' I I 8 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, Jan . 17 , <strong>1977</strong> Updnte: the interruuionnl Work (ConttnUlld from pege 1) <strong>No</strong>rth America (Ca nada and Mexico ), 10 Ca ribbea n co untries , seven in South Americ a. eight European nation s and five co untries in the Pacific area . Thi s does not include many other countries in which we have a small but growing Plain Truth list and a scattered but growing number of membe rs. At the time of this writing we are in the process of establishi ng legal status in several other co untries. BETTY THOMPSON Eight y-six rad io stat ions carry The World Tom orrow br o ad c ast wo rldwide (b e sid es the Uni ted Slate s) . In Canada 71 stations carry the broadcast (63 in English and eight in French), in Australi a six, in New Zealan d one, in the Caribbe an area 10 (six English, four French) , in Europe o ne (French) and in the Philippines one . 185 TV Sla loms Plan s are to increase dramatically the number of radio statio ns as God DONATION INFORMATION Many members and co-workers have requested information on how best to make a gift to the Worldwide Church of God , either during Iheir litetime or upon death, through wills, trusts or other means. If you desire to rece ive information regarding such gifts, the Legal Department of the Cnu reh is available to advise and serve without cost or obligalion. Merely write : Ralph K. Helge, Attorney-at-Law Worldwide Church of God Box 111 Pasadena, Calif., 91123 The Legal Department regrets that, because of the variance in laws of other counlries, such legal inlormalion is only applicable to residenls of the United States and Canada . However, in such cases the department will be pleased to furnish whalever limited informalio n it may have available. Feels intensity Poet's work honored By John Torgersee MtLWAUKEE, Wis. - Betty Thompson, a membe r of the Mil waukee South church and a teacher of Spanish at Lane J unior High School in We st Allis, Wis.• has had a poem publi shed in the 1976 issue o f National Poetry Asuhologv. Na tional Poet ry AnJhology is a book publ ished yearly by .he National Poetry Press in Los Angeles. Teachers a nd lib rari ans of h igh sc hoo ls and colleges from acro ss the United Slates annually submit poem s 10 the Nation al Poetry Press. and those judged best are publ ished . Miss Thompson submitted several poem s. The o ne selected happened to be one of the few she has writt en in free style, she says. The poem , abo ut autumn leave s, is e ntit led " T he Fallin g Battle ." Miss Thompson has been writin g poet ry for eight years , but it's not just a pasti me for her . "Poetry is as many worlds as there are thoug hts and words to describe them . but on ly the author really understands and feels the intensity of the one bei ng described," she says. " To me poetry is like an intimate express io n of word s. It know s no limits; it surpasses all boundaries . Tbe unreal becomes actual ; reality become s even more . In a se nse each becomes immo rtalized by the mood of its writer ." Her winning poem is pri nted below . THE FALLING BATTLE The wind breathes hard and whistles. Exhau sted leaves stir and strugg le. Th e ballIe for life be gin s aga in. A rustling sou nd begi ns to grow . Tan gled bran ches twi st and bend too far. Sudde nly, a snap! And a crac k fills the air . Shuddering leaves crash to the ground . Still attac hed, they clin g to life . Oh . Wind , be not crue l to falling leaves . The invisible power continues to gus t. The weakened leave s break and slow ly die . TIle mighty wind does not sto p or even sigh . Belly Tbom""", Milwaukee . we. The writer just completed a ssudv program while on sabbatical al Ambassador Coll ege , Pasadena , and has since trans ferred 10 become regional direclor of lhe Australian Work_He is an evangelist andformer regional director of tbe Canadian Work . · /l e worked closely wilh Leslie L. McCullough, director of the International Division, during his stay OJ headquarters. opens them 10 us and the finance s pennit. Television is another new and exciting area that has good potential and seem s to be ope ning up to us. We have 175 statio ns in Can ada (inc luding 145 so-ca lled satell ite stations, which rebroadcast programs that originate at other stations), seven in Australia, two in the Caribbean and one in the Philippine s, for a total of 185 aro und the wor ld o uts ide the United Stares . Churches, outlying Bible studies and new members are bein g added almost dail y. As o f <strong>No</strong>v . I, 1976 , as near as we can approximate from data from around the world, we have 250 ministers and assi stan ts serving more than 220 churches with a cornbi ne d attendance o f mo re than :'2 ,(X)() and a tota l membe rsh ip in excess of 16.50Ct (~ trom _ ' ) lated the first ones who wro te in and gave tbem first choice:' The 10 days of meetings included " approximately 50 hours of classroom se ssions ," Mr . Mo karo w said . " Tbere were classes on biblical doctrine , human deve lopme nt and growt h, TM Plain Trulh and its impact on the United States and the wo rld, fami ly and marriage counseling and how to counsel familie s with prob lems . legal effects of being a min iste r in the Ch urc h and also classes on New Testament problems in the light of the ministry . " Instructors included Gamer Ted Arm str on g; Mr . Dart; Le sli e L. McCullough , director o f the Interna tional Division ; Steve Martin , Wcstem Area coo rd inato r and ass istant to Mr. Dart; Mr . Mokarow; Robert Kuhn. an exec utive vice president of the Amba ssador International Cultural Foundation; David A ntion o f the Amba ssador theo logy faculty; Geo rge Geis , cha irman of the Theol ogy Department; Brian Knowl es. managing editor of The Plain Truth ; HEAD IN HIS WORK - This member of the Ambassador College Television Production Department hasn't1osl his head; he's just videotaping the YOU-conference activitiesat Big Sandy Dec. 26 to 29. (The Worldw ide News, Jan . 3 .) [Photo by John Wright) 40local elders attendseminar Ralph Helge , director o f the Work's Lega l Department; and Ray Wrig ht, the Work ' s assistant vice president for financial affairs. Mini sters and their wive s stayed in ot her ministers' homes , Mr. Mokaro w said . "We paid full ex penses for the minister and his wife as well as any lodge costs and meals . This is oot the first time this has bee n done , but it' s tbe first time we've everdone it where we've offered it to unemployed elders. Our previous ministerial seminars have just been withi n the pastor group." BenefICial In formation Me. Martin said Mr. Arm strong and Mr. Dart ., were very pleased with the prog ram. And the elders ' e ruhus rasm was ex tremely hig h. They felt the information the y rece ived was very beneficial." Ted Maliso n, 57, a loc al elder who traveled here from his Tulsa, Okla., c o n gre g atio n for the se ss io ns , agreed. And , after listening to the speakers and attend ing the se minars, his " impressio n was that the Work is LOCAL ELDERS MEET - Art Mokarow speaks to local elders in Pasadena. [Photo by Warren WatsonI in very good hands . I am plea sed wit h the caliber of men who are heading God ' s Wo rk." Mr. Mokarow said the new program mak es it feasib le for elders not on the Church' s payroll to " benefi t from the same type of program that employed min isters make use of while attending college for a year on sabbatical." A simi lar seminar schoo l is set for the Big Sandy campus o f Amba s sado r this summe r and ano ther next winter in Pasadena. Those Who Alk nded The 40 elders who atte nded the schoo l, and thei . :j\ areas , are as follows: Cha r" Barrett , Monterey, Calif.: John B ,- . ~ . ~ . Ca lgary (Sout h), Alta .; Ken Brady, Miami, Fl a .; W ile y Brisco, Fort Worth , Tex .: Burt Burbach, Toronto (west). Ont.: Verdon Conrad , Halifax, N.S. ; Ken Co urt ney , Jackson, Miss.; Richard Cox . Toledo, Ohio; A .C . De Bre e . Montreal (E n gl is h) Que . ; D ic k Eckman, Anchorage, Ala ska. Scott Erickson. G rand Rapid s, Minn.; Herschel Foote, Coffeyville . Kan .; George For syth, Det roit (East), Mich.; Dou g Hard in, Ca r tersville , Ga .; Dou gl as Ho lco mb . Portland (Wes t), Ore .: Walter Johnson. Vancouver (<strong>No</strong> rth) S.c.; Eric Livermore, Ott awa, Om.: Ted Mattso n, Tulsa , Okla . ; Jim <strong>No</strong>rk . Phoenix (P .M .). Artz.: Frank Parson s, Jackso n, Miss. . George Peyton, Sa n Antonio , Tex.; Donat Picard . Quebec , Que .: Gary Porter, Blackfoot , Idaho; Pat Regoord , Buffalo. N.Y .; Ed 5
Monday, Jan . 17 , <strong>1977</strong> The WORLDWIDE NEWS 9 A Personal Letter Z~~ (Conltnuod !rom _ 1) aud itorium for our church socia l the same e vening . By the lime you read theselines I will have been able to spend about three days on the Big Sand y campus and then be back in Pasadena maki ng additional five-minute radio programs. Combining the new programs already made. plus the excerpt s from o lde r 3O-minute radio programs, we have quite a significant backlo g of o ur new five-minute radio program s already prepared, so lbal , as I am able fa annrnmcc increments of new stations 10 you, those programs are ready 10 be shipped. Enthusiastic Ilespo.... I want 10 thank all of you for the enthusiasti c respon se and the ro m meets I have read follo wing my most rece nt anno unce me nts concerning this new thrust in God's World The res ponse has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic about the changeove r in The Plain Truth, and there has not been one single negativ e response from any of (he new programs we have ado pted! We feel thai the next few months are going to result in a
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