January 5, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] completes a website redesign with a fixed width display and a background graphic for its Gute Nachrichten [German "Good News"] website.

January 10, 2010: For the year 2009 the Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] distributed a total of 51,990 publications in the German language. The booklets requested most often were "Nach dem Tode – was dann?" ["What happens after death?], "Jesus Christus: Die wahre Geschichte" ["Jesus Christ: The true story"] and the reprint "Die apokalyptischen Reiter" ["The four horsemen of the apocalypse"].

January 15, 2010: The January-February issue of the "Gute Nachrichten" magazine is mailed to 6722 readers in 20 European countries. This is another new record high for "Gute Nachrichten" circulation, representing a 1.6 percent increase over the last issue and a 21.8 percent increase over the January-February 2009 issue. The circulation goal for 2010 is 7000 subscribers by the end of the year.

January 24, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] completes work on its pianist's hymnal. The hymnal for accompanyists has 65 transposed hymns, eliminating or reducing sharps and flats in the key signature. The hymnal will be used in church services conducted by the Vereinte Kirche Gottes.

February 8, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] reprints the booklet "Das Leben meistern" ["Making Life Work"], making it the 12th German-language booklet to be reprinted. Since January 2001, the Vereinte Kirche Gottes has invested over $300,000 in printing costs for preaching the true gospel in the German language.

February 20, 2010: At a church service today in Maarn, the Netherlands, UCOG President Paul Kieffer ordained Marcos Rosales as an elder in the United Church of God-Holland. Read more »

March 2, 2010: Following a visit by UCOG President Paul Kieffer with "Gute Nachrichten" readers in Plauen in the former East Germany, the Vereinte Kirche Gottes announces that the first church service in Zwickau, Germany since 1995 will be held on March 30, 2010. Take a look at the schedule prepared for the special service.

March 15, 2010: The March-April issue of the "Gute Nachrichten" magazine is mailed to 7047 readers in 20 European countries. This is another new record high for "Gute Nachrichten" circulation, representing a 4.8 percent increase over the last issue and a 18.9 percent increase over the March-April 2009 issue. The circulation goal of 7000 subscribers by the end of the year has already been achieved.

March 25, 2010: United Christian Outreach Germany announces a special fundraiser to provide $1000 as festival assistance for Mnazakan Poghossjan to attend this year's Feast of Tabernacles in Schluchsee, Germany. Mr. Poghassjan is the only member of the church in Armenia.

April 6, 2010: Statistics for the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the German-language region have been finalized. 103 people met at five locations to keep the Passover. On the first day of Unleavened Bread, 134 people attended services in five locations: Dormagen (47), Moosdorf in Austria (15), Schriesheim (24), Winterthur in Switzerland (36) and Zwickau. The offering was 7593 €, which was 20.9% less than last year's offering. On the last day of Unleavened Bread, 132 people attended services in five locations: Dormagen (40), Hamburg (14), Munich (13), Schriesheim (25) and Winterthur in Switzerland (40). The offering (6886 €) was 22.1% less than in 2009.

April 13, 2010: Eight youth from Germany will attend this year's summer camp hosted by the United Church of God in the United Kingdom. The venue for the camp will be "The Peak Centre" in Edale, Derbyshire, between July 30th and August 8th. Campers will fly from Düsseldorf to Manchester and from there by train to the Peak Centre.

April 20, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes [UCG-Germany] announces its guest speaker for this year's Feast of Tabernacles in Schluchsee, Germany: Mr. Gary Antion. Mr. Antion is a long-time minister in God's church and currently serves as an instructor at the Ambassador Bible Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is known to members in the German-language region from his feast visit in 2004. Mr. Antion is scheduled to give two sermons and conduct a Bible study during the feast.

April 27, 2010: United Christian Outreach Germany's special fundraiser to provide $1000 as festival assistance for Mnazakan Poghossjan to attend this year's Feast of Tabernacles in Schluchsee, Germany has reached 30 percent of its goal.

May 1, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes [UCG-Germany] offered a webcast of a church service for the first time today. The webcast of today's church service in the Darmstadt congregation was announced earlier this week to members. UCOG President Paul Kieffer gave today's main sermon. Members from three other congregations and a couple from South Africa were online to hear the service.

May 7, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes [UCG-Germany] has implemented an "exit survey" for "Gute Nachrichten" subscribers who cancel their subscription. Readers are asked about their reason for canceling. Suggested answers include lack of time, no interest, disagreement with viewpoints, etc. The survey will run for six months. The initial response rate is over 50 percent.

May 14, 2010: The May-June issue of the "Gute Nachrichten" magazine is mailed to 7121 readers in 20 European countries. This is another new record high for "Gute Nachrichten" circulation, representing a one percent increase over the last issue and a 16.6 percent increase over the May-June 2009 issue. The circulation goal of 7000 subscribers by the end of the year has already been achieved.

May 24, 2010: Statistics for the Feast of Pentecost have been finalized. 170 people met in seven locations in the German-language region: Berlin (7), Dormagen (62), Hamburg (14), Munich (15), Schriesheim (30), Winterthur in Switzerland (32) and Zwickau (10). The offering in the German-language region was 10,894 €, a 7.3 percent increase over last year's record offering. The offering for the 3 spring Holy Days (Unleavened Bread, Pentecost) was 11.3 percent less than last year.

June 1, 2010: United Christian Outreach Germany's fundraiser to provide $1000 for airfare and visa expenses for United Church of God member Mnazakan Poghossjan to attend this year's Feast of Tabernacles in Schluchsee, Germany is now fully funded. Mr. Poghassjan speaks fluent German and is the only member of the United Church of God in Armenia. He is currently unemployed. Without additional financial assistance, he would not be able to attend the Feast.

June 7, 2010: The German postal service will impose VAT (value added tax) on its magazine and book mailing rates effective July 1, 2010. Previously these services were exempt from VAT, currently at 19 percent. At current subscription levels, the VAT charge will result in additional mailing expense of approximately 4000 € annually.

June 14, 2010: In November 2005 the Vereinte Kirche Gottes [UCG-Germany] started its internet advertizing campaign using Google and Yahoo keywords. Since then, 6157 new subscribers have been added to the "Gute Nachrichten" mailing list at a cost of 2 € per response. Since November 2005, "impressions" (ads) for "Gute Nachrichten" were shown 91,331,616 times, bringing 373,148 extra visitors to the "Gute Nachrichten" website. The Google campaign includes all available German booklets and the Bible Study Course.

June 21, 2010: An official review of the Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] payroll accounting records for the years 2005-2008 by the "Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte", Germany's federal insurance agency for social security payments, results in unqualified approval. The required review takes place every four years. Although not a full examination of all accounting records, a review resulting in unqualified approval indicates that all salary and benefit payments were made accurately, completely and in full accordance with German law.

June 28, 2010: An accompanyment music CD in MP3 format with all 208 hymns in the new German hymnal has been completed. The production of the CD was delayed until the 17 extra hymns in the German hymnal could be recorded. The new hymnal CD will be distributed to all members in the German-language area.

July 5, 2010: The July-August issue of the "Gute Nachrichten" magazine is mailed to 7174 readers in 20 European countries. This is another new record high for "Gute Nachrichten" circulation, representing a one percent increase over the last issue and a 14 percent increase over the July-August 2009 issue. The circulation goal of 7000 subscribers by the end of the year has already been achieved.

July 13, 2010: A promotional mailing for "Intern" [German "United News"] brings a 19 percent response and increases the circulation of "Intern" to 490 subscribers, about 8 percent of the "Gute Nachrichten" mailing list in Germany. 85 percent of "Intern" subscribers are currently not part of the Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"]. The number of "Intern" subscribers has increased by 16 percent since January.

July 20, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] opens a second bank account in Switzerland. A bank account denominated in euros was opened in 2006. A second account denominated in Swiss franks will be used for new deposits to protect against currency losses resulting from exchange rate fluctuations.

July 30, 2010: For the third consecutive year, teenagers from Germany and Switzerland travel to the United Kingdom to participate in the summer camp hosted by the United Church of God-British Isles. Because of a better flight schedule, the eight youth will be able to stay for the entire camp period, returning to Germany on August 8th.

August 4, 2010: UCOG President Paul Kieffer meets with United Church of God-Italy National Council chairman Carmelo Anastasi in Bergamo, Italy to discuss advertizing and print circulation ideas. The focal point of the discussions is the initiation of a virtual subscriber database for a weekly email newsletter.

August 14, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] implements a revised renewal program for its "Gute Nachrichten" subscribers. Effective immediately, subscribers who show interest by voluntarily communicating an address change or ordering supplemental literature during their initial subscription period will be renewed autormatically.

August 28, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] prints the booklet "Das Buch der Offenbarung verständlich erklärt" ["The Book of Revelation Unveiled"], making it the 21st booklet to be printed. UCOG contributed funds to help pay the cost of printing the new booklet. In addition to these 21 booklets, the Vereinte Kirche Gottes has also published the 12 lesson Bible Study Course in German.

September 4, 2010: "Drei Linden Filmprodution", a Berlin film studio specializing in documentaries on evolution, requests permission to distribute Mario Seiglie's "Gute Nachrichten" article Darwin's 10 mistakes in German for film premiere of "Darwin's Dilemma" in Berlin on September 11, 2010.

September 10, 2010: 134 people met at five locations in the German-language region for church services yesterday on the Feast of Trumpets. In Dormagen the attendance was 33 (this year there was no combined service with UCG-Holland). 24 people met in Schriesheim (near Heidelberg), and 43 were in attendance in Winterthur, Switzerland. In Munich the attendance was 16. 13 people attended the afternoon service in Hamburg and 8 people attended services in Zwickau.

September 15, 2010: The September-October issue of the "Gute Nachrichten" magazine is mailed to 7222 readers in 20 European countries. This is another new record high for "Gute Nachrichten" circulation, representing a one percent increase over the last issue and a 11 percent increase over the September-October 2009 issue. The circulation goal of 7000 subscribers by the end of the year has already been achieved.

September 21, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] publishes the seventh issue of its youth magazine "Wegweiser" ["Signpost" or "Directional Sign"]. "Wegweiser" is produced quarterly by a team of team of young adult volunteers who select articles from UCG publications and translate them into German. They also typeset "Wegweiser," which is distributed to youth in the German-language region.

September 30, 2010: 223 people from 15 countries meet in Schluchsee in the southern Black Forest to observe the biblical Feast of Tabernacles. Read more »

October 5, 2010: The offering statistics for the Feast of Tabernacles and Last Great Day in the German-language region have been finalized. The offering on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles was 12,176 €, 5.6 percent less than last year. The offering (13,262 €) on the Last Great Day was 8.0 percent higher in comparison to 2009. The total offering on the seven annual Holy Days in 2010 was 0.9 percent less than last year.

October 12, 2010: UCG-Germany releases a code of ethics for speakers assigned to speak at UCG-Germany church functions (worship services, youth Bible studies, etc.). The UCG-Germany National Council and Elders Assembly approved the new code of ethics, which will also apply for speakers assgned to speak at UCG-Holland church functions.

October 19, 2010: For the first time, this month's issue of "Intern" [German "United News"] is sent to more than 500 subscribers. Currently 501 people receive "Intern", about 8 percent of the "Gute Nachrichten" mailing list. 85 percent of "Intern" subscribers are currently not part of the Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"].

November 8, 2010: The November-December issue of the "Gute Nachrichten" magazine is mailed to 7418 readers in 20 European countries. This is another new record high for "Gute Nachrichten" circulation, representing a 2.7 percent increase over the last issue and a 12.2 percent increase over the November-December 2009 issue. The circulation goal of 7000 subscribers by the end of the year has already been achieved.

November 13, 2010: At its final meeting of the year, the UCG-Germany National Council approved the 2011 budget of 223,000 €. Income is projected to be 185,000 €, with the deficit being paid from cash reserves. The budget includes projected expenses to increase circulation of the "Gute Nachrichten" magazine to 8,000 subscribers, print two new booklets and reprint one booklet and the first four lessons of the Bible Study Course.

November 23, 2010: Typesetting has been completed for the new booklet "Gibt es wirklich den Teufel?" ["Is there really a devil?"]. A team of six volunteer proofreaders will now proofread the booklet, which is scheduled for printing in the spring of 2011.

December 2, 2010: In November the Vereinte Kirche Gottes [UCG-Germany] distributed more than 9000 pieces of literature in one month, setting a new monthy record.

December 12, 2010: A new direct direct mail offer for "Intern" [German "United News"] brings a 25% response rate. "Gute Nachrichten" subscribers who have been on file for four years are offered "Intern" in regular intervals.

December 18, 2010: Typesetting has been completed for the new booklet "Hebt der Neue Bund Gottes Gesetz auf?" ["The New Covenant: Does It Abolish God's Law?"]. A team of six volunteer proofreaders will now proofread the booklet. Because of cost considerations, the booklet will be published as a study paper and made available online in PDF format.

December 27, 2010: Editing has begun on lesson 1 of the German Bible Study Course, "Ist die Bibel heute noch aktuell?" ["Is the Bible still relevant today?"]. The first four lessons of the course have to be reprinted in the spring, and lesson 1 was specially written to appeal to readers in the German language region. Follow-up news items from the UN Millennium summit and various statistics now have to be updated for reprinting. Read more »

December 31, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes [UCG-Germany] spent $36,800 on printing costs for public proclamation in 2010, bringing the total for the decade ending in 2010 to $321,000. These printing costs were paid with local funds without any subsidy for public proclamation from the United Church of God in Cincinnati, Ohio.