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Urantia Foundation's News OnlineDecisions1. Finnish Urantia Books:Book sales havesignificantly slowed inFinland, and there is aperceived need to attractyounger people. TheBoard approved theprinting of a soft coverFinnish book with a newcover to help increasesales.2. New Leather Books inEnglish:The Board approved thecreation of a new leatherbook that will be boundwith durable blue andwhite book covers. Thesegift books will be availablefor Christmas.3. Use of Social Media:Urantia Foundation has along standing policy thatmembers of the ExpandedBoard not post on internetdiscussion boards. TheBoard adopted aresolution that membersmay participate indiscussions about TheUrantia Book on theFoundation’s Facebookpage as well as their ownsocial network sites.Page 44. New Social Media Roundtableat 533 W Diversey Parkway:With the global growth of socialmedia, the Board approvedconvening a Social MediaRoundtable at 533 W DiverseyParkway in Chicago. The invitedparticipants will be social mediaexperts within the Urantia Bookreading community. Thismeeting will take place in 2012.5. History of the Revelation:Decades ago EmmaChristensen, an “adopted”daughter to Dr. Sadler, began ahistory of The Urantia Bookwhich has not been completed.Urantia Foundation is workingwith historian, Dr Sioux Oliva, tofacilitate the production of ahistory of The Urantia Book fromthe early 1900s to the time ofits publication in 1955. Othermembers of the EducationCommittee are contributing tothis history project.6. Broadening UrantiaFoundation’s Planning Team:Because so much of the work ofUrantia Foundation isaccomplished throughcommittees, the board decidedto broaden the planning processto include individuals beyondthe Expanded Board. TheJanuary planning meeting willEmma Christenseninclude former expanded boardmembers, Urantia Foundationstaff, and committee members.Our hope is to enlarge thecircle of wisdom and create abroader shared vision.My CommentsIn a mere 56 years, the UrantiaRevelation has spread from asmall handful of believers inChicago to readers throughoutthe world. Revelatory light nowglimmers in virtually everycontinent on this planet. Wehave come a long way fromselling three books in 1957 tohaving 710,000 physical booksin print.The team at UrantiaFoundation deeply appreciatesyour continued support. Thanksto your generous donations ofprayers, love, time, and money,the work at Urantia Foundationmoves forward. May we allwork together to serve thiswonderful Revelation destinedto bring a new age of love andgoodness to our world.The team at Urantia Foundation deeply appreciates your continuedsupport. Thanks to your generous donations of prayers, love, time,and money, the work at Urantia Foundation moves forward. May weall work together to serve this wonderful Revelation destined tobring a new age of love and goodness to our world.

P age 5Urantia Foundation's News OnlineU R A N T I A B O O K R E A D E R S S T U DY T O G E T H E RTHIS SUMMERBy Marilynn Kulieke, Secretary, UrantiaFoundation, Lincolnshire, Illinois, USAWhat a great summer for studying TheUrantia Book! In mid-July, UrantiaAssociation International sponsored aLeadership Symposium in Techny,Illinois. At the end of July, The UrantiaBook Fellowship held their internationalconference in Salt Lake City, Utah.The theme of the LeadershipSymposium was “Building Community―One Study Group at a Time." The fourday conference included morningplenaries, large group presentations,and afternoon workshops where thesame group members worked togetherfor the entire conference. Pato Bantonperformed on Thursday evening, and amusical concert was given by RobertSolone and Cristina Seaborn onSaturday evening. The conferenceconcluded with a moving worship timefeaturing music, singing, and thereading of one of Jesus’ sermons fromThe Urantia Book.Urantia Foundation hosted two eveningtours during the LeadershipSymposium. Participants had theopportunity to visit with the Trusteesand to learn about 533 W DiverseyParkway in Chicago, whichhas been home to UrantiaFoundation for more than fifty years.The theme of The Urantia BookFellowship’s conference was, “TheRevelation in Action.” A morningplenary with music, worship, andinspirational speakers started eachday with the exception of Fridaywhich was a free day. A variety ofafternoon workshops were providedfor participants. Saturday night’sdinner was an outside barbequepicnic with comedy and music. Someattendees dressed as their favoriteUrantia Book characters.A panel discussion entitled, “TheUrantia Leadership Speaks with Usabout Their Work Together,” wasfacilitated by Bob Arkens fromClintonville, Wisconsin. Members ofThe Urantia Book Fellowship, UrantiaAssociation International, and UrantiaFoundation had an opportunity toshare their work, to speak withparticipants, to answer questions,and to seek new ways to worktogether in the future.Overall, it was a great summer forstudy and furthering the UrantiaRevelation throughout the world.

P age 6Urantia Foundation's News OnlineT R A I N I N G TE AC H E R S / F AC I L I TAT O R S F O R T H E U R AN T I ABOOK INTERNET SCHOOLWeek 2) the process ofdeveloping a course withappropriate and meaningfulquestions;Week 3) UBIS procedures forstudents and teachersincluding problem solvingtechniques; andBy Marta Elders, AssociateTrustee, Darien,Connecticut, USAThis past June ten previousstudents from the UrantiaBook Internet School (UBIS)had the pleasure andchallenge of taking theTeacher/Facilitator trainingsession for UBIS courses ledby Dorothy Elder.The four week periodfocused on:Week 1) qualities of aneffective teacher;Week 4) the proceduralprocess working with theUBIS system, course reviewcommittee (CRC), teacher/facilitator requirements, andany additional thoughts thatarose throughout the process.During the first week of thetraining Dorothy wiselyencouraged us to consider ourown experiences over the yearsand reflect on the teacherswho have been most influentialin our lives. What were thequalities we deemed mostimportant and/or essential? Byhaving each of us look to ourown experiences, we movedinto the “of” rather than the“about” sense of teaching. Wethen reflected on the abilities/qualities needed to be asuccessful UBIS teacher/facilitator and what skills areneeded to engage in internetteaching. This experiencereinforced our own wisdomand allowed us to focus on“discovery” rather than“interpretation” which is thehallmark of the UBIS project.Our second week assignmentwas to design a course, stateits purpose, write an intro forthe first paper/section to bestudied, and offer threequestions. Courses wereeither topical or thematic,and many of us commentedthat we would love to attendthe courses that were beingput forward by others. Duringthis period we consideredeach question using Bloom’staxonomy—knowledge,comprehension, application,analysis, synthesis, andevaluation. Using thisclassification as well asconsidering questions interms of fact, meaning, andvalue, gave us more clarityand understanding oflearning.we looked more closely at theexpectations for students anddiscussed different ways tosupport their learning andinvolvement. We alsodiscussed how to accomplishthis in the UBIS format. Wepondered ways to respectfullyinteract with students whilemaintaining structure andopenness to all while focusingon The Urantia Book and itsteachings. This led to an inquiryapproach as to how to solveproblems as they arise during acourse.In the course’s final week welearned more about theteacher/facilitatorrequirements, procedure forcourse preparation, and theavailable UBIS support andmentoring system. Dorothymodeled the teaching/facilitating style that has beenshown to be successful. Itbecame quite clear that whilewe don’t “teach” truth, we canlive truth in such a way that it isperceptible to others.As we began the third weekP L A N N E D G I V I N G T O U R A N T I A F O U N DAT I O NBy Gard Jameson,Treasurer, UrantiaFoundation, Boulder City,Nevada, USAUrantia Foundation’s legacyhas been, is, and will be topreserve inviolate the text ofThe Urantia Book. With its newStandard Reference Text thatwas created in collaborationwith The Urantia BookFellowship, we have createdan elegant quality of textualintegrity in perpetuity. UrantiaFoundation is endeavoring todo all in its power to carry outits sacred trust and mission toseed The Urantia Book and itsteachings throughout theworld.The Urantia Book InternetSchool is breaking new groundin providing quality educationin English, and soon, Spanishand Portuguese will follow.There will continue to beeducational forums hosted at533 W Diversey Parkway topromote in-depthunderstanding andappreciation of the teachingsof The Urantia Book.Part of the charge of theTrustees is to make sure thatits trust is financially stable.To that end, the Trusteeshave initiated a programdesigned to invite plannedgifts by those who share thevision of seeding the FifthEpochal Revelationthroughout the world. AsRalph Zehr, a longtimereader, asks, “What greatergift and opportunity do wehave?”Planned gifts represent theresponsible distribution ofsignificant wealth duringone’s life or at the time of ourpassing onto the MansionWorlds. Significant wealth isany amount over 1,000.Planned gifts can beincorporated into one’s will ortrust very simply by usingproper language. There are avariety of trust formats thatcan provide ongoing financialsupport for the donor whileproviding a significant gift atone’s passing. Urantia

P age 7Urantia Foundation's News OnlineFoundation has availablesome helpful informationand guidance for makingplanned gifts. To receiveinformation on plannedgiving, please contact JayPeregrine at 1-773-525-3319, orurantia@urantia.org.REPORTWe encourage you to considera planned gift to benefit thespreading of the Fifth EpochalRevelation. Each and everyTrustee of Urantia Foundationthanks you for yourconsideration of such a gift.FROM THEBy Michelle Klimesh,Pipeline of LightCoordinator, Danville,California, USAThis summer the Pipeline ofLight reached a milestone.In the eight years since itsinception, a total of threethousand copies of TheUrantia Book have beenplaced with readers aroundthe world. The Pipeline ofLight is a service of TheUrantia Book Fellowship.Our efforts, however, aretruly cooperative with thebulk of books we ship outeach year being translationspublished by UrantiaFoundation. The Spanishtranslation, El libro deUrantia, is our most highlyrequested book.Readers from the following71 countries have receivedThe Urantia Book from ChechnyaChileChinaColombiaCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCyprusDominican Rep.EcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEnglandFijiThrough our work with theExpanded Board of Trustees,with wise representation fromall parts of the planet, weseek to be worthy stewards ofthis revelation. We greatlyappreciate your input andyour assistance. May palNicaraguaNigeriaPakistanPalestineOFgeneration be the one tosecure the long-term financialstability of this EpochalRevelation as we bring it tothe peoples of ourbeleaguered planet! Mayeach of us find a way to be ablessing through the UrantiaLIGHT 2003-2011Sandra Cabezas’s Study Group in Ecuador Received Six SpanishUrantia Books from the uth AfricaSouth KoreaSouth VietnamSpainSwitzerlandTaiwanTogoTurkeyI deeply appreciate the continuing efforts of the Pipelinevolunteers and the continuing donations from readers who makeour work possible. If you would like to support this outreach effort,contact us at eline-of-Light/Categories.bok

P age 8Urantia Foundation's News OnlineA R E A D E R ’ S E X P E R I E N C E S TAY I N G AT 5 33W D I V E R S E Y P A R K WAYBy “CT”, Dresden, GermanyHow would you imagine avisit to a place of "livinghistory?" Did you ever thinksomething like "if wallscould talk?" It would be tooeasy to say that the buildingat 533 W Diversey Parkwayis such a place. And whilethe Urantia Revelation livesin the hearts of men andwomen, and a physicalplace cannot be an innerhome like the place wherethe spirit meets ourpersonal minds, still, thereis something about thisbuilding.What place on earth couldhave a comparable meaningto us, like the Isle ofParadise has for all theenergy of the masteruniverse? While theRevelators hoped for us tobe “inside” the book, toshare our inner life withGod, still, in some way, thisformer house of the Sadlerfamily has given birth to away of life.I have been reading TheUrantia Book for about tenyears, and I never reallythought of the Foundationexisting somewhere otherthan in my mind. However,oneevening during the UAIconference this past July, Itook a bus ride from thatplace in my mind to thebeautiful art nouveau building at 533 W Diversey Parkway in Chicago. Imagine theflair of thesituation I foundmyself in; meeting Urantiansfrom 24 countries and learningof their personal lifeapproaches and their uniqueways of dedication to what theysee and do. The air of inspiration, the nights of exchangeinstead of sleep, the days ofspirit-learning instead of thenormal routine; this was a real“Whoopee” for me.Now try to imagine what Iexperienced when I entered theopen house of UrantiaFoundation. The Trustees werepresent. The building wasslowly radiating out feelings ofcalmness and welcoming. Thelight from the walls reflectedwarmth from the wood and theitems of the interior. How couldone not enjoy this time and thisplace as an encapsulation ofwhat has been accomplisheduntil here and now?On the second floor, people sataround the conference table.Little groups gathered on thebalcony enjoying some skyabove their heads along withconversation, people met in thekitchen, had conversations inthe corridor, everywhere. Meanwhile, Tamara Strumfeld andMike Wood were showing usthe staff’s offices and the visiting room on the first floor.The Urantia Book was on atable in the entrance hall. Carefully framed in light from theright and left, it was the centerof the building and the mirrorof life within it. In some way, it533 Conference Roomwould be the first and the lastthing you would see whenreturning to or leaving UrantiaFoundation.Dr. Sadler's woodenbookcases were beautiful andwell-tended with hardcoverand leather-bound books. Hisdesk, seeming not quite somodern through the eyes oftoday, allowed us to imaginewhat it would have been likein the early 1900s.After Techny, I spent an entireweek at Urantia Foundationbefore traveling to Salt LakeCity to attend The UrantiaBookFellowship’sconference. During my stay, Iobserved the staff at workand caught a glimpse of themperforming the multiple tasksrequired to run such a uniquefoundation. I also visited thebasement and saw all of thebooks in storage. Manyinteresting rooms hadcopies of books in amultitude oflanguages.The study group onTuesday evening had aneat vanguard of skillful cooks who prepareda welcoming dish forall the attendees. Manyguests from the TechnyConference were present. An elegant con-ference table, shaped like anellipsoid, with comfortable conference chairs is in the sameroom that the original Forumheld its gatherings. It offers anideal place for such meetings.Guests stay on the second floorof the Foundation, whichseems built to host any groupor individual. Mike Woodcontributed so much to ourexperience that we felt athome. He took us around town,showed us theevening silhouette of Chicago, and had us as guests at thePiano Bar in Maggianos.Jacob Dix, also spending theweek at Urantia Foundation,gifted me with the understanding that the work of receivingthis revelation was hard. Ifwe dive into the lives of thosewho came before us and howthey produced the earth coun-Mike Wood

P age 9Urantia Foundation's News Onlineexperienced during my stay atUrantia Foundation. But evenmore, I hope that my ownlife's moving and static centers are not in any way excluded from the daily presence ofspirit. I am grateful for thisbeautiful time.terpart of our heavenlyrevelation, we can appreciate what we have.There were also lessonslearned. Bettina, the daughter of Tamara, taught methat American frogs make"Ribbit." I was perplexedbecause German frogsmake "Quaak." There is lifein 533 W Diversey Parkway,and it feels beautiful.Bettina StrumfeldI hope to deepen many of thecontacts and feelings I haveC O M M E N T S F RO M R E A D E R SWhat The Urantia BookMeans to MeIn the first 55 years of myeternal life, I haveexperienced many “gamechanging,” life-impactingevents: first physical lifeawareness, first moraldecision, first day of school,first Little League home run,turning 13, finally winning afight with my big brother,Daryl, being Toledo MudHen’s batboy, thegraduation of loved ones,first love, first kiss, loss ofinnocence, Secretariatturning for home, beingcaptain of my high schoolbaseball team, giving my lifeto God, true appreciation ofmy family, moving awayfrom home, first day on areal job, living on the beach,making new friends, familyhealth realities, movingback home, my mother’son-going smile, graduationof friends, marriage (finally),and my mother andbrother’s guiding light―justto name a few. AndGoddwellswithinme.although I did not realize it atthe time, 35 years ago, themost life-changing event of allwas the day I found TheUrantia Book, or perhaps itfound me―I’m not sure which.The Urantia Book has taughtme everything I really need toknow. It has revealed to me thedeepest truths and mysteriesof life and introduced me to somany wonderful fellow UrantiaBook readers. It has madeultimate sense of the past,present, and eternal destiny ofmankind. It is my spiritual-lifeguidebook and source for allthings eternally significant. Ithas taught me the beautifulattributes of a great life andthe values of being good,reasonable, wise, faithful,merciful, tolerant, truthful,trustful, trusting, appreciative,courageous, hopeful, patient,sympathetic, loyal, unselfish,humble, sincere, adventurous,curious, fearless, kind, fair,just, serving of others, loving ofwork, humorous, cheerful,zealous, enthusiastic, positive,calm, peaceful, righteous,ego-free, low in pride, prayerful,and worshipful―just to name afew.What a blessing and privilege ithas been to live most of thisfirst life knowing just a few ofthe amazing absolute truthsthat Michael knew when helived his life here on earth asJesus. How great it has beenthat The Urantia Book hasmade me aware of thefragment of God that liveswithin me and that I can havea personal relationship withGod through this divine gift that God dwells within meand leads me Godward, everystep of the way, and bychoosing to cooperate withGod and do his will, lifecontinues after physicaldeath.I am forever grateful that TheUrantia Book has taught mehow to prepare for theeternity

Urantia Foundation’s physical book sales for the first quarter of 2011 were slightly up. North American book stores continue to struggle with internet sales and digital book competition. Downloads of The Urantia Book are increasing at a dramatic rate so the goal will be reached, but t