place for ministry, community events, and other services for the Wounded Knee community.

“Nothing new has been built in the community for the last several years,” said Stanley Hollow Horn, pastor of the Wounded Knee Church of God. “Our center is something new that can help meet the needs of our people while reaching them for Christ.”

ViewPoint continues the rich legacy of CBH English broadcasting—a legacy spanning more than sixty years—with a new expanded on-air team. Each week it is heard on radio stations and the Internet, literally around the globe. We are in touch with listeners everyday via e-mail and phone. A twenty-four-hour line in North America answers calls from our ViewPoint audience.  A phone bank in London receives calls from our listeners in Europe and the Caribbean. Every day, the conversation, the sowing, the giving hope, and the reaping continues.

By Victor Lee

He was fed up. Over it. Had seen enough of the big leagues. The boozing. The carousing. The lives centered on self. He was, frankly, pretty disgusted. Not that all Major League Baseball players were or are that way, but he saw the gravitational pull to self-fulfillment, and it moved him the opposite direction. So he retired. Walked away. Bowie Kuhn, then baseball’s commissioner, wrote him a letter to ask him if he was sure that’s what he wanted to do. After all, he was only 21 years old.

Colorado Springs—The Church of God Colorado Conference, lead by State Minister Larry Taylor, recently hosted a ThinkNEXT church revitalization conference at the Vista Grande Church of God in Colorado Springs, Colorado. These regional conferences are being hosted by state associations as part of their ongoing partnership with Church of God Ministries and their desire to bring health and growth to Church of God congregations across the country.

Listen to an interview with Marcos Kurrle as he describes how he came to be involved in an exciting Youth ministry in Paraguay.  Click here to play audio.

By Wes Helbling

Bastrop, La. - Dennis Irby of Bastrop has joined an annual mission team to the South American country of Peru for eight years and counting. This year’s journey, from which he and two other members of the First Church of God in Bastrop recently returned, held a special surprise.