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The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has ordered all persons asserting claims related to the sinking of the S.S. El Faro to file their respective claims with that court by December 21, 2015. Failure to comply with the strict deadline may result in a claim being defaulted or barred.

A group of Ministers ordained by the Universal Life Church World Headquarters, it was announced on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ through the Universal Life Church Newsletter and Bulletin donated $1,000.00 of their own money to relief efforts in the Philippines. These ten Ministers include:

After nearly twenty (20) years on the internet, the Universal Life Church World Headquarters has opted to switch web hosts and have relocated their famous Official Universal Life Church Online Store to a new location, located at: www.ulcwebstore.com

Like snowflakes, no two human beings are exactly the same. Logic would follow that not every person learns in the same manner. Traditional school systems do not necessarily account for this variation in learning styles and pace. Because of individual needs and desires, students are leaving the cookie-cutter school systems for a renovated version of education. Franklin Virtual High School creates a system that allows for flexibility but still maintains a high level of education.

Pastors Unlimited of Milwaukee, Wisconsin recently announced that on April 6th, 2014 they plan to honor at the First Annual Gala Awards Banquet, the selected honoree, Reverend Dr. Alice L. Belcher OSM,an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church World Headquarters. Dr. Belcher was selected for her outstanding contributions within the Milwaukee community in general and for her passion and efforts in domestic and sexual assault prevention.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters recently announced to its ministers and to those seeking to get married in Texas recent changes to Texas law regarding officiating weddings within Texas. With respect to ordained ministers, the state of Texas now requires officiants to be Faith Based ordained, in other words ordained Christian ministers, priests or Jewish rabbis. This eliminates many of these online ordinations, including other Universal Life Churches that just ordain anybody and not within the Christian or Jewish faith. Just because a County Clerk may let one of these officiants ordained by a non faith based church slip through this does not necessarily mean the marriage is valid. If the marriage is performed by a non Faith Based Minister, the marriage can be annulled.

As awareness of the importance of the preservation of the environment continues to grow the Universal Life Church World Headquarters home office went 100% "GREEN" benefiting the public, the occupants, the natural environment and the beautiful world created by God. Some of the the great features include:

In response to the Purdue University shooting, January 21st, 2014 the Universal Life Church, World Headquarters, Inc., a non-denominational world-wide Religious Organization based out of Florida, within hours of the shooting, mobilized a team led by the Most Reverend Bishop David Stembaugh.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters of Florida announced on Facebook Sunday it was joining together with other Christian Churches to support "Week of Prayer For Christian Unity." This Week of Prayer For Christian Unity has been a tradition within the Christian Faith since January of 1908. Christians celebrate the week of prayer from January 18th through January 25th.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters through their sister organization, Universal Life Church Christian Academy and Seminary offer earned degrees in Pastoral Care, Divinity, Biblical Studies and Theology. These courses are taught by Professors of Accredited Universities; Dr. Bart Erhman from the University of North Carolina and Princeton Theological Society, Dr. Amy Levine, Vanderbilt and Duke University, Dr. Phillip Cary of Eastern University and Yale University and Dr. William R. Cook of New York State and Cornell University.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters of Boca Raton, Florida recently introduced its "ULC Leaders For Life" program. Members thereof to be included within the Board of Bishops, expectations of each as follows; a Pastor of their own Church, a host on the Universal Life Church Radio Network and Leadership within their local community.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters of Boca Raton, Florida recently made headlines in the National Enquirer in an article entitled: "Is it true what they're saying about Stevie Nicks?" According to the article "After Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks spent years denying she was a witch, she’s NOW a card-carrying minister!" The Reverend Michael J. Cauley, OSM, (Brother Michael), President and Presiding Bishop of the Universal Life Church World Headquarters confirmed the same on Facebook.

Reverend Daniel Brooks "Bodhi" Chapin, an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church World Headquarters of Boca Raton, Florida has released his latest video in a series of videos and publications focused on his life calling of within Youth Ministry. In addition to his twenty plus year affiliation with the Universal Life Church and youth ministry, Chapin is extremely active with providing marriage counseling and wedding officiant services.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters has announced the release of eighteen (18) different gifts for newly ordained Universal Life Church Ministers. The Universal Life Church offers these exquisite, one of kind gifts to individuals specially chosen by God who have chosen a vocation available only to a select few.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters of Florida announced the release of their 2014 Vision Vocation Discernment Guides. This 170+ page publication is available absolutely FREE upon request, a small donation to offset postage and handling is requested. The Universal Life Church requests you send only what you can afford. Vision Vocation Guide's are a publication of the National Religious Vocation Conference. Vision is the world's most famous Vocation Discernment Guide.

Reverend Courtney Fields Guiterrez is an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church World Headquarters of Florida. Reverend Courtney operates Save-A-Life Ministries based in Nixa, Missouri. Save-A-Life Ministries focuses their attention on helping unwed teenage pregnant girls, which includes one four unit facility that accommodates up to four Mom's and one child, with a second four unit facility coming soon. Reverend Courtney focuses her ministry on being a voice for women of ages, but has a keen interest with teen girls and helping them when others won't or abandon them.

Houston, Texas resident and minister Reverend Terry Duhon, OSM, ordained through the Universal Life Church World Headquarters based in Florida was recently certified as a "Charitable Food Service Manager" by the City of Houston, Department of Health and Human Services and the Consumer Health Services Bureau.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters has been busy over the holidays, after many years of staying status quo the ULC unveiled a new website. One of their biggest objectives was to reflect their overall mission statement and how much more than just an ordination assembly line they are.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters, yesterday via Facebook, Google+ and Twitter issued a statement wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. The President and Presiding Bishop, Reverend Michael J. Cauley, OSM stated as follows: "Merry Christmas and Happy New Years from the Universal Life Church World Headquarters" and in addition released the Universal Life Church Newsletter and Bulletin From Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 which was more of an extended online Christmas Card including videos and pictures of Christmas being celebrated around the world.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters, yesterday sent birthday greetings to Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 17th 1936. Appointed Supreme Pontiff on March 13th, 2013 by the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals this was the Pope's 1st birthday as Pope Francis.

The Universal Life Church name was coined in 107 AD by St Ignatius of Antioch. St. Ignatius used the Greek World Katholikos when talking about the Life of Jesus and the Church. Katholikos is a Greek adjective meaning Universal in English today. The Roman Catholic Church corroborates such, and is why they still refer to themselves as the Universal Church or the Universal Life of Christ today. The US Patent and trademark office also corroborates these findings. Universal Life or Universal or Universal Life Church are very much revered within the Christian community and it all became to be with St Ignatius of Antioch, a converted pagan to Christianity, who rather than renounce his belief in Jesus Christ, he was put to death at the mercy of lions on display for all to see. St Ignatius of Antioch was not only a martyr for Christ, he was also considered the founder of the Universal Life Church name.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters announced that Canadian ULC faith based ordained ministers can now perform as a wedding officiant in Canada. In addition to ordination individuals must adhere to Canadian wedding laws pertaining to officiating weddings.

Ordination and the availability of ministers of the Universal Life Church to perform wedding ceremonies has come under fire and has been questioned by many wedding authorities and governing offices throughout the United States. In states such as Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, California, Florida, New York, Arkansas, North Carolina and others, ULC Ministers have been unable to perform ceremonies. Furthermore even when a ULC Minister has slipped through the cracks and performed a ceremony, the ceremony has been annulled or faces potential annulment by the Court. The reason for the most part has been because the only Universal Life Church that offers legal faith based ordination within a specific doctrine of faith is the Universal Life Church World Headquarters of Florida. Han Hills an expert in North and South Carolina released an article and issued the following statement via his website:

Upon hearing about the passing of Nelson Mandella, the Universal Life Church World Headquarters immediately went to work on a five part tribute to Nelson Mandella. This world tribute was broadcast live on the Universal Life Church Radio Network early Friday morning, December 6th, 2013. The Universal Life Church Radio Network is heard throughout the world on iHeartRadio, the 3rd largest internet/satellite provider behind Pandora and SiriusXM radio with a subscriber base of twenty million plus.

In recent months government officials within Franklin County Florida have come under fire for racism and other improprieties. Franklin County is located on Florida's Forgotten Coast, located about half way between Florida's capital, Tallahassee and Panama City on the Gulf Coast. .

Save-A-Life Ministries of Nixa, Missouri, with the Most Reverend Courtney Gutierrez, a Bishop with and ordained by the Universal Life Church World Headquarters who serves as Provincial of Save-A-Life Ministries, has opted to host a weekly show starting in January 2014 on the Universal Life Church Radio Network. The show will broadcast live and according to the home page of the show it states as follows: "8:PM EST Save-A-Life Ministries' Wednesday Outreach Radio - "Learning to let God be the problem solver for all of women's issues and crisis."

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters recently announced appointment of seven individuals to their prestigious "Board of Bishops." The Board of Bishops is a governing body similar to what the Roman Catholic Church refers to as its "College of Cardinals" or what other churches refer to as its "Board of Elders." Inclusion within the Board of Bishops requires members thereof to meet certain guidelines. Board of Bishop membership requires of its member that they have reached the level of Bishop, have their own Congregation, are hosting a weekly show or service on the Universal Life Church Radio Network and are active leaders within their community and/or geographical area.