Mr. Tkach visits Canadian Office, - Herbert W. Armstrong

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VOL. XIV, NO . 19 

OF THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD 

Mr. Tkach visits Canadian Office, 

meets with media executives 

By jeff E. Zhorne 

PAS A Il E N A - " O ne wo rd can be 

used to de...cribe my overall impre s 

sion of th e tr ip. and t hai is fami/y . 

Seeing Mr. Tka ch in action, I see 

how much he wan ts the C hurch lo be 

a fami ly th rough his words and his 

exam ple." 

T his.is how Ted Budge . a supc rvisur 

in the Church's Accounting Depar 

tm ent and business manager at 

th e Orr. M in n., Summer Educational 

Program (S EP) this summer, 

described Pastor Ge neralJosep h W. 

Tkach's Se pt. 11 to 14 trip to Vancouver. 

B.C. 

A rriving at t he Vancouve r air port 

at noon, T hu rsday, Se pt. I I, M r. 

Tkach and his part y wer e met by 

Colin Adair. Ca nadian regional director 

, and his wife, Margar et. 

The pastor general was accompa· 

nied by evangelist David H ulme, director 

of Com munications and Publi 

c Affai rs ; eva nge lis t Oi b ar 

Ap a r ti an , re g ional d irec tor fo r 

Fre nch -spea king are as; his wi fe, 

Sh irle y; Joseph Locke, one of Mr . 

Tkach's pe rso na l assistants; M r . 

Budge.his wife.Kim; Ellen Escat .adrninistra 

tive assistant: Jul ie St oc ker , 

executive secretary: and ;\1r. Tkach's 

G ul fstr carn III crew: Ken Hopke. 

c aptain , Law re nce Dietrich , co 

captain. and steward Jay Brothers. 

Office tour 

The group went to the Vancouver 

Offi ce for a lour and lunch 

with the regional office staff', 

M r. Adair gave a prese ntatio n of 

the ..tale of the work in Ca nada dur 

ing the past five years. 

Accor di ng to Mr . Hulme, Mr. 

T kach found the C hurch's work in 

Canada "to be extremely stable and 

efficiently fun." 

That evening M r. and Mr s. Adair 

INSIDE 

Famine in 

a world 

of plenty 

,,2 

A re you ready" 

for the 

Kingdom? ••• 5 

Australian 

YOU photo 

contest •••• •7 

were hosts to a di nner par ty for the 

gro up in their hom e. 

Friday the pastor ge neral toured 

the 1986 Worl d Expos ition (Expo 

86) and attended a luncheon in the 

Ca nadi an C lub with an execut ive 

from Baker Lovick, a Ca nadian advert 

isi ng age nc y re tained by the 

C hurc h. 

"Gary G rafto n, vice pr esident . 

and Reeky Macl eod, acco unt director, 

met with Mr. Tk ach to apprise 

himon progress on th e media front ," 

said Mr . Hu lme . 

Sa bba th sen-ices 

On the Sab bat h.Sept. IJ, the past 

or g e ne ra l a d d ressed 1, 2 3 9 

breth ren from Vancouver , Ab botsford 

, Victor ia and Co urtenay, B.C. , 

assemb led in Vancouver' s O rpheu m 

T heatre. 

So me C hurch me mbe rs tr aveled 

from as far away a.s Prince George, 

B.C. , and ot hers att ended from the 

Okanaga n Valley, about six hour s 

away, said M r. Adair. 

Befo re Mr. T kac h's I p.m . serma 

n, the Vancouver churc h choir 

sang " He Watchin g Over Isr ael," 

from Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah . 

Mr. Tkach then ste pped ons tagc 

a nd greete d t he b reth re n wi th 

" Happy Sab bath. ch? " 

"TheCanadian brethren too k him 

in thei r famil y, as soon as he greeted 

them in their own 'language,' '' M r. 

Apa rtian sa id. [Eh is a co m mo n 

Ca nadian cxpr ession.] 

Mr . Tk ach asked th e audie nce, 

..Are we using God 's S pirit to do His 

work?" 

Accordi ng to Mr . Adair, " He said 

10 keep your eyes on the goal, continue 

to resist Sata n's world a nd 

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 

make yo ur ca ll ing a nd e lection 

sure." 

Mr .Tk ach urged brethr en to keep 

the big picture in the fore front of 

th eir thoughts, do th e will of God 

and have absolute faith in God . 

Bef or e th e cl osing hymn Mr. 

Adai r presented the pastor general 

wit h a sculpt ure of Canada gees e asce 

nding from a radiant pool of whit e 

q uart z moun ted on a base of dark 

gree n jade. 

" B.C. [British Col umbia ) jade is 

reputed to be the best in the world," 

Mr. Adai r said. 

Mr . Adair said th at as Ca nada 

geese migr ate south for the winter 

but corne back to Ca nada in the 

spring. he hoped Mr . T kach would 

also fly north to visit Ca nada 

aga in. 

' Inspi ri nfi:'\'isit 

Brethren told Mr . Adai r that Mr. 

Tk ach was "v e ry enco uraging ," 

" down toe arth and warm " and " very 

inspiring and enthusiasti c, ju st like 

(See CANADA . page 31 

Some flU:p dallger duily 

By Jeff E. Zborne 

PAS ADENA - "O ne of our 

black member s, his wife and three 

teenage sons looked out the window 

of the ir house in Kwa - Ma shu, a 

to w nship in t he D ur ban (Sou th 

Africa] area. and saw a mob of angry 

people coming down the street. 

IPERSONAL FROM 

Dear brethren th at He spea ks, wh o a re no t 

, . bound up in thi s worl d's phil oso- 

What a wo nd erful lime phy of " No. I first," are bound 

of yea r the Feast o f Tabe r- to stand out! 

nacle s is! 

Le t me share one or two suc h 

God has not only made it letters wit h you. 

poss ible fo r us to enjoy the O ne res ta ura nt ow ne r co m- 

ph ysical blessings of Feast at- mented: "Too often in this busy 

tendance, but also th e rich ~ o rl d , peo ple do n o~ t.ake the 

s p i r i ~ u a l m eaning of what .this ~'~:,~ ~ ~ ~x~~~sso~ h ~~:c , ~~,~ n t~rc ~~ 

Festi val pl.J: tray s.. A g lorl.ous ac hievements . We at Pinn acl e 

new world IS co m.lng, A u rne Peak in Tucson [A riz.) would 

when all peop le w,1Ibe able to like to take this opportunity to 

re st , wo rk a nd live in ge nu ine ex te nd our apprec iatio n to the 

cooperation. W o rld w id e C h u rc h o f G od 

At las t, hu ma n be in gs. will membe rs for th ei r continued palea 

rn how to gel along with one tronage over the yea rs you have 

another. A nd Ihe same kind of held your annu al co nvention in 

unity a nd fa m ily togetherness T ucson . 

that we arc ab le 10 enjoy at the " Your member s are a del ight 

Feast of T aber nacl es wi ll be 10 have as guest s. T hey tru ly exava 

ilable 10 all peo ple in every c mplify th e ada ge of ' living your 

community a ro und the wo rld! fai th' by thei r dignity, kind ness 

Ea c h yea r we recei ve co m- and obvious deep belie f in their 

me nts and letters from bu siness rel igio n. T hey have served as an 

peop le and res idents hig hly co rn- insp irat ion to us all , as well as a 

mending our brethren o n th ei r cre dit to your organization." 

exe m plary co nd uct a nd coo pc ra - A bus inessm a n in Flo r id a 

tio n at th e vario us Feast sites . wro te : " I m ust sa y, we wer e 

And why sho uld n't we '! Afte r most im pressed with your memall, 

God's way is unique in this bership: we have not see n a nicer . 

world . Peop le who have subm it- gro up of ad ults and a bett er beted 

their lives to th eir C reator, haved gro up of child re n since th e 

who strive to live by ever y word (See PERSONAL. page 3 ) 

" The mob was ap proac hing every 

house and gett ing all the men from 

inside to join them. Wh en Ihis happens, 

if you don't join them, they 

will do one of two things: burn your 

house dow n or neckl ace you and 

burn you to deat h." (A neckla ce is a 

gasoline-soaked tire placed around 

the intended victim's neck.] 

John Bartholomew, pastor of the 

Pr et ori a and Pieter sburg. So uth 

Afri ca, churches, who atte nded the 

Sep t. 3 to 16 session of the M inist e 

ri al Refr e s hin g P r og ra m i n 

Pasad en a. to ld Th e Worldw ide 

News that this inciden t occurred 

be fore the Sou th Afri can gove rn 

men t imp osed a nat ional state of 

emerge ncy earlier this year. 

" T h e mem b er i m mediate ly 

called me at home, and J instructed 

him and his family to pray and beseech 

God ear nest ly for protection. 

I prayed too. 

" T hey got up , looked out the window 

and saw thai the mob was very 

close. T hey saw the mob co me all 

the way up to their door s, and then 

turn away. I mea n they got rig ht up 

to the door but did n't do anything! 

"T hey did get out the men from 

the surro unding houses - even the 

....ery next house." 

Faci ng da nger dai ly 

Mr . Ba rt ho lo m e w sai d t ha t 

though brethre n in So uth A fric a 

stay out of this wor ld's politics as 

heirs. in tr aining. of the Kingd om of 

God . they face danger every day. 

" God is certainly pro tecti ng His 

people." 

Th e situation was worse before 

the state of emerg ency . Riots were 

brea king out, and in a village where 

one fam ily lives 34 peop le we re 

m urd ere d i n fou r days , Mr . 

Bartholomew said. 

" T he real troub le is within th e 

township s, where teenagers and unemployed 

yo uths are ag ita te d to 

riot," said Mr . Barth olomew. 

SEPT. 22, 1986 

OFFICE TOUR - Pastor General Joseph W. Tkach surveys the conference 

room in the Church's Vancouver, B,C., Office Sept. 11 with Colin 

Adair. Canadian regional director . [Photo by Daniel Hope] 

South Africa: living by faith 

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T he older gener ation can hardly 

be expected to sto p th e youths. 

Th ey do n't agree wholly with how 

the youths are fig ht ing apa rt he id, 

"but the y think th a i at least th e 

young arc doing some thing:' he reo 

marked , 

T he rac ial sit ua ti on in So ut h 

Africa is not like it is in the United 

S tates, said M r. Bartholomew. 

Fighting the pr esent reg ime involves 

going for soft targets, planting 

bomb s in publi c places like supermarkcts 

to kill, ma im and inj ure , 

" rea lly just 10 cause terror and anxiety 

among the people." 

He explained that acce ss fro m 

town sh ips 10 c iti es can be controlled 

. That doesn't help C hurc h 

members or those who ignore boycolts 

agai nst cit)' shops and travel to 

the city to wor k or att end services. 

" Before the state of emergency, 

if they had tried to go to work along 

the mai n road d uring an enforced 

boycott , they faced rhc danger of 

being threatened. injur ed or eve n 

nccklaccd," said Mr. Bartholome w. 

Th e stale of eme rgency has not 

solved the problem of violenc e or 

apart heid, but it has relieved it, he 

said. " It maint ains law and orde r." 

Tr avel safer 

Tra ....cl in the north er n Transv aal 

region b reasonably safer. 

" O f co urse travel o n th e highways 

was neve r a prob lem - j ust in 

the tow nships and on gravel roads, 

wher e land mines have killed am] 

ma imed a number of peo ple." 

Th e sl a te of e m e rge nc y s ti ll 

hasn't made all the townshi ps ncar 

Pretori a safe, so Mr . Bartholomew 

cond ucts visits with black brethre n 

in a hotel in the city . 

Mr. Bartholomew visited a man 

in a black towns hip about 120 miles 

north of Pretoria. "T he man said he 

was gra tef ul for the gove rnment's 

act ion and was not living in fear of 

(See AF RICA . page 31

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The WORLDWIDE NEWS 

Why world'sfoodglutuion't endfamine 

PASADENA - In one of the 

great est ironie s of our confu sing 

age. millions of people in Afri ca are 

confronted with impending fam ine, 

while farmers in key agr icult ural 

nati ons bemoan bulging grain elevators 

and falling prices . 

Look at A fr ica. Th e 1984·85 

fami ne was the worst in the continent's 

recent hist ory. According to 

re port s. two milli on people di ed, 

half of them in Ethi opia. 

While long -awaited rains . coupled 

with an unprecedented international 

relief effort. have ease d 

conditions in Ethiopia. the southe rn 

part of neighboring Sudan, wracked 

by civil uprising. is reporting extreme 

food shortages . 

But there is a sign of far worse 

things to come. For the first time in 

50 years, all the cont inent's main 

populations of locusts are gathering 

to swarm, accordi ng to reports in 

British newspapers in late August. 

Armies of Se negal locusts in West 

Africa, the desert variety along the 

shores of the Re d Sea, migratory 

and red locusts.'in-East Africa and 

the brown locust in southe rn Africa 

.are all poised to march. 

Af ric a's civ il wars and ove rall 

economic deterioration have led to a 

severe cutback in national and regional 

pest control agenc ies. In addition, 

the rai ns that broke dro ughts 

in parts of Africa also provided the 

. necessary dam p conditions the locust 

eggs need to hatch . 

" W hen the rains fail, the crops do 

not grow and there is famine ," reported 

The Observer of Britain. 

"When the rai ns come , the cr ops 

grow, but so do the locusts - and 

there is still famine." . 

Som e experts fear that 1986 may 

begin several consecutive years of 

locust infestation. The United Naticn 

s-affiliated Food and Agricultu 

re Org anization announced an 

emergency plan to try to prevent , 

said The Observer, "a calamity of 

Biblical proportio ns:' But fami nes 

and pestilen ces are prophesied as 

hallmarks of t he end time (Matthew 

24:7).The book of-Joel speaks 

fJwt~~~ 

.~ By Dext er H. Faulkn er 

,. '.. 

Don't worry about it! 

Wh ile in London on business, I 

received a call from my office in 

Pasadena that caused me no end of 

concern . I frett ed and worried over 

t he situ at io n. 1 was beset with 

severe headaches, up set stomach 

and insomnia ..' . . 

--~: -'A fter two days of being confined 

to my hotel room in total miser y, I · 

heard from my office that the problem 

had resolved itself and all was 

well. My concern bad been fo r 

naught. 

After getting off the pho ne, -I noticed 

that my hea dache had subsided, 

my stomach was no longe r in 

, turmoi~:I was no longer sick. 

Haveyou ever wor ried yourse lf 

sick ? Y ou knowyou sho u ldn't 

wor ry . But a co ncern fills you r 

though ts :and you ca n't shake it. 

You feel physical ly ill. A knot in 

your stomach, fatigue, maybe a 

headache . I. 

Wor ry has taken over. 

Well, here's good news!God says 

we don't have to worry at all, about 

anyt hing. What a relief! The world 

is filled with worries, but you don 't 

have to succumb to th em. 

Th at's not new to you. You've 

read the Bible. You've seen God's 

promises. God has told you His plan 

will be accompl ished, and He's revealed 

that He has the power to accomplish 

it. 

But you still worry. And that's 

soberi ng.tbecause God clearly tells 

us t hat our worrying d ispleases 

H im. Actually, worry is a sin. 

Just one statement from God 

about Hi s power and love for us 

should send worry scurrying from 

our minds. Just one bib lical passage 

explaining t h e perils of worry 

should correct our proclivity for the 

"what ifs." 

God even lists specific blessings 

He will give to us, j ust so we won't 

worry about them. 

Take a moment to review the 

promises we can claim from obeying 

His laws. No urishme nt (Psalm 

37:25-26), em ployment (Psalm 

128:1-2) , bealing and good health 

(James 5:14-15), financial prosperity 

(Malachi 3:10), proper clothi ng 

(Malthew 6:30) . 

He promises His Holy S pirit and 

its fruits to help us grow and overcome 

(L uke 11:13; Galatians 5:22 

23). In Psalm 37:4-5 He promises to 

give us our hear t' s desires, and in 

Jo hn 14:2-3, an office in His King- , 

dom . We can count on favor with 

Him and with others (Proverbs 3:3 

4), and He even says that we'll receive 

what ever we ask for, if we 

please Him (I John 3:22) . 

So why do we worry ? Here are 

some comm on reasons. 

., ··-' Wit don'Fao-ou' ·p"arC-Great as 

God 's promises are , they do us rio 

good if we don't do our part . How 

can we help but worry about tomorrow' 

s finances when today 's spend 

ing isn't under cont rol? And confide 

nce "in Go d's salvation wa nes 

when you haven't progressed on the 

problem He cl ear ly showed you 

through His ministers in sermo ns, 

Bible study or the Church 's publicat 

ions. 

Notice the scriptures referred to 

ear lier. " I have not seen the righteous 

forsaken , O r his descendants 

begg ing bread" (Psalm 37:25, New 

A merica n S tanda rd throughout, 

excep t wher e noted) . 

, " How blessed is' ever yone who 

fears the Lor d, Wh o walks in His 

ways" (Psalm 128:1) . 

The blessing of financial prospe r 

ity is predicated on tithi ng and giving 

offerings to Go d (Malachi 

3:10) . . 

Women , you can count on God 's 

speci al blessings to women and 

wives"as long as you do well" (I Peter 

3:6, King James Version). 

David said in Psalm 37:3, "Trust 

in the Lord , an d do good: ' If we 

don't obey God, His blessings are 

not for us. . 

• Ex cessive concern about the future 

. We find it easier to fret about 

tomorrow than to focus on today . 

God has promised never to leave 

us (Hebrews 13:5). The s ame 

pr omises we claim t od a y are 

promised for the futu re, too. Verse 

8 reminds us that God does not 

..change . His will that we prosper today 

(III John 2) is also H is will for 

the fut ure. ' . 

The Bible emphasizes the importance 

of dealing with our problems 

one at a time. 

Look at Matthew 6:34: "T herefore 

do not be anxious for tomorrow; 

for tomorrow will care for 

[worry about, marg in] itself." Th e 

Moffatt translatio n adds, " T he 

day's own trouble is quite enough 

for the day ." 

No tice also that -we're to pray, 

"G ive us thi s day.our;daily breid ? 

(Matt hew 6:11). .:.' 7: ·· 

of locust plagues when " the day of 

the Lord is at hand" (Joel 1:4,15). 

Africa, from all indications, is going 

to be reliant on the rest of the 

world until the end of this age . Th e 

continent's c r is is is mostly attributed 

to governmental policies 

that hamperfood production.Africa 

W~RLDWATCH 

BY GENE H.' HOGBERG 

is actually better endowed with agri 

cultural potential than t he other 

co nti ne nts . Africa's agricultural 

area totals nearl y 400 million acres, 

secon d only to Asia's 40 3 million 

acres (and Asiahasfar more people) . 

World food glut 

Africa's loomin g disaster is not 

• We don't see what worry does to 

us. Read Joshua 1carefully and notice 

the urgency in God 's tone! He 

insis ts, commands that we trust 

Him and put our worries in Hi s 

care. He knows what worry can do 

to us. 

••And the seed which fell amo ng 

the thorns, the se are the ones who 

have heard, and as they go on their 

way they are choked with worries 

and riches and pleas ures of this life, 

and bring no fruit to maturity" 

(Luke 8:14). 

Al so (I proved it to myself"}, 

mental anxiety affects physical 

healt h. You do damage to God's 

temp le (I. Corinthians 6:18-20) by 

worrying. 

• Concern about what other s 

think, Humiliation, rejection, losing 

face, meeting new people, selfconsciousness, 

criticism - fear of 

the se often stems from worrying 

about what other people thi nk . If 

these worries plague you, see what 

God says abou t letting others' opin 

ions run your life. 

Paul was inspi red to say,&&The 

Lor d is my he lpe r, I will not be 

afraid. What shall man do to me? " 

(Hebrews 13:6) . An d, "For 11m I 

now seeki ng the favor of men, or of 

God? O r am I st riving to please 

men? If I were still trying to please 

men, I would not be a bond -servant 

of Christ" (Gala tians I:10). 

God says He gives pro mot io n 

(Psalms 75:6-7). Agai n, no need to 

worry or curry th e favor of othe rs. 

You've read in Proverbs 14:26, 

" In the fea r of the Lord there is 

strong confidence:' If we "wor ry:' 

so to speak, about pleasing God, 

He'll reward us. 

• Prio rities get jumbled. R e 

member Jesus' words to Martha in 

Luk e 10:41-42. "Martha, Martha, 

you are worried and bothered abou t 

so man y things ; but only a few 

things are nec essary, really only 

one, for Mary has chosen th e good 

part , which shall not be taken away 

from her:' Martha's worries Cluttered 

her mind . . 

Luke 12:29 says, "And do not 

seek what you shall eat, and what 

you shall drin k, and do not keep 

worrying." Review Matthew 6. I always 

find it encouragi ng. 

When we worry, we accuse God 

of unfaithfulness. God wants us to 

put Him to the test (Malachi 3:10) . 

You can worry about your problems 

and reap discouragem ent, crippled 

grow th and physical illness. Or you 

can put God 's laws into practice and 

trust Him for the outco me. 

Study and meditate on G od 's 

prom ises, strive to please and obey 

Him - and then drop your worr ies 

in His lap "casting all your anxiety 

upon Hi m, _bec ause He care s for 

you" (I Peter 5:7) . 

God will personally see to it tha t 

everyth ing works out for the best in' 

our lives (R omans 8:28). 

reflected elsew he re in the world, 

even in many developi ng countries. 

The Fall, 1985, Journal oj Social, 

Political and Economic Studies 

reports that "the collapse of 

African agriculture parallels 

equally dramatic increases in food 

production in every other reg ion of 

the wo~ld . . . T he world grain surplus 

currently stands at a record 

high of over 190 millio n tons: ' 

In fact, the world has moved into 

a time - at least for now - of overproduct 

ion. But instead of th is being 

good news, one hears of looming 

farm wars as nations comp ete to unload 

un wan te d food surpluses 

usually produced as a resu lt of government 

subsidies to farmers. 

In the Sp ring, 1985, issue of For- 

European Diary 

By John Ross Schroeder 

P romiscuous travelers 

But the touri st boom has some 

thorns on its rosebush. Travelers 

could be inst rumental in fostering a 

worldwide ep idem ic of Ac quired 

Im mu ne Deficie ncy Sy nd rome 

(A IDS) and other sexually tra nsmissib 

le diseases (STDs). 

The Observer 's science co rrespondent, 

Ro bin McKie, was already 

on to thi s possibility in the 

summer of 1985. Excerpts from his 

Aug . 4, 1985, report follow. 

" Business men who use prostitutes 

while trave ling abroa d cou ld 

spread the deadl y immune disease 

AIDS here [in Britain], a lead ing 

health expert warned last week. 

" Dr. John Harris, a consultant at 

SI. Mary's Hospital, Lon don, said 

international travelers were now at 

risk of picking up the disease from 

call-girls overseas . . :. 

.. 'I think there is now a serious 

risk that businessmen could pick up 

A IDS and pass it on after traveli ng 

abroad; Dr . Harris told a Brighton 

[England] confere nce on sexuallytrans 

mitted diseases ." 

A nother. Euro pean ne wspaper 

car ried a similar story at about the 

same time . O nly this one also mentio 

ned that " mod els" (actua lly 

" prost itutes) advertis ing for business 

in a ce rtain newspaper co uld- be 

amo ng the main STn carriers. The 

irony is that the newspaper car rying 

thi s story was also the one running 

the advertisements. 

Enver Carim, psych ologist and 

coaut hor of A IDS: The Deadly Epidemi 

c, added his voice t o a growing 

Monday, Sept. 22, 1986 

eign Affairs, Barbara Insel wrote 

that "we now fin d ourselves in a 

world awash in grain . .. Some examples 

are striking. In China, the 

introduction of market incentives 

has produced a 15 percent expansion 

in earn production, a 20 percent 

expan sion in rice product ion . 

and a 40 percent expansio n in wheat 

production j ust since 1982 .. . 

" India is now effectively self-sufficient 

, thanks to the techn ological 

advances of the so-ca lled G re en 

Revolution, and Pakistan is almost 

so. Argentine wheat producti on has 

nearly doubled, Th ailand's feed 

grain output nearly tripled, and 

both Canada and Aust ralia have had 

major output increases . . . 

"Not surprisingly, competi tion 

in the grain export market has become 

increasingly aggr ess ive . 

Weapo ns in the competition include 

a variety of export incentives and 

subsidies." 

The most poignant example of 

the anger produced in the developing 

global food war was Australia's 

sh arp reaction whe n the United 

States announced it was going to offer 

furt her sa le s of subsid ized 

stocks of wheat to the Soviets. Austr 

alian Foreign Minister William 

Hayden warned that subsidized 

[See FAMINE . page 4) 

Globe-hopping diseases 

threaten millions of lices 

BOREHAMWOOD,"England 

- "Many s hall run to and fro" 

(Daniel 12:4) . Few end-time biblical 

prophecies characteri ze our age 

better than this one . The prophet 

. was right on the button. People are 

going everywhere! 

. International travel and tour ism 

are an accep ted part of the '80s. The 

tourist dollar is a substantial portion 

of many a natio n's economy. Cutrate 

package holidays and vacations 

make it possible for many to travel 

to the world 's most exotic p l aces.~ ; 

body of concerned specialists. Mr . 

Carim clearly feels that jet-setting 

tourists with loose life-styles will 

playa major part in spreading sexual 

plagues throughout the world . 

He wrote in The Traveller , Autumn, 

1986: " W it hout a doubt 

to urism is centrally in volved in 

what may be descr ibed as the international 

sex trade. It' s not as if holidaymakers 

from abroad just happen 

to meet friendly partners in between 

sightseeing trips ; instead, in 

(See DISEASES, page 11) 

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Monday , Sept. 22 , 1986 

Personal 

(Continued from p&ge 11 

Zoo'S opening in May of 1984. 

" I assure you. this is no small 

complime nt as we have had over 

170,000 visitors. The congenial 

group repre senting the Worldwide 

Church of God was one 

that warrants recognition." 

Yes, God 's people do have a 

positive effect bot h at the Feast 

and on their communities. In 

fact God has often used the shining 

exam ples of His people to 

draw many in the outside world 

to His trut h. Family members 

and friends are often positively 

affected by a member's sincerity 

and dedication to God 's pri nciples. 

Not. mind you. by a member's 

effo rts to convince. arg ue or reason 

with them. It is the way a 

servant of God lives. his character, 

that makes the dif ference 

not what he says. 

At Feast sites, our bret hren 

often gain the respect of local 

residents and bu sin essm en . S to re 

clerks, rest au rant owne rs , waitresses 

an d waiters, motel and 

campsite per sonnel - all are impressed 

when th ey see a way of 

life th at re flects joy . happiness . 

peace o f mind and genuine co n 

cern fo r ot he rs. 

Eve n at loc al ch u rch fu nc 

tio ns . suc h as ca r wa shes o r 

d an ce s. ma ny o utsid e rs have 

written th at t hey ap preciated the 

outstand ing examp le of ou r people, 

Others have noticed how th e 

on-the-job conduct o f membe rs 

has exe m plified C h rist ia n living 

to e m ploye rs a nd fe llo w e m 

plcyecs . So me local bu si ne ss people 

have even be en favo ra bly impressed 

b y members' eager 

pa rt ici pation in t he Plain Truth 

new sstand prog ram. 

Yes , God has called us to be 

lights in a dark world. Not beca 

use we are any t hi ng ou rse lves. 

But because God has give n us 

Hi s prec iou s k no wled ge and t he 

abi lity to u nd er stand it th rough 

the power of His Holy S pirit. To 

use it is up to us. 

God has said, "I have set before 

yo u life and death. ble ss ing 

and cu rsi ng : t he refore c hoose 

life" ( Deuteronomy 30:19). We 

ea ch need to as k o u rselves t he 

q uestion s: " W hat d o I choose? 

Am l o ne who is a lig h t. a sh ining 

ex amp le of the wond erfu l, 

happy way of life God has so 

mer cifully re vealed to me ?" 

An ot he r Feas t of T abe rn acl es 

- an ot he r yea r closer to the inaug 

u ra tion of t he magnificent 

Kingdom of God! Breth ren. let's 

see to it th at o ur own personal 

ex amples al l t hrou gh the co m ing 

yea r are truly ex em plary of the 

wonde rful truth God has opened 

ou r minds to underst and. 

Th e words of J esus C hris t 

should ever be in our ears: " You 

are the lig ht o f t he wor ld . A city 

th at is set on a hill cannot be 

hidde n. Nor do they light a lamp 

an d put it under a bas ket, bu t o n 

a la mpstand, and it gives light to 

all wh o are in t he hou se . Le t 

yo ur light so shi ne before me n. 

that they may see you r good 

work s and glo ri fy your Fat her in 

heaven" ( Matt hew 5: 14·16 , New 

Kin g James) . 

Br et h ren , God has giv en us 

H is g rea t a nd precious truth SO 

t hat we can let it shine , not so 

t hat we ca n h ide it. Let 's sho w 

God ho w tr uly t ha nkf ul we are. 

Let's be the light He has called 

us to be! 

Wit h deep love, 

Jose ph W. Tk ach 

ILetters TO THE EDITOR I 

Pasto r Genera l Jo sep h W. 

Tk ach app reciates the hu n 

dreds of cards and let te rs he 

receives f rom the brethren. In 

this issue The World wide News 

publishes a f ew 0/ the most 

recent notes of ~ncou ragemen t 

and appreciation sent to him . 

Church visits 

As I left the auditorium of the Regency 

Hotel in Denver. Colo., I was 

deeply inspired by your sermon. God 

gave you the words I needed. 

Thank you for coming and for continuing 

the great responsibility of God's 

work. For leading and encouraging us to 

go on with diligence. I now see clearer 

how much you need our prayers . 

Mr. Tkach. thank you for allowing 

God to use you as His physicalservant to 

lead His Church. I pray that God will 

continue to lead you. inspire you and li ll 

you up with all His fruits of the Spirit. 

Matheson, Colo. 

We just wanted to write and express 

our true appreciation to you for coming 

to Mount Pocono [Pa.]. It was such a 

pleasure to be able to hear you speak. 

Your message was 50 inspiring, as trialscertainly 

have been appearing one after 

another. You certainly helped us to 

remember to keep our eyes on the big 

pictu re and to keep looking forward. 

We also would like to thank you so 

much for taking the time to meet and 

shake so many of the breth ren's hands. It 

wa.. so nice of you to shake everyone's 

hands even though the line was so long, 

and that you didn't cut the line offa t any 

point, as we find happens so many times 

in this world. 

North Massapeq ua. N.Y. 

I am II yean old. and my hobbies are 

collecting first-daycovers[stamps], key 

rings and models, playing football and 

table tennis and eating. I am also inte r 

ested in aeroplanes (airplanes in America). 

I hope you like it here in England. 

I have a sis te r . . . at SEP Sco tland 

and she is really enjoying it. I hope 

to meet you at Sabbath services, 

Well, you havemore important things 

to do now. 

1love and support you. 

Edlesborough, England 

I am 7 years old . . . I can't wait until 

I am J3 and can go to SEP and do lots of 

sports and games and activities. My favourite 

sports are foolball, tennis, table 

tennis and rounders. 

Edlesbo rougb. England 

Inl erna lioul progra ms 

I want to thank you for the wonderful 

opportunities that you have given the 

teens in God's Church. I wasa member 

of the group that toured Europe, and I 

just wanted you to know howmuch I enjoyed 

the trip. 

I hope you will continue the tour in 

yearsto come 50 other teens willhave the 

same wonderful experience I had . I will 

treas ur e t he memor ies of this tri p 

forever. 

Rolla, Mo. 

As a YOU student, I want to thank 

you for me being able to participate in 

the " Accent on Britain" tour. The wonderful 

opportu nity, to represent God, 

the Church and you, brightened my 

summer in severalways. Being inanarea 

where there are very few YOU kids. the 

lour gave me a chance to be with others 

that understand God's law. It also allowed 

me to see howdifferent peoplelive 

and the different cultures there arc in 

this world! 

Rocksprings, Tex. 

Great Britain has never been more 

gloriou sly beautiful t han when seen 

thro ug h the eyes of 52 members of 

God's Church, learning, growing and 

experiencing so much "right stuff" togerher: 

I would like to thank you, fe rvt ntly, 

for the opportunity you provided for us 

teens to travel on the Great Britain tour. 

It will only ever be rivaled by Ambassador 

College, and greatest, God's Kingdom. 

Big Sandy Ambassador College 


Onstage at 

Ambassador 

Ambassador International Cultural Foundation 

Sinopoli's baton bolsters 

finesse of Philhannonia 

By Sheila Grabam 

PASA DENA - Wit hin minut 

es of t he ir ad vertised 8:30 p.m . 

sta rting sc hed u le, t he m usicians 

seated th em selves, t he concertmaster 

and t hen th e cond ucto r mad e 

their entrances , the y shoo k hands 

a nd th e co n d uc tor bo we d a n d 

turned to his orches tra . 

With no further ado the opening 

notes of Robert Schumann's Symphony 

No. 2 in C Major, Opus 61. 

wer e filt erin g out through the A u 

d ito riu m. 

Gi use ppe Sinopoli and his Lon - 

the British Offi ce in Elstree House. 

Att end ing along with Mr. Brown 

were David Stirk, business manager 

fo r East a nd W e st A f r ica , a nd 

Cat hry n Fra ncis, secretary . 

M inister s from A frica were J osef 

Forso n, pastor of the Acc ra and Ku 

masi , G ha na, c h u rc hes, a nd h is 

wife , G loria; Owen Wil lis, pasto r of 

t h e Blan t yr e , Ma law i: D ar Es 

Sa laam, Tanzani a; Kibirichia and 

Nai ro bi , Ke n y a ; a n d Tororo, 

U ganda: c hu rc hes, and h is wife , 

C hrist ina; Lateef Edalere . pastor of 

the Lagos. Ben in Ci ty and O werri , 

Nigeria , ch urc hes , a nd his wife , 

Yvonne: and Ke nneth Buck of the 

Malawi chu rch and his wife , Hilary. 

Most of those atte ndi ng were en 

rou te eit her to or from the M inisterial 

Refre s h in g Pro gr am in 

Pasadena. 

M r. Brow n sa id t hat C h u rc h 

membership gre w last year and 

more growth looks immi nent. Some 

gro ups in G ha na and Nigeria expressed 

interest in the Chu rch . 

M r. Brown said he was pleased 

wit h t he prog ress made d uring last 

yea r bo th in C hu rc h g ro wt h and 

man power develop me nt. H e added 

th at Pasto r G e ne ra l J o se ph W . 

Tk ach's A ugust visit to East Africa 

was an even t that C hurc h mem bers 

woul d not soon forget. 

" I hope M r. Tkach will be able to 

visit ot he r ar eas of A frica," Mr. 

Brown said. 

O n t he first day min iste rs made 

prese ntations on their areas, and 

Mr. Brown led a discussion on mando 

n-based Philharm on ia O rchest ra 

thu s opened Ambassador Foundation's 

1986 -87 season Sept. 6 as the 

first of t he series of G reat Or chestr 

as of the World. 

Organized in 1945 

O rganized in 1945, the Philh armo 

nia esta blished itself amo ng the 

ackno wled ged virt uoso sym phony 

orc hestras of the world . Its performance 

Saturday nigh t under t he bato 

n of It alian co nd uct or S inopoli 

lived up to t hat repu tation . 

U nder Maest ro S inopoli's vigor - 

ous directio n. t he orch es t ra performed 

t he tro ubled , frenzied sections 

o f S c h umann's sy m p ho n y 

with digni ty and aplomb . No t until 

t h e t h i rd m ovemen t we r e t h e 

st ri ngs allo wed a respite fro m th e 

furio us pace set by composer and 

co nd ucto r. 

A powerful conclusio n 

Sec ond on the program was Peter 

I1yic h Tchaikovsky's S y mp hony 

No. 5i nE Minor, Opus 64. The seca 

nd movem ent. domin at ed b y a 

lovely horn melody. is followed by a 

graceful waltz . 

Taki ng flight, Maestro Sin opoli, 

with powerful leaps off t he floor and 

sweeping gestu res, inspired his stalwart 

white- coat ed Eng lish me n, and 

wom en in black , to a fiery co ncl u 

sion of the fourt h movem ent of the 

Ru ssian sco re. 

Sta nding olation 

As the thunderi ng final cho rds. 

bolste red by the A ud ito rium's teak 

wood aco ust ical shell, reverbe rated 

th roug h the buildi ng, the audien ce 

was return ing the favor, rising to its 

feet and ap plauding co nductor and 

performers ali ke. 

Ministers m eet from East and West Africa 

DirectorsurveysAfrican growth 

BORE HA MWOOD, England 

- Rapid growth is pu tti ng t reme n 

dous pressure on manpower and Ilnanci 

al resou rc es in t he Africa n 

area. Car ef ul planning to make sur e 

all areas are covered is esse nt ial , 

sa id evangelis t Fr an k Br own, regio 

nal direct or. 

To review t he wo rk's p rogress 

a nd plan fo r t he coming months, 

two days of inte nsive meetings for 

ministers f ro m East a nd W es t 

Africa took place A ug. 26 and 27 in 

Hello from China! I am one of the 

eight Ambassador College students sent 

to China to study for the summer, and 

what as ummer it has been... 1- allof 

us- haveseen that cooperation is possible 

only to the degree that God is involved. 

Being in this strange land I was 

struck by the universalityof God's law; 

that it works the same in Pasadena. Asia 

or the moon. 

I also became more aware of the fullness 

of God's blessings to Manasseh . 

However, by living here, I see more and 

more the t ransgressions of America 

when compared to these people who, 

apart from t heir abominab le pagan 

worship, often seem to "do by natur e 

the things contai ned in the law." In 

many ways the Chinese don't have as 

much of the good as we in America do. 

but also don 't seem to have as much of 

the bad .. . 

Altoget her th is summer has been 

profitable and enjoyable. Ot hers, or 

their parents, have spent much to come 

here. Thank you for this and the many 

other opportunities we at Ambassador 

have from which to learn and grow! 

Pasadena Ambassador College 

Canada 

(Co n t inued from pege 1 ) 

Mr. [Herbert) A rmst rong." 

" T he obvious frui t of the se t rips 

has been un ity. warmth and enco uragement 

amo ng the brethr en and 

ministers. as wellas new bonds being 

formed wit h brethren or old bonds 

fu rther nourished. " said M r. Brothers 

. t he G· 1I1 steward . 

M r. Loc ke relat ed how Richar d 

a nd Do nn a L i tt le, w h o se so ns , 

Mi c ha el a n d J ame s , atte nd 

Pa sad en a A m bassad o r Co llege. 

dr ove mor e th an 500 miles fro m 

Prince G eor ge to hear Mr. Tk ach . 

" They were able to meet him and 

spend some time with him at the hotel 

on Frid ay evening:' said Mr . Locke . 

W hi le i n Va nc o uve r, Mr. a nd 

M rs. Budge were abl e to visit Mrs. 

Budge's par ent s, St anle y and Janet 

Popham , me mbe rs who atte nd the 

Vancouver church. 

.." Ted Budg e' s in-laws were real ly 

surprised ," Mr . Tkach com mented 

after he re tur ned to Pasad en a. Mr. 

Budge said that the visit was a complet 

e surprise for them . 

Afterse rvices Mr.Tka ch was host 

to a ministe rial meeting with about 

35 in attenda nce . Mr. A part ian said 

the meet ing was "a fantastic oppo r 

tuni ty for all of the ministers to personally 

get to know and appreciate 

M r. Tk ach." 

Elders and wives were th en invit 

ed to Mr . Tk ach 's suite for a bu ffet. 

S und ay, Sept. 14, the pasto r general, 

Mr . Ap ar tian , Mr . Hu lme and 

Mr. Loc ke met for b runch with 

R ich ard Liu and Jo hn Dyck, cons ulta 

nts on Chi na project s. 

Mr. T kach and his party then 

boarded the G-III , whieh left Vancouver 

at 3 p.m.• cleared customs 

in Las Vegas , Nev., and touched 

down at the Burbank , Ca lif., airport 

at 6:35 p.m., Pacific Daylight 

T ime . 

power development. O t her topics 

incl uded S ummer Ed ucational Pro- 

gra ms (SEPs) , yout h prog rams and 

the Feast of Tabe r nacles. O ne 

evening the ministers and regional 

office staff had an informal get-toget 

her at t he hom e of M r. and Mrs. 

Brown. 

T he following da y t he min isters 

and reg ional sta ff d isc usse d mail 

processin g and post al services. 

In outlining plans for 1987, Mr . 

Brown said that Plain Truth circulation 

would be allowed to grow as 

budget pe rmits. Youth programs 

will cont inue in eve ry area. and exchange 

ar ra ngeme nts will be mad e 

bet ween eac h Af rican country and 

the British sum mer ca mp in Loc h 

Lom ond . Sco tland , as finances allow. 

The meeti ng co ncluded with a 

discuss ion abo ut particular problems 

in t he African area, and ranged 

over dating when it co nflicts with 

cultural norm s in Africa, possible 

anti -Church trends deve loping in 

Nige ria and probl em s th at arise in 

the mat ter of family funerals. 

Africa 

(Co n t inued from page 1) 

his life or having his home bu rn t. 

" W h ile I was visi ti ng ," he re 

lated, "a mil itar y patr ol inquired 

why I was t her e, as they suspec ted 

some whi tes were selling firearms to 

the blacks." 

" A fter ex plai ning I was a representati 

ve fo r t h e Pla in Trut h 

magazine , th ey le ft with out an y 

fur ther inves tiga tion." 

O ne of th e ha rd est th ings for 

blac k me m ber s to do i n S o uth 

Afri ca is to remain above politics, 

said Mr. Barth olom ew . "They can 

be pu t und er suspicion . because to 

sta y out of politics br ings the charge 

o f coll abora tion with the ' wh ite 

regime 

"When we as whites go into th e 

black to wns hips, we ru n the risk of 

bein g stone d ." If t hat 's not bad 

enoug h, black me mb er s seen talking 

to whites " may be intimi dat ed 

beca use th ey ar e tho ug ht to be allying 

wit h the ' white regime: 

" Brethre n face da nger every da y, 

especially beca use they are not 

choosi ng sides," he said. " T hey live 

by fait h-- no doub t abo ut it. 

" But we m ust realize God is answering 

our pray ers for prot ection, 

and we need to continu e prayin g 

daily for them," 

3

4 

Imperial students sport 

a uniformed new look 


Monday, Sept. 22, 1986 

By Kcrri M iles 

PAS ADENA - The student s of 

Imperial Sc hools have a new look 

this yea r. It's t he look of their schoo l 

uniforms. 

;'1 feci strongly tha t our own ImperialSchools 

should and must set a 

rig ht examp le," Pastor Ge nera l 

Jose ph W. Tk ach said. " We have 

c hose n fine quality, sharp-looking 

uniform s that arc practical and dignifie 

d." 

Th e stude nts may combine uniform 

pieces in various ways so th ey 

are not all dre ssed alike ever y day, 

accordi ng to Joseph Locke , principal 

of Imperial Sc hools. 

Uniforms for the boys, grades 4 

to 12. include ligh t blue or white 

shir ts , gray or navy slacks, red 

sweater vests, navy blazers and navy 

ties with red and while stripes. The 

boys in kinde rgarten through third 

grad es have navy sweaters instead 

of blaze rs. 

Gi rls in grades 4 to 12 wear plaid, 

gray or pinfeather (blue) skirts, 

white blouses, nav y swea ter vests 

and red blazers with matching collar 

ties . Girls in kindergarten 

through third grades have plaid, 

gray or pinfeather j umpers and 

white blouses . 

This yea r Imperial School s 

furnished each student with one of 

each garment of the unifo rm . 

according to Mr. Loc ke . T he 

uniforms will be retu rned at the 

end of the year or when st udents 

outgrow them or move, and 

they will be passed on to ot hers. 

T he unifo rms " produce an almasphere 

more conducive to learning:' 

said Robert Cote. vice principal 

of Imperial Schools. "H ow you 

dress is a reflection of your att itude. 

If the students dress casually, the y 

have a casual approach. In the uniforms 

they take a more serious approach 

." 

Mr . Locke co mmented on the 

students' view of the uniforms: " In 

any gro up this large the re will be 

some who don't like any change, but 

the response has been posit ive overall. 

I'm very pleased . It's a cr isp and 

clean look, and I don't think it' s inhibited 

any of the students." 

In the long run , the uniform s will 

be less expen sive for the families, 

especia lly for those who can't afford 

the latest fashio ns. Except for the 

blazers, all the garme nts are machine 

washable. 

Facu lty members may also wear 

th e uniform s, and many do , Mr . 

Locke said. " 

When students visited a respected 

area museum Sept. 9, tour 

guides were impressed with the un i 

forms and said they plan to change 

theirs to something similar, according 

to Mr . Locke. 

He said the group received positive 

comments from other museum 

visitors. They told the students that 

they looked sharp and asked them 

what school they were from. 

"it was encouraging for the st u 

dents," said Mr. Locke . 

Get together for fun at Festival 

By Kat hy Burch 

J us t as a good reci pe req ui res 

good ingredients. entertai ning also 

requ ires key ingredients to be suecessful. 

A di sh ca n co ns ist o f sta ple s, 

spices and a garn ish . It also needs 

prepara tio n befor e cooking. S uccess 

ful enterta ining requires good 

or ganization and prepara tion. pleasant 

at mos phere and dec or. usually 

some type of food and. most important 

ly, a prope r altitude on the part 

of the host or hostes s. 

Kathy Burch is an editorial 

assistant/or Youth 86. 

The Feast presents God 's people 

with fine opportunil ies to fellow 

ship with one another at dinners, 

picnics and formal an d informal 

get-togethers. These occas ions can 

of fer enjoyment and build unit y, if 

the key ingredients are there. 

Let's examine these ingredients 

one by one. 

Prepara tion 

Preparation will help a party or 

meal run withou t a hitch . Afte r the 

date and time have been decided , 

the gues t list ca n be made cut. 

Along with your friends, tr y to invite 

someone new. The new couple 

in t he C h urc h who don't know 

many people would probably love to 

meet new frie nds . A widow or widower, 

a coup le of single people - a 

mix of ages and perso nalities often 

creates an exciting evening. Care 

should be taken, however, about 

clashing perso nalities. 

What type of activi ty should we 

plan ? It can be anyt hing from a picnic 

to a formal meal to a bar bec ue to 

a buffet to an afte rnoo n tea . Many 

enj oy holding " open hou ses" in 

their motel rooms . Weather, transportation 

, cost and likes and disl ikes 

of tbe guests arc factors to conside r. 

Should th e event have a pu rpose 

or a theme suc h as go ing-away 

parties and bridal showers do'? You 

could try a team work party. Each 

person has an assign me nt, wheth er 

it be to bring a type of food. prepare 

entertainment or help with decorating. 

Th is is one way to get everyone 

invo lved whil e mak ing the work 

load for the hosts light er . Thi s is especially 

hel pful during the alwa ysbus 

y Feast! 

The stap le 

The main ingredient for successful 

ente rtai ning is the attit ude behind 

the actio n - true hospit ality. 

An attitude of warmth and service 

should stand behind our effort s. We 

shouldn' t tr y to impress othe rs with 

our ta lents or wealt h, but provide 

them with an enjoyab le time . 

Keep in mind that during the 

Feast , espec ially, we want to picture 

the outgoing concern , generosity 

and tranquility tha t will pervade the 

wonde rful world tomor row. 

A good pa r ty is 90 pe rcent 

warmth and hospitality, 10 perce nt 

food a nd decorations. M aking 

gues ts feel comfortable and special 

doesn't take elabor ate preparations 

or expensive food. All it takes is the 

des ire to serve our gues ts. 

Have you not iced tha t spontaneous 

get-togetbers are ofte n delightful 

? l anc e went to a friend's 

house where . while sitti ng on the 

Floor. we ate homem ade pizza off a 

ca rto n the refrigerato r ca me in. 

Later on we had hot oatmeal cookies 

straight from the oven. We spen t 

our evening laughing, talking , looking 

at photo albums and cleaning up 

pizza sauce . It was noth ing fancy , 

but it was fun. and th e attitude of 

giving was evident in ou r hosts . 

Just as the staples in a recipe 

provide the foundat ion, so does the 

right attitude pr ovide the right 

foundation for entertai ning. 

UNIFORM INDIVIDUAUTY - Imperial Schools students and Principal Joseph Locke (left) model a few of the 

many variations of the school unifonns . [Photo by Warren Watson] 

Spices 

A recipe containi ng only the staples 

woul d be bland. T hat' s why 

spices are added . The spice in our 

recipe for successf ul entertai ning is 

food, both physical and spirit ual. 

The physical food, whether it be 

steak or hamburgers. should be: well 

pre pared and attractively served . 

The hostess should check to sec if 

guests can' t cal certain foods beca 

use of allergies, physi cal problems 

or personal preference . 

It's importa nt to have a budget 

w h e n pl a nn ing th e meal. We 

shouldn't spend more of our Feast 

funds than we can afford, j ust to impress 

guests. lf wc plan ahead to entertain 

during the Feast and save extra 

mone y beforehand, we can enjoy 

a special occasion painlessly. 

The spiritual food is the fellowship 

and conversation. The host and 

hostess should gree t their guests , 

make introductions and keep an eye 

out for the quieter guests to make 

sure the y aren 't left out. 

This is where preparation comes 

in. The hast or hostess won't beable 

to perform these duties if he or she 

is rushing around tryi ng to get last- 

Famine 

(Con1i nud fr o m ~ 21 

American sales of wheat to the Soviet 

Union and sugar to China, tra 

ditional Aust ralian mar kets, could 

undermine the defense ties betwee n 

the two nations, finishi ng off what' s 

leftoft heAN ZU S (Australia. New 

Zealand, United States) alliance. 

A graphic example of surpluses 

becoming unma nageable is in the 

European Community . T he EC 's 

bu tt er mountains and wine lakes 

conti nue to surge upwar d, thanks to 

price supports that consume 70 percent 

of the community's budg et 

The Co mmon Market spends 

S63,OOO every hour just to store its 

1.4 mill ion tons of surplus butter. 

T he EC prod uces so much more 

wine than it oonsumes th at the annual 

wine surplus would fill 1,500 

Olympic-sized swimm ing pools. 

American farmers are adding to 

sur pluses . Th ere is litt le room for 

bumper harves ts in many places except 

emergency ground storage. 

Red uced export markets for U.S. 

grain (down from more th an 543 

billion in 1981 to an expected $26.5 

billion this year) mean there is a big 

holdover from last year's supp ly. 

Prices are certain to be low - while 

minute detai ls cleared up. If we orga 

nize well, the majo rity of the 

prepa rat ions can be made ahead of 

time so we can concentrate on our 

guest s when they arrive . 

The garn ish 

O ur rec ipe is nearly compl et e. 

The garni sh on a dish adds a finish 

to it. The garnish on our masterpiece 

is the atmosphere and decor . 

No matter what your accommodations 

are like - man y brethren 

camp ! - you can create a friendly 

atmosphere. Your guests will want 

to relax, sit back and stay a while. 

Comfort is a big plus. Make the 

location of your get -together inviting 

. Dep ending on yo ur guests, 

throw pillows on the floor may be 

enough . But. some may need firm 

chairs or a cushioned couch . 

Candles and flowers add warmth 

and beauty to a room . Lanterns or 

governm ent price supports to farm 

ers remai n high . 

Surpluses temporary 

Still . some are afraid to claim that 

the surplus is here to stay. Poten 

tially negative factors - such as dependence 

upon miracle grains and 

bio-engi neering - could reve rse 

the situation. 

Acco rdi ng to the Sept. 9 N ew 

York Times. "r oughl y 55 percent of 

the world's rice lands are now 

pla nted wit h hig h- yie lding va rieties 

... intro duce d in Asia in the 

m id - 196 0s . . . Near ly half the 

planet' s wheat acreage is planted in 

high-yi elding varieties . . . 

"Still . .. authorities on international 

ag riculture worry that the 

planet's food surpl uses cou ld vanish 

wit hi n mo nt hs if persiste nl bad 

weather or crop failures occurred in 

one of the world's impor tant farming 

regio ns . .. 

"Ecologists and ot her scie ntists 

point to additional risks from the 

explosion in grain production. The 

acceptance of the mode rn seed varieties 

is leadi ng to a potentially disastrous 

neglect of thousands of primitive 

and native grain varieties that 

have valuable genetic traits, such as 

drough t resistance or tolerance to 

toxic soil salts, tha t are becomi ng 

can dles can be used outside if necessary. 

A sim ple centerpiece on the 

dinner table is a nice touc h, too. 

It doesn' t really matter what you 

have. The guest s will feel welcome 

if you show th em attention . The 

warmth of the host a nd hos te ss 

plays a maj or part in the atmosphere. 

All in the fa mily 

T hese pr inciples can be used 

year-round. If you feel your entertaining 

skills aren't up to par just 

yet, a good place to practice is with 

the family. Have a special dinner 

and put to work the ingredients in 

our recipe for success . Home is the 

best place to start your ente rtaini ng 

experiments. 

The preparation , the staple, the 

spices, the garnish - the y all add 

up to a culinary delight, a memorable 

entertaining experience! 

lost forever to breeders. 

" Moreover, the modern varieties 

grow best with pesticides and fertil 

izers . Increasing use of chemicals 

around the world is polluting water 

and causing sicknesses and injuries 

throughout the developing world, 

environmental experts say:' 

Man' s technology app lied to agriculture 

is destined to fail. One draw 

bac k to technology dependence is 

that peaceis a prerequisite , so that 

pesticides, herbicides , miracleseeds 

and genetically alte red plants can 

conti nue to flow uni mpeded from 

developed 10 developing count ries. 

Interestingly , famines a n d 

pestile nces follow wars and rumors 

of wars and nation rising against nalion 

in Matthew 24. 

Today's burgeoning surpluses 

ca n vanish ra pidly given t umultuous 

political cond itions, years of 

drai n caus ed by fam ines in one area. 

such as Af rica, plus the inability of 

majo r prod uci ng areas 10 come back 

quickly into production once millions 

of farmers have left the land . 

T he same first chapte r of Joel 

t hat fore te ll s ravenous locust 

plagues also gives this war ning in 

verse 10: " T he field is wasted , the 

land mour ne t h; for the corn is 

wasted: the new wine is dried up. 

the oil langu isheth ."

Monday, Sept. 22,1986 5 

IRON SHARPENS IRON 

Before Godgives you the job, 

He wents (0.knowyoureready 

By M ark MCcu lley 

"Long live the king!" T he cry 

Pealedup and down the nation of Israel, 

from Dan to Beersheba. At last 

Israel's civil war was over. Saul was 

dead, peace had been made with the 

suppor ters of Sau l's son Ishbos heth 

and all Israel acknowledged David's 

worthiness and authority (II Sa m 

ueI5:3). . 

The story of how God provided 

Israel with a king "after His own 

heart" is a fascinatin g one. More 

important ly, it is a mood of what 

He is doing with each of us to prepare 

us for His Kingdom. 

Ma rk McCu lley is the 

Ch urch's Fes tival pla nni ng 

coordinator. 

David, a ruddy young Beth lehemite, 

was the seventh son of a 

wealt hy and respected Je w. He 

grew up as the errand boy for his father 

and brot hers . 

David was about 17 when God 

chose him to be king. Over the next 

13 years of David's life, GO

6 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monda y, Se p t. 2 2, 1986 

Camps around the worldstress 

order, opportunityand oneness 

PASAD ENA - Pastor Gene ral 

Joseph W. Tkach visited the S ummer 

Educational Programs (S EPs) 

in O rr. Minn . (including the Mex 

iean SE P). Big Sand y and Loch 

Lomond, Scotland. At each site 

campers had a specia l gree ting for 

Mr. Tkach. and he toured facilities, 

viewed acti vities and ad 

dressed the campers. He stressed 

order . opportunity and oneness. 

Lorn' Johnso n. a fuculty 

member al Big S andy Am bassador 

College; Simone Lovett, 

a sophomore at Pasadena A m 

bassador College ; Colin Kelly. 

pOSIOT of the Grafto n. Au s 

tralia . church: and Mi chael 

Well s. a /986 A m bass ado r 

College graduate; contributed 

10 this article. 

S EPs were also conducted in 

Morh angc, Fra nce: Wikki Warm 

S prings, Ni ge ria; and Kua la 

Lumpur , Malaysia. 

"SEP camps held this summer 

were a huge success in every way. 

We had the largest number of 

campers ever. and I am delighted 

with the positive comments coming 

in from campers, parents. ministers 

and staff." said evangelist 

Larr y Salyer , director of Ch urch 

Administ ration. 

Orr 

Six hu nd red seve n t y- t wo 

campers atte nded two SEP sessions 

in Orr June 19 to Jul y 9 and 

July 17 to Aug. 6. 

The SE P wasdirected by Kerm it 

Nelson, who coordinates YouthOpportunities 

United (YO U) activities 

in Churc h Administr ation . Rick 

Sherrod. a local elder in the Chattanooga, 

Tenn ., church , was assistant 

camp director. 

Staff member s were Amb assador 

Co lle ge and Imp e ri al 

Schools faculty, field ministers. 85 

Ambassador College students and 

75 high school workers. 

Activities were archery, basketball, 

volleybal l. softball, waterskiing, 

swimming, rifler y, photography 

and newspaper, television and 

radio and educ ation and dance 

classes. Each session produced an 

issue of a camp newspaper, the 

YOU S ummer Times. 

Each dorm went on a four-day 

canoe trip. and other activities 

were cookouts and dances. 

Big Sa ndy 

Four hundred eight y teens from 

the United States and Canada attended 

two three-week sessions at 

the Big Sandy SEP June 18 to 

Jul y 8 and July 9 to Jul y 30. 

At the beginning of each session, 

eva ngelist Leslie McCul 

lough , then deputy chancellor of 

Big Sand y Ambassador College, 

welco med the campers. Mr. Me 

Cullough will be regional director 

for the Church in South Africa 

(see "U pdate:' WN. Ju ly 14). 

The Big Sandy camp was directed 

by Larr y Haworth , and assistant 

director was Gilbert Norman. 

Both are faculty member s at 

Big Sandy Am bassador College. 

S taff members were Amb assador 

College faculty members. 

field ministers, 53 Big Sandy and 

Pasadena Ambassador College students 

and 83 high school workers. 

Activities were golf, cycling, 

basketball . volleyball, tennis, racquetb 

all, music, education, home 

economics, defensive driving, compute 

rs, communications, television 

and radio, swimming and dance. 

Mexican SEP 

Sevent y-eight of Mexico's 82 

Church youths and four teens 

from Gua temala partici pated in a 

"once in a lifetime " experien ce 

when they attended a Mexican 

SE P in Orr Aug. I I '0 25. 

Gilberte Marin, pastor of the 

Ciudad Jua rez and Ch ihua hua, 

Mexico, churches, acted as assistant 

director, and Salvador Barragan, 

associate pastor of the Mexico 

Cit y, Mexico, church, helped supervise 

activities. 

.. About 50 percent have attended 

the two previous camps, 

one in 1982 and the other in 1985, 

at the Big Sandy facilities," Mr. 

Mari n said. 

Buses from the Big Sandy campus 

took the youths from Nuevo 

Lared o. Mexico, on the U.S.-Mexican 

border to Orr . Chu rch members 

in San Antonio, Tex.; Big 

Sandy; Kansas City, Kan.; Kansas 

City, Mo.: and Minneapolis and 

51. Paul, Minn.; provided th e 

campers with meals on their way 

to and from Orr . 

Camp activities were archery, 

riflery, swimming, water skiing, canoeing. 

dance, volleyball. basketbaJl, 

education and softball. 

The camp was staffed by three 

counselors from Mexico and one 

from Belize, high school workers, 

Ambassador College students and 

volunteers from the Duluth and 

Grand Rapids, Minn., churches. 

Sco tland 

More than 350 campers from 

the United Kingdom, Europe and 

Africa attended an SE P in Loch 

Lomond, Ju ly 20 to Aug. 10. 

" There is a special thr ill of 

teamwork and cooperation in the 

whole S EP effort in Scotland . On 

one hand, I'd like to find a way to 

provide permanent facilities for 

the Scottish camp. But on the 

other, there is a great benefit to 

th e tru ly 'carnp-Hke' environment," 

Mr . Tkach said. 

Facilitie s at t he ca m p are 

portable and are set up each year. 

Activities were education classes, 

speech clubs, water skiing, parasailing, 

formal dinners, cycling, mountaineering, 

leather carving , scuba 

diving, fencing, wind surfing, sailing 

and tram polining. For the first 

time , campers wrote articles and 

took photograp hs for a camp newspaper. 

Nigeria 

About 90 camper s from Nigeria 

and Ghan a attended an SEP at the 

Yankari Game Reserve at Wikki 

Warm Sp rings in northern Nigeria 

Aug. 3 '0 II. 

Lateef Edalere, pastor of the 

Lagos. Benin City and Owerri , 

Nigeria, churches, served as camp 

director, and staff membe rs were 

Church mem bers from Nig eria 

and G hana and two Am bassador 

College stude nts. 

" I was very impressed with how 

teachable the campers were," said 

Jeffrey Broadnax. one of the Ambassador 

College st ude nts who 

served at the camp. " I learned a 

great deal from them." 

The group stayed in chalets. 

They went into the bush for a day 

of game viewing. Campers part icipated 

in a talent night, Bible bowl 

and speech night . 

Activities were volleyball, swimming, 

softball, weaving. aerobics, 

soccer, an obstacle course, education 

classes and canoeing. 

Fra nce 

Forty-seven campers ages 13 to 

19 attend ed the third annual S EP 

in Morhange. The session began 

July 13 and ended Jul y 27. 

Campers came from the United 

St ate s. Belg iu m, Swi t zerl and , 

West German y, Eng la nd and 

Fra nce. A staff of 30 adults and 

eight Amb assador College student 

s served at the cam p directed 

by Oliver Car lon. pastor of the 

SET TO SKI - A camper in Orr. Minn ., receives waterskii ng pointers; 

below: campers in Loch Lomond, Scotland. learn fencing skills. [Photos 

by Barry Baker and Ken Tate] 

Strasbourg, Mulhouse and Saint 

Avoid, France, churches . 

Acti vities were swimm ing, 

archery, wind surfi ng, water polo, 

sail boarding, cycling, tennis and 

football. New activities this year 

were water sk iing, phot ogr aph y 

and video production. 

Dan iel S u da n , m a yor o f 

Morhan ge, had lunch at the camp 

dur ing the last week of activities. 

"The mayor was quite impressed 

with our facilities and has given us 

the use of the land free. He has 

also requested that we ret urn next 

year," Mr. Cario n said. 

Mala ysia 

The first SE P in Malaysia took 

place on a Church member 's plantation 

near Kuala Lumpu r Jul y 28 

to Aug. 8. Twenty-eight campers 

and 24 s ta ff members fro m 

Malaysia, Sin gapore , Ind ia, Sri 

Lanka, Australia and the United 

St ates atte nded. 

Activities were archery, badminton, 

basketball, constru ction, 

educat ion classes, music, orienteering, 

softball, water polo and 

photograph y. 

Teo Poh Chim, a Church member 

who is a licensed scuba diving 

instructor, taught the campe rs basic 

skills and safety and emergency 

procedur es in scuba diving. He 

commented that children in the 

Church are more disciplined, more 

easily instructed and more willing 

to learn than groups with whom he 

normally deals. 

Co li n Kell y, pastor o f t he 

G rafton, Austr alia, chur ch, served 

as camp director. 

HELPING HANDS - A camper at the Malaysian SEP gets a grip on 

basketball shooting techniques ; right: a Big Sandy camper visits horses 

at the Ambassado r College farm. [Photos by Colin Kelly and Daniel 

Euban ks]

Monday, Sept. 22, 1986 The WORLDWIDE NEWS 7 

BEST OVE RAL L BLACK AND WHITE : MICHE LLE OSBORNE 

BEST OVERALL CO L OR: M ICH EL LE OSBO RNE 

Australian YOa Photo Contest 

BURLEIGH HEADS, Australia 

- Michelle Osborne, 18, of 

l ower Templ estowe look the best 

overall color and the best overall 

black and white photographs in the 

1986 Australian Youth Opportunities 

United (YOU ) Photo Contest. 

Judges for the contest were Colin 

Kelly, pastor of the G rafto n. Australia, 

chu rch, and John Curry and 

Gary Regazzoli, employees in the 

Australian Regi onal Office. Th e 

photos were judged on originality, 

creativity, focus, exposure, forethought 

and whether the p hotograph 

fulfilled the assignment. 

First, secon d and third places 

were as follows. 

Huma n interest (color): Louise 

Kleinbergs, 16, Hornsby Heights ; 

Mark Gunders, 17. Caloundra; 

Ruth Slade , 16, Bendigo. 

Humo rous (color): Brenda Me 

Kavanagh, I~. Caboolture; Barbara 

Van Heere, 15, Blaxland: Dorene 

Murray, 16. Bulleen. 

Na ture (co lor): Mic helle Osborne; 

Bradley Huthnance , 13. Epping; 

Kari Murto , 15, Blackbu rn. 

Acti on (color): Mark Gunders 

(first and second places). 

Gener al subject (color) : Michelle 

Osborne; Matthew Sieff, 13, Randwick; 

Michele Flack. 16, Ch ristie 

Downs. 

Portrait (co lor) : Michelle Osborne: 

Mark Gund ers (second and 

third places) . 

Unusual (color): Brenda M cK a ~ 

van agh ; Mark Gunders; G iselle 

Goldmann . 13, Ashfield . 

Un us ua l ( blac k a nd white ): 

Michelle Osborne. 

Ge ne ral su bject (blac k a nd 

white) : Michelle Osborne . 

BEST NATUREICOLORI : M ICH ELLE OSBORNE 

MOST UNUSUAL lB&WI: MICHELLE OSBORNE 

BEST PORTRAIT (COLORI: MICHELLE OSBORNE 

MOST HUMO ROUS (COL O R): BRE NDA McKAVANAGH 

BEST ACTION lCOLOR) : MARK GUNOERS 

BEST HUMAN INTEREST lCOL OR) : LOUISE K L EI NBERGS

8 


ACCENT' ON THE LOCAL ·CHORCH 

·Brethren·chat "n' .chew' 

More than 300 BROOKLYN 

N ORT H and SOUTH ' and 

QU EENS, N. Y.; , brethren at 

tended a picnic at Prospect Park 

Aug. 17. 

· Ac tiviti es incl uded chil dr en's 

· games, a wate r-balloon toss, volleyball, 

soft ball , horsesho es an d a 

bake-off.' C hristi 'Hinkle's banananut 

bread placed first in the bread 

division,' Sharon Brown' s chee secake 

placed first in the cakedivision 

and Judy Kenny's peach pie won th e 

pie division. 

Brethren brought picnic lunches 

and t he chu rc h provided wate r 

melon. The activity was organized 

by J uan Q uino ne s, a Brooklyn 

Sou th local ch urch eld er. Wesley B. 

Webs ter. 

BARR IE, On1., brethren attende 

d an annual corn roast Aug. ] 7 ' 

at the home of Mr . and Mrs. Peter 

Beentjes. Abou t 110 people attended. 

Activitie s included children's 

games, touch football, softball and 

volle yba ll . A us ed- clothing exchange 

was also featured . 

After a meal of corn; hot dogs and 

roasted.marshmallows Winston 

Gosse and Mike Fenemore played 

their guitars and the brethren participated 

in a sing-along around the 

campfire. Doreen Pinkney. 

·GR AN DE .P R AI R I E , Alta., 

brethren att ended a church picnic 

Aug. 3 at Moonsbine Lake . . 

. The event began with a pancake 

breakfast. Other activities were a 

miniature track meet for the children 

, other children's games, a kite 

flying contest won by the Westfall 

family and an obstacle course, The 

activities were organized by Rod 

and Wendy Westfall, Jeanne Sh~w " . 

Helen Hurst and Bruce and Bonniei 

Wagar . ." 

Dinner included barbecued beef• . 

salads, finger- foods and desserts. 

T he ac tivity ended with a si ngalong. 

Laurie N yhus, a former pastor 

of the Gr ande Prairie church 

and no w as sociate pastor. of the 

Toronto, Ont. , East church. and his 

family were special guests . Sherry 

Dumont. 

Abou t 260 ROCHESTER, 

N .Y., brethren attended an annual 

family picnic Aug. 10 at Ellison 

Park . ., . .". 

Sunny and bree zy weather'Aug . 

9 dried the park after a week of rain . 

The rain began again as the last picnickers 

left the park . 

The meal consisted of barbecued 

sirloin of beef, roast 'corn, hot dogs, 

hamburger s; salads, desserts and 

wat er me lon. Act ivities included 

games and prizes for the children, 

horseshoes, softball and volleyball. 

Jake Hannold. 

The KENOSHA, Wis.• annual 

church picnic took place Aug. 3 

at Van ' Patten. Woods. Eighty- 

five percent of the bre thren attended 

. 

The picnic included softball, volleyball, 

horseshoes and guessing 

game s. A potluck lunch fea tured 

hamburgers and beverages pro 

vided 'by the church. 

C h il d r en and adults pl ayed 

games in the afternoon. Connie M e 

Clute. 

About 450 BALTIMORE, Md .• 

brethren attended their 16th annual 

bull roast Aug. 10. The event took 

place at Maynard Marvel 's farm iIi 

Freeland; Md. 

Activiti es include d relay games, 

contests, a st ra w-ba le maze and 

hayrides .' Deacon Roger . Crawford 

coord inated the food preparation. 

The meal included 413 pounds of 

.prime beef mar inated in wine sauce, 

30 pounds of hamburgers and 50 

dozen ears of corn. 

Brethren brought their own salads 

and other side di shes . Snow 

cones and watermelons were sold. 

Jon and Ginnie Cook. 

LAKE OF THE OZARKS and 

ROLLA, Mo~ , brethren comb ined 

for a skating party and a picnic at a 

park in Rolla Aug. 3. 

An employee at the skating rink 

commented that he noticed a difference 

between the church group and 

other groups: Paren ts and child ren 

int er act ed more .tha n in other 

groups. In most groups, parents sit 

on the side and obs erve th e children. 

he said. 

Young 'Ambassadors tapes were 

used for skating music. 

' 

Picnic .activit ies included volleyball, 

swimming and trail walks. A 

potluck meal 'was provided by both » 

churches. Johnita Wells . 

J'A.NS~~grY'",!ian . , §.QUTH $i 

brethren:prepared a:picnic dinne r 

, A ug : 1nfor Latin' American 

camper s on their way to the Mexican 

Summer Educational Program 

in Orr, Minn.' The picnic was at 

John Anderson Park in Grandvi ew, 

Mo. 

The group chose from a variety of 

ho t dishes , salads, drinks and 

(See BR ETHREN, page 9) 

Activities unify brethren 

Brethren from the REPUBUC 

OF IRELAND took a cru ise around 

Cork Harbor Aug . 17. They went 

ashore at Cobh, a town .that was a 

port of call for transatlantic passenger 

liners, for a picnic. 

Thom as Bryan and his wife, Su 

sa n, served ho t refreshments at 

John F. Kenned y park in Cobb. 

DonaIO'Callaghan. 

Women of the SACRAMENTO, 

Calif., church sponsored an annual 

luncheon and fashion show Aug. 10 

at the EI Rancho Resort restaurant. 

Women from children to senior 

citizen s modeled garments th ey 

made ra ngi ng from casual t o 

evening wear. Fran ces London and 

Marian Hall were co-hostesses and 

Jeanne Fossan , Pat WalIace and 

France s London were announcers. 

Eighty-seven people attended the 

event. M'arci Walton. 

A SAVANNAH, Ga., soft ball 

tournament took place at Richmond 

Hill, Ga ., Aug . 17. Men, women 

and children from the Savannah and 

Augu st a, Ga ., Jacksonville, Fla ., 

and Charleston, S.C ., churches participated. 

Ken Jack son. 

AS GOOD AS MOM'S - Award winners in a pie· baking co ntest for Brookl yn North and South and Queens, 

N.V.. churches show their edible wares Aug. 17. [Photo by Bill PliZr : ' 

MIDLAND and CADILLA C,'·· 

Mlch. ,' brethren and gue st s from 

other church areas at tended a 

camp -out Aug. 8 to 10 at River Valley 

C ampg ro und near Gladwin, 

Mich. 

Brethren checked in and set up 

camp Aug . 8. 

Afte r breakfast the next day Sabbath 

servic es t ook place at the 

campground: Ernst Wuckert gave a 

sermonette on being assets in GOd's 

Church. Garvin Greene, pastor of 

the two churches, gave a sermon 

about the world tomorrow. . . 

. After a potluck meal , brethren 

split into grou ps and discussed what 

.they thought the world tomorrow 

would be like. Saturday evening 

ended with a sing-elongarcund a 

'camp fire :" '....,~ - .,,. "- 

~onday,Sept .22,1986 

, - . 

A DAYAT THE RACES - Brethren from the Bra ndon. Man.• and Mqosomin, Sask.• churches gathered Aug. 

10 for "all family. all cardboard" homemade cha riot races. Top left: two Church youths act as horses as they 

pu lt a chariot. Above and right: children prepare to race their family chariots. [Photos by Jonathan Buck] 

, . 

' · · . 

Youths-camp; tourr.trek to seeslghts-: 

'~~t T h i rr~e~ ' '&i ONGAPot ;'rid c·"'~N i ~~~'~ ~ks VEG A~f~;v. , M~~ , c h u rc h~s tou red t h e .N e w~ 

BALANGA, Philippines. Church Church youth,and chaperons vis- England states Aug. 10 to IS. They 

youth s and the ir fathers took a ited Grand Teton National Par k in were accompanied by W ill iam 

wilderne ss hike Jul y 27 at Patok Wyoming Aug. 3 to 10. Pack, pasto r of the two churches; 

Hills on the Bataan Peninsula. Camp was set up on the ranch of Brian Drawbaugh , a Hagerst own 

The group descended a 65 degree Phil Wilson, a deacon in the Black- local chu rc h elder, and his wife , 

slope to a river before lunch . After a foo t,' Id aho , chu rch. The group Sh elby; and other adults. 

swim 'and lunch , the youths heard a spenttwo days sight-seeing at Yel- T he you th s t rave led 12 hou rs 

lecture on wildern ess skills. Erenita lowstone National Park . fr om Ha ge rs town t o Littlet on, 

S . Gabriel. Other act ivitie s were canoeing; N .H ., Aug. 10. They saw a gorge 

powerboating, fishing, a two-hour formed by glaciers. The y also took 

horseback trip thr ough the foothills th e C a nn on M ountain Ae r ial 

of the Grand Tetons and a two-hour Tramway in the White Mountains 

wSnhaiktee·Rw,'vteer.r raft trip down th ~ r f; of N ew Hampshire; visited Ogun- 

:' quit Beach in Main e, spent time at 

On the Sabbath, Aug . 9, Ed Ko- the Newport, R.I., Historical Socifol, 

a Las Vegas deacon, gave a Bible ' _"'ety, tour ed Block Island on bicycles 

study about app re ciation. Teens, and mopeds and visited Six Flags 

chaperons and area C hurch mem -'. Gre at. Advent ure, an amusement 

bers attended Sabbath services in a park in New Jersey. 

hay barn on Mr. Wilson's ranch. Each day beg an. with a Bible 

Mr . Wilson gave the sermonetteon study. John A. Cup/er. 

God as a fun God , and Bernard DALLAS, Te x., EAST an d 

Schnippert, pastor of the Kingman , WEST brethren' combined for 

Ari z., and Las Vegas churches, gave their four th annual alpha-omega 

a sermon on t he differences be - reception for Church youths Aug: ' 

tween first and second generation ' 10. The reception welcomes 13- 

Christians. year- olds to YOU and bids 

The group returned home Aug. farewell ' to 19ayear-olds. Almost " 

ID. Arlene S chnippert. 

270 Church yout hs and fam ilies ' 

Church youths from the CUM· attended. 

BERLAND and HAGERSTOWN, ts•• YOUTHS.page 91 

Members rough it for fun 

' Sunday,t~e' group.aJ~,abreakfast 

'of pancakes , eggs, ju ice and'coffee: 

O the r activities included gam es, 

swimming, boating and fellowship. 

The weekend conclud ed with a meal 

of barbec ued chicken, roasted corn , 

baked beans, salad and desserts. 

The camp-out was organize d by 

J eff and Sharon Led y. Renee 

O'Brien. ' 

AUBUR N and BREMERTON, 

Was h., .brethren com bined for a 

weekend of cam ping and .outdoor 

activities Aug . 8 to 10at Hicks Lake 

in Lacey, Wash. 

The theme of the camp-out was 

" Living Together in Unity..' Some 

of the activit ies were a Friday night 

Bible study, a talent show•waterskl- . 

ing and fellowship. About 350 peopie 

attended. Gale Ullerick .

Monday, Sept. 22,1986 

Youths 

(Co ntinued f rom page 8) 

T he outdoor garden reception began 

with a ceremony. RandalDick, 

pastor of .the Dallas West church, 

introd uced the alph as and presented 

the omegas with an inscribed copy 

of Halley's Bible Handbook. 

After the ceremony and a reception 

line, refres hments were served 

and guests and honorees talked and 

walked in the garden sett ing. Randal 

Dick. . 

BEAVER VALLEYand PITIS 

BUR GH, Pa., brethren combined to 

attend the area's third annual YOU 

award s banquet Aug . 10 atthe 

Edgewood Social Club. 

.Brethren 

{Continued from page 81 

desserts. S teve Turner and J uan 

So sa of the K an sa s C ity , Mo.• 

No rt h ch urch and Dick Mann. a 

deacon in th e Ka nsas City South 

church, translated . 

T he picnic wasorganized by local 

chu rch elder John Pentlin and Ken 

Mu rphy. Robert C. Taylor. 

PIKEVIL LE and HAZARD, 

Ky., brethren combined for an annual 

picni c Aug. 3 at J enny Wiley 

State Park near Pres tonburg, Ky . 

About 250 peoplefrom the congregations 

attended .· .- 

·Ac t ivit ies 'inclu d·ed softball, 

horsesh oes.Scrabble and a covereddish 

meal . Rich ard Allen. 

About 180 ROME,Ga., brethren 

attended an annual church picnic 

Aug. 10 at Red Top Mountain, Ga., 

State Park. 

A mechanized ch icken-cooking 

ap pa ratus engineered by D avid 

The theme of the banquet was 

"YOU - A Bridge to Friendships 

." A dinner of stuffed past a 

and salad was served. Afterward 

a slide presentation of the year's 

activities was narrated by David 

Orban, pastor of " the Beaver 

Valley.and Pittsburgh congregation 

s. 

Awards were presented for boys 

and girl s volleyball, cheerleading , 

boys basketball and track and field. 

Other awards were to defensive and 

offensive player of the year and defensive 

and offensive player of the 

tournament. Lead ership and spirit 

awards were also given . 

The new YO U council was announced 

and the evening concluded 

with a dance: -Mark Anstis. 

Owen was already automatically rotating 

chickens when brethren began 

to arrive at 10 a.m . 

Morning activities in cluded 

wbiffleball, volleyball, baseballand 

~ horseshoes. 

A lunch of barbecued chicken, 

vegetable dishes, desserts and 

toasted bread was served. A fawn 

scam pered past the picnic tables, 

and bluegrass music was .provided 

during the meal by th e Lost Mountain 

musicians. 

After lunch people played chess, 

checkers and Tr ivial Pursuit. Peggy 

Ann May . .. , 

EDMONTON, Alta., young 

adul ts and senior citizens sponsored 

afarewell picnic brunch Jul y 27 for 

Robert Berendt, associate pastor of 

the Edmonton South church. Mr. 

Berendt is attending cl asses a t 

Pasadena Ambassador College for 

one year . ., 


Children have fun in summertime sun. 

The PORTLAND, Maine, annual 

camp-out for Youth Educational 

Servi ces (YES)-age children 

took place in two sessions Aug . 3 

and 4 and Aug. 5 and 6. 

Each session had 12 children. 

Each child was assigned to represent 

a tribe of Israel and the com 

mandments (rules of the camp-out) 

were read from Mt . Sinai (the front 

porch). Each activ ity began with an 

appropriate scripture. . 

Activities for the first day of each 

session incfuded a treasure hunt, a 

KELOWNA, B.C ., Churcb 

members celebrated the 20th anniversary 

of their congregation 

Aug. 16. 

' 

Sabbath servic es took place in th e 

Mt . Boucherie Recreation Auditorium 

. 

Anthony Wasilkoff. pastor of the 

Kelowna and Penticton, B .C .• 

churches, read letters.played a tape 

recording and passed along greetings 

from ministers who served in 

the area. 

After Sabbath services brethren 

ate a buffet of fried chicken, salads, 

cake , ice cream, punch and cham 

pagne. 

Ministerreceives farewells 

The morning was spent playing 

football, Frisbee and other park activities. 

A 'mealof fresh fruit. vegetables 

and meatballs was served. 

Mr. Berendt received a portable 

ta pe recor d er on behalf of the 

brethren. Colin and Charlene 

Bishop . 

visit to a place of interest. swimming, 

a hot dog roast , a camp fire 

and a Bible question game . The second 

day consisted of playing a game, 

tackling an obstacle course, playing 

wiffle ball and a team football kick. 

After lunch the children wrote letter 

s to Pastor General Joseph W. 

Tkach, swam and built sand castles. 

Each session ended with parents 

of the children joining _act ivities 

including lawn games, basketbal l, 

swimming, canoeing and dinner. 

Awards were presented to 

Kelowna celebrates 20th 

Acti vities ended with a fam ily 

dance. A picn ic took .place the 

next day. Sunday, Aug. 17, at 

Bertram Creek near Kelowna. 

Frank Murley. 

GREENVILLE, S.C., brethren 

honored senior citizens with a banquet 

Aug. 10, 

The banquet began with a poem 

written andread by lames Huffman. 

a Church youth. Church 

youths served the meal and pianist 

Kathy Wr ight provided dinner 

music . 

After dinner Andy Merrell conducted 

a tabletcpics session and entertainment 

was provided by singles 

and youths. Ronnie Pooleled asingalong. 

" 

Other activities were a speech on 

the impo rtance of the elderly and a 

game of 20 questions. S ean 

Roemhi/d. 

A bout 80 brethren fr om the 

campers. George Weber. 

PASADENA Imperial A.M. sinogles 

and young married cou ples 

sponsored the ir second annual chil 

dren 's day Aug . 3 in the Imperial 

Schools gymnasium. Fifty children 

ages 3 to 12 attended. . 

Children _were divided into five 

age categories. Events were tailored 

to each age group and included art s 

and crafts, Bible , scien ce and nature. 

sports and games and safety. 

In the safety act ivity, each 

group watched a live demonstration 

of what can happen in an 

earthquake and discussed precautions 

to take . ' ' 

At the end of the day each child 

received a certificate of participa 

tion . Group pictures were taken of 

all the children, group leaders, station 

leaders and assistants. Kemm er /' 

Pfund. . 

Seniors enjoy banquet, tour 

LAKE MOOGERAH, BRISBANE 

NORTH and SOUTH, CA ~ 

BOOLTURE and GOLD COAST, 

Australia. over-50s groups combined 

Aug. 3 for a tour of the Gold 

Coast region. 

The group had morning tea at the 

Hinze Dam . Next they went to Numinbah 

National Park . They took a 

walk through a-rain forest to a natural 

bridge, where they saw a waterfall 

cascading hundreds of feet into 

a clear pool. ' , 

Some brethren ate .a smorgasboard 

meal at"the Two Pines Cafe 

and others ate a picni c lunch at the 

property of David and Jane Solca in 

Numinbah Vall ey. DapbneAffleck 

. 

9 

-( -,,' 

By Vivian P ett ijohn 

Michael Ha rris' reddish-blond hair 

glistened in the late afternoon sunlight 

as he shook his head and yelled : 

"Kathy , stop trying to teach me! I 

don't want to learn !'.' T he 31l-year-old 

j umped off his blue tricycle arid ran 

into the house . 

The unh ap py would-be teacher 

shuffled back across the quiet street 

to her own home . In the kitchen she 

slid silently onto a chair. 

" What's 'wrong, honey ?" Mrs . 

. Winfield asked as she began cutti ng 

unpeeled potatoe s into little square 

pieces. 

"Oh, that Mike is .what's wrong ;" 

Kathy answered. "I 'm a big girl so 1 

know lots mor e than he does. But he 

won' t let me teach him things I'm 

. learning in first grade or in my Youth 

Bible Lessons. 1 just wanted to help 

him get sma rter. Wouldn 't th at make 

him . gain in wisdom, too, like the 

proverb says we should do?" . 

" N ot necessari ly," Mother replied. 

. "You can get smarter by just learning 

' . facts , but you gain wisdom in a differentway, 

Now, honey,"she continued 

as she handed Kath y the potatoes, 

a bowl and a small paring knife , "while 

you cut up the rest of these potatoes, 

it might help if you quote the proverb 

your father taught us this morning ." 

" Uh, OK," Katb y said as she used 

the knife carefully. " Pr overbs 19:20 

says, 'Listen to advice and accept ' 

instruction, that youmay gain wisdom 

for the futur~' " (R~v i5~d Standard 

Version) . 

. "That's fine," Mother told Kathy: 

"A nd in a few minutes I'll give y?u 

some instruction as I show you how 

The Unwilling Learner 

e::-, 

'J 

to make the potato soup." 

"Oh, Mo mmy," Kathy said in a 

whining voice. "I don't want to learn 

how to make soup. That's too hard and 

I'm too little." 

"Oh?" Mother asked. "Didn't you 

just say you're a' big girl? And, be: 

sides, don 't you think Michael was 

wrong when he didn't want to accept 

instruction that would help him in the 

future?" , 

" Yes, Mommy," Kathy answered. 

. "And "yet," Mother observed, "you 

feel it is all right that you don't want 

to learn some things that will help 

you in the future." 

"What do you mean?" Kathy 

asked . 

"Well," Mother replied, "when you 

grow up you will certainly need to be 

able to cook. So: you should start now 

to learn tbings that will help make you 

' a good homemaker then." 

"Oh!" Kathy said softly, then 

paused, thinking. "Does that mean 1 

wasas.wrong as Mik~ was about not 

.: wanting .. to learn?" When-Mother 

. nodded, Kathy said: "I'm sorry. 

Please show·'·'me how to make the 

soup." 

"That 's a good decision, honey," 

Mo ther responded. "And when you 

make a good dec ision based on knowledge 

and understand ing, it shows 

you're gaining wisdom: ' 

At dinner Kathy toldDad, Rocky 

and Jeff about the ir young neighbor 

who ran away from her because he 

.. didn 't want to be taught.vMother 

.added: "But Kathy has had a good -, 

learning day. She learned an important 

Bible verse , she learned how to 

make this soup and she gained wisdom:' 

. 

"I would say," Dad remarked, smiling 

, "that she has had a very good day ;' 

then - gaining in knowledge and 

wisdom . And that remi nds me. It 

won't be long before our family will 

have extra opportun ities to grow in 

knowledge and wisdom." . 

" What is that, Dad ?" Rocky asked, 

puzzled, as he passed thecrackers . 

" During God 's Feast of Tabernacles," 

Dad answered . "So; let's start 

tonight asking God to make us willing 

: learners then. .We need to gain as 

much wisdom as we possibly can .for 

the future." · 

"But, Daddy," Jeff asked, "what 

about Mike? His father isn't in the 

Church, so shouldn' t we try to teach 

Mike?" . . 

~ UNo," Dad answered. "His mother 

is in the Church, and it is Mike's 

parents' job to teach him . But, Kathy, 

.' don't give up. You can still be "a 

teacher someday." 

, "I 'm glad ," Kathy replied. '.'But 

' before. [teach, [ have to become a 

more willing learner; right? · See, 

Daddy? I'm learning."

10 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday , Sept. 22, 1986 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT 

BIRTHS 

BEllON, RobM .nd JennI1er (,,'litton ). of Ao.l.lde, 

Au' ''' I'' , gwl. Ll ur• . July 29. 2:30 ' .m., 'pound. 4 

~•. nowlboy. I "'" 

AOWER, Soo nlnd Lon (Phinips ). 01 Coleman, Mich ., 

hoy. Anthony Sco tt, Aug. 20, 2:22 a.m., II pound. 2 

0UIlCIl, . fOt chlid 

CAMPBEll, Gerry and ~(P......... tzl. 01 WidVtI . 

Kan ,boy, lueaaJa""" Aug, t 4.1G:'5l rn.. 7 poundS 

11 ounc:fl. tnl child 

CARTER, EOwwd and '"-*- (RutIW't).of Rodl, 

Mount . N,C.•Q"1. Oeu.... ~..luty31 . 11,50 1,m., 

lPJO,11'ld1I0tr0Cft. now 1 boy , I~ . 

DA VlOSOH .AnIhonyand~(F.....). of Mot*. 

"'-"gwt. lIuen Aar*y, Aug . g, 100SSa m.. 1I1lOUl"01 

a~ ......c:tIIId 

D AVIS, RIoymond lind Dorothy {SpicQn., of Bame. 

0nI .• o;pr1. T..-oy Carol Ann , Aug 15. a,:lO p.m., 8 

poundS. now I bOy. 2 gon.. 

O()I'IWAR O. Ronald .00 0I0n:ie. (L.I. of ~ . 

All• ., boy . J l y MICtIMl,July23. S p.m., ll pounclill 

ounce• . now I boy , I gorI. 

ESTLE./Af.ld.lldk.r... (Tretlnik).oI e.leV..-notl. 

PI , boy . Brl." Chad. JvIy 8.8: 0c:es. now 1 boy , 1 gif'L 

TOC>MBS. Don and lnko 1$dlulU:). 01'Toowoombl. 

""-11'..... boy . Samutf Paul . July 30. 6:33 ' .111.. a 

pounds :sounon . now 3 bOp , I gil1 

VlOl EA. R.... IMIIand Donna (Wef11. of Bongharnton. 

N,Y., boy . Ru.... Thom... M.y 25. 7:"1 p.m ,. 6 

pounds 10 ()UfI()II. now I boy . 2 glI11 

W....Hl, M . r1o. .nd K....... (Kilty). of Mliml . Fl• .. boy, 

Joshua Thomas. Aug. 10. 7:42 p.III.. 1 pound l 10 

ounoa• . fl'.l chlld. 

W....LTMAN. Ron .nd came (Bldnarl. 01~ . 

MR. AND MRS. JOHNNY HORTON 

Jon nny HOrton. 1011of Mr. • nd Mr • . WilliamHilI• • nd 

AfI$I H')4I, ~hl. 01 Mf. 'nd Mr•. UtySlIsa 

MR, AND MRS. RAYMUND PFENNIQ 

e..SbdI .da....,.....ol....",..SbCI

Monday, Sept. 22,1986 The WORLDWIDE NEWS 11 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

(Co ntinue d from page 10 1 

Aug. 17. A reception was given in th eir 

honor by family membe rs and friends 

in the Auburn church Aug. IS. Don 

James. a deacon in the Auburn church, 

presented the Th arps with a moun tainscape 

depict ing Psalm 121:1. . 

MR. AND MRS. DAVID THARP 

Mr. and .Mrs. Tharp began school 

togeth er < in 1905 in Larime r. Pa. They 

were baptized together in 1968. 

The Tharps haveone son. David;three 

grandchildren; and twogreat-grandchildren. 

- 

WETASKIWIN, Alta. - Mr. and 

Mrs. Gunner Joh nson celebrated their 

50th wedding anniversary Aug. 7_ 

The Johnsons were honored with a 

potluck. meal by the wetaskiwin 

brethr en afte r Sabbath services Aug . 9. 

Alan Grahn presented the couple with 

an anniversar y clock on behalf of the 

church. 

Mr . Johnson was born at Meeting 

Diseases 

{Cont inued from page 10) 

certain cases, sex is the whole purpose 

of their visit. 

"And when we consider that the 

tourists the mselves may be from 

countries where the incidence of 

sexually tran smissible diseases has 

been increasing, then the role which 

tourism plays in the spread or STDs . 

across the wo fld -l:ieco~O:- --: 

vices." 

Thi s ce ntury has seen a worldwide 

relaxat ion of sexual moral s. 

Sexual freed om and STDs have beco 

m e deadl y partner s . They 

threaten a global epidemic - predieted 

in the Bible many centur ies 

ago. 

The a pos tl e John saw some 

st range hor ses in vision. He explained 

thei r gory function . "A nd 

behold, a pale horse, and its ride r's 

. name was Death and Ha des followed 

him; and they were given 

power over a fourt h of the earth, to 

kill with swo rd [wa r] and with 

famine, and with pestilence" (Revelation 

6:8. Revised Standard Ver-. 

sion). 

John was talking about a quarter 

Creek, Alta ., and Mrs. Johnson at 

Bashaw, Alta. They werebaptizedJune 

14, 1964. The Johnsons have"one son, 

Delvin: one daughter, Arlene Prill, a 

MR. AND MRS. GUNNER JOHNSON 

member who attends the Wetaskiwin 

church; seven grandchildren; and four 

great-grandchildren. 

Obituaries 

TOLEDO, Ohio - Mariane Blessing,-70, 

died July 16of congestive heart 

failure.She hasbeen a memberof God's 

Church for 13 years. 

Mrs. Blessing is survived by three 

sons. Duane, Dennis and Daryl Krause; 

two daughters, Joyce Thieman and 

Darlene Fry, a member whoattends the 

Glendora,Calif., church; 12 grandchildren; 

and eight great-grandchildren. 

Private graveside services were conducted 

by Albert Yeager, a minister in 

the Toledo church. 

COEUR D'ALENE , Idaho-Naomi 

J. Park, 71. died Aug. 17. She wasborn 

in Star, Idaho. in 1913. and has been 

a Church member since 1965. 

Mrs. Parkissurvived by her husband, 

Chester R., also a Church member; five 

children; 12 grandchildren; and one 

great-granddaughter. 

Mr. and Mrs. Park celebrated their 

50th wedding anniversary June 7. Two 

of their children, a son-in-law,a daughter-in-Iaw 

and grandson are Church 

members. Anothersonand daughter-inlaw 

and their four children attend 

Church services. Mrs. Park was predeceased 

by one.daughter in May, 1984. 

Graveside services wereconducted by 

Vaiden White, a minister in the 

Spokane. wash ., and Coeur d'Alene 

churches. 

MAIDSTONE. England - Albert 

Richards. 50, died at home April 24 of 

Cancer. He was baptized in the early 

1960,. ' 

Me. Richards is survived by his wife, 

Joan, and their five children, Paul, 

Elaine, Claire, Daren and Sarah. 

Gravesideserviceswere conducted by 

John Meakin, pastor of the Maidstone, 

Brig hton and Croydo n, England, 

churches. 

HERMANN, Mo. - Lester Harry 

Scheidegger. 43. drowned May 22. He 

has been a Church member since 1963. 

Mr. Scheidegger is survived by his 

parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scheidegger, 

memberswhoattend the Columbia, 

' 

of this earth's population. And homosexual encounters which a 

global pestile ntial diseases will take handful of British. Danish and West 

their share of the death toll. Is the German tourists had enjoyed in 

onslaught of STDs about to trigger Ame rica in the earl y 1980s." 

this awful death scene ? 

This man pulls no punches . He 

Author Cacim explains the general 

plainly says, ··STDs are trul y dis 

background of how some of eases of the modern life-style." 

these death-dealing diseases might 

exact their fearsome price . 

The chain of infectio n 

He continued, " No w the point to The mechanics of transm ission 

bear in mind is-that internalionaJ-arc'simple:'It'samatter of elementourism 

has merely been extending. tar y arithmetic. Mr . Carim took a 

in_~eog r~phi~aI_ terms..a t r~m is- look at hC?~ these diseas es actually 

sion process that began long ago at multiply on the international stage. 

the local level . . . ,~ 

He based th'e following scenario on 

.. And just as changes in be - data compiled and documented by 

haviour pattern s [morality] were investigators who trace the string of 

the means whereby STDs began to sexual contacts that lead up to an inspread 

more widely within parti cu- fection. 

lar Countries, so too has jet travel to ~ . A professional photographer 

foreign countries enab led the dis- from En gl an d, "al ready infected 

. eases to cross the bar riers of time with gonorrhoea, flies to 'Nairobi 

and space and to infect people fur- [Ke nya ] . . . [He meets] a West 

ther and furt her afield ." 

Ge rman woman with whom he has 

This insig htfu l psychologist gets sex twice. He lat er vis its th e 

specific. It is no secret what group Nairobi Nationa l Par k .. . A 

star ted AIDS in Europe . . teenage Afric an girl engages him in 

Read this bold indictmen t. "The conversation Th ey spend several " 

AI DS virus which is wreaki ng such nights together He meets her sishavoc 

in nearly every country in Eu - 

ro pe and wh ich epidemiologists 

fully expect to follow the same upward 

curve in the United S tate s - 

all of th is sprung directly from the 

ter and sleeps with her too . . . He 

has probabl y infected them, and the 

Ge rman woman, with his penicillin- 

resistant strai n of Neisseria gonor- 

rhoeae. But both African sisters are 

Mem ber weeds way to victory 

Mo., church, and one brother. 

GAITHERS BURG. Md. '-- Ethel 

Carpenter, 87, died Aug. 11. She has 

been a Church member since 1972. 

Mrs. Carpenter is survived by her 

daughter, Raphaela Best; fOUT nieces; 

and one nephew. 

Funeral services were .conducted 

Aug. 13 by Richard Frankel. pastor of 

the Washingon, D.C., and Front Royal, 

va.,churches. 

SACRAMENTO , Calif. - Hazel 

Dunn, 88, died July 3 in Woodland, 

Calif. 

Mrs. Dunn is a native of California 

and attended the Sacramento church. 

!'- - - 

LITILE ROCK, Ark. - Dennis 

Reynolds, 38, died Aug. 24 in a one-car 

accident. 

Mr. Reynolds is survived by several 

family members, none of whom are 

Church members. 

Funeral services were conducted in 

Pine Bluff, Ark., by Gilbert Goethals, 

associatepastor of the Little Rock and 

Searcy, Ark., churches. 

AUCKLAND, NewZealand - Stan 

Richer, 77, died at home Aug. 16. He 

hasbeen a Church memberfor 13 years: 

Mr. Richer is survived by his only 

daughter, Ann Thomson. and two 

grandchildren. , . 

Funeral services were conducted 

Aug. 19 by Donald Engle, pastor of the 

Hamilton,Rotorua and Tauranga, New 

Zealand, churches. 

HOUSTON , . Tex. - Lonnie R. 

[already] infected with the herpes 

simplex virus . . . Wh en the photographer 

get s back to England he 

passes the herpes virus to his various 

girlfriends who, in turn, transmit it 

to their sex' partners." The scenario 

continues, but that's enough for us 

to get the dr ift . 

The evil side of human nature has 

not ch anged. Peregrine Worst 

horne , in the-Feb. 10, 1985, Su nday 

Telegraph. compared the plague of 

12 

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PLACES e 

EVENTS IN THE WOR LDWIDE CHURCH O F GOD 


Monday, Sept, 22, 1986 

PASAD E NA - In the firs t 

eight month , of 198 6, 3, 166 people 

were baptized in the United St ates. 

Thi s is the highe st number of baptisms 

for any J anuary through Au 

gus t period since 1971. according to 

evange list Larry Salye r, dir ector of 

C hurch Ad minist ration. 

Th e number o f new contacts 

made bv the minist ry increased 44 

perce nt' over last year. " New contact 

" indi cates a perso n who has 

comm unica ted wi th a minist er for 

t he firs t tim e, whet he r in pe rso n, 

over the phone o r by letter. 

" " " 

PASAD ENA - The World t»- 

m orr ow prog ra m "Su per power 

Confronta tion? " drew 41.209 tel e 

phone respo nses. accord ing to evan 

gelist Rich ard Rlce, di rec to r of the 

Mai l Proces..ing Cente r ( MP C) . 

when it was broadcas t Sept. lJ and 

14. Thi s is the third-hig hest week 

end respo nse ever. 

Accordi ng to M r. Rice, the respouse 

to the program, prese nted by 

eva ng e l is t Il a t id Hulme, was 

boos ted in part by re newed inter est 

in U. Si-Sovict rel ations. Tensions 

bet ween t he two co u n tr ies we re 

he ight ened af te r t he a r rest of 

A m e ri c a n reporter Nicho l a s 

f)anilon by the Sov iets on spying 

cha rges. 

" " " 

PASADENA - Th e Mail Processing 

Ce nter received 33,835 respon 

ses to Past or Gener al Jos epb 

\\t. nub's July 25 coworker let 

ter. acco rd ing to evangelist Richard 

Ri ce, MPC director. T his is the 

high est num ber of re pue.. Irom a coworker 

letter since 1970 . 

According to Mr. Rice. two rea 

so ns fo r t he hi gh number of respo 

nses are th e appeal of the ne.... 

broc hur e offered in the letter, U·'hJ' 

Russia Will Not Attack A muic~ . 

and th e add itio n of 10,000 new 1. '0 

worke rs and members since J anuary. 

" " " 

PA SADEN A - T he mont h ly 

record for te le pho ne respo nses to 

Th e World Tomo rrow was broken 

in Au gust, according to evangelist 

Richard Rice, di rec to r of the Mail 

Processing C enter. 

MP C' s telephone response section 

received 186,600 ca lls in Aug 

us t , the m ost received in o ne 

month. Th is is the third time this 

yea r that t he record has been braken 

. 

" " " 

PAS AD ENA - Accord in g to 

Dexter H. Faulkner. ed itor of t he 

C hurch's pub lications. circulation 

of The Good News passed the one 

mill ion ma rk. 

St arisr ics fo r th e Au gu st issue 

show tha t abou1960 ,000 read ers received 

th e Engl ish-language vers ion 

of the magazi ne wh ile about 95,000 

receiv ed it in Fre nch. Sp anish, Ge r 

man or Dutch. 

" " " 

Mt\N II. A, Philippin es - Man y 

record s tum bled in August, accor d 

ing to Ph ilipp ine reg ional d irector 

Guy Ames. 

" O n two co nsecutive Mo nday s, 

the all -rime daily mail record was 

broken, and now stands at 3,45 1," 

\-'r. Am es said . 

The number of Ambassador College 

Bible Co rres pondence Co urse 

subsc ribe rs rose to 17,500 , up 653 

pe rce nt ove r the same period last 

)'car. 

" Television responses continue to 

s k yrocket," he ad ded . A ugust 

bro ugh t in 1.279 , a 23 7 perce nt increase 

over last August. T he number 

of television respon ses received 

by t he end of August was 71.3 per- 

cent higher than for all of 1985 . 

" M uch of the mail come s in the 

form of handwritten lit er ature reques 

ts from subscribe rs and th eir 

friends, but inclu ded is an exce lle nt 

respo nse to the Good Ne ws offer 

made to Plain Truth subscribers," 

said M r. Am es. 

The Good News subsc ription list 

reached 30,000, which is 245 per 

cent high er than July, 19R5. Youth 

86 circulatio n j um ped 190 per cent 

in one year to more th an 10,000. 

" T hese increases come witho u t 

any co nce rted adverti sin g program 

but ma inly thr ough ref errals from 

ot her subscribers:' Mr . A mes contin 

ued . 

" Go d ha s blessed us with t he 

me ans of handling t his inc reased 

work and of serving th e members in 

a tim c of uncertainty," sai d M r. 

Am es. He added that year-to-date 

inco me is up 25.9 percent. 

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PASADENA - C hurch Ad 

ministrat ion release d the followin g 

ord inatio ns : 

Wnne Culson. a deacon in th e 

M ()de ~ t o . C alif. , church, was or 

dained a local church elder at Pent e 

cost services June 15. 

Ra lp h De wd, a d eacon in the 

Ci nc inna ti, Oh io. N orth c hu rch , 

wasordai ned a local church elder on 

the Sabbath , Aug . 30. 

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PASAD E N A - Ev angelist 

La rry S. lyer, director of Church 

Administratio n, presented Isabell 

Hoell, wife of evangelist He-rm•• L 

Hoeb, with a watch for more than 

25 year s of assistins her hulltb3J\f1 in 

serv ice to th e Ch u;ch. - 

The pre sentation took place at a 

PASADENA - C rack s are appeari 

ng in th e un ity that t he government 

of the Ph ilip pines has been 

tryi ng to es tablish since the ousting 

of form er Phili ppine Pr esiden t Ferdin 

and M arcos in Fe brua ry. 

" O ptimism is evaporating." said 

regional dire ctor Gu y Am es. 

" T he cease-fire negot iat ed wit h 

insurgen ts wh ile talk s arc held to 

determine co m mon grounds and 

pote nt ial solutions to th e th reat of 

civil wa r ha s pr oven ineffective," 

Mr. Ames said. 

" So ldi e rs and civilians are still 

bei ng killed in ambus hes and intimidati 

on of the populace in certa in ar 

eas con tinues unabated:' he said. 

Som e me m bers live in co nstant 

fear of being ap proached wit h demands 

for money , food or other support 

, and threat s of de at h if the y do 

not coop era te. 

Mr. Ames also re port ed th at a pcriod 

of heavy rains in LU10n "h as 

brou ght concern abo ut tra vel con di 

tio ns to and from the mountain city 

of Bag uio. she of the largest concc n 

t ration of God 's peo ple d ur ing th e 

Feast of Tabernacles." 

O ne of the th ree roads wars cut by 

a washed-o ut br idge and may not be 

reopened before the Feast . 

T he ot her two roads were badly 

affected. On e is ope n onl y to lig ht 

vehicles, and Iravcl conditions are 

da ngerous with sec tions of the road 

missin g . O f ten foggy con dit io ns 

mak e dr iving hazardous. 

Th e o n ly remaining road has 

been " bad ly damaged by the heavy 

vehicular traffic." 

GIFT FROM SOVIET UNION - Imperi al Schools faculty members Michael Carter (left) and Eric Larison present 

a bronze statue mounted on black onyx of a man beating a sword into a plow share to Pastor General Joseph 

W. Tkach Aug. 26 . The faculty members chaperoned the Youth Opportunities United (YOU) trip this summer 

to the Soviet Union. The gift was purchased in Leningr ad. [Pho to by Warren Watson] 

Ministerial Refreshing P rogr a m 

banque t Se pt. 9. Dr. Hoeh received 

a watch for his service at an employee 

forum Apr il 4. 

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PASADENA - Ac cording to 

evangelist Richard Rice. direct or of 

the Mail Processi ng Center, th e 

C hurch receiv es a number of comments 

from older people about how 

m uch God 's truth means to them. 

O ne woman wrote , " You give us 

the incentive to hope and the ab ility 

to deal wit h life's pressures." An 

ot her woman said the Church's lit 

eratu re has "kept me alive spiritu 

'" Iy." 

Accordi ng to Mr. R ice: "She 

echoed the: r«, I; r! g ~ (I f m,any elder ly 

people wh o have become sh ut-ins 

because of the ir infirm ities. O t hers 

DESK 

" We pray that some rep air work 

ca n be accom plis hed befor e t he 

Feast " and t he weathe r will be satisfacto 

ry enough for the work to be 

done, M r. Ames said. 

Fr ench -speaking ar eas 

No members in Ca meroon were 

ad..·ersc ly affected by t he volcanic 

gas leak in northwestern Ca me roon 

Aug . 21, according to evangel ist 

Diba r A parti an, region al direct or of 

French -speaking ar eas , 

A clo ud of ca rbo n diox ide and 

..u lfu r compo unds t ha t e me rg ed 

from Lake Ni o.., about 150 miles 

nor th west of Yaound e, Came roon . 

settled in a valley and as phyxiated 

a.. many a.. 2,000 people , according 

to the Sep t. 2 Los Angeles, Ca lif., 

Times. 

Mr . Ap art ian also reported th at 

Mr . and Mr s. Cy rille Ric ha rd arrived 

in Port -au-Prince, Haiti, during 

the latter par t of J uly and are 

co nd uct ing regular Bib le st udi es 

and S abb ath services. 

Th e couple fou nd " a comfortable 

lillie house located abo ut six miles 

fro m Por t-au -P rince." sa id Mr. 

Ap arti an. " O ur H aiti an br ethren 

are deli ghted - and so are we." The 

Hai tian churc h has not had a fulltime 

minister since 19R2. 

Daniel S am son . forme rly assistant 

pastor of the Fredericton. 

N .B., chu rc h, and his fa mily 

moved to Campbellton, N .B.• in 

Ju ly to serv e Frenc h-speaking 

brethren in norther n New 

Brunswick and the southern shore 

say our lite rature helps combat the 

lonel iness which so ofte n plag ues senior 

citizens: ' 

Ma ny times, Mr. R ice ad d ed , 

" th e elderl y m ust su rvive on very 

limited inco me., O ur lite ra t u re is 

even more apprec iated because it 

gives them something of tru e, lasting 

value , at no cost. O ne lady described 

it as 'truly the gift of God .' .. 

" " " 

PAS ADENA - The Church ', 

Ne ws Bur eau asks for the hel p of 

members worldw ide in co llecting 

art icles relating to the Church th at 

appear in newspapers, acco rding to 

Gene HogHrg. world news ed itor of 

The Plain Truth. 

"T~f; N ~ ' ''' ' ) 3'JrcJ.u will mak e 

ce rtai n that all who need to be ad 

vised of informatio n con ta ined in 

of the Gas pe region of Quebec. 

" S ervices are no w held o n the 

fi rst and t hi rd S abbaths of eac h 

mon th in Bathurst [N .R.}. and on 

the second and fourth S abbaths of 

eac h mon th in Ca mpbellton:' said 

M r. Ap ar tian . 

In late J uly Mr. Samson con 

du cte d a pub lic Bible lecture in Edm 

undston, N .B ., with 23 new peopl 

e in attendance. Seven people 

we re baptize d during t he fir s t 

mo nt h of the Bath urst and Campbellton 

churches. 

Jeff Patt on, supervisor of the terminals 

sec tion in th e French Department, 

told Th e Wor ld wi de 

News that the number of members 

in Madagascar will tr iple after the 

Feast. 

" We h ave ju st o ne member in 

Mad agascar, altho ugh we have a dc 

Oland for bapt ism s there ," said Mr. 

Patton . " But a member from Belgi 

um . whose home was originally in 

Mad agascar , will move back to the 

island alon g with his wife. who is also 

..1 member." 

T hey will live in An ta nanarivo, 

the ca pital. 

,\ u'itralian economy 

"In recent mo nt hs ther e has been 

a se rious dow ntu rn in t he Au s 

t ralian economy, which has beg un 

10 affect the income for God 's work 

in t h is area of the wo rl d ," sa id 

Rober t Morton . regiona l di rector 

for Australia and As ia. 

"Our members and co- worke rs 

are bein g af fected by the se risi ng 

costs of living , t he slowdown in the 

Au st rali an econo my and t he weakeningofthe 

Aust raliandollar on t he 

world market ," Mr . Mo rto n said. 

"These factors arc of co ncern as 

the y will affec t the ab ility of our 

mem bers and co-wo rkers to support 

God's wor k and themse lves, finan 

d al ly:' he said. 

In add ition, th e latest employment 

figures revealed a shar p rise in 

the num ber of job less. 

specific art icl es will be su pplied 

with co pies, " Mr . Hogberg said. 

Mr. Hogberg as ked th at t he 

nameof the publication and the date 

it appea red be included with t he 

clip ping. 

C lippings shou ld be sent to: 

Ambassado r College New s Bur eau 

300 W. G reen St. 

Pasaden a, Cal if., 9 1129 

Attention : W .O .J . 

M r. Hogber g me ntioned tha t this 

does not apply to people who are already 

clipping articles for the Legal 

Office. 

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PASADENA - Per sonnel fro m 

the T echnical Ope-at ioos and Engineer 

ing Dep artment he re t ravel ed 

to var ious Fest ival sites to prepare 

the: sound syste ms for the Fearst or 

T abe rnacles. 

Ila\' id Harris. desi gn en gin eer , 

and Jo hn wlse, audio eng ineer , updated 

the sound system at the Expo 

Square Pavilion in Tulsa . O kla. 

Acco rding to M r. Harri s. " The 

botto m line is high speec h inte lligibilit 

y," so that bret hre n will be able 

to u nd er stand the speakers . They 

Also st rive for uniform loud ness so 

th at so meo ne sitti ng in t he fro nt 

row hear s t he speaker at the same 

level as someo ne in th e back row . 

J ohn Proh~ manager of Te chnica 

l Operations and Engineering, 

tr aveled to sites in Vail. Co lo., and 

W iscon sin Dell s. wls., as well as the 

new site in C hatta nooga. Ten n. 

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Mr. Tkach visits Canadian Office, - Herbert W. Armstrong

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