{"id":343812,"date":"2024-11-12T15:04:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=343812"},"modified":"2024-11-12T15:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:04:49","slug":"ski-resort-closes-due-to-lack-of-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/ski-resort-closes-due-to-lack-of-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Ski Resort Closes Due to Lack of Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Another ski resort in the Alps will close permanently due to the lack of snow and the economic losses. That&#8217;s what the inhabitants of Seyne-les-Alpes, in southeastern France, decided last Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Understand Better<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Climate change has weakened the city-run Le Grand Puy ski resort. It <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is made up of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 24 kilometers of tracks located between 1,370 meters and 1,800 meters of altitude. Due to the lack of snow, the station accumulated hundreds of thousands of euros in annual losses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Furthermore, this isn&#8217;t the only ski resort in this range that could close. On Sunday, the Matheysine community of municipalities also agreed to end subsidies to the Alpe du Grand Serre station, which will close after 85 years of existence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But these cases are not <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">something<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> new: since the 1970s, more than 180 stations have been closed, most of them family or community microstations located in mid-mountain areas, according to Pierre-Alexandre Metral, a doctoral candidate at the University of Grenoble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reflect<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Extreme climate change is part of the warnings in God&#8217;s Word about the end of humanity and the world. Thus, based on the countless evidence reported, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">it is possible to<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> notice how close we are to the end of times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cNow learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near\u2014at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.\u201d <\/em>(Matthew 24.32-34)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Therefore, it is important to remain vigilant and take care of the Salvation of our souls\u2014our only possession that will not perish but will live eternally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-single-content\">\n<h4><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Learn about these and other signs that will precede the end of times with the book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/The_World_Will_Burn.html?id=0enwDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><b>The World Will Burn<\/b><\/em><\/a>, written by\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universal.org\/en\/renato-cardoso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bishop Renato Cardos<\/a>o<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">. <\/span>Call\u00a0<a href=\"tel:18886912291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1-888-691-2291<\/a> for more information. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.univervideo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Univer\u00a0V\u00eddeo<\/a><\/span> also has a series of documentaries, films, and lectures that address this topic.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, participate in the meetings that take place every <strong>Wednesday at 10 AM, 4 PM, and mainly at 7 PM<\/strong>\u00a0at<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Universal Church<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014a series of Bible studies titled <strong>\u2018Warnings of the End.\u2019<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information on locations, please call <a href=\"tel:18883324141\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1-888-332-4141<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or text 1-888-312-4141. You may also contact us via our\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/contactus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact form (click here)<\/a>.<\/span> All are welcome regardless of religion, background, or circumstances. Come as you are.<\/p>\n<p>For those who live in areas without a location of The Universal Church, you may also connect to our <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ulfn.org\/virtualchurch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Virtual Church<\/strong>\u00a0via Zoom Conference<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Another ski resort in the Alps will close permanently due to the lack of snow and the economic losses. That&#8217;s what the inhabitants of Seyne-les-Alpes, in southeastern France, decided last Sunday. &nbsp; Understand Better Climate change has weakened the city-run Le Grand Puy ski resort. It is made up of 24 kilometers of tracks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":343814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[323,16],"tags":[6241,6242],"site":[],"class_list":["post-343812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-school-of-faith","category-lifestyle","tag-climate-change","tag-end-of-times"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343812"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344599,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343812\/revisions\/344599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343812"},{"taxonomy":"site","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site?post=343812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}