Good News 1978 (Prelim No 22) Nov 6 - Herbert W. Armstrong

Monday, Nov. 6, 1978
The GOOD NEWS _
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REPORTS WORLDWIDE
(Continued from PlgIt 10)
'good news for this Canadian site as
the 1. ~ 00 - st ron g brethren he ard
amon-. ,,:'lers Lesl ie M c Cu n.~ , ugh
speak on being a salesman for Christianity,
Ron Kelly on what it is going:
to be like to be a spirit,.and Richard
Pinelli on the covenant of God.
A strong empha sis. was placed on
the fam ily and many activities revolved
around that theme Ron Howell.
' ABOUT OUR PHOTOS - Each picture included in our eight -page
Feast coverage seems to speak for -itself so we have -added only
the name of the site it was taken at. The Good News thanks the
photographers for their overwhelming response : PhiUp Stevens in
Brean Sands, Engla~ ; Scott Moss in Wisconsin Dells , Wi$. ; Rick
Stodola in Tucson., Ariz.; I Tc»Uls'u Ha'angana in Tonga; Ron Prociw
.in St.. Petersburg, Fla.: Mark Streapy in St. Petersburg ; Big Sandy ,
. Tex., and Tucson; HaroldVan Lerberghe in the Netherlands; Peter
. M~1s in New Zealand: Tom Wijlams in Argentina ; Tom Hanson In
Fresno . Cal f.; Dave Knight in Fresno ; Ken Treybig in Tucson; U.
Colas from Haiti; I.WennertHom from Sweden ; David Shutz from New
Zealand ; Jun Ruslia and Joe Binuya from the Philippines; Rodney
Larson In Jerusalem; Phill Halford in Brean Sands ; Stephen Odell
from Tasmania: and all the uniden tified photographers who
responded also. Good News staff photographers were Dexter Faulk­
. ner. Klaus Rothe, Scott Ashley and Sheila Gr,aham.
SHE RBROO KE, Que . - Atte n­
dance at this new Cana dian site was .
20 percent highe r than expected as
.w as the offeri ng on the first day (91 .,
percent above last year's). -
Some 570 met at the Salle Mo urice
O'Brady at the University of Sher­
; brooke to hear Festival coo rdinator
Colin Wilk ins speak on the world
tomorrow - a dream soon to be a
reality, Bernard Hongerloot on toler-
. ance , Don Picard on prayer and Bob
Scott o n gr o win g in grace an d
knowledge . .
Brethren at this French-language
site showed a renewed fidelity to the
l aw of God , mak ing it a smoothrunning
Feast here . Henry Sturcke ,
TORONTO, Ont o - A smoo th•
runnin g Feast that saw mo re volunteers
than were needed summa rizes
this Feast for 2,200 brethren , who
met at the Etobicoke Olym piurn.
The city of Toront o-offered much
to Feastgoers as did speaker s John
Halford. Leslie McC olJoogh. Richard
Pinelli and Geo rge Lee among
others. ;' .
Rea cti on to He rbert W .
Armstrong' s film was excellent and
nany co mme nts were made on Stanley
Raders film from membe rs who
wanted to know more about him .
An interesting item', a five-ounce
bar of gold, turned up in the offe ring.
Larry Greider.
EUROPE
BONNDORF, We," Germany­
An estimated 550 brethren attended
the Festival here in the Black Forest,
gathering for services, meals and activities
in the mode m Bonndorfmeeting
hall. Activities were plan ne d
around tbe motto, " Promo te Interpersonal
Rel ation ship s, to ranging
from a, coc ktail reception after the
opening service to a hike for all ages
in the picture sque Black Fore st.
Main speaker was Frank Schne e,
spea ki ng abo ut deve loping godly
love and news of the Work . Also
speak ing was Victor Root , who discussed
how to combat spiritual stress
situations. Herbert Arms trong's film
was show n with siJrnultaneo us translation.
About 50 promin en t citizens of
Bonnd orf, includin g the mayor , attended
the Festival formal da nce. Activities
were o rganized by the area
churches, giving many the opportunity
to help and pitch uv.K taus Ober­
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BR EA N SANDS. England ­
Her ber t Armstro ng' s se'rmo·a.. on
film were well rece ived and 'ap.­
preciated by 2,050 brethren meeting
in this seaside village in Somerset.
Fresh and bright weather accompanied
sermo ns by Brian Knowl es on
the family, Frank Brown on Church
unity and over co ming discouragement
and Reg Plan on facing crises .
The overall theme was facing the
future optimistica lly with anricipation
for grow th personally and cc llectively
to fulfill the commission.David
Bedford.
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CARLSBAD, Cle~hos lov akia ~
Gathering' in the Florentine Room of
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