VOL. XVII, NO.1 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JAN. 9, 1989

Mr. TkRch in Southeast Asia :'personal and unforgettable'

Food fight ortrade war? • • 2

VA COUVER, B.C.-The1988 Youth Opportunities United(YOU) national talent contest tookplace here ov. 27. EighteenChurch youths from five regionsparticipated.

Robert Brown of Halifax, N.S.,placed first in the senior vocal cate-gory with "A World of Wonders"by Ross Jutsum. Runner-up wasBronwyn Melville of Lethbridge,Alta., who sang "That's WhatFriends Are For" by Carol Bayer-Saeger and Burt Bacharach.

Roger Francisco of Toronto,Ont., placed first in the senior in-strumental category with a man-dolin performance of J.S. Bach'sConcerto in D Minor. Pianist Lon-nie Katai of Vancouver was runner-up with Frederic Chopin's Polo-naise in A Minor. Opus 40. No.1.

First place in the junior vocal cat-(See CANADA. page 31

"Then about 50 forklifts tried toget through the same gate at once.Then a sea lion show with a loudcommentary in the local dialect be-gan 50 yards away. Then a militaryband showed up outside and playedChristmas carols.

"I hope I never have to ask Mr.Matthews to find me a noisyspot!"

The next day, Monday, Dec. 19,Mr. Tkach, accompanied by theMatthewses and the Kieffers, flewto Davao. Ninety minutes later theywere greeted by Victor Lim, pastorof the Davao, General Santos City,Kidapawan and abunturanchurches, and his wife, Ligaya.

At the Central Bank ConventionHall 928 brethren represented eightchurches. Some traveled almost 250miles.

"We should fulfill the callingGod has given us, be overcomersand put on the righteousness ofGod," said Mr. Tkach.

After being given a kris, a tradi-tional sword of the Muslims whomake up 20 percent of the popula-tion of Mindanao, Mr. Tkach metand visited with brethren and dinedwith ministers, deacons, dea-conesses and their spouses.

"God's people on Mindanao arevery thankful for the historic visitand message" of Mr. Tkach, saidMarcial Billacura, a retired minis-ter in the Davao church.

(See ASIA, page 31

Canadaconductstalentevent

In the evening Filipino brethrensang and danced for the travelingparty.

A 'quiet' spotJohn Halford, on-site director of

the Church's television crew, re-lated this story: "We needed torecord some of the entertainmentthe Filipino members prepared forMr. Tkach. I thought it would benice to choose an outside locationfor a change, and I asked Mr.Matthews to pick a beautiful, quietspot.

"He chose the garden ofa hotel byManila Bay," Mr. Halford contin-ued. "It was beautiful. But just be-fore we began recording, there was atraffic jam with a hundred hornsblaring. Then a political demonstra-tion occurred up the road.

in each opening and closingprayer at every service. This isclearly nonsense.

I do need and appreciate theprayers of God's people, but it iscertainly inappropriate to de-mand that all prayers in servicesspecifically include me.

And whether or not a prayerincludes mention of me is not themeasure of how effective theprayer is, nor of how dedicatedthe person praying is to God'sWork, nor even of the person'slove or support of me, for thatmatter. Such a requirementwould be merely a hollow shellbased on a misperception of howleaders should be viewed.

I am, as Mr. Armstrong was,one among many others whomGod has used to lead His people.While appropriate respect forthe office is fitting, the point isthat it is a mistake to begin tolook at human leaders underChrist as more than human, orbigger than life.

The other basic issue I want toaddress this time concerns the

(See PERSONAL, page 81

SPIRITUAL FAMILY-Brethren from Bahau, Malaysia, gather aroundPastor General Joseph W. Tkach in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at Sabbathservices Dec. 24. [Photo by Clement Lim]

New BookletPASADENA-Editorial Services and Printing Services have

completed work on a new booklet, Who Was Jesus?, accordingto evangelist Ronald Kelly, booklet editor. The booklet, writtenby Plain Truth senior writer Paul Kroll, looks at the life andtimes of Jesus Christ and His soon-coming return to rulershipof the earth.

The booklet is scheduled to be offered on The World Tomor-row in the second half of the 1988-89 season.

Because this is a new booklet, it will be sent automaticallyfrom Pasadena to all English-speaking member heads ofhousehold. It should be ready for mailing in January, somembers need not call or write to request it.

As I travel to VlSl t youbrethren, I try to get a feel forthe problems and spiritual obsta-cles you may face, and encourageyou to stand strong and faithfultill Christ returns.

These verses illustrate a partof what I am doing in the sensethat the Church is elsewherecalled a spiritual temple, but itwould be utterly incorrect to saythat these verses are a prophecyabout me.

God does teach that we shouldgive appropriate respect for theoffice in which He has placed aleader. But we must take carethat such respect and honor isnot carried too far.

I have heard stories, for exam-ple, about how some had the im-pression that it would be wrongif my name were not mentioned

clock, handcrafted in Cebu andmade of chambered nautilus (mol-lusk shell) and red coral laminatedon wood.

Sunday, Dec. 18,2,602 brethrenfrom the islands of Luzon,Mindoro, Romblon and Palawan as-sembled in Manila to hear Mr.Tkach.

In a presentation to the pastorgeneral on behalf of ministers andbrethren, Mr. Matthews said thatsince World War II the jeepney (aminibus made from a jeep) has be-come a major means of transporta-tion for people throughout thePhilippines.

"Therefore no other vehicle bet-ter represents the means of bringingpeople together," said Me.Matthews. "This sterling silver re-production of what has become asymbol of the country is a reminderof the parallel to what Mr. Tkachhas been commissioned to do-tobring people together into a unifiedand harmonious relationship withinthe Body of Christ, to make onefamily from many diverse peoplescalled of God."

Mr. Matthews concluded by say-ing he hoped Mr. Tkach would lookat this gift not as just a special sym-bol of the Philippines, but as some-thing that reflects an aspect of thework that Mr. Tkach has been givento do.

PERSONAL FROM

~V'~---"Dear brethren:

I want to take time inthis "Personal" to rehearsea couple of basic conceptsthat all God's people needto keep in mind.

The first area that I wantto stress is that of putting un-due emphasis upon Mr. Her-bert Armstrong or upon me.

In the Church of God, humanleaders are never to become ob-jects of reverence or devotionbordering on worship.

It is not appropriate, for exam-ple, to assign various scripturesto Mr. Armstrong or me person-ally as though our leadershipwere specifically prophesiedabout in the Bible. Besides be-ing erroneous and spiritually pre-sumptuous, this kind of thinkingonly serves to falsely brandGod's Church as a cultish sectthat worships its human leaders.

I have referred to the job ofmeasuring the temple describedin Revelation 11:1-2 as being de-scriptive of part of what I believeGod is leading me to accomplish.But I point to it as a figurativereference only.

I am striving to stir up God'speople everywhere to recognizethe spiritual pitfalls of the soci-eties around them and to furthercommit themselves to obey Godand not be caught up in thewrong ways taught by the world.

In the afternoon the group touredthe World War II memorial andcemetery in Manila, the largestAmerican cemetery outside theUnited States.

Later they visited MalacanangPalace, former home to Philippinepresidents including FerdinandMarcos and his wife, Imelda. Al-though the palace has been con-verted into a museum, it is still usedfor some state functions by Presi-dent Corazon Aquino.

At Sabbath services Dec. 17 inCebu the pastor general spoke to998 brethren from 16 churches. Heexplained the purpose and role of aChurch member's calling with em-phasis on getting motivated.

Mr. Tkach said: "I told brethrenthat we're commanded in Luke21 :36 to be watching and praying-both, so we can be accounted wor-thy to escape the things that are tocome upon this earth, and to under-stand God's whole purpose formankind."

Salvador Cucharo, a memberfrom Cebu, said Mr. Tkach's mes-sage was "edifying spiritually andpowerfully moving."

After greeting brethren, Mr.Tkach was host at a banquet forministers, deacons, deaconesses andtheir spouses in the Cebu PlazaHo-tel, where services were conducted.

Mr. Tkach was given a table

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Touchdown in Manila

Aboard the Church's BritishAerospace Corp. (BAC) 1-11 jet,Mr. Tkach touched down atManila's Ninoy Aquino airportDec. 15. He and his traveling partywere welcomed by Mr. Matthews,his wife, Ruth, Paul Kieffer, direc-tor of Ministerial Services in thePhilippine Office, and his wife,Monica, and their families.

The Philippines, a U.S. common-wealth from 1935, was granted in-dependence in 1946. Althoughmore than 80 dialects are spokenthroughout the 7,104 islands thatcomprise the Philippines, it has thethird largest English-speaking pop-ulation in the world. English is usedin public schools from the fourthgrade through college.

Friday, Dec. 16, Mr. Tkachtoured the regional office inMakati, a suburb of Manila. Mr.Matthews updated him on God'sWork in the region. He then in-spected the new premises nearby,where the office expects to move inlate January, and signed a certifi-cate from which a plaque will bemade commemorating his visit.

By Jeff E. ZhomePASADE A-"This visit will

prove to be a major turning point inthe development of the Work inSoutheast Asia," said RobertFahey, Australian and Asian re-gional director, about Pastor Gen-eral Joseph W. Tkach's Dec. 13 to26 trip to the Philippines, HongKong and Malaysia.

"The brethren warmed to Mr.Tkach immediately and genuinelyappreciated his desire to be withthem," Mr. Fahey said.

Rodney Matthews, Philippine re-gional director, said: "Months ofheightening anticipation were re-warded for the Filipino brethren.His powerful and stirring messageswere a wonderful boost to God'speople in a country whose govern-ment and people face daily prob-lems and an uncertain future."

Mr. Matthews added: "In spite ofan arduous schedule, it did allowmore than 4,500 people who arespread over dozens of islands tomake personal and unforgettablecontact with him."

At each location he visited, Mr.Tkach asked the brethren to repeat"Shabat Shalom" (peaceful Sab-bath) in their native languages. "Itwas quite exciting," Mr. Tkachsaid.

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u.s. and EC: food fight or trade war?Monday, Jan. 9, 1989

our first parents. They were the firsthumans to challenge God's Word.This set a pattern of disbelief thathumanity has trodden ever since.

How do we know that David andSolomon existed? Well, we believeGod. We believe the Bible. But it ismore than that. We don't believefoolishly in the face of evidence tothe contrary. But in reality, there isno credible evidence to the con-trary.

Did you ever wonder why thoseseemingly endless genealogies arein the Bible? These genealogieshave great purpose-or theywouldn't be in the Bible.

Even Mr. Romer wrote in Testa-ment: "For the scribes who wrotethe book of Genesis, time wascounted not in years but in genera-tions, in lists of ancestors; a com-mon ancient system that traces pa-ternity, inheritance and alliancesback to a single patriarch, a singlebeginning. So the genealogies of theBook of Genesis are the fITst links ina chain that stretches right throughthe Old Testament, from Adam tothe Kings of Israel" (page 18).

And I Chronicles 9:1 says that"all Israel was enrolled by genealo-gies" (Revised Standard Version).No one can convince me that some-body made up the names mentionedin the first nine chapters of! Chron-icles, much less those in Ezra and

ehemiah. God put them there totell us something.

It simply is not credible to pur-port that David, Solomon and theIsraelitish civilization did not exist.The editor of I and II Chroniclesquotes 16 books (secular sources)establishing the Israelite civiliza-tion-books that have not survived.Satan saw to that. Many ancient lit-erary sources have been destroyedin conflicts.

On the whole God's Church inBritain is not harmed by a televisionseries like Testament. It merelycauses members to confirm theirfaith. The harm done is to the nationto whom we are preaching theGospel. It makes our job that muchharder.

You may want to review ourbrochure, The Authority of theBible. Write for a copy if you don'thave one.

A quarter-century ago, Mr.Thiriart made a remarkable predic-tion in a treatise titled Europe: AnEmpire of400 Million People.

"Inevitably this economic powerwill give birth to political power,which will be too great and impos-ing to be controlled by the feebledemocratic politicians ...

"As the Common Market growsto its full potential. an economicconflict with American capitalismwill occur externally while politicaldifficulties will occur internally.

"It is at this point that the presentEuropean politicians will find them-selves too weak to cope with the re-sistance encountered, and men of adifferent calibre will be required.

"The technocrats who createdthe European Economic Commu-nity will want to see their work car-ried through. So it is highly likelythat ... they will turn to other moredetermined politicians with moreaudacious policies to complete theirmasterpiece."

Europe, Mr. Thiriart told us in aWorld Tomorrow interview,has "theneed of a very authoritarian man."

By John Ross Schroeder

European Diary

Path of disbelief leadsto questioningtheBible

BOREHAMWOOD, England-A miniseries called Testament is onBritish television. Presented by ar-chaeologist John Romer, Testa-ment describes the making of theBible.

Unfortunately this series ques-tions whether ancient Israel existedand whether many of the biblicalcharacters walked the earth. In gen-eral it tends to sow doubt ratherthan faith in the listener's mind.

In a ov. 5-11 TV Times articletitled "Bringing the Good Book toLife," Mr. Romer said, "I believethe time has come to take the Bibleapart; to put it under the historian'smicroscope and see what it's reallyworth."

We in the Church staunchly be-lieve that the Word of God canstand any such test. However, ourapproach to the authority of theBible is the critical linchpin to beliefand understanding.

Acts 17: 11 should be thekeynote. "These [Bereans] weremore fair-minded than those inThessalonica, in that they receivedthe word with all readiness, andsearched the Scriptures daily to fmdout whether these things were so"(New King James).

Anyone who does not have theBerean attitude will not fully be-lieve the Bible.

The late Francis Schaeffer madea telling point about how to ap-proach scientific or archaeologicalinformation that contradicts theBible.

Mr. Schaeffer wrote in No FinalConflict: "The history of science,including science in our own day,has often seen great dogmatismabout theories which later havebeen discarded.

"Thus there is no inherent reasonwhy a current scientific theoryshould immediately be accepted.

"And there is no inherent reasonwhy a Christian should be put in apanic because the current scientifictheory is opposite to what is taughtin the Bible" (page 26).

Some 20th century historians havequestioned theexistenceofDavid andSolomon and the Israelite civiliza-tion.This is acenturyofdisbelief. Butwhere did disbelief begin?

Humanly speaking, it began with

can only be positive, desirable infact, for the political formation ofEurope.

"American economic cynicismwill open the eyes of people who ini-tially do not see the United States asthe geopolitical enemy that those ofus who are conscious of being Eu-ropeans consider it to be."

startling: "In the revolutionaryscheme of things, an economic warbetween the United States and Eu-rope can only be beneficial. Thiseconomic war will stir up Europe'spolitical conscience.

"Escalation of the economic war

weRLDWATCHBy Gene H. Hogberg

the thoughts that I think towardyou, says the Lord, thoughts ofpeace and not of evil, to give you afuture and a hope" (NKJ).

God wants us to learn from ourmistakes and grow. His ministersare motivated by this same spirit.When they correct us, they want usto overcome our problems andgrow.

If we treasure the correction, aspainful as it may at times be, learnfrom our mistakes and change, weare on the way to forgiving ourselvesand forgetting past mistakes.

We need to remember Paul's ex-ample of "forgetting those thingswhich are behind, and reachingforth unto those things which arebefore" (Philippians 3:13).

the rush to finish a publication.Journalism has been called litera-ture in a hurry.

When we make mistakes

As frustrating as it is, we all makemistakes. God knows we will, andHe has designed a way to erase thosemistakes, leave them behind andovercome them.

Any hope God might have hadthat man would not make mistakes,ended when Adam and Eve sinned.

Sometimes we are our own worstenemies when it comes to makingmistakes. Even though God and thewronged party forgive us, we some-times torture ourselves with guilt.

We forget that Christ paid thepenalty for our sins. He forgives andforgets. Even if we have gone to ourbrother, asked for and received for-giveness, we often can't forgiveourselves and forget past mistakes.

Even when we are corrected forour mistakes we must realize thatGod's correction is not vengeful,but He corrects us so we may growin character and inherit eternal life.

Jeremiah 29: 11 says, "For I know

"are not about to lie down and letthe Americans and the Japanesecome in and take all the pickings."

American companies have atremendous stake in Western Eu-rope, their assets totalling S185 bil-lion in 1986. Many are better posi-tioned to take advantage of 1992than most European firms, whichhave traditionally concentrated onindividual national markets.

Despite the risky game of eco-nomic brinkmanship under way,there is no evidence of a desire toundermine the Atlantic alliance.

But the danger of things gettingout of hand is growing. And somepeople, presently in the minority,view the trade war syndrome in adifferent, even optimistic, light.

In 1987 I asked Jean Thiriart, aBelgian who believes in a powerful"unitary Europe," what the conse-quences of a trade war could be.

Mr. Thiriart's answer was

ropean Community will remain.At a conference I attended in

Washington, D.C., titled "Europe1992: Challenge or Opportunity?",one speaker said that the Eu-ropeans, having begun their marchtoward unity as far back as 195 I,

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Sometimes we are our own worst en-emies when it comes to making mistakes.Even though God and the wronged partyforgive us, we sometimes tortureourselves with guilt.

6:1 when offering correction."Brethren, if a man is overtaken inany trespass, you who are spiritualrestore such a one in a spirit of gen-tleness, considering yourself lestyou also be tempted" (Galatians6:1, New King James).

It is sad that, on occasion, we re-ceive letters, even from Churchmembers, pointing out errors (realor imagined) in an angry tone.

Yes, we do make errors. Andwhen we do, we do not take itlightly. It hurts us, and we knowthat it can hurt you, our readers.

As journalists we strive for accu-racy. It is one of our highest goals.We give great attention to detail.

But deadlines always loom overus, and sometimes mistakes occur in

"So I want to bring to your atten-tion an error (oops!) in yourcolumn ... In the fifth paragraphyou quoted Revelation 2:4 correctlyand imputed the statement toChrist.

"But in the sixth paragraph youquoted Revelation 2:5 and imputedthe statement to Paul (oops!).

"Later ... you go on to say 'thosewho really forgive have grasped thedeeper meaning of love.'

"So, I forgive you!"ow, that's the kind ofcorrection

I have little trouble accepting.This member applied Galatians

counter-retaliation."The Jan. 1 Los Angeles Times

cautioned that such an escalationcould throw the transatlantic rela-tionship----economic, financial andmilitary-into question, eventuallyprompting, on the American side,calls for "reductions in the numberof U.S. troops stationed in Europe."

It is possible that there could beresolutions to both the hormone dis-pute and the one over agriculturalsubsidies (see "Worldwatch," Dec.26).

But the fact is, the EuropeanCommunity is no longer as willingas it once was to be the first one toback down. With its aim set onachieving an integrated free marketby the end of 1992, it is rapidly be-coming a power to contend with.

This was evident at the Decem-ber summit conference of the headsof government of the 12 EC coun-tries. Meeting on the isle of Rhodes,Greece, the leaders attended towhat they called "the irreversiblenature of the movement towards aEurope without internal frontiers."

Drawing a parallel between themeeting site-Rhodes-and Greekhistory, Britain's Daily Mail saidthat progress toward a EuropeanColossus is "unarrestable."

The EC leaders stressed further-more, that "the internal market willnot close in on itself. Nineteenninety-two Europe will be a partnerand not a 'fortress Europe.' "

Yet some nations, especially rivalindustrial competitors such as theUnited States and Japan, remainsuspicious as to how open the Eu-

By Dexter H. Faulkner

Oops!It has been said that doctors bury

their mistakes, lawyers send theirsto prison and journalists print theirsfor the whole world to see.

Despite the efforts ofwriters, copyeditors, typesettersand propfreaders,sometimes mistakes occur---even inthe Church's publications.

In my Aug. 8 column we printedthe following:

" 'Remember therefore fromwhence thou art fallen, and repent,and do the first works' [Revelation2:5]. This instruction from Paul ap-plies to our physical as well as ourspiritual married lives.' "

However, as we know, Paul is notthe author of Revelation. As dili-gent as the Worldwide News staffis, sometimes errors do get through.

Genlle correction

After the mistake I received thefollowing letter from a member.

I quote it because it is the kind ofletter we like to receive when wemake a mistake.

He began, "Hello, from [city andstate]." A sense of warmth andfriendliness comes across in hisopening statement.

Then: "Thank you with the deep-est gratefulness, for all the stimulat-ing, encouraging and convictingmessages that you constantly givethe brethren in God's family." Heshows appreciation for the workthat we do.

Later he mentioned: "I takeGod's Word seriously and study itmeticulously. I'm a perfectionist(Matthew 5:48) though admittedlynot perfect yet." Here he shows thathe too makes mistakes.

"I apply a special intensity toreading your column because onmore than one occasion they havebeen 'meat in due season.'

PASADE A-"US, EC Ap-pear Headed for All-out TradeWar." This headline in the Dec. 29Journal of Commerce put in dra-matic terms the seriousness of thetrade dispute between the UnitedStates and the European Commu-nity.

As of Jan. I, the United States isimposing a 100 percent duty on$100 million worth of selected fooditems imported from the 12-nationEuropean bloc.

This was in retaliation to an ECban, also beginning Jan. I, on theimport of American beef treatedwith growth hormones.

EC spokesmen claim that con-sumer groups in Europe have de-manded such a ban out of healthconcerns. The United States coun-ters that such fears are scientificallyunsubstantiated.

Trade rows between the two pow-ers have erupted in the past, usuallyresolved by last-minute compro-mises. But in this food fight neitherside appears willing to back down.

EC foreign ministers have drawnup a list of agricultural productsthat could face higher tariffs in re-sponse to the U.S. retaliation to thehormone ban.

In return, the U.S. ambassador tothe European Community repliedthat if the Europeans took suchcountermeasures, "it's fair to saythat you can anticipate further ac-tion on our side."

Thus, the two sides, reported theDec. 23 Financial Times of Lon-don, could "become embroiled in avicious cycle of retaliation and

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Typhoons ravage Philippines

TALENTED TEENS-Pictured are finalists in the 1988 Canadian YouthOpportunities United (YOU) national talent contest, which took placeNov. 27.

have uttered a prayer for God's res-cue.

"The car marvelously came to ahalt. It was fortunate that therewere no cars in front or behind whenthe incident happened.

"But immediately after that, ve-hicles whisked by both sides of theroad. Some motorists stopped bywhen they saw an accident had oc-curred.

"My car was now perching pre-cariously on the steep slope of theembankment. However, with thehelp of some of the motorists I wasable to make my way up to the mainroad again.

"The car suffered no damage ex-cept for some markings on the frontfender. I felt relieved and verythankful for God's intervention,otherwise I would not know whatthe consequence would be."

"Several members experiencedGod's protection during thestorms," said Mr. Matthews.

Floods destroyed a number ofhouses in the center of Donsol whena creek overflowed its banks andswept away some of the streets.

A member's home was about fivemeters (161h feet) from one of theflooded streets, but it escaped dam-age. A neighbor's house was heavilydamaged, however, when floodwa-ters washed its foundation away.

Brethren affected by the stormscommented that the assistance pro-vided by the regional office and areamembers is visible proofof the fam-ily attitude within God's Church.

secretary Esther Apperson. Aftervisiting Ambassador Foundationprojects in Sri Lanka and Thailand(see Dec. 26 WN), Mrs. Escat ren-dezvoused with the traveling partyin Manila.

The Church's television crew wascomposed of Mr. Halford, Mr.Bergstrom and cameraman GaryWerings.

Serving as Mr. Tkach's BACI-II flight crew were Captain JackCogburn, co-captain Laird Cog-burn, co-captain Lawrence Die-trich, steward Jay Brothers andchef Terence Wieclawski.

"All the brethren feel closer toheadquarters and the special calling'that God has given Mr. Tkach,"said Mr. Matthews. "Membersaround the world are now linked byMr. Tkach's personal contact."

PASADENA-U.S. Church income for 1988 was 5.5 percent morethan 1987. We are pleased that God has continued to bless theChurch with increases. Of course, we would all like these increasesto be greater.

We overspent the expense budget by a fraction of a percent.Therefore, our year-end reserves are slightly lower than what weplanned they would be.

The 1989 budget is in the final stages of completion. Only a fewnumbers must be slightly revised. In this new budget a small reserveis planned to cover the slight losses in reserves during 1988.

During 1988 we have almost eliminated all long-term debt and havecontinued to "pay as you go." I realize that this is not a commonpractice today. Many nations. businesses and people are heavily indebt. That is an unhealthy situation that portends great problems forthe future.

Thank you for your prayers and financial support during 1988.

Report from .'---_

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-Pastor Yong Chin Gee had a narrowescape in an auto accident Dec. 11,after conducting a Bible study forIndian-speaking brethren.

He related: "I drove back alone toKuala Lumpur at about 7:30 atnight. Halfway through the two-hour journey, on a stretch of quiteisolated, single-lane road, there ap-peared an animal, which wasslightly larger than a dog, and itdashed in front of my car.

"I was traveling about 60 milesper hour. That very instant a loudimpact occurred. All ofa sudden the1800cc Honda I was driving wentout of contro!'

"I pressed on the brakes as well asthe clutch, and the car swervedfrom the left side of the road to theright.

"It descended a steep slope whilerocking from side to side. I must

Minister escapes injuryin auto11lobile accident

the Treasurer's Office

Cebu and Toledo churches, con-ducted Sabbath services ov. 5, butbrethren from northern and south-ern towns were unable to attend.

Those who did make it walked afew miles and spent more than dou-ble the normal fare for tolls andtemporary ferryboats.

Brethren handled the situationpositively, said Mr. Rota. "This ex-perience made us more sober andrealized more the need for God's di-vine protection and intervention."

Some members on the islands ofLeyte, Samar and Luzon sufferedproperty damages and crop losses,according to Rodney Matthews, re-gional director.

had to stop both in Guam andWake, we picked up seven quarter-pounders and seven orders of frenchfries at McDonald's and two dozen'Winchell's doughnuts on Guam,and delivered them to the major forU.S. troops on Wake.

"We told him, 'We even deliver!'The gift was much appreciated."

Vote of thanks

"Our regional directors, theirwives and those who help them inour international offices really de-serve a vote of thanks for all theirlabor," said Ellen Escat, Mr.Tkach's administrative assistant."The calling God has given them isa great responsibility. It is not aneasy task."

Also traveling with Mr. Tkachwere administrative projects coor-dinator Michael Rasmussen and

who played Frederic Chopin'sWaltz in E Minor.

Each participant received a hard-bound certificate of participation.George Patrickson, executive assis-tant to evangelist Colin Adair, re-gional director, presented awards.Mr. Adair was in Pasadena for theregional directors conference.

Daniel Hope, pastor of the Ab-botsford, B.C., church, was masterof ceremonies.

The group arrived Nov. 25 for areception and a tour of the Church'sregional office. Other weekend ac-tivities included meals at severalrestaurants overlooking Vancou-ver's inner harbors.

TOLEDO, Philippines-Brethren here experienced the un-expected when Typhoon Welpring(Tess) struck the Central Visayasregion Nov. 2.

The typhoon was preceded byTyphoon Unsang and followed byTyphoon Yoning (internationallyknown as Ruby and Skip), whichalso brought death and destructionto the Philippines.

Although Weipring's winds of 70kilometers (about 45 miles) an hourdid not hit Toledo directly, the ty-phoon caused heavy rains and flood-ing, according to Tiburcio Rota, aminister in the Toledo church.

It swept away bridges and dam-aged properties, crops and live-stock. Several people died.

At I p.m. floodwaters began ris-ing rapidly at the Atlas MiningSangi Compound, where Mr. Rota,member Flaviano Calope and theirfamilies live. Residents were evacu-ated to the Sangi Power Stationbuilding.

The flood made Toledo "almostisolated from the rest of the world asfar as land travel was concerned,"said Mr. Rota.

The only link between Toledoand Cebu, Philippines, was a nar-row piece of land passable only bylight vehicles.

Reynaldo Taniajura, pastor of the

stopping forfuel in Guam, Wake Is-land and Honolulu, Hawaii.

"On the way to the Philippineswe had refueled on Wake Island, atiny island in the middle of thePacific," Mr. Halford related.

"There is basically room for onlyan airstrip, a small base and that's it.There are only seven American ser-vicemen stationed there, a few civil-ians and some Thai people manag-ing the facilities. Basically it's anemergency stop and for refueling inthe Pacific."

He continued: "When we landed,the base commander had his cour-tesy bus waiting and took us on acomplete tour of the island. He hap-pened to mention that the nearestMcDonald's restaurant was 1,200miles away on Guam.

"So, on the way home, since we

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egory went to Deidre d'Entremontof Halifax, N.S., who sang "LovelyMoon" by Murgatroyd Farrar.Kristy Fenemore of Barrie, Ont.,was runner-up. She sang "Do YouKnow What It Means to Miss ewOrleans?" by E. Delange and L. Al-ter.

Pianist Tammy Hiller of Win-nipeg, Man., took first place in thejunior instrumental category. Sheplayed Ludwig van Beethoven's"Fuer Elise." Runner-up was pi-anist Laurie Katai of Vancouver,

a photograph of a runner with theinscription, "Let us run with pa-tience the race that is set before us,looking unto Jesus the author andfinisher of our faith."

"This couldn't have been a nicerevening," said Mr. Daswani. "It is aonce-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Accompanied by the Faheys, Mr.Tkach and his traveling partyboarded the BAC 1-11 for KualaLumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 23.

Malaysia

Stretching 400 miles across theSouth China Sea, the Federation ofMalaysia lies just north of the equa-tor, giving it a hot, humid climate.

The two monsoon seasons bringheavy rainfall to coastal areas.About 90 percent of the land area iscovered with dense forests.

In Kuala Lumpur Mr. Tkach wasmet by Yong Chin Gee, Malaysianpastor, and his wife, Yuet Siam.

'Sabbath services Dec. 24 wereconducted in the Sarawak Room ofthe Shangri-La Hotel, where 253brethren assembled.

Mr. Tkach explained how God isbuilding His family to help save therest of mankind, and that brethrenare privileged to be called of God tobe a part of it. A Malay short swordand a coffee and tea set with goblets,both made from pewter, were pre-sented to the pastor general.

After shaking hands withbrethren for more than an hour, Mr.Tkach was host at a dinner for min-isters, deacons, deaconesses andtheir spouses.

Evening entertainment byMalaysian brethren included aMalay welcome dance, Indonesiandance, fan dance, Chinese ribbonand court dances, flower dances andbamboo flute and organ solos.

"The immediate bond of friend-ship that springs up between peopleof different cultures in God'sChurch shows that what we have incommon is far stronger than our ap-parent differences," said Mr. Hal-ford, who pastored the churches inMalaysia II years ago.

Mr. Tkach viewed a video presen-tation on the Work in Malaysia andSingapore. He said: "I told Mr.Fahey that I believe that area has agreat potential for growth and de-velopment. It's sad that we don't yethave the personnel to assist in thoseremote areas of the world."

Dec. 25 the group left for home,

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Said Elioterio Rizallosa, a mem-ber from Davao, "He has conta-gious warmth and enthusiasm!"

Dec. 20 Mr. Tkach and his travel-ing party went by boat to Corregi-dor, an island fortress guarding theentrance to Manila Bay, where U.S.and Filipino soldiers made their laststand against Japanese invadersduring the first months of WorldWar II. While touring, Mr. Tkachdiscussed his Pacific war experi-ences.

Steve Bergstrom, remote opera-tions engineer for the televisioncrew, said: "I recall my father talk-ing about World War II and how itchanged America. I look at my fa-ther and Mr. Tkach and realizethese men ... are tough people thatsurvived. Mr. Tkach is now a soldierin the right army, as we all are."

Hong Kong

Continuing on to Hong Kong, thepastor general was greeted at theKai Tak airport by Mr. Fahey andhis wife, Evelyn.

Hong Kong, which means "Fra-grant Harbor" in Chinese, covers403 square miles along the southcoast of China. Hong Kong's popu-lation is 5.65 million, making it thethird most densely populated areain the world. About 98 percent areof Chinese descent.

A bustling trade center, andshopping and banking hub, HongKong is one of the greatest tradingand transshipment centers in theFar East.

Thursday, Dec. 22, Mr. Tkachand his party toured Victoria Peak,Repulse Bay, Stanley Market, Ab-erdeen Floating Village and SanPan City. That evening the pastorgeneral was host at a dinner in theRegent Hotel for the six HongKong members.

Those attending were Irene Lee,Bugsy Daswani, Mr. and Mrs. MaMing Tak and their 6-month-oldson, Joseph, Peter Lam, JimmyWong and his son, Wallace, and JoeZachariah, a U.S. citizen living inSingapore.

For more than an hour after din-ner Mr. Tkach talked with thegroup and answered questionsabout the Work, Hong Kong andthe rest of the world, according toMr. Fahey.

Hong Kong members presentedMr. Tkach with a book on HongKong signed by all the members and

Asia

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these scripts."William Linge packages and

ships tapes to the ministry andchurches and is responsible forrecord keeping. Jonathan Middle-ton packages and ships tapes to dis-abled members. They are assistedby Ambassador College senior JaneLeavell.

Michael Rogalski, audio mainte-nance engineer, maintains the de-

PRODUCTION PLANNING-Gar-land Snuffer, supervisor of RadioProduction, points out informationon the department's productionschedule to his secretary, MaryLou Morris. [Photo by Hal Finch]

partment's equipment, researchesnew equipment and assists in otherareas.

Mary Lou Morris serves as Mr.Snuffer's secretary and receptionistfor the department.

mix of all the audio tracks.Most employees work 8 a.m. to 5

p.m., but some of the telecast pro-duction crew works 3 p.m. to mid-night, allowing the department totake advantage of production equip-ment as many hours as possible.These include editors Jerry De Gierand Gary Ras, video controller RobGordon and video tape operatorMark Reyngoudt.

Shelby Grundy, the only em-ployee who works from midnight to8 a.m., duplicates the telecast fordistribution. Mr. Grundy hasworked this shift for 15 years.

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RADIO EMPLOYEES-From left: Nana Carl, an employee for almost fiveyears (who transferred to the Security & Safety Department in Decem-ber), Karwin Klassy, Mary Lou Morris, Michael Rogalski, GarlandSnuffer, Martin Tranquada, Roxonne Wright, Manfred Fraund, WilliamUnge and Jonathan Middleton. Not pictured: Melinda Burgess and stu-dent employees Jane Leavell and Kirsten Harty. [Photo by Hal Finch]

PLANNING MEETING-The World Tomorrow producer, writers, asso-ciate directors and audio engineers meet to discuss a taping. Clockwisefrom upper left: Keith Stump, Larry Omasta, Unda Scobee, John Halford,Tobin Wegner, AI Killebrew, Duane Abler, Tom Ivicevic, JosephCostantino and Mary Shaner. [Photo by Barry Stahl]

tions. By using an off-line editingsystem (a less expensive editing sys-tem) they prepare preliminaryvideo drafts of the clips that can beviewed, discussed and approved byMr. Omasta. Then the clips go toMr. Thornton for insertion into themaster tape of the program.

The next step in the productioncycle is the addition of music andsound effects. Al Killebrew, musiceditor, locates or composes the mu-sic for the video clips, and Mr.Ivicevic adds the sound effects andassembles the fmal narration. Mr.Killebrew and Mr. Ivicevic are re-sponsible for the final assembly and

the program throughout the is-land," said Mr. Snuffer.

The French broadcast is a 15-minute program written and pro-duced by evangelist Dibar Apar-tian, French regional director.

But the World Tomo"ow radiobroadcast is not all that comes fromRadio Production. For disabledsubscribers, the department pro-duces and copies about 1,800 cas-sette tapes of each issue of ThePlain Truth, 1,000 copies of TheGood News, 550 copies of TheWorldwide News and 300 copies ofYouth '89. "More than 2,000 pe0-ple are served this way," said Mr.Snuffer. Booklets are also availableon tape.

Before 1977 the literature tapesfeatured the voice of jU$t one per-son. In 1977 three people took onthe job." ow, as much as possible,we like to get the authors to readtheir articles," Mr. Snuffer said.

Karwin Klassy edits theserecordings. He also produces ser-mon masters for tapes of selectedsermons and Ambassador Collegeclasses to be sent to the ministry.

Melinda Burgess and MissWright transcribe sermons to besent to deaf members and maintainall the records for shipments to thehandicapped, Mr. Snuffer said."About 90 people are receiving

By Kerri DowdPASADE A-Dnly one station

in the United States airs The WorldTomorrow on radio--KGG F inCoffeyville, Kan.

The English radio broadcast isheard on 17 other stations in eightcountries, according to GarlandSnuffer, supervisor of the RadioProduction Department.

The broadcast continues to air onone station in the United States inorder to safeguard the Church'scopyright on radio, according toMr. Snuffer.

Mr. Snuffer, a Church membersince 1958, began working with theradio program as a dubber (dupli-cating tapes) in 1967-just beforethe department reached its peaknumber of stations, 351.

"I've had an interest in communi-cations and radio all of my life," hesaid. Mr. Snuffer worked in com-munications, broadcasting and elec-tronic manufacturing before com-ing to work for the Church. He hasbeen supervisor of Radio Produc-tion since 1977. Mr. Snuffer is alsoa ham radio operator.

The English radio program is anedited version of the World Tomor-row telecast. Manfred Fraund re-ceives tape reels from Televisionand edits them to produce the radiobroadcasts.

Because certain parts of the tele-cast are seen and not heard, addi-tional material is taped at Televisionfor the radio program.

Roxonne Wright scripts thebroadcasts. She is assisted byKirsten Harty, an Ambassador Col-lege senior.

Le Monde a Venir, the French ra-dio broadcast, is aired on a numberof stations that varies each month."Officially it is on four stations,"said Martin Tranquada, who makestapes for the French areas. Thesestations include Radio-TelevisionLuxembourg (RTL), which coversmost of France.

He explained that because airtime is free in some French-speak-ing areas, ministers can have theprogram aired on various stations."For example, besides the one sta-tion we have contracted for in Mar-tinique, six additional stations relay

then go over the script to see howmuch of the taped material can beincorporated into the final program.

Since each television programmust be exactly 28 minutes and 30seconds in length-the maximumaccepted length of a 30-minute pro-gram the stations will air-theamount of program material tapedmust be trimmed down.

After the program is cut "on pa-per" the script is given to Rick Mor-ris, production audio specialist. Hefollows the script and cuts the audiotape. He also adds additional inter-views and narrations when calledfor to complete the audio track ofthe program. This timed audiotrack is then laid back to the mastervideo tape.

Senior editor Clay Thornton thenmatches the video, shot in the stu-dio, to the audio track that is on themaster tape. Mr. Thornton also su-pervises the insertion of the scrip-tures, quotes, phone numbers andaddresses that appear in the pro-gram. These are typed on the com-positor (a word processor for video)by Nanci Wilcox.

In the meantime the associate di-rectors assemble the footage theyhave obtained to cover the clip sec-

Recording, editing, transcribing, shipping

Radio staff is a team effort

duction assistant; Charles Vorhes,researcher; and Vera Boone, tape li-brarian.

"The associate director all butowns a program from the time thepresenter leaves the studio until theprogram is viewed and approved,"said Mr. Wegner. "Each part of thepost-production process receives hisor her creative energies and atten-tion."

The associate directors workclosely with other members of theproduction staff. Graphic artist

ick Leaver creates the themegraphic and other graphics such asmaps and charts that appear on eachprogram.

Taping the World Tomorrowprogram is a team effort. The tapingis done on the World Tomorrow setin Television's main studio. Theprogram is taped with three cam-eras. Depending upon their sched-ules Mr. Leaver, Mr. Lucas, Mr.Werings, Mr. Abler and Mr.Broadwater operate the cameras.

Larry Omasta, operation man-ager for the Television/Radio Pro-duction Department and producerof the World Tomorrow telecast,directs the taping from one of Tele-vision's two control rooms.

During the taping he calls forcamera shots he would likerecorded. Also in the control roomis Tony Murphy, assistant chief en-gineer, who serves as technical di-rector and operates the videoswitcher that routes the cameravideo signal to various video tapemachines in the VTR (video taperoom).

Mr. Wegner, also in the controlroom, times taping segments anddiscusses production strategies withMr. Omasta. Linda Scobee, admin-istrative assistant'to Mr. Omasta,operates a prompting system, whichallows the presenter to read thescript while looking directly intothe camera.

Mr. Costantino, floor directorduring tapings, works with the pre-senter, guiding him through camerachanges and taping proceduresgiven to him by intercom from thetaping director.

Other members of the tapingteam include Tom Ivicevic, seniorproduction audio specialist, whoworks from an audio room to recordand monitor the audio portion of thetelecast; Lee Pettijohn, chief engi-neer, who works in video control tomonitor the balance and color fromeach camera to ensure that theymatch; and Matt Hart, senior VTRoperator, who records the video out-put of all the cameras.

After the program is taped an au-dio cassette goes to scripting, whereit is transcribed by Linda Hansen,scripting supervisor, or Cindy Ow-ings. Mr. Omasta and Mr. Wegner

TV PERSONAUTIES-Writers, directors, editors, engineers, graphic de-signers, audio technicians, administrative staff, production assistantsand support personnel produce the World Tomorrow telecast, Festivalproductions and other projects in the Television Department. [Photo byBarry Stahl]

SENIOR EDITOR-Clay Thorntonadds video clips to a master videotape. [Photo by Barry Stahl]

Halford and Keith Stump. TinaKuo and Barry Sowder do researchand specialty writing.

Production

Tobin Wegner, an associate di-rector for the telecast, is also the su-pervisor for the English-languageWorld Tomorrow and Festival pro-ductions.

Each World Tomorrow programand the Festival productions are as-signed to an associate director. Beforethescript is fmalized and the programtaped, the associate director-DuaneAbler, Joseph Costantino, MaryShaneror Mr. Wegnerwiththehelpofproduction assistant Bardet Lucas-determines the cover (video clips thatrelate to the topic) that will be used.

"One of our greatest creativechallenges is to visually illustratespiritual and prophetic concepts sothat the correct message gets acrossto the viewer," said Mr. Abler.

The associate director organizesand directs scenes taped byon-Ioca-tion cameramen Gary Werings andMark Broadwater or obtains theneeded footage from commercialsources. The associate director is as-sisted by Peter Lee, productionmanager; Rebecca McMorris, pro-

PASADE A-Producing theWorld Tomorrow program in En-glish, German, French and Italian,along with other Church produc-tions, takes a multitalented and ded-icated staff of 60 full-time em-ployees.

Assembling each World Tomor-row program takes more than 500man-hours after the presenterleaves the studio.

Because of the creative processesand the cross-over of talent involvedin producing each program, thepeople who work in Television Pro-duction cannot be grouped intospecific sections. There are, how-ever, several distinct areas.

Writing

Before the production processtakes place scripts are written. Tele-vision's two scriptwriters are John

in conveyingGospel messageEach role in Television aids

Monday, Jan. 9, 1989 The WORLDWIDE NEWS 5

Our Fami yinSOU eas As·a

MANILA, PHILIPPINES KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA MAKATI, PHILIPPINES

DAVAO, PHILIPPINES

CEBU, PHILIPPINES

FAMILY IN CHRIST-Pastor General Joseph W. Tkach's Dec. 13to 26 trip to Southeast Asia begins with (clockwise from top right)a visit to the Church's Office in Makati, Philippines, where re-gional director Rodney Matthews gives Mr. Tkach a book aboutthe Philippines; Reynaldo Taniajura, Cebu pastor, presents Mr.Tkach with a gift in Cebu; pastor Victor Lim (center), his wife,Ligaya, and brethren with Mr. Tkach in Davao; youths prepare forevening entertainment in Manila; brethren sing in Manila; HongKong brethren with Robert Fahey (far left), Australian and Asianregional director, and his wife, Evelyn (seated, left); Pedro Or-tiguero, the longest-serving minister in the Philippines, and hiswife, Saling, receive 25-year watches in Manila; dancers getready for an evening show; brethren encircle Malaysia pastorYong Chin Gee and his wife, Yuet Siam, in Kuala Lumpur. Center,Mr. Matthews escorts Mr. Tkach through Manila's World War IImemorial and cemetery. [Photos by Lawrence Dietrich, AntonioEspinosa, Ruel Guerrero, Rebecca Laureano, Clement Um andRafael Uy]

HONG KONG

MANILA, PHILIPPINES

MANILA, PHILIPPINES MANILA. PHILIPPINES

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daughlllr. Aloce anda; four grandchi1-dren. Mary Aron Lehman. Ani1aH~and Greg and Norman Miranda; end 13great-grandchildren.

JONATHAN JOHNSON

JOH SON. Jonalhan. 16. of Jadank.calif. The ceremony was performed by lhegroom'. fa1her......tant pastor of lhe Per>-sacoIa, Fla., end --a. Ala.• churc:helS.Cynthia Loesch, .... of lhe bode. wasma1ronof honor. and Steve ElIson was bestman. The couple live on Los Angeles.

THOMPSO DanoeI and Dalsy (Marsh). of5arasota. Fla.• gorI. Same Courtney. Dec. 62:09 Lm.. 7 pomds .. OOOC8. first chikf.

VEENEMAN. __ and Jemy (Meyers).of Conclnna1J. Ohoo. gill. MlIl)' Louse, Sept22. 10:55 p.m.• 8 pounds 5... ounces. firstchikf

STEPANEK. Ken and Ke1hy (Nusz), ofSiouxFalls. S.D. boy. Kyle PhIlip. Dec. 12. 9:50a.m.. 7 pomds 9 ounces. first chikf.

EUBANKS. Donald and Ava (Chez ). ofLawndale. caw • !WIn gill•. Meghan Lanaand EmIly GU. Nov. 20.5:29 and 5:30 p.m.•6 pound. 6 ... ounces and 5 pounds 7ounces. now 1 boy. 2 gor1S. •

BAENI. Rolf and Beale (Bukpasch). ofBe.... Swrtzllfland. boy. -.. Paul.Sept 29. 4:25 a.m.• 312 1uiognIms. now 2boys. 1 gorI.

WHmNG. Jamal and Karen (Mar1ln). of_, Com.• gill. Kabe Ann. Nov. 19.6:01 p.m.• 6 pomds 6 ounces. now 3 gor1s

WHITTINGHAM. Patnek end Kern (Sal-cedo), of FulIer1ICn. calif.. gln. Em CoIeen.OCt. 12. 3 p.m.. 7 pounds 14 ounces. firstchikf.

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JACQUES. John and Ann (Goff). ofAs_. N.C.• boy. Reuben Joseph. OCt.18.540 a.m.• 8 pomds 6 ounce,. now 2boys. 2 gIrts

ASHCRAFT, Norman and Jeanine (SCMe).of Baton Rouge. La. gil!. Elyse Ma-.Aug 31.517 p.m. 7 pomds 13 oooces.now 1 boy. 1 gill.

RUMMEL, Darrel and lJnda (Han). of Mld-land. Moch.• gorI. Rrta J_. Nov. 17. 11:15Lm.• 7 pomds 4cxn:es. now3gor1s.

STECKEY. Donakf and Julie (Towkan). of_.Po.• boy, Jason Eric, Nov. 20. 5Lm.• 7 pound. 14 ounces. now 1 boy. 2gills

PHIWPS,Konnethand 5alIy(Hampson). oflJannelll. Wales. boy. Aaron John Stanly.OCt. 28. 5:30 Lm.• 6 pounds 12* ounces.now 2 boys. 3 gln•.

McAMIS. Fred and Diana (s..k). of SantaAna. calif. boy. Gregor Em. Nov. 11.2:17p.m., 8 pomds 11 ounces. now 2 boys.

McGEE. DanoeI and E..... (Vergas ofPhoenol. Anz.. boy. Andr_~. OCt.10. 4:18a.m. 7 pomds 1 OOOC8. firstchikf.

McVAY. MIlle and Debboe(Cunningham). ofS Slaphen. NB.• gorI. Knstyn Lynn. Nov.14. 12:09 a.m. 7 pounds 2 ounces. firSlchikf

GOH. PI1lIop and cathem8 (Lau). of SInga-pore. boy. Samuel Goh. Nov. 24. 4:20 a.m.•3.8 kilograms. now 3 boys. 1 gort.

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Graduates of '68, '78 gatherin Pasadena for AC reunion

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consists of production engineersand maintenance engineers. Theproduction engineers provide tech-nical support and work with the pro-duction team.

Rick Lundquist, Mike Limanni,Rob Gordon (video control), Mr.Hart, Larry Pritchett and Mr.Reyngoudt (VTR) are part of theproduction engineering team. Theyare responsible for setting up thestudio cameras and video tape ma-chines, making sure that video andindustry standards are met. Theyalso watch to be sure there are notechnical imperfections in the videothat might distract the viewers.

"The real unsung heroes of thefacility are the maintenance engi-neers," said Mr. Pettijohn. Mainte-nance engineers AI Allworth,Dwight Blevins, Randy Champion,Paul Coleman, Richard Dolan, Du-ane Dunn, Ron Newport and BobWickersham assure that the equip-ment is working optimally. They di-agnose and remedy equipmentproblems.

"With a facility that runs 24hours a day, 6 days a week and withevery minute of downtime costingbig money, that's no small feat:'

(See TELEVISION. page 81

graduation and to send in a picture.These were compiled in a brochurethat was distributed during theweekend. Pasadena-based gradu-ates provided accommodations fortheir out-of-town classmates.

"The weekend was very success-ful," Mr. Hutchison said. "We hopeto get together again in about fiveyears at the Feast of Tabernacles atone of the U.S. sites to spend a littlemore time with one another."

Any 1978 Ambassador Collegegraduates who are interested in aFestival class reunion in five yearsshould contact Mr. Hutchison atComputer Information Services,Pasadena. Calif., 91123.

Engineering

The engineering section is super-vised by Mr. Pettijohn and his assis-tant, Mr. Murphy. Marge Kelly isthe engineering secretary. This area

office manager of an employmentagency in Azusa, Calif., served asco-senior class presidents. Mr. Sis-ton spoke to the group during theluncheon.

Evangelist Ronald Kelly, BigSandy dean of students for 13 yearsand now a senior writer for ThePlain Truth. was guest speaker. Hecommended the graduates for theirstability, strength and stamina.

Mter the luncheon the graduatesvisited with alumni friends.

In preparation for the reunion,graduates were asked to supply in-formation about their occupation,the names of their spouses and chil-dren, what they had done since

scriptures, quotes, titles and litera-ture offers-must be replaced, ac-cording to Mr. Mitchell."Occasionally, a clip must be reshotor an alternate clip must be used,"Mr. Mitchell said.

Since January, 1988, French,German or Italian transcripts of thetelecast have been offered to view-ers when no equivalent literature isavailable in those languages.

Mr. Mitchell supervises a sepa-rate production staff that includesBarb Wilcox, Mr. Mitchell's secre-tary; two full-time language special-ists, Randall Gordon and MartinaTholl; and two students. GeorgeHague, an audio specialist, and Vic-tor Martinez, an editor, also assist inproducing the programs.

The Church's French, Germanand Italian departments are respon-sible for translating the scripts. Notevery script is translated becausesome subjects are too American ortoo controversial for certain areas,Mr. Mitchell said.

(Continued from page 41Another part of the production

team is the remote video crew, su-pervised by Mr. Halford, associateproducer for the Festival produc-tions, including the We Are OneFamily presentations. SteveBergstrom, remote engineer, andMr. Werings or Mr. Broadwater ac-company Mr. Tkach on his world-wide travels and gather footage.

The footage they bring back isedited and presented to thebrethren worldwide as special ser-mons shown during Pentecost andthe Feast of Tabernacles.

Another aspect of production isthe audio and visual area. RobinStow, production specialist, assistsin providing audio and video needsfor Ministerial Refreshing Programspeakers and, when necessary, forarea ministers for Bible studies inPasadena.

Television produces the French,German and Italian World Tomor-row programs under the supervisionof Glenn Mitchell. These are voice-over programs, which means theviewers listen to a translation thatoverrides the original speaker's au-dio, which can be heard in the back-ground.

Bernard Hongerloot does theFrench voice-overs; Norbert Linkdoes the German; and CarmeloAnastasi does the Italian. Thesemen, all Church members, are em-ployed by the Church in other de-partments.

The French, German and Italiantelecasts are identical to the Englishversion, except that any words-

sador College in Pasadena. served as1978 co-student body president,along with Mark Mickelson, assis-tant pastor of the Omaha and Lin-coln, Neb., and Sioux City, Iowa,churches.

John LaBissoniere, an audiovi-sual coordinator in AmbassadorPrinting Services, and John Siston,

Television

houses player pianos, music boxes,Edison phonographs with waxcylinders, early recordings andrecord players-even a portableturntable that was used in thetrenches of World War 1.

After the tour and a piano-rollsing-along, the group had afternoontea.

• Tractors, combines, hay bales,livestock pens and pine trees trans-formed the convention center on theBig Sandy campus into a giant barnfor the church's second annual barndance, ov.19.

A professional square dancecaller, dancing to live music, gamebooths, board games, livestock andrefreshments added to the evening.

Sabbath services in the AmbassadorAuditorium that afternoon. In theevening the graduates and theirfamilies assembled in the studentcenter club rooms to eat snacks andwatch a videotape of 1977 Thanks-giving ball entertainment that wasput on by the 1978 class. Movieswere shown for the children.

"We talked, laughed and told sto-ries about the good old times,"Kathlene Lewis, a 1978 graduateand secretary in the vice chancel-lor's office, said. "The reunion re-ally bridged the lQ-year gap sincewe were last together."

Sunday morning, Dec. 25, somegraduates toured the AmbassadorAuditorium. That afternoon a classphotograph was taken by the Hall ofAdministration and a luncheon tookplace in the club rooms.

It was in 1977 that AmbassadorCollege in Big Sandy closed and theBig Sandy students joined thePasadena students for the 1977-78school year.

Jeb Egbert, assistant director ofCareer Services and instructor inbusiness administration at Ambas-

• Roanoke, Va., brethren made60 gallons of apple butter Oct. 29and 30 at the orchard of memberMike Kinzie.

More than 30 brethren peeled 34bushels of Winesap and Staymanapples. Six others stirred and addedapple pieces to two copper kettles.During the last hour of cooking,sugar and oil of cinnamon wereadded. Then the apple butter wascanned.

Some apple butter will be sold re-tail at the orchard and some sold tobrethren at a discount. Proceedswill go to the church's activity fund.

• Melody Farms Music Museumwas the destination of a Wellington,New Zealand, senior citizens mys-tery tour Oct. 30. The museum

By Carla PearsonPASADE A-Graduates from

the Ambassador College classes of1968 and 1978 gathered here for aclass reunion Dec. 24 and 25.

Having the reunion over theChristmas weekend allowed moregraduates to attend who might oth-erwise have been unable to get timeoff work, according to WilliamHutchison. Mr. Hutchison, coordi-nator of the event, is a 1978 gradu-ate and a systems programer in theChurch's Computer InformationSystems Department.

Eight 1968 graduates and 57from 1978, along with theirfamilies, made attendance for thereunion 110. Almost 50 percent livein the Pasadena area. Mr. Hutch-ison said.

The weekend began with a re-union Bible study on Sabbathmorning conducted by evangelistDean Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell fo-cused on the theme, "We Are OneFamily." He encouraged the gradu-ates to take what they learned, andto exhort and encourage others.

The two classes sat together for

Ch • Idren's CornerThe Best Gift

By Vivian PettijohnMiss Jones, the third-grade

teacher, tapped a ruler on her desk asa woman in a red dress entered theroom.

"Class, may I have your attention,please? This is Mrs. Meade from thenewspaper. She is writing an article onwhat children consider their bestChristmas gift, and she wants yourhelp.

"So be thinking of your answer. I'llcall your names alphabetically-start-ing with you, Jessica Albertson. Whatwas your best gift?"

Jessica answered excitedly, "A bigdoll with a blue dress!"

The boys snickered.One by one, the answers came-a

skateboard, a kit for a model railroaddepot, a video game, a puppy, a ticketto Disneyland, a bicycle, an antfarm-n and on.

Kathy Winfield didn't hear most ofthe answers as she thought, I wishMiss Jones would skip me. Since Idon't celebrate Christmas, I didn't re-

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ceive Christmas gifts to tell about.Mrs. Meade busily wrote down

each answer, smiling."What should I say?" Kathy asked

God silently. After a minute she knew.

Since her last name started with aJV, Kathy's turn came near the end.This gave her a few minutes to think-and to get more nervous.

Finally, it was Robert Williams'

turn, just ahead of Kathy. He saidproudly: "My best gift was a wrist-watch. See? I'm wearing it!"

"Next, Kathy Winfield," MissJones said. "And your best gift?"

"My parents and I don't celebrateChristmas. As for presents, my familygives each other gifts at other times."

Mrs. Meade looked surprised. Shelooked to Miss Jones for an explana-tion.

"Mrs. Meade," Miss Jones said,"Kathy does not observe Christmas.For a moment I forgot, and I apologizeto her for expecting her to answer."

"Kathy, thank you for answering.ow, the last student is Simon Zakl.

What was your best Christmas gift?"After Miss Jones dismissed the

class for the day, Kathy and her twobrothers walked home from school.

She told them what happened andexclaimed: "I'll be so glad when every-one learns the truth about God andHis plan. Then they will know thatGod's truth is their best gift."

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