Tour of Soviet Union starts May 10

Foundation sponsors dancers

298 PERFORMERS-A combined choir and statewide 48-piece orches­tra stage Beethoven's Hallelujah at Sabbath services in the OceanCenter in Daytona Beach, Fla., March 26 during Pastor General JosephW. Tkach's visit. [Photo by Michael Rasmussen]

APRIL 18, 1988

in the likeness of men: and beingfound in fashion as a man, hehumbled himself, and becameobedient unto death, even thedeath of the cross."

These verses describe themind of Christ, which is also themind of the Father. It is a mindthat does what it does for thegood and benefit of others­even when it means suffering andsacrifice. It is a mind totallydevoted to the welfare of others!

As we learn to "discern theLord's body," we come to under­stand the overall plan of God,Christ's part in that plan and ourown part in it.

And we come to see that thelife of a Christian is a life ofservice. Not just service interms of doing things, but ser­vice in terms of an attitude, astate of mind-THE MI D OF

CHRIST.An attitude that serves others

even in terms of the way wethink about them. An attitudethat is so devoted to the well-be­ing of others that it would notconsider spreading another per­son's sins around.

An attitude that would notconsider gossiping. It would notconsider taking advantage of orcheating another person.

It would not consider seduc­ing, or committing adultery orfornication with another person.It would not consider damaging,destroying or stealing the prop­erty of another person.

God is building in us Hismind. His law will one day be­come our law also--part of us.God is EVER selfish. He is

EVER inconsiderate. He isEVER deceitful. He is ALWAYS

faithful. And He ALWAYS cares.God is ALL-POWERFUL. Yet He

uses His vast, unlimited powerONLY for the good of others. He

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He said: "Although Israel wasbrought out of Egypt, Israelbrought Egypt out with them as car­nal, sinful, selfish human greed.How far out of Egypt have we reallycome?"

He talked about a new type ofleaven being introduced in theChurch (Matthew 13:33), "whichis now expanding to fill us and willeventually fill the whole world."

Mr. Tkach said that everyone isneeded in God's work, "no matterwho you are, no matter what yourcondition!"

Afterward Debs Thompson, 73, adeacon in Bakersfield who suffersfrom cancer, said: "I learned manythings that I hadn't known before.It will be a great help to me in mycondition."

Carlton Smith, San Luis Obispoand Santa Barbara pastor, said theeffect of Mr. Tkach's message "willbe long lasting."

The pastor general was given awooden relief of an eagle in flight,carved by Jeff Jones, a deacon inBakersfield. The plaque reads:"May God strengthen, guide andprotect you on the wings of an eagle,

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defines love. But the mere keep­ing of it in the letter isn'tenough! It must be kept inspirit--according to intent. Itmust be bound up in our hearts,that is, in our IN ERMOST BE­

l Gs-part of us-just as it waswith Christ.

God's law is OT burdensome,it is OT "restrictive," it is NOT"stifling." It defines love. Itleads the way to happiness for allhumanity. It shows us how totreat one another, how to relateto one another, how to live withone another.

It shows us how we are tothink about one another-whatkinds of thoughts we should havetoward one another. It definesthe way that strengthens rela­tionships, that makes them per­manent and unbreakable. Andthat way is the way of GIVE.

Jesus gave Himself for us. TheFather gave His Son for us.Abraham, the father of the faith­ful, whose children we are if weserve God, had in him the mindof God when he held back noth­ing from God, even his son.

Isaac, likewise, had the mindof God in him when he held backnothing from God, even his ownlife in willing sacrifice to God.- We are told by the apostle

Paul in Philippians 2:5-8, "Letthis mind be in you, which wasalso in Christ Jesus: who, beingin the form of God, thought itnot robbery to be equal withGod: but made himself of no rep­utation, and took upon him theform of a servant, and was made

fertory in the Ambassador Audito­rium, the pastor general and histraveling party drove to the Bur­bank, Calif., airport, where theyboarded the Church's GulfstreamIII jet for Bakersfield.

Touching down after the 30­minute flight, Mr. Tkach was metby Camilo Reyes, pastor of the Ba­kersfield and Mojave, Calif..churches, and his family.

At 3 p.m. services in HarvestHall, where brethren representedthe San Luis Obispo. Santa Bar­bara, Mojave and Bakersfield,Calif., churches, the pastor general"was greeted warmly with applauseand smiles as he and his companionsentered the hall," said Mr. Reyes.

Before Mr. Tkach spoke, a pianosolo titled La Fileuse (The Weaver)was performed for special music byJack Lane from Mojave. Tama Jen­nings from Santa Barbara, accom­panied by Mr. Lane, then sang "TheLord's Prayer."

In his sermon, Mr. Tkach saidthat the philosophy (leaven) of get,take and coveting was introduced inthe Garden of Eden, but JesusChrist negated that leaven by givingHimself as a sin offering.

BakersfieldAfter conducting the morning of-

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"They are poised to become thepremier American dance com­pany," said Mr. Hulme.

The Soviet performances, whichwill be under the auspices of theUnited States Information Agencyin cooperation with the Sovietagency Goskoncert, are expected toattract more than 150,000 people.

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

By Jeff E. ZbomePASADENA-Six hundred

brethren in Bakersfield, Calif., and3,616 people in Daytona Beach,Fla., were added to the number ofbrethren Pastor General Joseph W.Tkach has met during church visitsin the past two years.

Mr. Tkach visited Bakersfield onthe last day of Unleavened Bread,April 8, and Daytona Beach, March24 to 27.

Dear brethren:I trust and pray that

each of you had as wonder­ful and inspiring a Passoverseason as we did here inPasadena.

The encouraging and inspir­ing messages, expounding onthe richer and deeper under­standing God has given us ofthe Passover symbols and Je­sus' sacrifice for us, truly madethis the most meaningfulspring Holy Day season yet.

Brethren, let's understand thatthe concept of "discerning theLord's body" is a most IMPOR­

TANT PHASE ofGod's Church to­day! Since Mr. Herbert Arm­strong admonished me to unifythe Church, God has led me tosee that unity of the Church isfundamental to God's plan in away we have never fully focusedupon before.

To discern the Lord's body isto realize the incredible implica­tions of what spiritual healing isall about! That marvelous heal­ing from the corruption of sinbegan with the sacrifice of JesusChrist, was extended to the first­fruits-the Church of God-andwill one day expand to allmankind!

Jesus' words in John 6 are ofextraordinary importance in un­derstanding the vital and ESSE ­T1AL meaning of true unity withGod and with one another. Readthem and study them again andagain. Pray for understanding!

Love-true, godly love-is thefulfillin~ of the law. God's law

Bakersfield, Daytona tripS:Effect 'will be long lasting'

rights leader, the previous year. Mr.Mitchell decided to show his com­mitment to the people of Harlem,an underprivileged section of ewYork City.

Mr. Mitchell wanted to do some­thing to help disadvantaged chil­dren, so he and Karel Shook, whodied in 1985, founded the dancetheater. The Soviet Union visit,marking Mr. Mitchell's return 25years after his debut there, will beconcurrent with President Reagan'ssummit meeting with Soviet Gen­eral Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.

The company will perform inMoscow; the Kirov Theatre inLeningrad; and TbiJisi. The sched­uled 31 performances will be drawnfrom works performed during thecompany's 19-year history.

The troupe has been presented ineight major Southern California en­gagements since 1978 under thesponsorship of the AmbassadorFoundation.

"When the Dance Theatre ofHarlem was only 10 years in exis­tence, the foundation was first topresent them on the West Coast andhas supported them consistently,"said Wayne Shilkret, director ofPerforming Arts. Mr. Mitchelltalked about the foundation in atelevision interview on KCOP,Channel 13, in Los Angeles.

DANCE THEATRE FUND RAISER-On behalf of the Ambassador Foun­dation, Joseph W. Tkach (center) announces funding for the DanceTheatre of Harlem. Left, founder Arthur Mitchell, and right, entertainerSammy Davis Jr. [Photo by Warren Watson]

VOL. XVI, NO.8

PASADE A-The Dance The­atre of Harlem, acclaimed as one ofAmerica's principal dance compa­nies, begins a five-week tour of theSoviet Union May 10. The trip issponsored in part by the Ambas­sador Foundation, said evangelistDavid Hulme, vice president of theAmbassador Foundation for do­mestic projects.

The tour is the only visit to theSoviet Union by an American balletcompany under the auspices ofPresident Ronald Reagan's 1985cultural exchange initiative.

Foundation Chairman Joseph W.Tkach announced funding by thefoundation March 10 at the home ofentertainer Sammy Davis Jr., whowas host to a fund raiser for thetour.

"Mr. Tkach said that God didn'tcreate man with a clenched fist butwith an open one to signify giving,"said Michael Snyder, assistant di­rector of Public Affairs. "He saidGod's way is a way of give and dis­cussed the trip in terms of openingdiplomatic and cultural opportuni­ties."

Arthur Mitchell, a former princi­pal dancer with the New York CityBallet, founded the Dance Theatreof Harlem in 1969 after beingmoved by the assassination of Mar­tin Luther King Jr., the black civil

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ciety. A group of losers taking outits grievances on the majority.

Few see that our Western way oflife automatically produces this sortof person-and not always only "atthe margins." Track down two ter­rorists (and society should!) andthere are three to replace them.

Despite the horrors of terrorism,there is no shortage of recruits forthe Irish Republican Army (IRA)or for its Protestant counterparts.

British prisons are overflowing,but this will not stop the making ofnew criminals.

End result

Jesus foresaw the fall of Jeru­salem in A.D. 70. He lamented forwhat He knew would befall that city(Matthew 23:37).

On His painful path to His cruci­fixion, "agreat multitude ofthe pe0­

ple followed Him, and women whoalso mourned and lamented Him.

"But Jesus, turning to them, said,'Daughters of Jerusalem. do notweep for Me, but weep for your­selves and for your children. For in­deed the days are coming in whichthey will say, "Blessed are the bar­ren, the wombs that never bore, andthe breasts which never nursed!" , "(Luke 23:27-29).

This is how bad it got. The starkprophecy was fulfilled (at least inpart) in less than four decades. Jose­phus, a historian during the period,recorded the horrors in his bookWar of the Jews.

The horrible happenings of A.D.70 are but a type of the even moregrueling events of the end time(Matthew 24). Violence is intensi­fying. The tempo will increase untilthe time of great trouble.

This world is moving toward thegreat tribulation. However well-in­tentioned, rulers of this world can­not bring peace. Only the Prince ofPeace can do that.

The end of this age precedes thewonderful world tomorrow-a timewhen violence and the tools of vio­lence will be banished.

the end of World War II. Britainunderstood that if the resources ofEurope fell under the control of asingle country, it would be out­matched and hence, in time, de­fenseless.

"[British Prime Minister Win­ston] Churchill put the case withcharacteristic eloquence: 'For 400years the foreign policy of Englandhas been to oppose the strongest,most aggressive, most dominatingpower on the Continent ... It hasnothing to do with rulers or nations;it is concerned solely with whoeveris the strongest or potentially domi­nating tyrant.' "

Before World War II, Germangeopoliticians envisioned a Eur­asian powerhouse, dominated byBerlin, linking the military might ofthe Third Reich, Japan, the SovietUnion and if possible, China and In­dia. The objective was the destruc­tion of the British Empire.

But Adolf Hitler's folly of tryingto conquer the Soviet Union, in­stead of cooperating with it,brought this scheme to ruins. It wasnot yet the time of Jacob's trouble(Jeremiah 30:17). The Gospel mes­sage still had to go around theworld, from the peoples of Israel.

But are we once again seeing theoutlines of an awesome and threat­ening world power bloc?

By John Ross Schroeder

European Diary

BaREHAMWOOD, England­As Jesus approached Jerusalem,"He saw the city and wept over it,saying, 'Ifyou had known, even you,especially in this your day, thethings that make for your peace!But now they are hidden from youreyes'" (Luke 19:41-42, New KingJames throughout).

Jerusalem did not know the wayto peace then. either does Belfast,

orthern Ireland, now. TheChurch cries out (as Jesus did), but"the light shines in the darkness,and the darkness did not compre­hend it" (John 1:5). People don'tfully grasp what's happening.

Many saw the latest atrocity inBelfast on television. Two Britishsoldiers were brutally beaten andmurdered. Political reaction wastypical. Revulsion, then wringing ofhands. Finally, promises to trackdown the perpetrators.

But this misses the point! As withJerusalem in Jesus' time, Belfastdoesn't know the time of its visita­tion (Luke 19:44)-its residentsdon't know where events are leading.

Failure of recognition

Terrorism is bad in orthern Ire­land. But so is street crime in Lon­don, where violence is increasing.

Figure show an 11 percent in­crease in violent crime. Belfastdoesn't have a lot of street crime.It's mostly terrorism there.

The headlines are enough tocause an upset stomach. "IranReady to Unleash Gas Revenge onIraqis"; "Gunpoint End to ArmeniaGlasnost"; "Hate Campaign Turnson Tutu."

Hatred and violence are increas­ing. And they are not confined to afew terrorists. Few seem to graspthis point. As an article in theMarch 24 International HeraldTribune said," 0 society, howevercivilized, is immune to occasionaloutbreaks of savagery at the mar­gins."

The blame is "at the margins."Some lunatic on the outskirts of so-

ing to push the United States backinto the Western Hemisphere andthen using its central geographicposition to neutralize neighbors oneby one ... luring them into separatedealings with Moscow."

America's basic objective,stressed Mr. Kissinger, like that ofBritain earlier, must be to "main­tain the balance of power in Eurasia... The relationship of the UnitedStates to ... the Eurasian land­mass, will be comparable to Brit­ain's relationship to Europe until

presents a challenge to the UnitedStates, said Mr. Kissinger, as theSoviets in their economic self-inter­est attempt to make common causewith the Western Europeans:

"The Soviet Union will almostcertainly strive to escape thisprospect during the 19908 by seek-

Violence is a productof Western way oflife

W~RLDWATCHBy Gene H. Hogberg

every word of God and concentrateon what we are reading.

When we read and study theScriptures is an important factor. Ifwe regularly put it off until the lasthourof the day and then sleepily nodour way through a few verses beforecrawling into bed, we are reallycheating ourselves. God's Word de­serves some of our best, most alertmoments. It deserves our undividedattention. The words in the Bible arethe words of eternal life.

Jesus was constantly calling intoquestion the reading ability of thereligious leaders of His day. "Haveyou not read what David did ... ?"He asked them on one occasion(Matthew 12:3).

"Or have you not read in thelaw ... ?" (verse 5). Concerning di­vorce Jesus again pointed to theScriptures, asking, "Have you notread ... ?" (Matthew 19:4).

Once more, in Matthew 21:16,Jesus put His detractors to silenceby asking, "Have you neverread ...?" And in verse 42 He de­manded, "Did you never read in theScriptures ... ?"

Again, "But ... have you notread what was spoken to you byGod ... ?" (Matthew 22:31).

Of course these theologians hadread the Scriptures-more accu­rately, had read over them-manytimes. That's what made them so in­dignant that Jesus would questiontheir reading. However, they hadnot let the meaning of what theyread sink in.

What a paradox that to thesereaders of God's Word-scholars,learned individuals that theywere-Jesus had to declare, "Youare mistaken, not knowing theScriptures ..." (verse 29)!

Let us be sure that in our personalstudy we are reading the Bible tounderstand it. God has a messagefor us. He has preserved it downthrough the centuries. He wants usto comprehend it.

He provides through His Churchteachers and helps in the form ofar­ticles and publications. He freelygives His Spirit to make the truthclear. He asks, "Do you read me?"

How do you answer?

Threat from Eurasia

It is in the vast area stretchingfrom Western Europe into the So­viet Union that the most fundamen­tal transformations are under way.

By the year 2000, emphasizedMr. Kissinger, Western Europewill have crossed a threshold: It"will either have united or have ab­dicated as a major force on the inter­national scene." Bible prophecy, ofcourse, clearly indicates the former.

As for the Soviet Union, Mr.Kissinger continued, "It has nochoice but to undertake domesticreforms, [but] this enterprise islikely to be accompanied by domes­tic instability at home and turmoilin Eastern Europe."

Many other experts, too, predictthat even under a reformist policy,the Soviet economy will growslower than its competitors. This

bombs-perhaps as many as 20­that can be delivered to targets bycombat aircraft.

plier. It may lease up to five other ofthe 6,300-ton Victor class sub­marines (which are not suppliedwith nuclear weapons).

And in late March, U.S. intelli­gence sources revealed that Indiahas assembled a handful of highlysophisticated, low-yield atomic

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carefully do we read the Bible?Granted, we all have plenty of

material to read-more than we canget around to. In these last daysknowledge is increasing, as a trip toa bookstore or library demonstrates.

Fortunately, a lot of written ma­teriallends itself to once-over skim­ming or speed-reading. But theBible does not. Jesus said we shouldlive by "every word" of God(Matthew 4:4, ew King Jamesthroughout). otice that He did notsay "every other word of God," or"every third word of God." Jesussaid we must live by "every" wordof God. To do that, we need to read

ing the appearance of the column tohave people ask how I was doing af­ter my experience! Please do notmisunderstand. I sincerely appreci­ate concern for my welfare, butsomething was obviously lost in thecommunication process here.

I know how it is, because I toohave read things in haste and notgotten a clear picture of what I haveread. Which brings me to the pointI wish to make in this column. How

Other power centers

Mr. Kissinger, in his article, enu­merated what he believes to be themost important power centers in the19908 and beyond.

Japan, he claims, "will be themost rapidly emerging great powerof the next century." It is destined,he said, to become "a significantmilitary power," at least in Asia.

China, Mr. Kissinger added, willgrow economically, but will stillneed to balance neighboring bigpowers, Japan and the SovietUnion, with ties to Washington.

Mr. Kissinger drew attention toIndia, which is, he said, "in manyrespects the most neglected of theemerging major powers."

As evidence of its intention toplay the dominant role in the IndianOcean, India has leased a nuclear­powered submarine from the SovietUnion, its principal weapons sup-

tive, not absolute, and is thereforeperfectly natural," and that Amer­icacan comfortably adjust to a 16 to18 percent share of the world's pro­ductive wealth (down from 40 per­cent or more in 1945).

The same author maintains that"the only serious threat to the realinterests of the United States cancome from a failure to adjust sensi­bly to the newer world order."

Bible prophecy, however, showsthat there is much more to Amer­ica's decline than a comfortable ad­justment. The primary focus of thenewer world order that is takingshape is a powerful, European-dom­inated arrangement that will proveto be the gravest challenge to the na­tional existence of both the UnitedStates and Great Britain.

By Dexter H. Faulkner

Do you read Ine?"Do you read me?" is a question

you expect to hear in radio commu­nications. It asks, "Do you clearlyreceive and understand what I amtrying to communicate to you?"

When you stop to analyze it,though, it is also a good question toask when writing to others. Com­municating through the writtenword is truly a marvelous ability,both from the writing and the read­ing standpoint.

Animals communicate with eachother to a limited extent usingsounds or movements, but of all lifeforms on earth only humans canconvey meaningful messagesthrough the written word.

So effective is this method ofcommunicating that God chose it asthe primary means by which His in­structions to us-the Bible-wouldbe preserved and transmitted.

But as any writer knows, no mat­ter how much effort is put intopainstakingly and clearly writingthe message down, that act consti­tutes only half of what is required toeffectively get the message across.The other half involves the reader'sability to read, comprehend and re­member. Here we all have room forimprovement.

What brings this to mind is reac­tion to the column I wrote for theSept. 28 Worldwide News. In it Iquoted at length a letter from a per­son who was expressing how grate­ful he was for God's intervention af­ter an accident. The accidentinvolved the person backing out ofhis drive and running over a neigh­bor's child. The child miraculouslyescaped serious injury.

I was amazed in the days follow-

PASADENA-"One main taskfor the next American President,"Henry Kissinger wrote in theMarch 27 Los Angeles Times, "willbe to guide his country through aprofound transition in its interna­tional position."

Yet, observed the former U.S.secretary of state, "no presidentialcandidate is making a serious effortto prepare the American people forthe radically different world theywill soon face."

This task, instead, has fallen to anumber of historians who have beenexamining America's slipping posi­tion in the world order.

In perhaps the most notable bookof its kind, The Rise and Fall oftheGreat Powers, Paul Kennedyproves that in nearly every histori­cal case-to which the UnitedStates is proving to be no excep­tion-political and military declineor fall was preceded by the erosion,in peace time, of economic power.

Illustrating this fact, the UnitedStates has declined in relative eco­nomic power, especially over thepast two decades. The same periodhas witnessed the correspondingrise in the fortunes of Japan, WestGermany and other nations.

True to all empires of the past,the United States is finding it diffi­cult to maintain its far-flung mili­tary obligations, leading to the age­old problem of imperial overstretch.

Mr. Kennedy and other authorsassessing America's empire (mostAmericans are only learning thatthey have an empire at the time it'sslipping away) generally voice nogreat alarm at this development.

For example, Mr. Kennedy be­lieves that the U.S. decline is "rela-

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based on Joshua 1," said Mr.Howe's wife, Joyce. Five flags onthe ship spell unity.

After greeting the brethren injust less than two hours, the pastorgeneral conducted a ministersmeeting and was host to a buffet.

"The deacons and deaconessesexpressed extreme gratitude andsurprise, shall we say, at being in­cluded in the ministerial meetingand buffet," said Mr. Dick.

Outside the convention centerabout a half million high school andcollege students were spendingtheir spring breaks on the beaches.

"It was quite a contrast to see theincredible mass of humanity out­side, all striving to find fulfillment,fun and love in the melee, and insidewere people, calm and very muchthe opposite, who have purpose,happiness and the love that othersdesire so desperately," Mr. Dickobserved.

"But it's the last place the peopleoutside would think to look for it."

Traveling with Mr. Tkach wereMr. Locke, M.rs. Escat, Mrs. Ap­person, Mr. Rasmussen, Mr.Hopke, Mr. Dietrich, Mr. Brothers,and executive secretary Lois We­ber.

Gary Werings was cameraman,and Steve Bergstrom was remoteoperations engineer for the televi­sion crew.

"It was very encouraging to seeand feel the unity that is growing inthe body of the Church worldwide,"said Miss Weber. "Traveling withMr. Tkach gives one a bird's-eyeview of the enormity of our family."

Report from

PASADENA-The March income increase of 11 percent over March,1987, was better than that of either January or February. The increasebrought the year-to-date figure to a plus 5.8 percent. This is a littleabove budget. We hope that the spring Holy Day offerings will give usa good increase.

Preparation of the 1987 financial statements and the related auditby Arthur Andersen & Co. are almost complete. By the time most ofyou read this, we will have finished this work for our operations in theUnited States. The combined report for all our offices around the worldwill be completed shortly thereafter.

As I mentioned before, this process requires many hours by both theauditors and by our Accounting staff. We are pleased to report thatthis year's audit has gone smoothly and is finishing on schedule.

Arthur Andersen & Co. are our auditors of record in most of ourmajor offices worldwide. The financial statements for most of thoseareas are now compiled, and we are reviewing them here in Pasadena.

When all the work is done, we will meet with our auditors to reviewtheir findings and any recommendations they may have. The self-anal­ysis is one of the most important products of the audit process.

Self-analysis or examination is an important part of each of our livesduring the spring Holy Day season. Similarly, the annual audit reviewgives Mr. Joseph Tkach and those of us at headquarters the oppor­tunity to examine the work's finances, bookkeeping and procedures.We are better able to make changes when necessary and to becontinually improving our stewardship of the funds and resources thatGod provides to do His work.

ANNIVERSARY RECITAL-To mark the 20th anniversary of thePasadena Ambassador College Academic Center, a recital was per­formed March 27 by (from left) Kathryn Ames, wife of evangelist RichardAmes, Ruth Walter, professor of music at Big Sandy Ambassador Col­lege, and evangelist Leroy Neff, Church treasurer. The trio also per­formed at the dedication ceremonies of the Academic Center March 27,1968. [Photo by Hal Finch]

the Treasurer's Office

At Sabbath services March 26,3,616 brethren from 15 churches inFlorida assembled in the OceanCenter to hear the pastor general.

Beethoven's Hallelujah was per­formed by a combined choir of 250voices and a newly formed statewideorchestra involving 48 musicians,half of whom are Church youths.

Mr. Tkach told brethren to keepthe commitment they made at bap­tism and to live Christianity with alltheir strength and might.

"Mr. Tkach's visit was especiallyenergizing to people who have comeinto the Church in the last fiveyears, as they were able to meetGod's apostle," said Daniel Bierer,Fort Myers and Sarasota, Fla., pas­tor. "He infects us all with his en­thusiasm and energy."

Frankie Kinster, a member inFlorida, said Mr. Tkach made herfeel "a part of headquarters."

Donna Sacoulas, also a member,said she would wait as 4,OOOth inline to meet the pastor general.

Mr. Tkach was given an oil paint­ing of a transitional steamer, a typeof the one Mr. Tkach's parentsboarded in Bremerhaven, Ger­many, when they emigrated to theUnited States near the turn of thecentury, before they were married,according to Ronald Howe, St. Pe­tersburg, Fla., pastor.

The ship, shown under full sailand steam, was painted by KenPerenyi and Jose Salas, professionalartists and members who attend theSt. Petersburg church.

"We took the liberty of namingthe unnamed ship Good Courage.

During the tour the party stoppedand got out of the bus to observe analligator "sitting benignly in theriver, until they were told that alliga­tors can move as fast as a gallopinghorse if they want to," related JohnHalford, the television crew's on-sitedirector. "You should have seen us

PEOPLE PERSON-Taking timefor everyone in Bakersfield, Calif.,April8, Pastor General Joseph W.Tkach poses with Bill andGretchen Creamer from Mojave,Calif., and their children Ashleigh(left) and Kamryn. [Photo by CraigJackson]

run for the bus!"At the space center the group saw

"one of the most fascinating exhibi­tions on the face of the earth," ac­cording to Mr. Halford.

"We toured a private museumand the facilities where they firstbegan putting people into space inthe early '60s," he continued.

"This facility is less than a quar­ter century old, and it was obviouslyincredibly obsolete. The equipmentlooked like it had come out of theArk ... We were all impressed withwhat humans have been able to ac­complish in a short period of time,"he said.

Mr. Tkach reminded the groupthat if human beings can work to­gether this way for a goal they be­lieve in, how much more should thespirit-led family of God work to­gether to succeed in the project theyhave dedicated their lives to?

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Mr. Egbert plans to send eachemployer mentioned on the surveysa letter explaining AmbassadorCollege and inviting the business todevelop a working relationship withthe college if it desires.

Through the letter and contactwith employees in the Church, anemployer will be familiar with thecollege if he or she receives a letterfrom a job-seeking student.

Mr. Egbert also hopes that poten­tial Ambassador College studentswill become aware of Career Ser­vices.

"There are a lot of prospectivestudents who would be excellentcandidates for Ambassador Col­lege, who may feel reticent aboutthe college because of their percep­tion that there's a lack of concernabout career planning," he said.

Daytona BeachMr. Tkach, his party and the tele­

vision crew touched down at 1:45a.m., March 24, in Daytona Beach,where they were met by RandalDick, pastor of the Orlando, Fla.,A.M. and P.M. churches.

After leaving Burbank theystopped in Phoenix, Ariz., to pickup Art Krzywicki, Mr. Tkach'sbrother-in-law. Mr. Krzywickimarried Mr. Tkach's sister, Lil,who died in 1978. Mr. Tkach andMr. Krzywicki visited Mr. Tkach'sother sister, Vera Swiontek, inTampa, Fla.

March 24 Mr. Tkach and hisparty flew to Cape Canaveral for atour of the Kennedy Space Center.

Lawrence Dietrich and steward JayBrothers. Mr. Dietrich's wife, Vir­ginia, and Mr. Brother's wife, Fe­licia, also went.

"What a fantastic day!" said Ar­lie Patterson, a minister in the Mo­jave church. "As Mr. Tkach said,'We've had a spiritual date with theBridegroom.' "

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PASADENA-An AmbassadorCollege Career Services programwill make potential employersaware ofAmbassador graduates, ac­cording to Jeb Egbert, coordinatorof student employment and assis­tant director of Career Services.

Career Services will also makestudents aware of potential employ­ers, said Mr. Egbert.

Chancellor Joseph W. Tkachwould like the college to offer morein the area of career services to helpguide students along those lines, headded.

The service was expanded thisyear when students were invited totake the Strong-Campbell interestinventory, a test to help them knowtheir career interests.

Mr. Egbert said that becausehonesty and integrity are concernsin the work place, many businessesseek employees with training suchas Ambassador College students re­ceive.

"We hope to package an Ambas­sador College student as one whohas been taught that there is a goodand a bad, a right and a wrong.

"God's Word is a code of conductthat we live by, and I think that is anextremely marketable package," hesaid.

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as the one sent forth to measure thetemple and bind the familyofGod."

After services brethren lined upto meet the pastor general, who wasthen host to a ministers meeting andbuffet for about 70 ministers, dea­cons and their spouses.

Mr. Tkach is a "strong leader andsomeone you can follow, because heidentifies with the people," saidMichael Look, 16, from Mojave.

Henry Rowe from Santa Barbarasaid, "He is strong, personal andloving in his sharing of thoughts,ideals and goals for his family."

Mr. Tkach left Bakersfield at8:45 that evening. Traveling withhim were his assistant JosephLocke, administrative assistant El­len Escat, executive office aideMichael Rasmussen and his wife,Juli, and secretary Esther Apper­son.

G-III crew members were Cap­tain Ken Hopke, co-captain

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The Plain Truth About Healing

You can have faith that God will healyou if it is in your best spiritual interest.You can utterly trust God to do what isbest for you.

Chapter fiveFaith and healing

Many have asked, "If God hasnot bound Himself to heal everysick Christian every time, then howcan I have faith that He will heal menow that I am sick this time?" Oth­ers have asked, over the centuries,why God would allow some to sufferso horribly from severe illness.

These questions are indeed thenatural, human questions to ask.They deserve answers. And the an­swers to these and related questionsall revolve around the nature offaith and its precise relationship tohealing.

Tbe nature of faitb

We should begin by remindingourselves that sickness is a trial. It isa trial of our patience, of our en­durance, of our understanding andperhaps even of our willpower. Butmore than all of these, sickness is atrial of our faith! Certainly anyonewho has ever been seriously ill, orwho has watched a sick relative suf­fer, would immediately agree withthat statement.

But in spite of the universalagreement that sickness is a trial ofone's faith, the actual connectionbetween faith and healing has beenmuch misunderstood. The commonbelief is that ifyou "have faith" Godwill heal you, and if you "don't havefaith" He will not. Therefore peopleconclude that if God does heal one,that person must have indeed hadgreat faith. They also often con­clude that if God does not heal aperson, then that person didn't havefaith. Based upon this way of rea­soning, healing and nonhealing be­come a test of one's righteousness.

Those who believe that God willheal everyone who has faith andobeys Him are virtually brandingeveryone not healed as faithless anddisobedient. Admittedly, faith andobedience are important compo­nents in God's decision whether orhow to answer any prayer, includingour prayers for healing. Thereforeit makes sense to exercise ourfaithand increase in obedience so ourprayer for healing will be more ef­fectual.

But notice! The Bible clearlyshows that everyone who has God'sSpirit has at least some faith, be­cause faith is a fruit of the Spirit(Galatians 5:22). And if he or shehas God's Spirit, then the personmust be obeying God to some de­gree, for God only gives His Spiritto those who obey (Acts 5:32)!Hence we cannot conclude thatthose Christians not healed are alto­gether faithless and disobedient.

It is also true that while all Chris­tians share in faith and obedience,these attributes are possessed andexercised by Christians to differingextents or to different degrees.

But even this does not necessarilymean that those who possess faithand/or obedience in greater degreeare always more likely to be healedthan someone else. For it may be inthe best interest of even the mostfaithful of men to suffer with ill­ness, however caused.

We have previously seen caseswhere God did not heal even faith­filled people like Elisha. We havealso seen cases where God healedsome with little or no real, spiritualfaith. And it appears that Godsometimes heals regardless of faithsimply to extend His mercy to a suf­fering human. As we have seen fromthe previous chapters, God has notbound Himself to heal every singlefaithful and obedient Christian ev­ery single time.

Neither does Matthew 9:29("According to your faith be it untoyou") prove that those with morefaith are always more likely to behealed. First, the considerationsjust cited about God's will are not

contradicted by this verse, no mat­ter how one reads it. Second, thisverse does not necessarily mean thatthe blind men received healing inproportion to their faith, but ratheras the goal of their faith. The Good­speed translation says it this way:"Have what your faith expects."

Hence, the equation drawn bysome that those who are healed al­ways have greater faith than thosewho are not is false. The biblicalfacts, and common sense, tell usthat faith and obedience are not thetotal explanation; rather, God's willfor the person takes precedence.

Another belief held by many peo­ple is that God will heal you if youbelieve He will. But this reasoningis also fallacious. It is often basedupon an assumed definition offaith-namely, that faith is the con­fidence that God will always healyou because ofyour faith. But this iswrong! This is not the correct defi­nition of faith! FAITH IS NOT THE BE­LIEF THAT GOD WILL HEAL YOU EV­ERY TIME YO ARE SICK! And all

who labor under this notion-asmany do--will continue to be be­wildered by the subject of faith andhealing!

God decides what is best

Now read this carefully! Here is atrue definition of faith: Faith is ut­ter trust in God. It is utter trust inGod to do what God says He will do.Certainly, He has promised to givesalvation to those who have re­pented and been baptized (Acts2:38-39). He has promised not tolet us suffer beyond what we canbear (I Corinthians 10:13). And Hehas promised He will be our protec­tor and defender (Psalm 28:7,115:9). We can utterly trust God infaith for these and many otherthings. But He has nowherepromised to heal everyone everytime. So, faith cannot be the beliefthat God will heal you every time.

Even to ask the question, "Howcan I have faith that God will healme now that I am sick, when He hasnot promised to heal everyone everytime" shows the questioner doesn'tunderstand the connection betweenfaith and healing.

The answer to the question is thatyou can have faith that God willheal you if it is in your ultimate bestspiritual interest. You can. and tobe a true Christian you must. be­lieve that you can utterly trust Godto do what is best for you. You canalso utterly trust God not to let yousuffer more than you can bear. Andyou can trust God to one day giveyou salvation and eternal life-butonly after you have "suffered awhile" (I Peter 5:10) and endured.Belief in these things-belief inthese things which God truly haspromised-is true faith!

Do not misunderstand. A sickperson certainly can-indeed,should-pray and ask God to healhim. He should implore Godearnestly to divinely intervene. Andhe should call the elders of theChurch for prayer according toJames 5:14. God has commanded usto make our requests known to Himby prayer and supplication (Philip­pians 4:6). And we should be persis­tent, as Christ instructed His disci­ples (Luke 11:5-13).

The inescapable reasons are that1) It just may indeed often be God'swill to heal the person (althoughGod expects us to implore Him even

then-many lessons are learnedthrough persistent prayer in pa­tience) and 2) God's will is not al­ways fixed or unchangeable, butrather subject to the prayers of therighteous.

Our prayers may at times affector even alter God's will within cer­tain limits. But, a sick person shouldnot want his personal will to over­ride God's better judgment. Heshould pray for healing always sub­ject to God's ultimate will, as didChrist, who asked that His cup ofsuffering be removed (Matthew26:36-45). Christ asked that the Fa­ther only take the cup of sufferingfrom Him if it were the Father'swill and if it were "possible." Ob­viously it was technically possiblefor God to remove Christ's suffer­ing. What Christ meant was that Hewanted it removed only if it werepossible to accomplish the same endsome other way. The Father did notremove the suffering.

In like manner, although we im­plore God with tears, we must in the

end defer to the Father's will, let­ting God always use His best judg­ment whether to heal or not, andwith the understanding that Godhas not failed us if we are not healed.Suffering is a necessary part of thishuman existence. In our sufferingwe often face ourselves and turncloser to God. And, we must alwaysremember that perpetual physicalhealth is not the goal or purpose oflife and should not be more impor­tant to us than the real purpose­that of eternal life as God's sons inHis Family.

Total trust in God

When we really understand faith,we see that faith in God for healingis bigger than mere faith that Godwill heal you every time. Faith inGod for healing means that you be­lieve God will heal you according toHis will for you (which mayor maynot mean He will heal you thistime). It is a more expansive andtrusting faith than some seem to re­alize. It is the faith to trustGod evenin an illness He doesn't heal.

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is the SOURCE of good, of justice,of fairness, of love, of concern, ofgentleness, of kindness, of peace,of stability and of happiness.

The day is coming in which allthose who persist in pursuing theway of selfishness, of greed, ofdisregard for the welfare of oth­ers will perish.

Only those who have becomeLIKE GOD-who have becomelove as God is, living the way ofgive. building stronger andstronger, permanent, enduringrelationships with others-willcontinue for all eternity. Hu­manity will at last have completespiritual healing as all things aremade new.

Unity, to be permanent, mustbe based upon God's love. If it isnot based upon that foundation,it will eventually breaIc apart­because this world's brand ofunity is based merely upon mu­tual gain and does not enduresuffering.

Further, if God healed every sin­gle person every single time, Godwould be in effect removing healthproblems from the list of trialswhich Christians suffer. This issomething He has not promised norchosen to do.

One of the most helpful illustra­tions about faith in the Bible is thestory of Shadrach, Meshach andAbed-nego and the fiery furnace of

ebuchadnezzar found in Daniel 3.In this story King Nebuchadnezzarhad built a huge golden statue andhad commanded all his subjects tofall down and worship it. ThreeJews-Shadrach, Meshach andAbed-nego--refused because theyknew God forbade idolatry.

In verses 16-17 they told theking: "0 Nebuchadnezzar, we arenot careful to answer thee in thismatter. If it be so [i.e., if it be God'swill], our God whom we serve isable to deliver us from the burningfiery furnace, and [if it not be Hiswill to save us out of the furnacealive] he will [nevertheless] deliverus out of thine hand [throughdeath]."

As we all know, God deliveredthem alive from the fiery furnace.But notice! In their faith they toldthe king that they knew God woulddeliver them, but made it clear thatthey understood the deliverancemight be by death in the furnace!They had the faith to face deathtrusting in God.

So it is with faith and healing.One who trusts God-that is, onewho has real faith!-trusts that Godwill act in the sick person's best in­terest, whether that be to heal himimmediately, heal him later or notheal him, even though death be thefinal result. He knows God will actin his best interest. His sentimentsecho Job's when Job said, "Thoughhe [God] slay me, yet will I trust inhim" (Job 13:15). But the sick per­son does not-indeed, cannot­know whether God will heal himthis time. And the knowledge thatGod mayor may not heal him doesnot harm his faith at all, for it is thevery reason he needs faith!

Notice the example of Paul inII Corinthians 12:7-10. Here Paulrecords a trial in which he prayedfor deliverance, which God refused.It is not clear here whether the trialincluded physical illness, but thepoint applies in any case. This sec­tion shows that Paul was willing toendure the trial unabated if God inHis judgment deemed it in Paul'sbest spiritual interests. Certainly,no one can remotely accuse Paul of

Jesus set us an example, toendure the weaknesses andshortcoming of others. Evenmarriages, like bargains, deals,alliances and treaties, are oftenbroken as soon as one party seesa "better" alternative and thinkshe or she can get away with it.

Commitment to the good ofothers is seldom a factor in hu­man unity. Only those who fol­low God's instruction (as dosome married couples even out­side God's Church) are able tofind enduring unity.

What about you? Are you de­veloping the mind of Christ? Areyou discerning the Lord's body?

We will be observing the Feastof Pentecost in a few weeks. Itwill help remind us of the aston­ishing truth that Jesus Christ isliving in us through the Spirit ofGod.

Its observance will rehearsethe calling we've been given asGod's elect, His firstfruits. Itwill help us recount that we areindeed the Body of Christ, thatwe are growing together asONE---{)ne with Jesus Christ and

lack of faith here! To the contrary,his willing and trusting attitudedominates the example. Yet, even inthe face of all this faith, the answerto Paul's prayer was, "No, it is notgood for you that I deliver you."Paul, in faith, accepted God's reply.

But wby does God allow suffering?

But still, some will ask how Godcan be a loving and merciful Godyet still allow a true Christian tosuffer the sometimes excruciatingtorments of illness. This question isnot a mere academic one. Anyonewho has ever been very ill knowsthat the suffering of sickness can beone of the most extreme types ofmental and physical suffering. Andall who have ever watched a lovedone waste away-perhaps over sev­eral or more agonizing years-havehad to face this question.

The answer again touches on thematter of faith.

The Bible makes plain that Godallows suffering in this life to buildcharacter (I Peter I :7). All of therighteous men of old, includingAbraham, Moses, David and theapostles, all suffered to various de­grees at one time or another. He­brews 11 shows that this sufferingincluded such things as extremehardship and even torture! Whenwe read these verses, and ones likethem, we sometimes shudder at theamount of suffering even righteousmen and women have been allowedto bear.

But when we are personally con­fronted by severe suffering, espe­cially if it involves children, it canseem that God requires too much ofhumans sometimes. It is at thesetimes that we must realize twothings:

First, much of the suffering thatnow confronts mankind is the resultof man living for thousands of yearsin disobedience to God's laws. Godhas allowed men to live in opposi­tion to His laws because He requireshumans to make their own freechoices, even when their choices op­pose His way. If we were not al­lowed this free choice, we would allbe mere robots! This is somethingnone of us want, even though thefreedom God has allowed us hu­mans means He has given us thefreedom to hurt ourselves.

Second, whether or not the sins ofmankind have caused the sufferingat hand, the suffering-as severe asit might be-is nevertheless tempo­rary ("for a moment"-IICorinthians 4:17) and "not worthy

(See HEALING, page 5)

God the Father, and one witheach other.

And it will help us review andunderstand the avenue throughwhich God works to bring thatunity about-His Holy Spirit­the Spirit that gives us compre­hension of the things of God, andwhich leads our thinking to be­come like God's thinking.

Let's not lose the spiritual mo­mentum that the Passover andthe Days of Unleavened Breadhave given us. Let's press for­ward in Christian growth to Pen­tecost, and on to the fall HolyDays, and beyond, to that greatand indescribable day when theCaptain of our salvation will re­turn to earth in blinding glory,and we will rise to meet Him andbe with Him-and LIKE HIM­

forever!More than ever before we

need to focus upon the fact thatGod's way is a WAY OF LIFE. Itconcerns not merely our outwardconduct, but our inward man,the way we think, the way weare! Let's catch the vision! Let'sdiscern the Lord's body!

Job open in Caribbean

Elder in Reseda dies,Illelllber for 25 years

Monday, April 18, 1988

Healing(Continued from page 4)

to be compared with the glorywhich shall be revealed in us" (Ro­mans 8:18). When we----{)r a lovedone-feel pain it can seem that itwill last forever and that nothingcan be worth enduring it. But Godsays that this is not so--that eternallife in His Kingdom as His son isworth such suffering a thousandtimes over!

Consider this: We all know thatcertain professions in man's worldrequire much preparation, sacrificeand intensive education. For exam­ple, to become a brain surgeon or alawyer may require years and yearsof study and much personal sacri­fice. Since it can be so difficult to be­comequalified as a doctor or lawyer,imagine how difficult-that is, howmuch training, study and, yes, evensuffering-is necessary to becomean actual, spirit-born son of God,filled with power, glory and eternallife! Yet, as hard as it is to livea lifeofobedience to God's laws and to en­dureour trials and sufferings---eventhe trials of illness for ourselves orour loved ones-it is worth it! Noother goal could be worth it, but thisgoal-the true goal and purpose of

PASADENA-The WorldwideChurch of God has an immediateopening for an accountant in theCaribbean Regional Office, accord­ing to the Personnel Office.

The person hired will be responsi­ble for the regional office's account­ing database. The database includes12 sets of books for 12 countries.

The position requires a degree inaccounting or the equivalent and atleast two years experience withcomputerized accounting systems.Being a certified public accountant

life-is worth it all.But how do we know the reward

and goal are worth the suffering?The answer is that God says it isworth it. We must take Him at Hisword. That is, we must have faiththat He knows what is best for us inthe long run, even if that means ill­ness and suffering.

Again, the key is faith! This is nota faith that can be faked or "workedup." It is a calm and peaceful trustin God that comes from His Spiritdwelling in us in abundance. Suchfaith comes from growing close toGod through prayer and Biblestudy, and from waiting in patiencefor God to deliver one from his trialsas He so wills it.

God works with us individually

When we see that God's purposein our lives may demand we facemany trials, even trials of illness,and when we see that even thosewith much faith aren't necessarilyinstantly healed, another thing be­comes clear as well: We see the fu­tility of trying to determine whyGod has or has not healed this orthat person.

Certainly, every sick person­and every person in any kind oftrial-should carefully examine hisor her faith with an eye toward in-

and having a working knowledge ofSpanish would be helpful.

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creasing that faith. Indeed, this isone major purpose for every trial.But it is not profitable or even possi­ble to try to determine why God hasor has not healed another person.Such judging is not constructiveand has no place in the spiritualChristian family. A Christian mustaccept God's purpose in his life andin the lives of others. The potter(God) has power over the clay (ushumans). That is the lesson of nu­merous scriptures (Romans 9:14­23, Exodus 33:19).

The Christian must live his ownlife, not someone else's. The Chris­tian cannot judge what will happenin his life by what happens to an­other Christian. Each Christian hasa different cross to bear. SomeChristians may never be healed.Others may be ilJ and be immedi­ately healed. Others may recuper­ate through a combination of divinehealing and their own efforts. Somemay be healed at one time in theirlife and not at another-as in thecase of Paul. Some may die sud­denly of a heart attack; others maylanguish with cancer. Some dieyoung, others die in middle age,some in their 90s. Some who are un­converted have been healed whilesome who are converted have not. Infact, one reason why God may dosuch a thing is that God has agreater purpose in the life of theconverted person than He does nowin the life of the unconverted. Tofulfill His will for the convertedperson, God may decide to leave oneunhealed a short or long time, evento death.

It is both inaccurate and offensiveto say that a person who is nothealed or who seeks medical aidmust be a weak Christian. Anyonewho says this misunderstands thenature of faith and its relationshipto divine healing. Such a commentseeks to apologize for God in nothealing a person while it blames andjudges the faith of the sick individ­ual.

No two Christians are the same.We can only see the obvious-thateveryone is dealt a different hand.That is why we are commanded notto judge our brothers and sisters.Each of us stands as an individualbefore God. And, before God, eachof us must have the faith to trustGod's will in our lives.

But since faith in the face of ill­ness means we must trust God to dowhat is best for us (even if thatmeans He does not intervene super-

THOUSA D OAKS, Calif.­Charles A. Carson, 78, a localchurch elder in the Reseda, Calif.,church,diedJan. 29. He was born inWalden, N.Y., Nov. 23,1909.

CHARLES A. CARSON

Mr. Carson began attending Sab­bath services in 1962. He was bap­tized in 1963 and his wife, Bertha,was baptized in 1964. On the Feastof Trumpets in 1965 Mr. Carsonwas ordained a deacon. He and hisfamily moved to Mount Pocono,

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naturally to heal us), then doesn'tthis in turn mean we should not in­terfere with God's dealing with usby seeking the aid of medical doc­tors or other health professionals?After all, wouldn't that mean thatwe were interfering with God'swill? Further, some think the Biblecondemns the use of doctors andmedicines. Does it?

These and other questions mustnow be addressed.

(To be continued)

Pa., and he was ordained a localchurch elder on Pentecost, 1969.

Before he was baptized Me. Car­son served with the Boy Scouts ofAmerica and was a district commis­sioner in New York.

The Carsons moved to ThousandOaks in 1981.

Mr. Carson is survived by hiswife of 55 years; five children andtheir spouses: Audrey and Charles

ickel Jr., Elaine Vernon, Char­lotte and Howard Spielberger,Charles and Mary Carson, andRobert and Pat Carson; 14 grand­children and spouses: Charles andLoretta Nickel, Robert and Elaine

ickel, Donna and Jeff Leclerc,Debbie Nickel, Bill Guthy, Rickand Denise Guthy, Gordon and JeffSpielberger, and Kevin, Brian,Steven, Craig, Keith and CrissyCarson; and seven great-grandchil­dren.

Until Mr. Carson's mother, CoraGruetzmacher, died in 1980, therewere five generations of the familyattending God's Church.

Funeral services were conductedby James Friddle, pastor of theReseda church.

Children's CornerA special stamp

By Vivian PettijohnIt was Friday afternoon. Rocky and

Jeff Winfield, home from school, hadjust changed their clothes.

"Rocky, look at this unusual Mexi­can stamp!" Jeff exclaimed. "PedroLopez gave it to me today. I'm goingto put it in my stamp album rightnow."

"That really is a different stamp,"Rocky agreed. "But do you have timenow to fool with it? Aren't you sup­posed to be out collecting aluminumcans so your class can sell them andmake money?"

"Oh, I can do that later," 9-year-oldJeff said. "I want to do this first, thenread in my book about Mexicanstamps."

Rocky, age 12, started shining hisbest shoes to wear tomorrow. When hefinished, Jeff was still reading in theirbedroom.

"Jeff," Rocky said, frowning. "Itwill soon be the Sabbath, but youwould have time to pick up cans fromone house before then."

"Oh," said Jeff impatiently,"there's lots of time. I don't have toturn those cans in until Monday."

"Well," Rocky observed, "if youwait, how will you get it all done intime? Tomorrow when the Sabbathends it will be too late to start out.That will leave only Sunday to collectcans at all six houses. I could help youif you'd go right now."

"Thanks anyway," Jeff said, "but

our teacher wants us to do all the workourselves. He says we'll appreciate ourtrip to Disneyland more next week ifwe earn the money without anyoneelse's help. I'll get it done later."

Rocky shrugged and straightenedup their room. Then he began to do hisschool homework.

In a few minutes Mother stopped attheir doorway. "Are you boys readyfor the Sabbath? Is your work done?If not, hurry and do it."

Jeff glanced at the clock. Then hefrowned as he suddenly remembered

Artwork to color by Ken Tunell

something. He jumped up from hischair and ran down the hall to thekitchen, where he grabbed a largeplastic garbage bag and headed out theback door.

As he mounted his bicycle, hescolded himself aloud: "Now you'vedone it. You promised Mrs. Jones youwould pick up her cans yesterday afterschool, but you played touch footballand forgot. Then you promised Mrs.Vance you would pick up her emptycans before 4 o'clock this afternoon­and now it's after 5. Why do you post-

pone doing your work? You shouldjust do it and get it over with!"

It was a hilly, tiring six-block ride,and Jeff was glad to reach his destina­tion. As he stopped his bike in thedriveway, he saw Mrs. Vance in hercar, ready to drive away.

"Why, Jeff," Mrs. Vance ex­claimed from the driver's window. "Igave up on you an hour ago. I have toleave now. Here is the garage key, andthe cans are in a box inside the door.Hurry, please."

When the tired fourth grader gotback home, carrying a full bag ofcans,Mr. Winfield opened the door forhim.

"Hi, Jeff," Dad said, giving him aquick hug. "You're a little late pickingup those cans today, aren't you?"

"I'm afraid so, Daddy," Jeff an­swered sheepishly. "Before I left, Itook time to read about a Mexicanstamp Pedro gave me today. I shouldhave done my work first.

"But while I was going over to Mrs.Vance's house, I thought aboutstamps. A good stamp sticks to an en­velope until the envelope gets to whereit's going, doesn't it? I guess I need tobe more like a stamp-to stick with ajob until it's done. It even takes a lick­ing and keeps on sticking, right?"

"That's right, son," Dad said,laughing. "And if you will act like thatkind ofstamp, I'm sure you'll receive aspecial stamp from me-my personalstamp of approval."

NIELSEN. lewlS Ivan. 77. 01 Ogden. Utah,died Feb. 301canc«. He has been a Churchmember since 1970. Mr. Nielsen .. SUMV8dby WIle. Adeltne. also a Church member;two sons; fi\'Il daughters; 31 grandchildren;and IWl8 great-grandchildl'en. Funeral ser­VICeS were oonducted by Don Lawson, pas­to.-olthe Sa~ Lake Crty. Utah. church.

ADAMS, Ramona. 66. of Cuero. Tex.• diedMarch 12 01 heart ailments. Sha has been aChurch member ..nce 1975. Mrs. Adams ..sUMved by her husband. Jay; her mother.Pauline Mondin; and a SISler. UIIan Patter­son. Funeral servx::es were conducted byGary Patty. associate paslof 01 the HoustonWest and VIClIlna. Tex.• churches.

church pastor. and his wife, Mona. with thecouple's son DaYid and da~ Linda.The oongregal1on also oontribuled funds tobring the ooupIe's son Vernon. a S1Udent atPasadena Ambessador College. home fo.­the event. The celebration took place afterSabbath servICes March 5. Bralhren pre­sented the Schurters wrth a ..lver tea andplaller set at a finger lood and champagnesocial.

WALTEA. Edmond. 83. ollllg Sandy. diedNov 17, 1987. alter along -.s. He hasbeen a Church member SInce 1959. Mr.Walter IS SUrVIved by hIS wile. Bemce; oneSlS1er. Elizabeth Blue; and one nephew.Robert Blue. Graveside serYIC8S were c0n­ducted by KerlIl8th Treybog. associa18 pas­to.- of the Bog sandy church.

MURRAY, Dar1ys ..... 59. of Big Sandy. diedMarch 1 after a sudden ~Iness. She hasbeen a Church member SInce 1973. Mrs.Murray IS survived by her husbend. LesterS.• two sons. Kerth and James; her mother.Maude Fjer1stad: a S1epbrother. Earl FJer1.S1ad; a S18pS4ster. Mary Anne EIIongson;three grandsons, Kerry. camp and KeVIn;and several nieces and nephews.

FRAUND. ArthlM'. 81. of Spring Hill. Fla..died March 21. SIX months after suffering acerebral stroke. He has been a Churchmember SInce 1983. Mr. Fraund is survivedby his wife of 50 years. Anna; two sons.Helmuland Manlred; a daughter. Erika KJm;and "'9ht grandchildren. Gra....side ser­vICes were oonc:tucted by Roy Demarest.pastOl' 01 the Tampa, Aa.. church.

PARKER. Paul, 82, of Washington. D.C..died Feb. 23 of a heart allack. He has been aChurch member SInce 1958. Mr. Par1<er isSUMVed by a h II-sister and a haIf-br_.His brother died the same day. also 01 aheart attack. Funeral services were con­_byDonald_.pastor 01 the Adaand Lawlon. Okla.• churches.

H"'LL, Glenn F.• 77, 01 Watseka. II.. diedFeb. 19. He has been a Church member"""'" 1963. Mr. Hal is survived by his wile.Evelyn; a daughler. Donna Kar1ock; a son,DaVId; abr_. Robert; two sisters. Leona.....ends and Mary Cooper; and two graM­choIdren. Kendra and Kent KarIocI<. FmeraI_ were conducted by Ronald Laugh-

land. pastor 01 the Hammond. Ind.• church.

HOUAELD. Sienna. 64. 01 liberal. KIn.•died March 11. She has been a Churchmember sonce 1967. Mrs Holifield IS sur­VIved by her husband. Rol; two daughters.Linda Sehorn and Arlene Brown; lwinsons.Wendell and Wayland; two brothers, Ronaldand Harold Vens; and seven grandcholdren.Funeral _ were conducted by Gary

Pendergrall, pastor 01 the liberal and 5coltCrty. KIn.• churches.

Raymond and June MeMulin of "'uslln.Tex.• celebrated theor 25th wedding Or>­niversary March 3. The MeMulins weremamed 10 Pasadena 1111963 Mr. MeMullIIlwas baptJzed 10 1955. and his wife wasbaptJzed 10 1954. Mr. MeMuIin worked Iofthe Pasadena "'mbassador College land­scape Departmenf from 1958 to 1966.

SOTHo Hartwig. 67. oILockstedl, WeS1Ger­many. died Jan. 25 01 a pulmonary em­bolism after a hop operation. He has been aChurch member since 1976. Mr. SoIh IS

SUMVed by onebr_ and two SIsters and_ families. Fu_al services were con-ducIed by Grant Spong, pastor of the Ham­b1Kg. Hannover and Bertin. West Germany.churches.

GRUNDY. John F.• 52. 01 Alburt•...ustraIie,died March 10 01 brain bJmors. He wasbaptJzed in 1978. Mr. Grundy .. survived~his WIle. Fay; three sons. Graeme. Marl< andLance; and two grandchildren. Bruce Dean.pastor of the Wodonga and Temora-WaggaWagga. "'ustral..._. conducted fu­neral services.

MR. AND MRS. TIM HUGHES

Mr. and Mrs. Ton Hughes 01 Brisbane. Aus,tralia. oelebrated thetr 25th wedding an­niversary April 13. Mrs. Hughes has been aChurch member SlIlC8 1971. The coupleha.... three children. Helen. Adnan and Su­san.

BRACH. AIJe<1 C.• 81. 01 Benton..... Ark.,died Feb. 9. He has been a Church member"""'" 1968. Mr. Brach .. survived by hisWIfe. Darlene. also a Church member; loursons; two daughters; 18grandchildl'en; and21 great-grandchildren. Funeral serviceswere conducted by Charles Zinvnerman.pastor 01 the Fayetteville and Fort Snvth.Ark.• churches.

The Everett, Wash.• church wi. celebrate its10th anniversary June 25 and 26..... mem­bers who attended theE_congregationduring the past 10 years ara invited toallend.

NOTICES

WILSON, Eva. 85. 01 Beulah. NO. diedMarch 9. She has been a Church memberSlIlC8 1969 Mrs WIlson IS SUMVed by fi\'Ilsons. two daughters. 28 granc:tcl1ildren. 35great-grandchildren and lour great-great·grandchild""'.

OBITUARIES

Monday, April 18, 1988

MR. AND MRS. lOY CARSON

MR. AND MRS. ROBERT BERRIE

Mr. and Mrs. Basi Broughman of Coldwa­ter. MICh.. are pleased to amounoa themarriage 01 thelI" daughter. J88lWl8 Mane.to Robert Berrie. son 01 Mr and Mrs. BobbyBerrie 01 San Angelo, Tex. The ceremonywas perlonned m Coldwater Jan. 3 by lam­bert Gr_. pastor 01 the Coldwater andKalamazoo, MiCh., churches. CarolBroughman. sISler 01 the bride. was maid 01honor. and Jaoob Ruggless was best man.The couple reside in Pasadena.

ANNIVERSARIES

MR. AND MRS. nMOTHY WOlBECK

Paulelte Rose Siedschlag. daughter 01 Mr.and Mrs. Richard Siedschlag of Moo.-head.Minn.• and Tonothy JamesW_. son ofMr. and Mrs. Don Wolbeckol Detroit Lakes,Minn.. were unrted in marriage Nov. 28.1987. The ceremony was performed byMIchael Blackwell, puto.- of the GrandForI<s and Fargo. N.D.• churches. DarlineSiedschlag and Carolyn Sigurdson. sisters01 the bride. were maid and matron 01 honor.and Jeff W_. br_ 01 the groom.was best man. The ooupIe reside in DetroitLakes.

Mr. and Mrs. James Perrow 01 Orlando,Fla .• are pleased to announce the mamageof theer daughter Laune Ann to JamesMassey. son 01 Mr. and Mrs. Jose Massey,also 01 Orlando. The ceremony was per­formed Sepl 19. 1987. by Randal Dick.pastor 01 the Orlando M. and P.M.churches. Cindy S_zy ofthe bride,was matron 01 honor. and Andy Pomoclerwas best man. The ooupIe reside 10 Or­lando.

MR. AND MRS. JAMES MASSEY

MR. AND MRS. DARREU ClUTION

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hugh Mosley 01 Mol.I1l1\Jry. N.C.. are pleased to announce themarrlageol theirdaughter Klmber1yAnnetteto Darrel D. Clutton. son of Dougall S.CIutton 01 Goderich. Ont The ceremonywas perfonned Jan. 31 III King. N.C.• by DanRogers. pastor 01 the GrMnsbofo and WIIl­ston-Salem, N.C.• churches. Tara E.Mosley. sister 01 the bride. was maid 01honor. and the groom's _ was bestman. The couple, both 1986 Pasadena Am­bessador CoIege graduates. reside nearPiIoI Mountatn, N.C.

in Jamestown. N.C. The ceremony wasper10rmed by Gary Antion, an associateprofessor 01 theology at Pasadena Ambas­sador College. Joseph Brandenberger wasbeSl man. and Gwen Yow was matron 01honor. The ooupIe. both Ambessador C0l­lege graduates. reside in Fort Wayne. Ind.

The Nassau. N.Y.• church _at8d the25th-.gann.....rsary 01 Dale Schurter.

Mr. and Mrs. Loy M. carson of Monroe.La., _ated their 35th weddlllQ anniver­sary March 7. Mrs. Carson was beptized in1968. and Mr. Carson III 1970. The ooupIehave !ou' children. Debra Trahan. MartIn.Laona Tannehill and Moly; and fi\'Il grand­children.

MR. AND MRS. HERBERT HAHN

The parents 01 Ann Handncks are pleasedto announce the mamage 01 thetr daughterto.-Hahn,sonoIMr.and Mrs.WtIlamHahn 01 London Mills. II. The ceremonytook place "'ug. 16, 1987. and was per­lormed by Kenneth Treybog. associate pas­tor 01 the BIg sandy church. Bonne Reedwas matron 01 honor. and Willtam Hahn II.br_ 01 the groom. was best man. Thecouple reside in WlOnsbofo. Tex.

Auslralia. andGo<don Mcl<enellPorter, son01 Mr. and Mrs. James Porter 01 Porth."'ustraUa, were united in mamage Sept. 20.1987. in Melbourne. W~liam Bradlofd, pas­tor of lhe Melbourne East and Southchurches. performed the ceremony. UsaWatson. sister 01 the bride. was m8Jd 01honor. and Shaun Burl<e was besl man.

MR. AND MRS. CARL HEES

Carl and Ruth CoIn 01 Missoula. Mont.. arepleased to announce the marriage 01 theirda~ Tamara Jean to Carl Ma_Haas, son 01 Herman and Elizabeth Hees 01Stone Mountain. Ga. The ceremony wasperIonnedJan. 9by Ronald Miler. pastor 01the Kalispell and Missoula. Mont .•churches. Ka1hIeen Taubner was maid 01honor. and "'ndy H.... brother of thegroom. was best man. The ooupIe. both BigSandy Ambassador College graduates._in"'_.Ga.

MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL ERICKSON

Angie Teresa Zerr and MtchaeI EdwardErickson were united in marriage Sept. 27.1987, in Prince George. B.C. Thecerarnonywas perlonned by RoySlon Page, pastor 01the Prince Geofge church. Jodi Bartel wasmatron 01 honor. and Danyl Zen was bestman. The ooupIe reside 10 Prince George.

MR. AND MRS. ADRIAAN van GORP

MR. AND MRS, DOUGLAS McCAULEY

Phyllis Ann Kmg. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Richard T. Ktng. and Douglas DeanMcCauley. son 01 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry P.McCauley. were untted in marriage Feb. 25in Nixa. Mo. The ceremony was per10nnedby the groom's father. a monoS1er III theSpnngfieId. Mo.• church. Kathrynne Drew.sisterofthebnde. was matron of honor. andDan Moeallley, brother 01 the groom. wasbest man. The ooupIe reside In NlXa.

Evellen Koom_ and AdOaan M. vanGorpwara united in marriage Nov. 7.1987.in Onebergen. Nether1anc:ts. Bram de Brae.reglOllal directo< 10.-~ areas.per1o.-medthe ceremony. The ooupIe residein Zoetermeer. Nether1ands.

MR. AND MRS. M. BRANDENBERGER

Martin .... Brandenberger and Caroline GalGlass were united in marriageJuly 12. 1987.

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Mr. and Mrs. Hennan Hofer 01 WlIlnipeg.Man.. are pleased to announce the mar­riage 01 theirda~ Sandra Marlene toDonn C. Poitras 01 Wimipeg. The ceremonywas performed Nov. 22, 1987. by C8ciIMaranville, pastOl' 01 the Winnipeg East andWeS1 and Thunder Bay. Ont. churches.Anita HoIer.OOUSlnofthe bride. was maid 01honor. and Kip Poitras. brother 01 thegroom. was beSl man. The couple reside inWtMipeg.

MR. AND MRS. DANIEL lORING

Betty L Mai and Daniel P. Loring wereunited in marriage Feb. 20 in SaJl Lake Crty.Utah. The ceremony was performed by DonLawson. pastorol the SaJl Lake Crty church.EIie Kurzawa was matron of honor. andBob Planken was best man. The couplereside in the San Lake Crty area.

MR. AND MRS. DONN POITRAS

MR. AND MRS. PAUL JANOSKO

Joy N. Ntemeyer. daughlerol Mr. and Mrs.Don Noemeyer of New KnoxVl", OhIo. andPauIE.JanoskO, son 01 Mr. and Mrs. PalllJ.Janosko of Lexington. OhtO, were united inmamage May 24. 1987. In Uma. OhIO. Theceremony was performed by DaYid F_.pastor 01 the Findlay and Toledo. OhIO,churches. Dawn Tremble. sister of thebride. was matron 01 honor. and JohnJanosko. br_ of the groom. was bestman. The ooupIe reside to LeXtngton.

Julfanna Maton and Phlip Bauter wereunited in marriage March 5. The ceremonywas performed by Randy Holm. pastor 01the Champaign and Springfield. III.•_.JanMaton. da~oIthebride.was maid 01 honor. and Toby Bauler. son 01the groom. was bestman. The ooupIe residein Newman. II.

DR. AND MRS. PHILIP BAUTER

WEDDINGS

0.-. and Mrs. John H. Overton 01 Hammond.La. are happy to announce the engagefT*ll01 their _t daughter. Mlnarn carrol. toGeorge de V1ugl Jr.. son 01 Mr. and Mrs.George de V1ugl 01 Kilchener. Ont. ... June19 wedding in Pasadena IS planned.

June Kerr of Tauranga. New Zealand. and5ig Rein of "'uckland. New Zealand. arehappy to announce ther engagemenl

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rttehoe 01 Monaghan.Ireland. would like to announce the engage­ment 01 thetr daughter Heather Annette toGo<don Evans of Birmtngham. England....July 14 wedding In Dublin. Ireland. ISpIamed.

Mr. and Mrs. Ne" Reyngoudt 01 West PalmBeach. Aa.. are happy to announce theengagement 01 theirdaughterLynn Marie toDouglas Paul Wagoner. son of Mr. and Mrs.Frank Wagoner 01 ...tlanta. Ga.... June 12weddIng in Pasadena IS planned.

engagement 01 their daughler Susanna toCharles Albrecht. son 01 Mr. and Mrs.Kenyon Albrecht of Dol... Tex. A May 15-.g is planned.

MR. AND MRS. GORDON PORTER

Catherine EIiz_ Watson. daughter 01Mr. and Mrs. Ian Watson 01 Melbourne.

~ TELU, Rick and Carol (Seghelll), 01Cmcago.III.• boy, Ene RIChard. Feb. 29.9:30a.m.• 8 pounds 2 ounces. now 1 boy. 2 girts.

STRENKO. James and Nancy (Fulton). ofIndiana, Pa.. boy Mark RIChard. March 17.4:50 a.m.• 5 pounds 12.. ounces, now 4boys.

V"'NDEGRIFF. DaYid Jr. and Selena (Mar­lin). 01 SL Albert. Alta.• girl. Amber Nicole.Feb. 27. 1:20 a.m.• 8 pounds 11 ounces, firstchold.

W"'LKER. John and Florence (Fr_), 011laIymena. -." Ireland. girl. RacheleDiane. Jan. 22. 6 pounds 3 ounces. firstchild.

T"'CKETT. Ronald and VerOf1lC8 (Cook). ofLenoir. N.C.• girl. Jacqueline Enn. Feb. 24.12:21 a.m.• 7 pounds 11 ounces, now 1boy.1 gIrl.

WATKINS. Robert Jr. and Sharon(MiIbum~of Parkersb<a'g. W.Va.• gif1. Jessk:a Dawn.Feb. 5. 6:41 a.m.• 7 pounds 7 ounces. now 1boy. 2 girls.

T"'N, Roger and Lesley {Tay}. of JohoreBahru. MalaYSIa. boy. MIChael Yongsheng.Feb. 22. 9:12 am.• 5 pounds 9 ounoes. now2 boys.

WELTEA. Herb and Paula (Kailey). 01 Un­coin. Neb.• girl, La..aJo. Feb. 28. 8:28 a.m.•8 pounds 8 .. ounces. now 1 boy. 1 gorl.

WILLADSEN. James and Susan (McCor­mack). 01 "'ublon. Wash.• boy. BernardSamuel. Feb. 12. 12:58 p.m.• 9 pounds 7<UlC8S. now 2 boys. 1 girt.

WAlLACE, Ken and Jane (Gadsden). 01Millon Keynes. England. boy. JamesRIChard. Feb. 4. 11:26 p.m.• 6 pooods 14ounces. lirS1 child.

ROBERTSON. Mark and Ileana (Hender·son). 01 Brisbane. "'ustral... boy. DuncanMackendrick. Feb. 25. 7 pounds 6 ounces.now 2 boys. 2 gor1s

P...ULUS. Don and Susan (Hiebert). 01 Will­rnpeg. Man.• gll1. Katrina Janele. Feb. 26.9:04 p.m.• 8 pounds 9 ounces. now 2 boys. 1girl.

ROYB...L, Hector and Sharon (Schofield). 01Pasadena. girl. KatelynEileen. Feb. 26. 1:19p.m.• 8 pounds 12 ounces. now 1 boy. 1 girl.

RYAN. Gofdon and Lyn (Fallows). 01 Bris­bane. Australia. boy. Isaac Kerry. Jan. 15. 8pounds 13 ounoes. now 3 boys, 1 girt.

S"'NKO. Danoel and Wendy {Tokash}. 01Punxsutawney, Pa. gir1,...-tla Ann. Feb.29. 12:48p.m.• 8 pounds 1 ounce. first child.

SMITH. Greg and Melinda {Jones}. 01Pasadena. boy. Gregory 5colt II, Jan. 26.2:38a.m.• 8 pounds 10 ounces. first chIld.

SORENSON. Stanley and Starr (Niles). ofWarren, Pa.• boy. Samuel David. Oct. 1.1987.6:51 a.m.• 8poundsl0ounoes,now2boys.

Mr. and Mrs. K.D. Congdon 01 Stuart, Fla..are happy 10 announce the engagement 01their daughter Lat.ra Jean to Kenneth J.Waddellol Port Sl.Lucie. Fla•• son 01 JamesWaddell and the late Faye WaddeU.... Junewedding is planned.

Jan. 22. 12:18p.m.. 7 pounds 8 ounces. now1 boy. 1 girl.

WOOD. Robert and Beth (Marvel). of Balti­more. Md.. boy. DaYid Cher1ton. Jan. 18.6:25 a.m.. 7 pounds 8 ounces. first child.

YANDT.Randyand11na{VanDe~ol

Kingston. Ont. boy, Gregory Michael. Feb.3,7:16 p.m.• 7 pounds 14 ounces. now 2boys.

NEAL. Charles UI and Lynda (Wtggins). ofBuffalo. N.Y.• gtrl. Jacquelin Renee. March12. 10:22 a.m. 8 pounds 9 ounoes. lirstchild.

RONCHI. Art and Barb {Garnoa}. of Bramp­ton. Ont. boy. Michael Ryan Louis Arthur.Dec. 14. 1987. 11:30 am.• 8 pounds 13ounces. now 1 boy. 2 gorIs.

Mr. and Mrs. IWmann _ 01 Luceme.Switzerland. would like to announce the

Mr. and Mra. EIwm Von Arx 01 Granby.Clue.• are happy to announce the engage­ment 01 _ son Rene Eric to Mary AnnSnvth. daughler 01 Arthur B. Smith Jr. 01BelaVernon. Po .. end PhytIis Snvth 01 Pitts­burgh. Pa ... Seplember wedding in Penn­sylvania is planned.

NEHK. Jerry and Ann {sampson}, of Fargo.N.D.• boy.AdamWayne. Dec. 28. 1987.4:57p.m.• 8 pounds 12 ounoes. first child.

RAYNES. Arthur and EIizabe1h (Jennings).of San Antonoo. Tex.• gift. Bethany Kaye.Feb. 20. 8:35 a.m.• 8 pounds 2 ounces, now1 boy. 1 girt.

MARVEL, 00naId and Brenda {Upps}. 01BaIlimore. Md.• boy. TraVIs William. March4. 8:21 p.m.• 8 pounds 3 ounces. now 2boys. 3 girts.

TRISCHUK. Henry and Joyoa {LangenholI}.01 Saskatoon. Sesk•• boy. S18lan Tonothy.Feb. 14, 6:19 a.m.. 8 pounds. now 5 boys.

UTI. Thomas and Lora (Lee). 01 Cypress.Calif.. boy. Jason Thomas. March 3. 9:15a.m.• 7 pounds 4 ounces. first child.

RAVEN. Robert and Valerie (Freeze). 01 SlJohn. N.B.• QlI1. Amanda Nina. Sepl 22.10:36a.m.• 8 pounds 4 ounces. now 1boy. 3gtf1s.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roe 01 Big Sandy arehappy to amounoa the engagement 01 theirdaughter Usa to Jeff caudle. son 01 Mr. andMrs. Hugh Caudle 01 HouSlon. Tex.... July10-.g in Big Sandy is planned.

ENGAGEMENTS

PEREZ. Ste.... and NlIl8 (Chaoon). 01 LosAngeles. Calif., girl, Stepha_ Jane. March10. 7:05p.m.• 6pooods. first child.

NY...NDAfTl. Andrew and M..-na (Tloeman).01 Yola. Nigena. boy. MlJIunu Andrew. Feb.2. 1:20 p.m.• 352 kilograms. now 4 boys, 3\lIrls.

NOREIGA. Felvc and Es18phany (Boneo). 01Loponot. Tnnodad. boy. Nathan Gideon, Feb.7. 8:07 a.m.. 5 pounds 11 ounces, now 3boys. 1 girt.

Mr. and Mrs. AmoId Sowers are pleased toannouncethe engagementof_daughterSharon to John Waller 01 Modesto. Calif. AJune 5 wedding is planned.

GALLOW...Y. Billy and Sylvie (King). 01Ashevlle. N.C.. girl. Ashley Faye. March 10.4:10p.m.• 7 pounds 13ounces. now 1 boy. 1girt.

HOB8S. John and Jam.. {1.Jppincolt}. 01Atlanta, Ga.. gift, EJIen Sarah. March 2,11:24 p.m.• 7 pounds 8 ounces, now 2 gIr1s.

HOPWOOD. Phillip and Patricia (Richoux),01 Mile!, AIla.. boy. Benja"*' Philip. Jan. 5.8:09a.m.• 9 pounds 11 ounces. now 1 boy. 1gorl.

CURTIS. Ver11n and Rhonda (Reames). ofOklahoma CIly, 0I<1a•• boy. John AJlen, Feb.7.11:39 p.m. 6 pounds 10.. ounces, now 1boy. 1 gtrl.

DAVIS, Doug and Janoce (Temple), of Hous­Ion. Tex.• girl. Konber1y Renae. Sepl 15.1987.7:01 am.. 7 pounds 8 ounoes. firstchild.

FENSTERM"'KER. Jay and Lori {MilchelI}.of Bethlehem. Pa.• boy. Michael Jay. Jan.22.7:25 p.m.• 5 pounds 9 ounces. first child.

FORTUIN. Henri and carol (Francis), 01Cope Town. South "'Irica. boy. AncelCharles. March 16. 7:57 am.• 7 pounds 2ounces. now 2 boys. 1 girt.

CHARLTON, Frank and Debbie (White). 01BladdOOl.Idaho. boy, DaYid Layton. Feb. 7.5:56p.m.• 8 pounds 15ounces, now 3 boys,1 gilt

ARNOLD. MIChael and Brenda (While). 01ChampaIgn. III.• boy. Joshua Lee. March 14.2:58 p.m.. 9 pounds 13 ounces. now 2 boys.

B...RRIE. Lloyd and Joanne (Faeth). 01Kallspetl, Mont.• g,rl. Elise NICOle. Feb. 29.5:45 p.m.• 6 pounds 5 ounces. now 1 boy. 2gorls.

D...VlDSON. Charles and DerlIlIS8 {McCllnlOCk}. of San Jose. CalIf.. gll1. SllannonNicole. March 4.10:04 p.m.. 8 pounds 9..ounces. now t boy. 1 gw1

0 ...VIS, Howard and Palll (Cole). 01 "'uburn.Wash.• gll1. Chnstina Rachelle. March 14.4:12p.m.• 8pounds 10ounces, now 1 boy. 2gll1s.

CRABTREE. Douglas and Denise {Finger­son}. 01 Boise. Idaho. girl. Maureen Jane.March 11. 6:35 am.• 7 pounds 3 ounces.first child.

HARMON. Christopher and Deborah (Bo­raker). 01 Borehamwood. England. boy.Robert Edward. Jan. 25. 5:52 p.m.• 7pounds 2 ounces. first child.

GUYMON. Michael andYong (Lee). 01 FrontRoyal. Va.• boy. Daniel Wade. March 13.11:12 p.m.. 7 pounds. lirS1 child.

ENDRES. Gary and Susan {_Q. 01Pasadena. boy, James Edward. Feb. 25.5:12 a.m.• 8 pounds 8.. ounces. now 1 boy.1 girl.

DICKINSON, Charles and Donna (5chnudt).of Pasadena, ll'rl. Lauren Taylor. Feb. 25.7:53 p.m.• 8 pounds 10ounces.1irs1 child.

EllENWOOD. Jeff and Margaret (Snvth). 01Roseburg. Ore.• gIrl. Cirith Bronwen. Feb. 9.10:24 p.m.• 7 pounds. now 5 boys. 1 girt.

ELLIOTT. Robert and Pa1Jicla (Runels). 01Houma, La. gir1. Amy MIChelle. Feb. 28.10:52p.m.• 6 pounds 14ounces. now 1 boy.2g,rls.

CHIRW.... Toelmans and Royce (Phin). 01Blanlyre. Malawi. boy. Zuriel. Jan. 17, 7:15p.m•• 3.6 kilograms. now 2 boys. 2 girts.

ClCERO, John and Karen{Downes}. of GoldCoast. "'ustralia, boy. Sleven John. Dec. 10.1987.7 p.m.. 8 pounds 5 ounces. first child.

CLOER. Dan and Laura {Birdwell}. ofVisalia. CaIiI.• girl. Made.... Emily. Feb. 8.3:39 p.m.. 7 pounds 9 ounces. firSl child.

CODRINGTON. WIIlslon E. and Colette{Stovell}. 01 Hamilton. Bermuda. girl.Zuwena Kissa-Ann. Feb. 13. 5:21 a.m.. 8pounds 9 ounces. now 1 boy. 2 girls.

JOHNSON. ExaYl8l' and Angela (5ampson).01 "'tlanta. Ga.• boy. Javoer Rahaman.March 15. 10:45a.m.• 6pounds714 ounces.first child.

FRISZ. Donald and Janef {Farmer}. 01ElkhaIt, Ind.• boy. Christopher James. Feb.25. 5:37 am.• 7 pounds 15 ounces. now 1boy. 1 girt.

COTE, RIChard and Ginette {Beaudom}. 01Montreal. Que.• gn1, Mar..E.... Ginette.Feb. 15. 10:49 am.. 7 pounds 1 ounce. now1 boy. 1 gll1.

GAFFNEY. Mam- and Viola {Wuer1e1}. 01Manchestllr. N.H.• girl. Jennifer Lynn. Feb.25. 9:19am.• 9 pounds 8.. ounces. now 2boys. 2 girls.

BURNS. Roger and Leone (Dyer). 01Waukesha. Wis.. gll1. Debra Ellen. Feb. 4.2:01 a.m.• 8 pounds. now 1 boy. 1 gll1.

CARREON. Tony and Martie {Reyes}, ofTucson. "'nz., girl. sara "'ntomette. March7.2:41 p.m.• 7 pounds 3 ounces. now 2 gIrls.

CASEY, Danny and Helen (Parr). of Hous­ton. Tex.• boy, Wilham Cole. Feb. 15. 7:04a.m.• 7 pounds 6 ounces, now 1 boy. 1 gIrl.

CASSAR. VIClor and Marthese (Galt), 01Malta. boy. Blane John. March 3. 11 am.• 9pounds 11 ounces, now 1 boy. 1 gll1.

HEAD, Carl and Netta (F1oyd). 01 Fort Worth.Tex.• boy. Micah "'ndrew. Feb. 29.7 pounds150un0es. now 1 boy. 1 girl.

LUTZ. Tomothy and Deborah {DennIs}. 01Murfreesboro. T8I'lIl~ QlI1. India Jennifer.

KABBES. Robertand Diane (Luker). 01 LakeKatrine. N.Y.• boy.Ctvistop/lerFenton, Dec.20. 1:38 am.• 10 pounds. now 2 boys.

KUNE. ...Ibert and Tma {Beans}. 01 BigSandy. boy, Jason Nolan. March 1. 11:57a.m•• 8 pounds 11 ounces. now 1 boy. 1 girl.

LUKER. Stephen and _ {Gibson}. 01Bellevue. Wash.• boy. lachary Stephen.Feb. 19. 12:46 p.m.• 7 pounds 11 ounces.now 1 boy. 1 gift.

APPLETON. Douglas and Bilie (Drum­mond). of Long Beach. CalIf.. gw1. De.­Lea. Dec. 13. 1987, 4:16 p.m., 7 pounds 12ounces, first child.

ARMSTRONG. Kenneth and Joyce (Wat­son). 01 Calgary, Alta.• girl. Lesley Dawn.Feb. 15.2:14 p.m.. 8 pounds 13 ounces.now 2 gIrls.

BIRTHS

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Monday, April 18, 1988 The WORLDWIDE NEWS 7

ACCENT ON THE LOCAL CHURCH1,800 celebrate Cincinnati's silver

M.ichigan members mark church's 25th(taped or in person) from pastorswho served in Grand Rapids, selec­tions performed by the GrandRapids and Muskegon, Mich.,church choir and dancing to the mu­sic of the Elgine Vines Quartet.

Mark Welch, a Grand Rapids lo­cal church elder, commented: "Thecelebration helped all of us to un­derstand and appreciate our Churchroots. It was truly a memorable oc­casion of Ambassador quality."

Malta brethren sponsored Ray­mond Camilleri, a Church memberthere, who ran in the Maltamarathon Feb. 21 to raise funds forthe Church's building fund.

More than 400 athletes partici­pated in the 26.2-mile race and ahalf-marathon that took place at thesame time. The course was changedso runners would not face a headwind for 13 miles.

Mr. Camilleri, who was sufferingfrom back problems, finished 62nd,with a time of 3 hours, 22 minutes,15 seconds. He bettered his ownrecord by almost one half hour.

Mr. Camilleri dedicated eachmile to the 26 children who attendthe Malta church. The final twotenths went to the then unborn childof Marthese Cassar (see "Births,"page 6). David Stirk.

M.alta runnerraises fundsfor Church

service May 25, 1963. GrandRapids was the first church estab­lished in Michigan.

William Miller, pastor of the Ap­pleton and Green Bay, Wis.,churches, and Frank McCrady Jr.,pastor of the Columbus and Indi­anapolis, Ind., churches, gave splitsermons. Both men have pastoredthe Grand Rapids church.

Evening activities included a din­ner, a slide presentation, memories

DREAM COME TRUE-Gary Lyle,16, and his mother, Evelyn, fromNorfolk, Va., toured the Ambas­sador College campus March 31,after the Norfolk church raisedfunds for them to visit headquar­ters. Gary, victim of a brain tumor,met Pastor General Joseph W.Tkach on the first day of Unleav­ened Bread, April 2. "It wasGary's dream to come out andsee the college," said Mrs. Lyle.[Photo by Marie Myers]

"Congratulations to all of you onthe silver anniversary of the GrandRapids [Mich.] church!" Thesewords from Pastor General JosephW. Tkach were read to 441 Churchmembers celebrating the 25th an­niversary of the congregationMarch 26.

One hundred thirty-onebrethren, including Mr. Tkach,then a deacon in the Chicago, Ill.,church, attended the first Sabbath

Cincinnati church has contributedto the establishment of 16 churcheswith an attendance of about 4,000people. David Metzel.

TheJackson, Miss., church spon­sored a men and children'sovernight camp-out March 12 and13. The fatherless and motherlesschildren of the congregation wereinvited along with other children.

In a lakeside park the men taughtthe children how to make and flytheir own kites, and the childrenwatched the men prepare threemeals for them over a camp fire.H.R. Wells.

Youths learnkite makingat camp-out

AMAZING RACE-JosephTkach III, age 2, crawls througha maze at the annual PasadenaAuditorium P.M. pancake break­fast March 20. He is followed byhis father, Joseph Tkach Jr.,assistant director of Church Ad­ministration for the UnitedStates. [Photo by Thomas C.Hanson]

church, gave the sermonette.Twenty-seven ministers who

served or who now serve in the areaattended the celebration. The con­gregation heard recorded greetingsfrom former pastors who were un­able to attend, including evangelistRichard Ames and David Albert,World Tomorrow presenters. The

Members of the Quezon City,Philippines, Spokesman Clubhelped rebuild the house of CleofasCalmateo, a widowed Church mem­ber, Feb. 7. Her former house,made of light wood and thatch,burned down two weeks earlier.

The group added walls, windowsand doors into the house frame,which was constructed by Mrs. Cal­mateo's neighbors. The Church do­nated corrugated galvanized-ironroofing sheets and lumber used forthe rebuilding project. Eleazar V.Flores.

"Twenty-five Years of Service"was the theme for the 25th anniver­sary of the founding of the Cincin­nati, Ohio, church Feb. 27.

More than 1,800 brethren fromthe Cincinnati orth, South, Eastand West churches combined forSabbath services, a catered meal, aslide presentation and a dance. Theactivities took place at the MusicHall in downtown Cincinnati.

Evangelist Carn Catherwood, thefirst Cincinnati pastor and now re­gional director for the Church inItalian-speaking areas, gave the ser­mon. Edward Smith, a local churchelder in the Cincinnati orth

Burnedhouserebuilt

AMBASSADOR ACTIVITIES

OUT IN FRONT-Steven Cain, 29, from Salem, Ore., left, and Ambas­sador College junior David Bauman lead the annual Pasadena Ambas­sador College 1Q-kifometer (6.2 miles) race March 27. Mr. Cain was theoverall winner and Mr. Bauman took second. [Photo by Philip Aust]

OUTREACH HONORSSENIOR CITIZENS

PASADENA-"We know youare the backbone, wisdom andfiber of God's Church. That'swhy we want to honor you heretonight," Gary Antion,Ambassador College facultymember and adviser ofOutreach, told more than 115senior citizens at a banquetMarch 27.

Outreach, a student volunteerorganization, sponsors theannual banquet for elderlymembers from Pasadena andsurrounding church areas,according to Brent Hardin,assistant Outreach director,who coordinated the event.

The theme of the banquetwas "God Bless America." Thestudent center clubrooms,where the banquet took place,were decorated with red, whiteand blue ribbons, flags andsculptured eagles.

After dinner the YoungAmbassadors, and Outreachmembers who perform inconvalescent homes, presentedentertainment.

"It was fantastic being ableto serve the senior citizens,"said junior Marlene Myers, whoparticipated in theentertainment. "We've beenpreparing since January, andwe were so excited puttingtogether different numbers thatwould show honor to them."

"I thought it was wonderful,"said Dolores Dennis, 85, of theAuditorium A.M. church. "Idon't know where we olderpeople could get entertainmentlike that. I liked the song 'GodBless America' the best."

More than half of the student

body is involved in Outreach,according to Mr. Antion.Members tutor youths at theChurch's Imperial High Schooland area schools, visit seniorcitizens, perform inconvalescent homes and dospecial projects. An Outreachprogram began in Big Sandy in1986.

CHANCELLOR ANNOUNCESSTUDENT LEADERS

PASADENA-ChancellorJoseph W. Tkach announcedstudent leaders for the.1988-89 school year at aMarch 22 forum.

Kevin Brownlee, 24, fromMiddleburg, Fla., will serve asstudent body president inPasadena, and David Clark, 25,from Calgary, Alta., will bestudent body president in BigSandy. Student body vicepresident in Pasadena will beDouglas Orban. Stephen Clarkwill serve as vice president inBig Sandy.

Mr. Tkach also announcedthe following students to serveas student leaders in BigSandy: James Garden, DavidGarrett, Paul Meyer, MichaelRochelle, Marcel Schnee,Jerome Wendt, Sonya Blythe,Penny Braun, Anne Cady, KimDemont, Adrienne MacDonald,Stefanie Miller, Marlene Myersand Stephanie Smith.

Miss Smith will serve asoverall Women's Clubpresident, and Arlene Dion willbe overall Women's Clubpresident in Pasadena.

Class presidents inPasadena will be BradleyReed, senior; LauranceNicholls, junior; and Richard

Crow, sophomore.Matt King, junior, will serve

in the Caribbean RegionalOffice for one year.

Mr. Tkach encouragedstudents to make the most oftheir college careers."Ambassador College is anopportunity factory run on theconveyor belt of give," hesaid.

STUDENTS STEP BACKIN TIME

BIG SANDY- Thirty-sixAmbassador College studentstoured Natchez, Miss., ahistoric city featuringantebellum homes, March 18 to20. The annual trip was led byClifford Anderson, professor ofhistory, and his wife, Evelyn.

Most of the students werechosen for the trip from Dr.Anderson's Western Civilizationclass. Friday, March 18, thegroup traveled to Monroe, La.,where they attended Sabbathservices. They then traveled toNatchez and ate a potluckmeal with brethren.

Saturday night studentsattended the annualConfederate Pageant,commemorating life in Natchezbefore the Civil War.

Afterward some studentsspent the night at the home ofOrville and Iris Ashcraft,Church members. The home isalmost 160 years old,according to Dr. Anderson."The high point for manystudents was the Southernhospitality of Dr. and Mrs.Ashcraft," he said. Other areabrethren also were hosts tostudents.

The next day the group

toured four antebellum homesdating back to the early­to-mid-1800s. "The homeshave been restored ormaintained since the pre-CivilWar era. Students learnedquite a bit of history," Dr.Anderson said.

The purpose of the trip is forstudents to get out of the

classroom into active research,and to learn appreciation forquality, he said. The trip hasbeen an annual event since thecollege reopened in 1981,

"It puts students in touchwith outlying church areas, andputs Church members in touchwith students," he added."They just love it."

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CALIFORNIA SEAL-CaliforniaSecretary of State March Fong Eupresented this decree to PastorGeneral Joseph W. Tkach ashead of the Ambassador Founda­tion. Mr. Tkach received the de­cree in his office March 23.[Photo by Warren Watson]

Dr. Eu last visited the campusduring the i i 0 '1azld' eSirikit in 1985. She was invited toreturn when she expressed interestin meeting the new AmbassadorFoundation chairman, Mr.Tkach.

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* * *PASADE A-The first session

of Ministerial Refreshing ProgramV began April 13.

Those attending include regionaldirectors, refreshing program in­structors, the Advisory Council ofElders, some Pasadena personneland representatives from the fieldministry. These men will give inputabout the lectures to fme tune theprogram for the remaining sessions,according to Joseph Tkach Jr.. as­sistant director of Church Adminis­tration for the United States.

1988. A full program of tours andcultural activities is planned duringthe Festival.

The tour group will leave Thai­land Oct. 4 and arrive in the UnitedStates the same evening.

Cost for the package is $1,700 foreach adult, including meals, accom­modations, transportation and airfare from Los Angeles or Seattle,Wash.

Mr. Tkach asked that the numberof openings for brethren to attendthe Feast in Thailand be increased,so this year most who would like togo will be accommodated. To apply,call Ronda Perry in the Travel Of­fice at 818-304-4088. Those whohave already applied need not call.

* * *PASADE A-Pastor General

Joseph W. Tkach met with Califor­nia Secretary of State March FongEu March 23.

"I'm writing to let you know thatI'm no longer in Vanuatu. I havemoved to ew Caledonia. I'm try­ing to find a job here because inVanuatu 1 was discharged, afterhaving been a teacher for 10 years,for the simple reason that I am aPure Verite [French Plain Truth]subscriber.

"I love the magazine and don'twant to be without it, and for thatreason I accepted the firing."

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Portions of a letter received fromBharat • aleer in India appear be­low.

"My wife [Urvashi] and I re­cently completed our second 2Q-daytour around India in January andFebruary. We visited 13 cities andtowns. Bible studies were con­ducted in seven cities, with atten­dance ranging from five to 30.

"It was very rewarding to meetmany of the brethren in their ownhomes and unique environmentsaround the country. Some familiesare isolated from the seven regularBible study areas and are really ap­preciative of a ... visit.

"The only regular church at themoment in India is in Bombay withattendance of over 40. There are114 baptized members and 40 p0­

tential members around the wholeoflndia."

Swaziland lecture

A Plain Truth Bible lecture con­ducted in Swaziland by PetrosManzingana, pastor of the Soweto,South Africa, church, brought 34 tothe meeting. Twenty people at­tended a follow-up Bible study.

The regular Bible study in Swazi­land has 20 to 25 in attendance, "sothis group gives potential for goodgrowth," said evangelist Leslie Mc­Cullough, South African regionaldirector.

Among those attending were adoctor from Uganda, a teacher fromGhana and a Pentecostal minister."What a diversified audience!" Mr.McCullough said.

"The brethren in Swaziland areanxious for enough growth to merita church there," he added.

Mr. McCullough also said thatsome booklets are being translatedand published in the Afrikaans lan­guage.

"This is one of the two officiallanguages, and we are not able to ef­fectively reach a significant portionof the population without at leastsome literature in Afrikaans," hesaid.

* * *PASADE A-The Festival Of­

fice released the following informa­tion about the 1988 Feast of Taber­nacles in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Brethren will leave the UnitedStates Sept. 18 on a tour, arriving inBangkok Sept. 19. In Bangkok thegroup will stay at the Montien Ho­tel, a five-star international-stan­dard hotel used by Herbert W.Armstrong.

Tours will include a river cruiseto Ayutthaya, Thailand's ancientcapital, visits to the Grand Palaceand other sites in Bangkok and avisit to the royal projects on theground of the Icing's residence. TheAmbassador Foundation supportedKing Bhumibol in these projects formany years.

The Day of Atonement will beob erved in the Montien Hotel.

Sept. 25 the group will fly toChiang Mai. Accommodations dur­ing the Feast will be at the ChiangMai Orchid Hotel, where PastorGeneral Joseph W. Tkach stayedwhen he visited Chiang Mai in early

those approved to transfer will becoordinated through the CaribbeanOffice.

Anyone needing specific infor­mation about a Caribbean housingestablishment may call theCaribbean Festival Office at 809­795-7200.

"This court victory could be veryimportant in setting a precedent formembers' children in Switzerlandin the future," said John Karlson,regional director for German­speaking areas.

Before the ruling, provisions ex­isted for Jews to take off a couple ofdays at the beginning and end of theFeast, but not for the entire time.

Based i>n that ruling, school au­thorities refused to give Anninatime off from school for the entireFestival in 1986.

"The Rysers appealed this deci­sion and were turned down twice,forcing them to take the case tocourt," said Mr. Karlson. "Swisslawyers were very pessimistic aboutthe chances of winning the case, butthanks to members' prayers and thehelp of the Legal Office inPasadena, the case was won."

Narro escape

Robert Fahey, Australian andAsian regional director, reportedthat Russell Couston, pastor of theGrafton, Australia, church, and hiswife, Esther, were forced off theroad by an oncoming four-wheel­drive vehicle Feb. 28, after conduct­ing a Bible study at Narrabri, Aus­tralia.

"Russ veered and missed the ve­hicle, hit an embankment, was pro­pelled to the other side of the road,hit another embankment and rolleddown a 12-foot incline," said Mr.Fahey.

The car rolled over once andcame to rest on its roof. The Cous­tons found themselves in their seatbelts upside down.

They suffered only cuts andbruises, and crawled out of Mr.Couston's broken window. They arethankful for God's protection, saidMr. Fahey.

Holding flflDThis letter was received by the

Auckland, ew Zealand, Officefrom a prospective member whowas fired from his position as aschoolteacher in a remote area ofVanuatu.

$530 for each adult. An optionaltour to Egypt Oct. 4 to 10, exclud­ing three lunches, is $705 for eachadult. A second optional tour toEgypt, Oct. 10 to 14, excluding twolunches, is $510 for each adult.

For a breakdown of costs fromother points ofdeparture, children'sprices and other information, appli­cants should see their Festival ad­viser.

To apply for the Jordan Festivaltour brethren should complete aninternational Feast transfer applica­tion and give it to their church pas­tor for forwarding.

* * *PASADENA-The Festival Of­

fice announced that the followingFeast sites have reached capacityand can no longer accept transferapplications: Bonndorf, West Ger­many; Montego Bay, Jamaica;Christ Church, Barbados; CrownPoint, Tobago; and Malta.

The Caribbean Office plans tomail the first approvals for overseastransfer applicants April 21.

* * *SA JUA., Puerto Rico-Ap­

plicants to Caribbean Feast siteshould not make direct housingreservations with the establish­ments listed in the Feb. 15 World­wide News.

All housing arrangements for

not the first language of most view­ers on the Continent.

Mr. Hulme, director of Commu­nications & Public Affairs, said theairing of the telecast on SuperChannel is significant because thetelecast is aired to Europe withinregular broadcast hours from ahighly credible source. The telecastis "framed by the best programsfrom the BBC and lTV," he said.

In introductory comments to agroup of more than 60 Church em­ployees who gathered at the BritishOffice to watch the inaugural pro­gram, Mr. Brown said: "The occa­sion was an emotional one for many,especially those few who initiallybecame aware ofGod's work via Ra­dio Luxembourg back in 1953.

"Over 35 years later God's mes­sage is powerfully transmittingacross Europe twice each weekendvia the latest in communicationstechnology-satellite television."

The viewing time on Sky Chan­nel, the other satellite channel thatcarries the telecast, was upgradedfrom about midnight to 7:30 a.m.,Sunday.

Pastor General Joseph W. Tkachwrote in his Feb. 29 "Personal":"We can greatly rejoice in the in­creasing impact God is giving Hiswork in this end time," adding thatMr. Brown had "continually en­couraged our brethren in that partof the world to pray for just this sortof opportunity. Now, God has seenfit to open this important door."

PASADEl A-Switzerland'sfederal court ruled Feb. 19 that An­nina Ryser, daughter of Mr. andMrs. Martin Ryser, members whoattend the Zurich, Switzerland,church, be excused from school forthe entirety of the Fall Feast.

PASADE A-Arrangementsand prices for the 1988 Feast ofTabernacles in Amman, Jordan, arecomplete, according to the FestivalOffice here.

The II-night tour, Sept. 22 toOct. 4, includes air fare, accommo­dations, meals (except six lunches),tips, taxes, entrance fees to sched­uled sites and ground transporta­tion.

Deluxe accommodations fromew York, .Y., are $1,390 for

each adult, $80 for each child up to2 years old and $790 for childrenages 2 to 11 sharing their parents'room.

First-class accommodations are$1,290 for each adult, 80 for chil­dren up to 2 years old and $670 forchildren ages 2 to 11 sharing theirparents'room.

The land-only portion of theFeast package is available for 800for the deluxe package and $670 forthe first-class package.

n optional tour to Israel Oct. 4to 10, excluding three lunches, is

"That also he should gather together in one the children ofGod that were scaUered abroad." (John 11:52)

PASADE A-"The biggeststep forward for the work in Britainand Europe" in 35 years took placeFeb. 28, when the World Tomor­row telecast began to be aired onSuper Channel.

So said evangelist Frank Brown,regional director for English-speak­ing Europe, when Super Channel, apan-European satellite channel,aired the telecast to a potential audi­ence of 10 million homes in 15countries across Europe.

The British Office received 30responses to the 12:30 p.m. telecast,"Positive Parenting," by evangelistDavid Hulme.

Because of technical difficultiesthe address of the British Office wasnot announced at the end of this andthe next two telecasts. However, theaddress was given midway throughthe program. The problem has nowbeen resolved. As a result, the pro­gram on AIDS, which aired March27, brought in 125 letters.

Thirty-five years ago TheWorld Tomorrow was first heard inEurope on Radio Luxembourg.That station aired the English-lan­guage broadcast until 1966. Broad­casting resumed from 1981 to 1982.

"Those who respond to the tele­cast in Europe are really interestedin what we are saying," said ThomasLapacka. assistant director of Me­dia Purchasing. "Because no tele­phone number is given they must jotdown the address to write for the lit­erature." He added that English is

PASADE A-Promotionalpieces advertising The Plain Truthwere mailed to 4.9 million names on100 lists early in 1988 and netted aresponse rate of 6.5 percent.

Ray Wright, operation managerfor Publishing Services, called it theChurch's biggest direct-mail dropever. More than 320,000 sub­scribers were added.

"That's about what we pre­dicted," said Boyd Leeson, U.S.Plain Truth circulation manager,"but it's quite a job now to deter­mine which lists were the most ef­fective."

"We are always replenishing thePTlist, because people ... don't re­new," said r. Leeson.

Using an addres standardizationsy tern purchased last year, theMail Processing Center ( fPC)saved time by not having to enterthe name and address of each sub­scriber, according to Gary Endres,supervisor of the terminals section.

"Computer operators basicallyentered numbers corresponding to acomputerized master list of namesand addresses," said Mr. Endres."We probably handled the re­sponses in about one-seventh thetime, and people got on the filemuch faster."

The direct-mail packages weredesigned by Publishing's promo­tional graphics team headed byTerry Warren.

* * *PASADE A-A record

655,000 replies were received in theUnited States to Pastor GeneralJoseph W. Tkach's 'ovember

6 ia I \ .. ter ad\ertising TheFour Horsemen ofthe Apocalypse.according to Wayne Pyle, report c0­

ordinator for Media ProductionServices.

That number, representing a 20.6percent response, surpasses the oldrecord of 596,000 responses.

Work in Britain takes'biggest step forward'

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