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YO Lo Y, NO . 20 PASAD ENA, CALIF. OCT. 10, 19 77

MOONBEAMS- Asthe fullmoon risesover SquawValley,CallI., on theopeningnightof the1977 Feast of Tabernacles, thousands01brethrensqueezeInto Blyth Arena to hear GamerTed Armstrong deliv er a sermon on the famil y. Mr . Armstrong's serm on w as the first of 11 he

deUvered in as man y sites during the eight-day Fest ival. Immediately after the se rmon he leftfor Pasadena and morning serv ices the next day . Squaw Valley . along with St. Petersbu rg,Fla., was attended by 10,000 people. (Photos by Scott Mossl

Worldwide family observes the Feastthe tro upe perto nn ing specia l 1l11I ,i l,:in Sq uaw Valley nn the Lust GroutDay . The show fe atu red G arne r TcdArmstro ng and Jim Tho rnhill . a lon ~

with the Ambassador Sin gers, in ~.

family -.euing . A three-screen slidcshow in the buc ku rouud ucc ruu ­panicd ~ch song . Arecord album .al...o called Fumily Nigh!. Iectun ngmusi c fro m the show . was madeavailable to all une nd ing the Feu...t •

.. Mr. Arm...mmg k it that hi!-l 0.' ­

ceprion at St. Pctcle rsburg ] was out ­stand ing and thai the uuuospherc inservices and reaction In Fam ily Nigh /wax warm and cntbusiusric;" Mr.McM ichael said .

Festival brochure

He said the Festival bro chur e .avai lable free of charge iOthe bre th ­ren attending most U.S . sites [TheWOl'lcllI' ;t!t' Nt.' \I ·.~ . Sept. 11 I. rc­cetvcd a . ' terrific respo nse from peo­pie everyw here : ' He said rbosc in­te rested in transferrin g 10 !-l ites nextyear may req uest fm m the Festiva lO ffice at Big Sandy an ex tra cop y o fthe brochure at a pr ice of $2. whichhe sai d is o n ly to cover cos ts .Broc hures are avai lable for all U. S .sites except Pasadena, Hawaii andAlas ka .

Mr . McMichael said some U.S .sites used this year .may be droppedand new ones added fo r [97 8 . " Wemay change some sites for the benefi to f the breth ren or where the business

_. co mmunity has given us less than. their full cooperat ion ,"

Hesaid Sq uaw Valley. Calif., andSI. Petersbu rg both had reco rd atten­dances th is yearof abo ut IO,OJOeach.

" We d idn't plan to have that manyat Sq uaw Valley ," Mr . McM ichaelsaid . " We plann ed 10 have 8.500,but peop le kept writing and writing.reque st ing the site . As it was weturned down 500 applications,"

Inte resting to ob serve rs at Squ awValley was that abo ut 120 minis te rsattended the s ite , a group larger thant he to tal atte nda nce of seve ra lnon- U.S . sites .

Co nseq uently the Squa w Valleysite was crowded , with man y mem­

(SM FAIIILY OBSERVES,~ 20)

able co mme nts at the sites whe rehe 'd spoken."

Mr . McC ullough sa id thur the in­remat iona l areas he 'd received rc ­port s from "II indicu.cd the Fe :"lot ivalwas succe ssful.

Festival d irec tor Sher wi n Mc­M ic hae l sa id the ' vuui tude a ndatmo sphere o f every ~i(e see med In

be up thi s year. Ever ything we ntvery . very well. fro m the weather tocoo peration from Ihe locul co mmu­nity . "

He said Ihi!-l ycur' j, Fest ival in theUnited Stales seem ed til be one ofthemost enjoyable in recent years forrnemb er-,.. 'The Family Ni,t:h, ~h(\\..went over we ll," he said . " Peo plerea lly : prec iared GTA :~ participa­tion as well as a ll the effort that wentinto 're product ion ."

T .....; yea r' s Fea st sho w, ti t ledFamily Nigh" traveled to five s ites :Tucson , Big Sand y . 51. Petersburg ,Ham pton and Mo unt Poco no . with

FAMILY NIGHT - From left. Mike Hale. Festival Office employee,GamerTed Armstrongand YOU director Jim ThomhUlportray membersof e Church lamily in the Tucson pertormance of Family Nigh t, the showpresenl.'>d at five Festival snes. Whoto by Sheila Dennisl

o rganized that problems seem to be ata mini mum. "

Tri te bultrue

Ga me r Ted Armstrong, LeslieMcCu llo ugh, direct o r o f the Interna ­tional Di vision . Ron ald Dart , vicepres ident for pas to ral ad ministra tion ,and othe rs who attended seve ral dif ­fe rent sites co m men ted tha t thi syea r' s Festival see med to be highlysuccessful . Many of the sermo nsgive n dea lt with the famil y .

" I am of the very finn opinio n thatyou bre thren in God's C hurch wou ldag ree w ith me this truly was ­though we seem to repe at it yea r afteryea r - the best Feast eve r," Mr.Arms trong sa id afte r spea king at allUnited Slates site!'> except Alas ka andHawai i.

Me. Dan , who visited fo ur loca­tio ns , said " e very thin g went likecloc kwo rk. Our Feasts are so we ll

sites for spiritual food , fe llowshipan d fu n . (The Worldwide Ne wsreceived verifica tion that the Fest ivalwas hel d in 68 s ite s. w ith 't hesched uled keepin g of the "Fest ival inthe u nve ri f ied s ites i n Al a ska ,France , Mexico and Peru almos t ace rtainty .}

He said he was we ll recei ved at all:!l itC!-l . . ' Quite frankly, the breth renwe re ceelmrsu c." he said. " 1fou ndthem-encouraged . In sites where Ipreceded Mr . Armstrong , peoplewere expectant , and where I fol-

Greetings to Mr , Arms trong lowed him the brethren were very

For the first time since the revela- up . ..tio n o f the Ho ly Days to Herbe rt W. r..lr . Dart said he had ta lked withArm st rong and h is wi fe in the 1930s. abo ut six area coo rdinators after (heMr. Armstrong d id not attend formal Feast o f Ta bern acles and eac h hadserv ices . Mr. Armstro ng , who is still said he felt the Festiva l went well.rec upe rati ng from heart prob lems U be F . Isthat side lined the 85 -yea r-o ld pastor p a t es ttvage neral of the C hurch , rece ived. . Mr . McC ullo ugh, who spo ke atgree tings an d we ll -wis hes froj~hree Ame rica n and two Ca nad iantho usands of members from aro und sites , said everything was " upbeat"the wo rld . at the sites he visited . " I heard Mr.

Mr. Arm stro ng was able have Arm strong ' s sermon the firs t serviceproceed ings at the Tucson . Ariz. . of the Feast at Squaw Valley: ' hesite piped into his home the re via a said . "As l told him. I tho ught it was #"

specia l te lep hone hook up . Whe n very good and I heard ma~y favor -Ga me r Ted Arm strong arrived at theTuc son airport en route to de liver asermon at the site there , hi: was met atthe airpo rt by his father .

(Game r Ted Ann stro ng report sin h is " Pe rso na '" tha t hi s fa ­the r' s health is steadily impro ving.Fo r more deta il ed info rmation ,see the " Perso nal,'" beg inning onpage 2.)

ABOUT THISISSUE

While the Feast wa sstill in progress, photog­raphers from around theworld were sbootln; 1dmail ing film to the .'INoffices : Some 71 rolls off ilm from 31 photog­raphers arrived duringor shortly after the fes­tival.

The day before theLast Great Day , reportsbegan floodi ng in. Duringthe next five days they

. kept coming. Mos t of theacco unts were cab led,while the informatio nabout the Untted State sand Canadian sites wasgathered by telephone.In all, we received reports .from , or reasonable as­suran ce that the Feas thad been held at , 72sttes in 38 countries andterrito ries.

We may not have in­cluded every site , and,w it h the avalanche ofwords and pictures arriv ­ing so shortly be fo repress time, there may besome inaccuracies .

PASADENA - wher did 15 peo­ple in Mue hlleithe n. East Germ any.have in co mmon with th reescorebrethren in Mahabaleshwa~. Ind ia?Or 10.000 in 51. Peters burg . A a.. o rwith 240 in Umgaba ba, South N ­rica?

The 1977 Feast of Tabernacles.From Mauritius [ 0 Ma lawi and

from Hampton to Herman ns. God' sintem ation31 f3rnily gathere d at 72

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A Personal Letter

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- ·l(lOOorlllwlllr jlrwsCIRCULATION: 32.000

Monday, Oct. 10, 1977

reaction 10 what we "CC' happening allaro und u... in society tod ay .

The current PIli;" Truth, comingo ut right du ring the Fea st . ha.. oneani ...-lc about tho:incred ible new "kid­Oil' p orn ' <market In the L nitcd 5 1.111.''''and include ... some of the rno...l grue­some facts imaginable . For e vample .in some ca...e...parent ...nOIonl y ...bowup at such placee, an ...wering ad... 10

allow theirchildren to pose inobsceneposition !'>. bUI have even been photo­grap hed with their chi ldren !

A:-. l said repeatedly in my sermon .we are living in a time whi ch Goddescribes a...Sodom and Gomorrah .

I know all o f you wi ll be eagerl ydevouring The Plain Truth very soo nupon your return to yo ur home s, and Iknow you will be a!oo disgusted andoutraged <II whar i... happening in thesoci ety aro und you a ...the rest of thebrethre n whe n you read that article .

I hope and pray all o f you arr ivedback hom e wi thout any mis hap of anykind and that yo u are staying in goodhea lth and drawing c loser together a~a famil y ! Ler' s not le i do wn on thereso lve we ex pe rienc ed a~ we heardI h i ~ or Ihal partic ularly incpiring ser­mon during the Fea~t ~

Renwmber the Feast!

Let" ~ not lei me re geographicalseparation. the pa~sage of duys ofburin uuuto mc bilc tra ve l. the return Inh"umd'"rum jo b!our da il)' wuys o f lifc II)

interfe re w ith the de termination andresolve we experienced during high ­liuhts of the Fcasl !~ Rat her . ge t n ut you r nOle~ of !onme

of those l1lo~1 inspi ring hig h ~PO I!\ ofthe Fea!otand gu ubout acc om plis hingtho se c ha nges in ynur life you prom­ised yo urse lfin tho se moment s duringthe Feast ~

A!o,..o u will see in fu ture i!o~uc~ . wea re n~a king plan!o for a full-~cakmin ister ial cu nfe n:n(.·e !onme time inIhe month of Janua!)' !

I wi ll nut \!u inhl Lktai l here. !oin(.·cplan s ..re ~Iili wry much in lhe tenia·live ~ I agc . bUI I feci it i~ ah~nlutd)

e!o~n( i a l fur Ihe hn nd.. of uni t)' in IheWurldwide C hun:h of God th..t weha ve .. full · Mo·..le cunti:n: n(.·c.11 hc'll.!­4u ..ne flo, in Pa!o..J e n:.lju !o1 like in pa!olycar... amI we darc nul lei it go for..nother ye ar.

T h i!o wi ll he the fir ..1 rull-,,(.·alemin i...te-rial cnntcrenl.:e- ..ince-~hl) tl f1970. and all(lfu !o at hcad4uan.... r...li:dir i!o \ir1Uully nvt:rdue .

Tha( .. ~l oo U I it for now. I hoP'."~ II U

.mJ \OUl.....;lre '~e ll ;Illd health, . 1' lI lx't alk i'n ~ ttl \UU a~ain ..... MIll I hn;u~h thi ...l·o l u ll ~l1.· • I -

With lo ve. in Jc..u·" na tlle.Gamer Ted Aml ...tnlO ~

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Festh:al trend

If there is ..nyoverall s pirirua t lre ndI ob~rved d uri ng the Feast. it i!othaiGod' .. people a re vcry mu ch moreaware than e ver before ofo ur need tndraw do~r (oge (her a!oa famil )' ; thaiso Illany hundred!o and tho usand!oof u..need Go<i"!o intervention dircl.:tly a ndper sonal! ) in ou r live!o. most e ..pe ­dally in the formnfdramatic healings(I ..aw!o() many ...id und afOil.:led ilml\l.'a.. call ed upon for unu~ua l anoint ­in!!...in ....)me !o ite!o.<tndI kno" man\ ofou~r mini" ler !o v.·ere kep i b usy in p;ay.ing. fo rt he !oick ); but tha t lhe orcthren"crc rc-ne wed in Iheir l e:.lland dC I~ r·

min ;llion to ha ng in there in the ir per ·.....lIl:.l1 ..pi!'i lUallivc~ . e!opccially in Ihe(Onle _\ l l.lf the jillnih .

ThilU~h I d id nUldelihe rat ~l y II) It )

!oCt a the-me. o r In imply thai ..II ..cr·mon " at a ll Fca~l ..ite ...needed to e( honr reedlo the ramil v Ihem e-. I " :.I'in ln rme d th at in ~lO..t ca!oes thi !o'f'cmed \0 oe tru..:!

\V it!l(\ul my knl )win g it. ma ny nft\url.lth.: ~ mini...te r...pre ;lch ed ,c rnlOn!o:.Ilung th~ , a lne line (If hu!oband·:.Ind· wife rclation ..hip parents andc hill.!ren and for gin g , tmnger fam il~

l it.: ~ .

Ilhink thi \ is Jlmnsl ..utOll1<.l1i( a..a

Dan . vice pre siden t fo r pastoral ad­min ist ration. a nd with Mr. LesMc Cullough. d irector of the lntemu ­t io na l Di vi sion . und ethers im ­med iately a fte r the Fea st of Tabe ma­des. I am of the very ti~ opinio n thaiyo u brethren in Go d'!o Ch urch woul dagre e with me (his truly wa-, ttbo ughwe see m ( 0 repeat it ye ar afte r yea r )(he bes t Feas t EVER !

Wherever I we nt. at an y rare . thepe rson al impa c t I received in thewarm and enthusiastic response . theatte ntive looks on yo ur face ... (hehundre d s crowding aro und for eage rand frie nd ly bundsbukc s, the note sand lett ers of enco uragement ev enfrom liule c hild ren. the standin g ova·tio ns and warm respun~. a!owe ll a!oIhe immediate enthu!oiasm displayeddurin g the Family Ni}(ht Mx)W!oat fiveo f the U.S. ~it~ . and the thunckrousapplause when m) ' fat her 's pi(.·(ure!owere fl ash ed on . th e !ol'ree-n allmo unted up to give me the dcc.: idedimpre~..i()n that the va!ofmajority ofGod'~ peo ple we re rea ll)' expcrie n(.·,ing .. wond erful Fe a~t ..nd thai theywere tru ly un .. !opiritu..1 high of en ·thu~iasm ..ndjoy d uring thi .. Fe!otivalsea ...un ~

Auendan(.·e ...e-cme-d 10 llC on ..ninne asc ar practi (.·all y ewry !o ite . and I1.."<10 l'e l1uinly ...ay lhat enlhu!oia !olll W'I'"

on an increa !oe ~

O ur wurnle,t THA~KS to ..11o f \ OU

hrethr c n hl r )our t!enem u...( \U tpt:~ llr .j n ~ of !o up pon fnnhe Work in rhe Hn l)Da y olkrin g.... Andl'h·lIw . hrc lhrcn .let ' ~ rem emtlCr the-!ocr itlu...ded inc ininn )lllC in lhe ,",cd... follow inl! Ihl..'Fea ..1 of T abe rnacJc !o l a~l ) e- a l~ a nl.!re!oul\'C tugether tha t we " ill nut letIhi ~ occur ag ain thi !oyear!

Bill BOOlhmanCamden. S .c.

Behin d on F.-ida,'It i" a ~rea l r~pcr. I onl> havc one

complaint - when ilcolTIeson Friday. as ilolh:n doc ~ . I get ht.:hind on til ) work ne­(:au...c it i.. prell) hard 10 put il do","n.

"'Irs. Juhn BrunnerWilliam.... ~linn .

Column form alFor Ihose tlf u~ in Ihc Church who ha\'c

friend~ and acquaimances !'>C anered allover the globe . Ihe ncw fOlmal of (he.. Bab ie ~ " column ill better . It make~ itmUl'hca,ier10 SPOI (hename~ oflbe~oplc

we h<l ve known. e"'en ifw c have l o~ l l r;tc k

of what c i l~ or cnumry Ihey arc Ii,,'ing in.Dave D.:lamatcrPa!oat.1ena. Calif.

there before because I talke d 10 youImanaging edilor John Robin~nll>everal

years ago.Or is Ihis an old ncw~rapercd ito'- 10Irick

10 see how many readan anide by receiv­ing comments on a glaring error?

MO!>l ly in fun wilh helot wishe!> andwarnl regard s (and I had so hoped to go toGeorgIa Ihill year ).

VISITlNG FRIENDS - Mr. and Mrs. Gamer Ted Armstrong greet Feast­goors at the Tucson, Ariz.; site, one of 11 stops they made on Mr.Armstrong's annual tour of Festival locations. While in Tucson Mr. Arm­strong also performed in the Family Night Feast show. IPhoto by SheilaDennis]trafia and the Ph iJippines !

Current plans are 10 reave on Friday.Nov . 18. and return to headquarters o n(he 8th o f December.

This marb the ti r!ol opponunuy Ihave hal.! , ,~ r·:vh it the Au..tml asiunarea in 16 YCdr!o ~

I remember like it wa s only yesrer­day arriving in Sydn ey to begin mak ­ing co ntac ts with vario us local agen­cies . obta ini ng leased of fice spac e .establ ishing a bank acco unt. obtain ­ing our origina l post -offi ce box. pur­ch asin g a Hold en station wagon a ndgell ing the fled gling o ffice sta rted inSydney so man y year s ago .

Mr. Ge ra ld Waterhouse . accom­(><tny ing me on that trip . was the fi rsloffice man ager in the Sydn ey area fora n l mbe r o f yea rs and then laterpioneered the ope ning o f o urofTice inManil a;which I wasable tovisita fe wyears late r fo r theonly lime I have e verbeen in the Ph ilippin es in my life .

Mr . and Mn. . Le slie McCull ou ghplan to accompany my wife and me onthe trip . an d o f co urse Mr. McCul ·lough is far mo re a'fa milia rface to yo ubrethren in the Austr.t1a!oianarea thanam 1. tho ug h I kno w you j.ave beenab le 10 see a ccna in num be r of thete levision progr.am!o. A nd of CO Uf !o("

mn:-.t recentl\' in the Au !otmli;ln areama ny of you "brethren ha ve bee n ahle10 !oec telc cust s quit e frequent ly.

Th i.. wi ll be a wo rk ing trip . allo w­i n ~ U!o vin ua llv no lime wha l...oe verfO;01ny ..ig:ht . ...~eingorre!a xation . Butwe w..n ll o al'(.·ompli ...h a~ much a .. wepos..ihl y cun in Ihe hrieftime all olt ed .

Funh er dClaib for yo u brethren inthe- area wi ll be furn i ~hcd bv Ih~ re·s pective min i ~ter... a!o the fi~al plan!ofai l into place .

The best Feast! '

After talking wi th Mr. Ronald

The WO R LDWIDE NEWS

God cenainl y has:lel many dedicated peo­ple to the imponanl task of providing ameaningful link helween scattered brelh­"n.

Jam sure youwilili ke toknow HOW IheWN has proven lobea priceless blessing tous (me in particular) in Malaysia. The WNserves 10: ( I ) enrich; (2 ) inform; (3) edu·C<l le; (4) give " fOOl.1" for thoughl; (5)

!:!e-ncrale good ideas; and (6 ) bring muchh;tppme...ll.

' Hew is your father?'

I tried (0 fill him in on the ov era llpic ture o f the Fest ival as I saw it ateach of tbe sites I attended , tellin g himof the en thu siasti c response to myco mme nts about his steady progressand espe cially Ihat the fir st question Iwas asked by so man y hundreds ofyo u was, " Ho w is you r father?"

My father was able to c hat with mebriefly about the se rvices he had beenable to hear in T ucso n; a special te le­phone line had been hooked up so tha ta spea ke r could be placed in his bed ­room . allowing him to hear all of theservices.

Th is was very important to myfath e r. since. eve n tho ugh he wasunable to be phys icall y present al aFeast si te forthe firs(time since he hadco me to understand the truth ofGod ' san nua l feslival s. he was nevenhele ssable to bearthe sen-ices and to at leastbe "present " in' the same fashion asma ny of o ur breth ren in Pasadena . atJekyll Island or o the r are3S at wh ichbrethre n we re able only to e ither hearo r to see the se rvices o ver c1ose ­ci rcu il tele vision .

I hope to visit hi m aga in i'n a veryfew day s and then. if it is poss ible. getaway for a few days ' hunti ng .

Meanwhile . there arc new radi oprograms 10 he reco rded . lhe con~tant

d~mandofnewtel'\ i sion pro grams tobe made. co l umn ~ . an icle !o for themai!al.ine :o. and o f l..'''Our-.e Ihe da il)ad~ i -.i st rative du tie !\connec led withthe co llege und the e nt ire Work.

I finished two more column.. yes­tcrday. a nd as soon as my voice i~

bette r I hope 10 be right back at theradio -sludio de sk .

Trip to Australasia

At long last I am ab le to clear thedecks for a trip to New Zealand. Au s-

Jek}1I h«kleI hate to lell YOU thi... bUi while I was

looking over >~ur cenler·fold page of" U .S. Area... Fca!ol Siles and Church~ ofthe Worldwide Church of God " IAug.291. I want ftl lhank you for moving Jekyllh land ..lIT(h,;·~t l ." 1 of South Caw lina he­I" .:..:-n Ch;,ule..lnn and Rcauh lrt.

I know we ha\ 'c been told lhal faith canll ll l ...<; mnunl;tin,. bur I ha...·e never heard o fi~larnh being mUI<ed. An)way . J want IIIIhant. \o ufnr kn'lckineoffabnut IOOmile...lin m~~ F~a 'Hi!e tri p~

Your ·· Oo. IO-b, IO·· wa~ " hcre you plilCCJIhc'lar . Even VOUkrkl" it'!'l'llllhccoa'ltlf(jeor!!iaat Hr~n,w i cl. . I kmw. you' ,e h\:: t"n

and that . e ven though he was !'ltillquit e weak and ob vious ly having suf­fered a good deal of weigh t lo ss, hiscolor and general appearance seemedto be improved.

As usua l I too k seve ral g ifts that hadbeen intended for him 10 his home.and I wan t to tha nk a ll ofyou brethrenwho have sent ca rds and letters andget -we ll wishes in man y forms. in­eluding whole congregations whohave s igne d large ca rds or scro lls .

We hav e taken them to him hodmad~ him cont i~.ually aware of ~massive outpouring of co nce rn yo ubrethren ha ve show n.

Mar~ Le" li m," YllongSeremban. ~blapi a

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Dear brethren in Chri st:GREETI!'-lGS from hea dquarters !You migh t know it ' After having

been blessed with remarkably goodheal th and strong voice thro ugh I Isermons and five Family Night show sin the course of only eig ht days. I gotpolcuved wuh ~I ruv ...ore tnrout ...rutted sinusc...and dizz v head onl vI\q) J~.l\ ~ utter the Feu..t·~ .Nev~nhe less I am very tha nkful

that. in s pite of the most rigo rousschedu le in my history of atte nd ingthe Feast of Tabernacles. my voicehel d up exceeding ly well clearth rough (he final se rmon at Lake of theOzarks and until a day o r so afte r theFeas t.

The day foll ow ing the Feast, afterarriving back at our home in Pasadenawith a suitcase full of d irty la undry .my wife and I imme d iate ly turnedaround and fle w ov er to Tucson 10

spend alit tle tirre with rnyfa ther, 'Whois co ntinuing: his grad ual progress .

Steps toward recovery

He seeme d to have made additionalsteps toward rec ov e ry du ring the fewdays it had been sinc e we had visi tedduring my sto pover in Tu cson fo r theFeast .

H is co lor was a little bett er ; wefound him sitti ng in his breakfastroom finishing up a late bre akfastupon a rri val and the n c hatted with himfor aro und an hour in his bedroo m.where he was able to sit up in a c hai r.

He has been ab le to get imo the ca rto take ride s aro und the surrou ndingmo untai n areas fo r a change of scen­eryevery fe wdays an d to ld me that thedoclo rw ho hasbeenclo~ ly watchinghb co nditio n slaled it wa~ nOI neces·~ar)' to ma ke his regul ar weekly vi~i t

on Ihe Wednesday we were there. andrhat he wou ld nol need III go back forano ther c heckup until the fo llowingW~dne~du~ .

As my fath er relat ed to me . there,,'ere ~veral major problem!owilh hiss)-ste m which needed dramatic co r·reclio n: His hean wa~ actin g veryerra t ically. and thi!ono w ~ems to betota lly c1~arcd up : there was tlu id inthe lung~ Ihat isnow w Illple te ly gon e ;and he had beco me quil e anemic . Hei!'o now makin g good progress in re­co ve ring from his anemia by includ­ing liver. ~pi nac h . beet s and beet topsin his diet as well a .. beet juice .

All ofus were pleased to ~e that hisspeec h seemed to be ev en more lucidthan wa s the case on ou r previous visit

,tetteWTO THE EDITOR

Meanin~rul linkThis is I think about the third year that I

havc heen receiving the WN continually. I<1m mighty thankful for Ihat!

If has been indeed very kind of you 10ha\ e coo peraled ~o dmely with Mr.lJohn ! Halford 10 make delivery here '>0

SPEEDY! \1r. Halford did mention em-. phalically thai \~ e can r'::-l'ei\e the WN ....1

fa,1. hoi n lli he pre..... . ~(ln of. due Itlyour,in cere dc..irc to ~crve u\ beller. Thatthought i.. much apprC(: ialed.

B...~idc...l:!en ral appreclallun. Ih<: rc arc~ped lic rCil,on \\ -HY ymJ are rcceivinl;!thi...lelter fmr.l mI.' . I .....anl , IIU(0 know thaIlhe anic le ' · \ir. ,.\r 1ll ~ 1 n: n"g · , Condition I,Sl:lblc" 1.. lh" REST nc", \\'S cilnbring ItJtil,; . Ahll . I .1111 \d~ impr,;~..~d and In '

~pifl.'d 10 read GTA ' .. per......,nal lcuer I I ama l rre~e nt talking ' J"Cl·ifi.:alh abnut the\l nnda\ . Au::, . 2Y. 1977 . l"UC I: all ~ bl.lu t

AC Jcii\ ilic... Ihc grn"th of Ihc Work.I ,;k ..:a~l J,nJ other\\ hC ; .lnJ nul h I h,;

mi...-...:J. "'Thl' Gr;tp.:\ iac·Ilru [ ~ c nJn~~'d IhcW': • 11 inall lal" a>~

remindm~"l'lf that II i ~ (lth,ih ll' O".'~:'IU"('

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Worldwide family keeps Feast

Boennerop Stnnd, Deomark

Stuan Powell . regional director forthe Work in Scandinavia, and Pete rShenton o f England were the main

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co mpet itio ns were also o rgan ized fo rthe yo uths at Big San dy .

Blackheath, Australia

About 760 people attended theFeast at the Wo rldw ide Church ofGod Tabernacle in Blackheath , in thesta te of New South Wales . BobMit chell , coordinator, reported on" o ne of the smoothest and mostcooperative Feasts ever." Highest at­tendance was 667.

••After "damp first da y some ofthebest weather was experienced there . "Mr . MitcheH said, and brethren we reab le to enjoy mountain hikes and ascenic cab le car and . 'rail road . Highpoints of Festival activities were asports afternoon and a.square danceled by a profe ssional caller.

Sermon themes included the pcten­tial for yo uth , keeping one's eye s onthin gs that matter most and famil yunit y . Guest speakers were Dav idNoller, Kerry Gubb and Mark Car­do na.

Also during the Feast . mini sler sKerry Gubb and John McLean wereraise d in rank to pre aching elders .Mak ing it a family affa ir . Alan Gubb ,Kerry Gubb' s father . was ordained alocal elder, alon g with P\lil Plow s andRuss Couston _

Emu Beach Caravan Park, at the Albany, Australia, s~e . Whotos by JunRustia andP.J. Longley)

winners in co mpetitio ns in the vari ouschurch areas before the Feast .

Other attractions were the countyfair at nearby Tyler, Tex., and SixFlags Over Texas . an amusementpark near Da llas .

Mr. Rhodes reponed local recep ­tion was " very good : ' with Festivalco ve rage in several area newspapersincl udi ng an interview with Mr .McMichael in the Gladewater, Tex. •Mirror.

1beFamilyNight show on Wednes­day evening. with an estimated5.000 atte nd ing . was, acco rding toMr. Rhodes. "the highlight of Feastentertainment ," TIi-e show . spon­sored by Ambassador College, fea- .tured the Young Ambassadors, withgue st performers Gamer Ted Arm ­strong and J im 11lomhill.

No YO U regi onal ta lent contestwas held at Big Sandy thi s year . Ac­cordingto Mark Robin son . Big Sand yYOU Festiva lcoo rd inato r. there were" no t enough co ntes lan ts for a goodsho w. "

Th e six co ntes tants a ttend ing at thesite we re subseq uen tly trans ferred tothe Wi scon sin Dell s and Jekyll Islandsites for regional co mpetit ion.

Mr. Robin son sai d I.e was pleasedto repo n that five co ntes tants ou t ofthe six representing the Big Sandyregion placed in thei r competition s .Fou r of the winning con testants per­formed after services Monday after,noon for interested Fea stgoers.

YOU basketball and cheerlead ing

Big Sandy, Tex,

HOITex as temperatures in the high9<h accompanied the opening of theFestival al Big Sandy , reponedHarold Rhod es , sik: coo rd ina to r,Brethren , o fficially numberin g7.471 . man yc amping on the groundsof the former campus o f Ambas­sador Coll ege , hea rd guest speake rsGarner Ted A rmstron g . Sherw inMc M ic hael , Ronald ' Dart ! andRoderick Meredith s pe ak in th eWorldw ide Church of God Conven­tio n Cent er . Sermon top ics includedfamily . serv ice to eac h ot her, tria lsand te sts . fam ily rela tion s in theChu rch and C hristian matu rity. Mr .Rhode s sa id overal l emphasis was onthe family throughout the Feast.

Scheduled acti vities al Big Sand yincluded mo vies . a square da nce , aYO U dance , e lig ibles ' M>cia ls. lake­front rec reation and variou~ !IO lxms.

In so ftba ll co mpetitio n Houston .Tex ., beat ou t Waco , Tex. , for theNo . I sjX>t of .the tourn amen t.

AI!IOO d orin g the Feast an arts-and­crafts fair aga in took place at BigSandy . YOU contributions were in­cluded with the regu lar show thisye ar, which was exhibited in thelobby of the Festival Admini strati onBuilding. The projec ts shown wen::

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AROUND THE WORLD - Left: Members stand outside the meeting hall in ACcra. Ghana, Feast site for 117members . RighI: A member prepares a barbecued meal at the Adelaide.Australia.sfte. [Photos by Peter Nathanand Ken Thamm)

Ch ri s Hunt ing. administrator o fse rvices o n the Ind ian subco ntinent .his wife and Pete r Mct.e an . Pasto r oflhe Caboolture , Austral ia , churc h,co nduc ted the services .

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FESTIVAL SERVICES - Left : Members disperse after services inBaguio City, themainPllilippine s~e . Right: Servicesareheldinatentat

typhoons dren ched (he island s with•ain in the da y.. preceding the Feu..t •

" B) the f irst Ja y of the Feast thewe'l lher had improved and the eigh td<ly!'> were warm and sunny with onl ylight she ....-ers in the lute afternoon: 'Mr. Ada ir sa id .

Th e ma in Phi lippin e site, BaguioCi ty , was atte nded by 1,088 mem ­bers . Visitin g minister at the site W<lSGraemme Marshal l, who was acco m­panied by his wife. The Man-hallswere prese nted wit h Phi lippine hand­cru tted gift s by C h urch me mbers atthe close of the Feast .

T he maYl~r of Baguio gave an in- ...spiring welcome to Ch urch membersthrough the Festiva l brochure . Othermed ia coverage included a 30 ·Olinuterad io interview o f Mr . Adair. .T hestat ion had j ust begun ai ri ng TheWorld Tomo rrow b ro adcast tha twee k.

T he highli ght of the firs t day wasthe or dinal ion of Fe lix Manubay.Bien Mac araeg, Samuel Lebrojo andMa x Fabri cant e as loc al e lde rs.

BusketbuH. vo lleyba ll and othe rsports evc OI!IO we re on the sc hedule atthe site .

Se rmo ns ranged from the state ofthe wo rld to family relat ions and thenecessity o f no t compromising wuhGod·:-. law!lO .

Socia l events included a varietyshow, Spi n' of LiJi.·. which featureddanc ing and :-. ing ing . Th e unnualf eas t dance wus a!'> popular as ever,Mr. Adair reported .

., All togeth er 2 ,022 people at­tended in the Ph ilipp in e's [ot herPh ilippin e !'>iles are report ed sepa ­rutely in thi!'> article I. despite seve reeconomic pre ssu re , sho wi ng theirze al to act o ut once again the futurewo rld order and to anticip ate its real ­ilY in the near future ;" Mr, Adairsaid.

Baha u, Malaysia

John Ha lford and Joseph Mose s .w ho atte nde d the Port Dic kson ,Malay s ia , vi te fur most ti t' IheFe..rival. tra ve led In the town ofBahau Itl (.'undu l't aone-day mini ­Feas l for 18T<..Imil-speaking membersand pro spel.·liv e members . acco rding10 Mr . H...U(lflJ , area coo rd inato r forSoulheasl Asia . Mr . Mo ses , a deaco nfro m Malaysi.... gave a Bible !>I udy o nIhe Kingdo m nf God .

Beruwala, Sri Lanka

Beru wala wa!lO the Fest ival site for45 Sri Lank ...n brethren th is year , Be­ruwula is soulh of the Sri Lankanca pita l city o f Co lombo on the weMcna !'> t. The we ather was showery andwann for mos l o f the Feast .

Adelaide. Australia

" Magnificent. best eve r. " wascoo rdinato rTed Tuppe r"s descrip tiono f th e we a t he r a l t he Fou st inAdelaide . in the stale of South Aus­tralia . Thre e hund red fift y-seven ofGod 's peopl e co ngrega ted at GlenelgTo wn Hall in Ade laide 10 keep theFea:-.t this year. High attenda nce reoported hy Mr. Tu pper was 316 .

Speakers incl uded evan ge li.....' Dea nWi lson. regio na l d irecto r. who spo keon the o verall view o fGod ' ..... glo ry andgreatness and whats in store foreve ryone.

C harles Or r and Ton y Merrell we reorda ined :1.\ loca l e lders .

Especially enjoya ble Fesu ..'ul ac­tivities were a di nne r-d unce at AyersHou se Restaurant and a king -si zebarbecue. Me mbers a lso toured localgrape-growing areas. and wine eel­la rv.

Baguio, Philippines

.. As in pre vio us yea rs, Sata n didhis best to d isrupt the Fea..~t in thePh il ippin e s : ' sa id Festiva l coor­dinalO r Colin .'\ dair. Several

Ne w Zealand ' s large" ~ ,ity washost to 676peop leduring the Festival.induding40 Auslml ian members andIwo Ca nadia ns . The con venl ion washeld at T rillo ' lt-, the country ' s la rges tconventio n cenle r, Re x Mor gan toldThe Wor/dll 'id~ N~w:...

" The Fe~t i v...l was pack ed full wit hactivi ties for yo ung and old: ' Mr .Mor gan said. "incl ud ing a fami lynight , fanc y-dre ss party. lad ies ' da ywith fas hion Parade . caban:l, filmeve ning: and supper dance : '

O rganized trips took Feastgoersto a barbe cue at nea rby Waiwe raHot Pool s and a lour of C rownLynn Potteri es . Sports eve nts in­cluded !'>oc~er. ~ k a l i n !! . te n p inbowl ing and an afler noo n ...t th eBo ystown sports co mplex with itsgy m nas iu m , sw im m ing pool s ,trampo lines and squ ash co urts .

Ser mons followed the theme ofthe Millen nium . and spea~ers in­cluded Fe st iva l elde r Jac kCroucher, Bob Morton , Gary Har­vey , Bill Hut ch i ~n and vi sit ingmin isler from Aust ralia Gav in C ul­len .

Auckland, New Zealand

Albany. Australia

The Feast ur Albany. in WesternAustralia . was atte nded by an o ffic ialregistration of ~62 bret hre n who melin a la rge len t set on the grounds ofEmu Beach Curu van Park .

Coo rdina tor Ken Lew is said mem ­be r!'> eniovcd f'ishin u. uolfin u andtouring ih~ loca l wh<ll ing stali\;n. theonl y lund-bused whalin g stat ion in thesouthern hemisphere . A dinner ur theHill side Restauran t was uiso a hiehpoin t of the Feust . ...

Sermons included such ..ubjects usmarriage . God 's plan and the Bride ofChrist : love . rejoice, fear and giveIh,JOb: and God will rew urd tboscwho endu re. Speakers incl uded JohnL...rl.> in and BIlI("c T yler.

Mr. Lewi s report ed lemperat ureswere ple as...nl. wilh !'>O IllCra in. Highatlcnd ...nce W<I!'> ..J19 .

Bet()re the Fea st Mr. Lewis held al'<lmpaig n in Alh ...ny tha i Feastgoen.were <Ible to "'Uend . Nine new peoplewere Ihus afforded a fine int rod uctionto Ihe Worl. . Mr. Lew is sa id .

Following are report ..... hum mo .....t o fthe 70 fe a.....t site ..... around the wor ldt-ee article . page 1).

Accra . Ghana

Harold Jackson. director o f theblack -African Work. spe nt the lastfou r days of the Feast with 117 breth ­ren in Accra . Ghana .

Mr. Jack son had spen t the firstfour day:"> in Nigeria .

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THE.·F.EASTPhotos by Scott Ashley. She ila Dennis . Paul Harty. Scott Moss. Bo ­~ nees. Eugene Smyda. Philip Stevens. Henry Sturcke and JohnWright

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"must be one of the most beautifu lareas in all of Africa . The campsitenestles unde rneath rugged mountainson me golden sands of crystal-clearLake Malawi. ,. He said most of therecreational activities centeredaround the lake. with swimming ,boating, fishi ngandgamesoffootballon the beach . •

Mr .' Willis said the only regret o fthe Feast was " that the mini-Festivalwas only four days long ."

The site was one of 10 in Afric a.

Cape Mac"'r, Malawi

~ony-six people o bse rved IheFe.asI this year at Cape! Maclear . ."

the Festival was conducted forfour days by Ow"en·Wali~ , "who isstationed in Nairob i. Kenya , and whosplit his time becweenthe Malawiansite and the one in Zambia.

Mr . Willis said ~apc Macle~r .

Alta. , ., reponed site coordinatorRichard Wilding, pasto r of the Cal­gary North congregation .

The Jubilee Auditorium providedthe setting for the meetings, high-

. lighted by traveling speakers Dean -,Blackwell, C . Wayne Cole, BrianKnow les and LeslieMcCuUough.·

A travel ing hocke y team from Am­bassador Co llege ' 'began to put it alltogethe r and barely tied the Alben aAll -Stars in the . late minutes -of thegame." Mr. Wilding said , "onIy tolose 3·2 after providing a crowd ofabout 500 fans an exciting eve ning's ' CharloUetowD. P.E .1.ente rtainment ." The Albena AII- · The Co nfederation Centre TheatreStars are a team of hockey-playing, In C har lottetown ; the capital o fChurch members from the area. Canada's Prince Edward Island.

Family' night, which included a found 650 Festivalgocrs, including aYOU taknt show , featured a visit few from Alaska, Florida andfrom Big Bird of Sesame Street fame t Pasadena .and a trib ute 10 Elvis Pres ley . .Tbe " A few new peopte locelto me ereaevening was··atten~ by 1.500 peo- .began atten ding ~ a .resulr of verypie. favorable coverage "by press and. "Mr, Wiklor Przbyka bad tbe media;' reponedSIeve Botha, pastorhono r of being the member who of the 'church in Halifax, N.S .• andtraveled the furthest d istance to keep . site coordinator fur Charlottetown.the Feast in Calgary,", Mr. Wilding .The traveling speakers for ilie sitesaid . "Wiktor is ·from Poland, and , '..were Dean Blackw ell,' C. Waynebeing able to speak German aiso fbe . Cole and Colin Wilkins. -

, found many of the · brethren "ab le to ,~. " Acti vities wet't'""weU·ancnded."communicate with hun." Mr. Botha said ;- "and i.special thanks

Some 800 Feastgoers. were trans · goes ro the yolDlg peoplefororganiz-fers from other areas" in'c1uding 300 ing and produci~ '" .......t;'. of the finestfrom the United States. family nighrseve~'eveningwas

"attended by over 400 people , ,~ and"enth l' . ~ t ic panieiparion oneveryon... ~ pari led to ' • bombasticsing·ak>ng afterwards } '

Cbrlslchunb. New UalandThe Christcht1r'th tOwn hall was the

site for 246 Feastgoers in New Zea­land this ¥ear . The 246 registnllion

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AUSTRALIA SITE - The Cairns Civic Centre, one of seven Austrafian Festi~al sites , was a home loreight days lor 274 feastgoers .

kepi the Feast in Sa lisbury and theFestiva l co ntinued in Bulawayo with120.

According to Mr. Terb lanche, rec­reation centered around Cente naryPark , where a "recreational after ­noon developed into a spentanecusopen-ai r study ," He said even a fewpassersby sal in.

Mr. Terblenchesaid aneducationalvisit to the park 's 'national museumfollowed tbe next day .

. Calgary, Alia ,

"Brilliant. beautiful. sunny HolyDays and Ca nadiaQ ' fall weather

• gt<e.ed 2,300 FeaStgoeB inCalgary.-

Tabernacl es in Bonndorf, a quaintBlack Fore st villa ge that date s beforethe time of Chri st.

Frank Schnee . regional director forthe Germ an-language Wo rk, wel­co med everyo ne the first Holy Day to" a fo retaste of'the World Tomorrow"and concluded the eight day s by say ­ing he "sensed God's Spirit amon gthe brethren more than at any o therFea!J:."

CiviC leaders, local residents:' thepre ss . the weather and se rv ice ­minded brethren cooperated 10 givethe more than 500 Feastgoers amemorabl e Feast . said Mr: Schnee .

About 50 non-German-speaki ng •guests were provided inslantaneoUStranslanons of all that was said. Ser­mo~s were Iranslar~ by Ge nnjl.nministers . . " • .

Speakers at the site were the ent IreGerman ministry : Colin Cato , JohnKarlson . Paul Kieffer. Tom Root ,

. Vicroi' Root and Mr . Schnee and l

briefly the ministe r who conducted Itl:first ha lf of the .East German Feast ,Alfred Hellemann: . .

The themeofthesermonsdehveredin Bonndorf was the family. A majoractivity was entil~ " TIle Ch ulCh:One Big Family: ' •

Feustgoers found themselves i.n thenew Bonndorfer Studtha lle , an . all.purpose convention hall that was the.,..~l polmofmenychurch aCtivities .

Most brethren were eccom reo ­dared in a 4OQ-bed vacation Villageoutside Bonodorf. Th e remainder Calms . Australia ·found exce llent bUI moderatelyoff- w arm, tropical weather prev ailedseason-priced bu ngalows. apart - at the Cairns site, in the state ofments or hotel rooms .' Queensland. where 274 peopte metal

Anra:tionsnearthesitearednunatic the Cai rns Civic Centre , according 10vit-ws ofl he Black.Fares"!> mountains Bruce Dean , Festi va l coo rdi nator .and valleys . Lake Constance .me Tnt - Members enjoyed activi ties thai. in-see (a lake ). the Swiss Alps. cast les, el uded fa m ily day at Bram pto nmedieval town s and Bl ack forese .. Beach. In clay -pigeo n shoctlng co m-. .homeyness extemb.l by local citleens. pet ition,·Stuart Frarietovilch came up. ';

The Bonndorf bl4~r8~rmp;st,.( · the ",nner.· m M~by~'chun:h 'sthanked the brethrenal a formal da:nff team ov~helmed all opposition 10 ·and said he hopedthc grou p would be .. win the tug-of-war. . :."back agaiR nexlyear. .· -v., ·- .Feastgoe rs al~ 'were~ to .

John Karlson. it 'senior pasto r. in ' .. underwate r o bse rv atories. g lass­Germany, said " the experience o f . zbc tto med bcats and the Gn::at BarrierpaSI ryasb h;u;PMid of( to make ·this Reef. _ . ,.rhe btsI Fea.'i.l eve~ '';' Representative of sermon topics

This made the fourtti FeastforWeht were Dean Wilson ' s putpOK of me<Jermany.GenmlObrelhrertfonnerfy Feast and the events leading to the 'trJveled tu Eng.land for the festiva l. Mille nnium and Alan'Dean ' s address

on a'fa mily in the year 2525 lookingBu' .8wa)'o, Rbodesbl back on history ; High auendaDce was

Bulaway o was one of Iwo sites in reponed at 243 .thai c.OURlry·as most:R~ianmem· Bob Regazwli and Broce Deanhers kepi the first ha lforlbe fest ival in ..were ordained to the rank of preachi ng "Ihe cap ital city of Rhodesrd before elder .transfcrrin~ 10 Bulawayo . more than200 miles southwesl of Sa lisbury.

Gordo n Terblanche. pasto r of the·Preto ria. Sputh Africa . church andFestival ~lder in Rhode sia, ~id 170

~ofldwide family6

Bogota, Colombia

" The most jo yous eight days everfor 115 pen..on s falls short in describ­ing the 1977 Feast of Tubemacles in .Colomb! ...•· suid Fcetivu! coo rdinatorPablo Gonzalez. Membe rs tromeightcountries met at a mifuu ry club in thenorthern part of tbe city of Bogota.

Members pre sent experien cedwcuther representative ofall four sea­sons. Mr . Gonulel sa id. explainingthat such weathe r is "ucommon thingherein Boeoru. "

God -s pi;m of salvation instruc ­tions on principl es ofCh ristian living.the urgency of curry ing tbe commi x­SKlO of God . and the reality of-theWorld Tomorrow being j ust aroundthe comer were representative ser­mon topics. Mr. Gonzalez repo rted .

During It-: Fest ival he gave th.:scnno ns and Mauriciu Perez gave thescrmoncues. Eduardo Mendoza. amembe r from Equudo r. gave a " veryeffective chu t on human relutions andpersonal devclop~"ftta lor Dale Car- !l'IC!!ic; appmiK.'"hed from a bibliblviewpoint, which helped u" all .lolearn poshfve ways to achieve sue­cess ;" Mr. Gonzalez said .

The Colombian brethren presentedthose present with a varie ty of soclul .aclivilies SUt:h a." a · · lYtll~s."ionaUy

cll.eCUlcddtuk."eof Rus.\ian folklore. "l)'p it:OII Colombi ~n darn.-cs. sipgi np.and sp.."C iul mus ic'. Other at:livitiesind Ul.Jed basl.:etbull. fuulh ull . vol­Icyhall . table Icnni s. tennis und.run ­ning . Highlightin~ lhclisl()fuclivitiC's -'

wus a scmifunnal tlant."e for fa milies .

Bonndorf. West ~rmaDY

Sume 550 brethren hum Gcnn~ny.Swilzcrland. Austria . Lichtenste in.Yut;uslavia ., the Netherlanch . Nor·way . France . Brilain . Australia .C..natla and the United SHltes at­tended the Ge rman- speakinl,! Feast bf

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speakers at the Festival in BoennerupStrand. near Aarhu s. Denmark .

The 120 brethren who gathered atthe Hotel Kunegut came (rom all theScandinav ian co untries. the UnitedStates. Canada . South Afr ica . Brit­uin. the Nethe rlands. Gennany andPrance. The weather remained beau­riful thr ou gh ou t the Fe ast . withstrong winds.

Minister Paul Flatt and his wifemade a brief two-da y visit to the site .Mr. Flatt. pastor of the Rome •.Ga .•church. spoke on kno wing the will ofGod .. Those present at the site partici­

pated in the o nce -a-year Scandina­vian Spokesman Club . Members also

. saw several fihilS o(GlII"'f'rTecIAnp­.,' ''m,~ telccur...h .

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SMlUNO FACES - Three people attending thv Bonndorf,West Germany,site appeartobe enjoying their Feast. IPIlo losby Klaus Rothe I

Monday, Oct. 10, 1977

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SERUONSAND SERVICE - Left :New Zealand. Australian and Cenadian members meetat Tdllo's, New Zealand's largest convention center . AfxJve: Ministers and wives awaitrestaurant service at the Charlottes town: P.E.I ., site. [Photos by Peter Mills andVern Conradi ' - . .

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were able to take their familiesto SeaWorld . animal sanctuaries andbeaches .

Guest speakers Dean Wilson and" Alan Dea n spoke 'o n such topics as the· panorama of e ....ems leading to the· Millennium. 'Satan' s final relea se ,~ human nature end ' Roots ••. <lsermon

about the family in the year :!525looking bac l... , ,

Mr . Matt hews fell the Feastthemehelped prepare the brethren fur the~iJlennium and beyond.

._Ha mpto n. Va.

Richard -Thompson. coordinatorf{)I't he Hampton site . said thcFestival

_' wa~'· · upl ifling . encouraging . And the' pe(i ple were .very coopcmdve.

· ·Mi . Ted Arm~mn~ gave an ex ­cel lcnrsermon. Scmums were geared

I ' III the Mil.lennium. with a,nemph~sis· on ihe'fumily." . '

~ Ht.% !ouHJ the weather ~;l~ ~"I,..ctlcntwith Icm~r.lturcs ' gencn..U)' in themid -70s . .Auendance t averagedS.897 . with 6.786 registered . He said4.500 attended the YOU-Ialcnt co n­lest. " We had oj very ~ood turnout ;"

He , described press coverage asr " generally favorable . " with severa l

newspapers repnn in~on the Church ' sactivitlev, but " with n il edito ruliz-ing . ..· - .

Tho ..c giv ing sermons incl udedLarry Sa lyer . who spoke '10 gainingthe most fmm the Festival : RobertHoops , who ex plained how God ' stho ughts are highcr thenouecund Mr.Tbompson , who ex pounded ..piritualabund ance; plus guest speakers DeanBlackwe ll, Raymond McNai r. Shcr -

(See WORLOWI DE,FAMtLY, page 8)

,Gold Coast. Australia

Ideal weather, warm and cloudl essdays for the whole Festival were en ­joyed by 1.427 brethren at the Go ldCoast site in the state o f Queensland ,reported Rod Matth ews , Feast coor­dinator. Highest attendance at theMiami G reat Hall there was 1,248 .

Mr. Matthews said highl ights o(Festiva l activit ies were a river cruiseand barbecue. a talent and varietyshow and the senio r citi zens" after - "noon of memorie s. Fcastgoers also

first two French sermons. He saidbefore the Feast that he wasconcerned

;. about how fluent he would be in thatlanguage. but when it came time to

.:. speak the words tumb led out far moreeas ily 'han he had hoped . He rell hoiwas given help to serve the brethrenon the island. Frenchi~theba.,h;of[he .native Mauritian dialect.

Mr. Hulme returned 10 Durban 10keep the remainde r of the Feast withhis family.

.Geo ege, So;"h AfriCa

After an absence of one year. theCh urch was welcomed back to the 'Cape Province community of'Georgeby area businessmen and hotel iers .acco rd ing "10 Robert FUhe)'. directorof the African Work . _... •

"Though the entire coast was bat­rered by II so utheaster, briQgin!:! a l­most co ntinual rain, the George urea­experienced beaut iful weathe r;" hesaidr~Horse ridin!! ~"\occer and fish- :ing were JUSI 8 few of the ..supefbactivit ies enjoyed ., .

Andre van Belkum, direct or of "SOUTh Afri ca 's church udministra­(ion , served as Festival 'coord inator.

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simultaneous translati ons were pro-· vided for English- speaki ng guests .

" TIlesite is ideal. quiet and awayfrom big cities, offering us all thenecessary faci lities:'. said .JohanWilms. a -deacc n in the Utrecht.Net bertends, church . The resortproved to be popula r with everyone .he said .

Sermon to pics were varied anddealt with God; family relations; vi-

· sion; loyalty andfaithfulness to God ;theCh urch and (he Work ; GOd'sgov ­ernment; God 's society; and bein gmerciful to one another.

Speakers included Dr , Roy MeCar­thy. regional director for-the Dutc h­language Work in the Netherlands

· and Belgium , A.C. Debtee, a locale lder from Montreal , Oue .; Mr .Wilms; Je-sse KONer; Gerald Evers ;and Harald Vanlerberghe . Membersof the Spok~sman Club gave ser -,rnonettes, Mr. Wilms said . <

Af~.u ,schedu!&p f aCtlvid~s_ ~te'r":....tained tile Feasigoers. A social eve­ning presented by YOH members. atalent show, several movies. adance.football , volleyball ; softball, cy­cling. hikes and bus tourswere amongthe activitie s offere~ .

FtIeen.Fh.cq, Mauriti~s

Some 50 brethren met with SouthAfrican minister David Hulme for thefi rst fourd aysofthe Feast o f'Fabe ma­d e s on the Indian Ocean island ofMauriti us , reported Robert Fahey. d i­rector of the Africa n Work .

Mr . Hulme had ea rlier bapt izedfive people in the Seychell es, (a grou pof islands in the Indian Ocean aboutI ,000 miles east of Zanzibar).

On Mauritiu s Mr. Hulme gave his

1.200 on tbcHoly Days as 9S0 whiteswere joined by 240 black brethrenwhometthe otherdaysat Umgababa , .25 miles south of the-Durban slte. ,

Charles Bryce . coo rdinator of theRegi na (Sask .) Area in Canada.traveled to Soifih Africa as ~ guestspeaker and spoke at all SoUlh Afri­can sites. including Durban .

Mr.Fahey said the site was "blessedwith unu suall y good weather andactivities were well attended . Over1.000 attended the ox braai - oxroast - at Hulett' s Country Club.near Durban . After the cro ss-countryrace .. won by Jimmy Craythome ofJohannesburg , and . for the women .Joan John son of Durban.. two oxen .were devoured by all;'

Hesaid there was also a tug-of-war ,which was won by the Pietermaritz­burg . South Africa . church learn . fol­lowed by a sing-alon g and dance .

Earlie r in the week 90 senior citi ­zensspen t anevening at the Prime RibRestaurant ,

Festival elder John Barth olomewsaid he was happ y with the way Godhad blessed the Feast with inspiringmessage s and a rejoic ing. happy andhelpful gro up of brethren. .

...fIiiitt.loo, Nelherlands

Th e Hun zeber gen , a resort nearthe town of Exloo in tJte Netherlands,served as the Fe stival site for 200Dutch-speaking brethren and 88 vis­itors from Canada . the United Statesand Britain. Services were conductedfor the fir st time in . I?utch . and

(ContI ...... - _ I)figure includes 2S visit o rs fromAmeric a , Canada and Australia .

Festival elderCoJin Kelly and etherministers gave seimonson such topicsas getting ready for the Millennium.Those who spoke during the Festivalincluded Bob Mo non . Karl Karlov ,Neville Fraser and visiting min isterfrom Australi a O'Arcy Watson.

Activ it ies included a fam ilydinner-dance . sports afternoon andfilm evening . The scen ic southernalps. lakes and ski fields were nearby.

Unusually high Hol y Dayofferingsadded an encouraging note to (heFeast in New Zealand. Both o fferingsincreased by more than 50 percentover (he previous year .

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Near Davee City. in eastern Min­danao, 270. brethren kep' a happ yFeast o n the slope s of MI. Apo. EdMacaraeg . was Fes tival elder. re­portedColin Adair . Festival coo r­dinat or for the Philippines.

Don Carlos, Philippines

On the so uthern Philipp ine islandof Mindan ao. 472 brethren gatheredin the c ity of Don Car los . EncardioBenitez was the Festival elde r.

Durban, South Africa

Durban had the highest attenda nceof 10 sites on the African Continent.

According to Bob Fahey . pastor ofthe Jo hann esburg . South Afr ica .church, attendance at the site roseto

REHEA RSAL - The Festival chorale rehearses for specia l music at the Calgary. Alta .. stte. [Photo byPaul Hardy! .

FEASTGOING FAMILY - Members pause outside tr e ChrtstcnurchTown Hall, where 246 aneooed me Feast. IPhoto by Dd~id SChu:1Z1

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GLOBAL CONVENTION.Members leave the Jekyll IslandC" nvenbon Center after serviceson the Georgia island, above,while the brethren in Hobart, Aus­tralia, participate In the song ser­vice, left. Below" ilfe membersgathering in the Church-ownedconvention slle in Mount Pocono , .Pa. [Photos by Tom Hanso n,Stephen Ode ll · and -flobertRodkey )

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win McMi chael and Lesl ie McC ul ­loug b.

Mr. Black well spoke o n feari ngGo d rather than man . Mr . McNair onthe World Tomorrow. Mr. McMi­chae lo n laws gove rning the family andMr . McCullou gh on o ur calling .

Recreational high lights includedme Family Night show on Oct. I.attended by 6.100, so ftba ll . vo l­leyba ll, go lf, tab le tennis. horse­shoes, dancing and the YOU ta lentconte st . Richard Kisselof'Evansville ,Ind . • won the table -tennis tourna­ment, Woody Woodruffof Pasadena,Ca lif. i the gol fto uma men t . The"YOU

"basketball tournament was wonbytheBaltimore and Laurel, Md ., churches'team.

Hennanus, South Africa

Some 200 South African membersand their families me t at Sonesta , areso rt overlook ing the Bot RiverLagoon andthe Indian Ocean nearHermanus, South Africa .

According to Robe rt Fahey, direc ­tor of the African Work , the 'Site ,which was for "colored brethren, " orthose o f mixed race, experiencedgood weat her , and activities were" we ll attended ." .

Brethren enjoyed a sports day ,dance, family fun show and fihn e ve­ning. The resort menagerreot invitedall 200 who attended to a tea party .

Speakers included Charles Bryceof Canada , coordi nator of the Regina(Sask ) Area, and Festival elder Mar­tin Bode, who was interviewed in theHennan us Times, a newspaper.

Hobart, AuslroIla

Two hund red seventeen brethrenatte nded the Hoban Feas t site, on theisland state o fTa smania. 'Theweatherwas vari able, ove rcast with broke nsunshine and some rai n, sa id BillDixo n, coo rdinator.

Main speakers at the Hoban cityhall were Rod Dean, speaking onthepowe r of the Holy Spirit and the crisisin masc ulinity, and Mark Cardona,who spoke on the resurrection andhow to be in il .

Mr. Dixon repo ned that a social .• and dance organized for the brethren

were well attended . Feas tgoers alsoenjoyed touring the harbo r and scenicdrives of the island .

Joky U Island , Ga ,

Jekyll Island was host to 5.500peopleforthe Feast this year . Accord ­ing to David Mills, aide to JekyllIs la nd Festival coo rdi nato r ' DaleSc hurte r , " fantastic " weathe r pre­vailed at Jekyll thro ughout the Feast,with clear skies and tempe ratures inthe 80s. -

The grea t weather provided oppor­tunity for the brethren to take advan ­tage of the many recreational ac ­tivities Jekyll offers . Boating, golf.swimming and deep -sea fishing werejust a few of the sporting activitiesavailable . Other attractions includedtouring restored mi llionaires ' man­sions on the island; President Carte r' shome away from home, nearby St.Simon 's Island ; the zoo in Jackso n­vi lle , Fla.; and th e OkefenokeeSwamp in Georgia.

Local residents once aga in re ­ceived Ch urch members with openarms . The Jekyll Is land Co nventionCenter. the site of services, and manycrber. facilities on the island were" virt ually turned .over for us to use ,"

-.Mr . M ills said . Area Rress coveragewas also favorabl e .

Servic es were highlighted by Mr .Schurters sermo n o n patien ce . ex­peri en ce and ho pe ; John Rit en­baugb' s se rmon on the need tosacrifice at the Feast ; and addressesby the th ree trave ling mi nister s :R"anald Dart. who spoke on reachingspiritual maturity through adversit y.Sherwin ~k~l i(·hacl. on family hap­pincs vthro ugh obcdknee , and Ga mer

Ted Armstrong , on the strength of thefami ly.

YOU members kept busy in Jekyllwith seve ra l activ ities , inc ludin asponstc umaments, a dance featu ringYou , a band from Lexington, K)' . ,and a disco skating party . YOU mem­ber s al so sponso red a part y wit hgames and cartoon s for preteen s.

The high points o f the YO U ac­tivities in Jek yll were arts-and -craftscompetition and the. regionaltalentco ntest . Overall winner in arts andcrafts was Billy Miller o f Knox ville,Tenn. , with his free-form ceramics .The talent co ntest was well attendedwith a stand ing-room-only crowd of2 ,200 jamm ing the audit oriu m .

La haiDa, Hawaii

Greg Albrecht, Fe stival coor­dinator for Hawaii, reported the onlyproblem with the -Lahaina site, 10­catedon the islandofMaui, was " 100

many happy people."Recreational activ ities at the site

took on a " let them do . their ownthing" quality, Mr . Albrecht said , asthe 1,500 reg istered members tookadvantage of the island paradi se .High lights at the site noted by Mr.Albrech t were the Pacific Ocean, thefantas tic weather with temperatureshovering in the mid -70s and 80sandthe sermo ns .

Scenic SPOIS frequent ed by Feast­goers were Hale akala Mountain andthe beaches of Mau i. Many Festivalattenders took low-level airp laneflights over Kilauea, the active vol­cano on the island of Hawaii. Otherstook day-long island-hopping tours ofseveral of the islands .

Mr . Albrecht especi ally noted the"tremendous spirit of service whichthe Hawai ian brethren showed themainlande rs ." Hawaii is unusual inthat the handful of Hawaiian membersmust do tbe lion' s share o f the work inpreparingfortbeconvention.1bema:.jo rity of Ihose attending in Hawaiicome from the U.S. main land . Achurch-staffed music group, the LimaHan a s, prepared a traditionalHawa iian luau forthose who anendedthe site.

Bre thre n ga thered daily at theLahainaCivic Ce nter for services andheard sermo ns on a variety of topics ,such as ~ 'What It Would Be Like toSee God," by Guy Engelbert . Otherrepresentative sermon topics were" Applying theGive Principle in YourLife, " by Richard Pinell i, "The Bat·tie for Your Mind ," given by JuddKirk, and " Oon' l Give Up the Pil·grimace ,' by G reg' Albrecht .

lie Maul News carried an article onthe co nvention that virtuall y repeatedthe news release sent to the local pressby the Festival Departme nt. Mr . Al­brecht said that the recep tion fromrestauran ts and hotels was good.Cou nty-governmenl officials wereslightly coo l, howeve r. because theywere not geared for a convention ofthis size .

- A YOU dancelook placeSept . 29,followingYOU day. About 75YOUmembers attended.

La Herradura, EI SalYado r

O ne hundred five brethren fromeight countries gathered in this Cen­tral American co untry for a "mostwonderful and inspiring Fea st ofTabernacles, " reponed Fred andRe ne Lopez, members of th ePasadena Spani sh congregation . whotraveled to EI Salvad or for the Festi­val .

" Th e days were sunny and warm .around 90 deg rees , and evenings wewou ld have tro pica l rains and show ­ers, " Mrs. Lopez said . " Highlig htsof the Feast were two baptisms, onedo uble wedd ing, a track meet , achildren' s fiesta and the fun show ."

Hcrberth Cisn ero s, the mini srer re­sponsi ble forth c area , wasass isted for[he Feas t speaking sched ule by Jamc ..Mortenson. a vi.;. itinl! minister rom

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MELBOURNE'S MALADIES - Transporta tion and power strikes fol­lowed by a bomb scare and false fire alarm in the Camberwell CivicCentre in Melbourne, Australia, made the 1977 Fest ival a difficultone to forget for the 847 people gathe red there. The brethren were

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Communisl authorit ies did nOIin­terfere and once aeuin two mini stersand their familie s-were permitt ed (0

enter fmm Wesl Germa ny to holdservices. Alfred Hellemann super­vised the first five dayvofthe Festival:Victor Root replaced him tor the lastthree. Se rmon s raneine in theme fromthe necevsity'for u-nity to the futureactivi tiesus members ofGod ' s fumilywere given to the grou p.

Service s were held in the intimal.')of members ' A·fr..lllle bun ealu ws ,because ope n religious mee,ings arcforb idden.

Crisp but sunny fall weather en­couraged afternoon hikes during thetiN tlvedays.. 'The favorite activityfor theb rethren was fel lowship fueledbysubsumuul meals in the neighbor­

.ifij!·sti.l te-run hOle.!'.:' Mr. Root said.Upon departure : Mr. Root ~id .

" the brethren spoke of having: re-. ceived a very invigorating boost dur­

ing the Feast. Certa inly they need theboost of God 's peo ple'« constan tprayers for their safety, attempting asthey do to follow Christ's footstepsunder the shadow of a hostile , utheis­tic regime ."

Oltawa ,Ont .

The highlighl of the Feast in Ot ­tawa. Oru . , was -G arne r; TedArm strong's vi vir .. ~a id Lar ryGreider, pasto r of the Barrie. OnL.church and site coordinator.

Mr. Arrnstm ne carne In Canadalute in hi ~ Festiva l~l,.' t\(:d ulc : neverthe­less h .pcarc d rcluxcd. Mr. Greider...aid . l ic wasg i·..en a quid..tour oftheCanadiao capital before he delivered" a boomin g mc~~ge on the tumily,this world and what we have befo reus

Almo ...t 1.550 Canadians and vi, ·imrv mel in the On uwu Exhib itionHall of Lansdowne Park durinu theFesnvul . The wea ther wu -, min; and,.ogg) . but it didn't seem to interferewith ucuvit ics.

E...angelist Dean Blackwell spokeat the s ite on his whirlwind tour of fourCanadian sites. Mr. Blackwel l beganthe Festival in Hampt on . Vu. C .Wayne Cole . director of (he Work inCanada , finished his six-site trip inOttawa on the Last Great Day.

Fea tured among the sport !'> uc­tivities at the site was the hocke ymatc h betwee n the Ambassador Col­lege team and the Canadian Church­member team ut the site. AC lost thematch 6-2 and was ourshot 55- II.according to Mr. Greider.

Pasad ena , Cal if.

Pasadena was not originally desig­nated as a Feast site. but after themerger of Ambassador . Big Sandy,with the college there Garner TedArm strong approved the site for1,000 transfers and Ambassador stu­(SeeWORLDWID£FAIIlLY. _I~)

average weather .• •whichadded tothcmany outdoor recreat ional activitie sin the area . Horseback and camel rid­ing. softba ll , basketba ll . fam ilyga mes and square dan ces were amongthe many activities available a t thesite . No major prob lem s were re­ported . and Mr. Robinson said con­vent ion uttenders wer e ex tended"very good cooperation from the au­thorities and town speople;"

M e. Armstrong">, se rmo n a ndFamily Night, a variety show -aagcdPy Ambu- ...ado r Co llege stud ents .we re two hig hfigh ts, at Mou ntPocono . Tile show. wh ich featuredMr. Armstrong in a singing ro le. was" unusually good. " accordin g to Mr.Robinson . About 5.(X)() people at­tended the performance.

More than 500 YOUmembe~scame to a disco da nce put .on byMurry-me-K's Dilto on Wheels from:-­New York. The disco was run by twodisc jockeys and included turntable!'>,an " earthquake sound system " and alaser light show. according to DougHorchak, YO U coo rdinato r for thesite.

" We pretty much had all disco­type music as opposed to hard ruck ."said Mr. Horchak . .. But we had across section of everything . It wentove r rea l well, not only with the kids,which is importa nt. but with the adultswho were in attendance 3!'> well. "

Mue hlleithe n, Eas t Ge rma n)'

The tiny vacation resort of Muehl ­leithen . high in the hilly borde r coun­try near Czechos lovak ia. was the Fes-

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told to evac uate the hall whil e local law-enrorcement officia ls, leftphoto , searc hed the building. No bomb was found anlJ members re­turned to services, right photo, after the build ing was declared safe .{Photos by Norm Smith)

fire-alarm system sent firemen racingto the hall during the sennonette . Me.Orchard descr ibed the Feast th is yearas " a very profitab le and unusualFeast thai kept everyone 0 '1 theirtoes."

In spite of it all . the brethren en­joyed scenic drives. theaters. gal­leries and dinner s at the Baburian andBunratty Cast le restauran ts .

Principal speakers Bob Mitchell.Mark Cardona and David Noller' ssubjects were Solomon ' s reign com ­pared with the KingdomofGod , fam­ily unity. children in the Millen niumand the weak - but not infer ior - ofthe world.

Highest attendan ce at the Festi\laiwas close (0 100 percent of the 847regist- red . 825 peop le.

Tell)' Villiers. Bill Robinson andJohn Ferrier were ordained local e l-ders at the F:ea~t chis year . ji ~.

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summed up by Festiva l coo rdinatorDavid Robin son as •' rather problem­free" and c harac terized by " the fineattitude of the people ."

Tbe 6. 100 brethre n who registeredat the site heard sermon s on suchtopic s as an individual ' s commitmentto the family (EIben Atlas) , remain­ing stead fast in your Christia n faith(Mike Swage rty) and though ts on therestructured World Tomorrow(Richard Frankel) . Gamer Ted Ann ­strong spoke Oct. 2 and stressed theimportance of the family.

Members e njoyed "better-than-

OTTAWA - Almost 1,55 0 Canadians and visitors met in the Ottawa Exhibition Hall of Lansdowne Park dUringthe Festival. The high point of the site was Gamer Ted Armstrong's visn. (Photo by Henry Sturckej

Ma ha baleshwar , India

Mahabaleshwar, several hours 'drive from Bombay . was the site for60 Indian brethren this year for theFeast.

Mr . and Mrs. Chris Hunting andPeter Nathan , pastor of the Caboo l­rure, Australia. church. traveled fromAustralia to conduct the Feast there .Mr. Hunting is administrator of ser­vices to the Indiansubcontinent . Theyspent four days in India and the lastthree in Sri Lanka wit h the brethrenthere .

prevailed . Festival authorities had" extremely great coopera tion fromthe brethren ," he added .

"We were sorry that Mr . Herbe rtArmstrong wasn 't able to make it ,"Mr . Aust said . " The people wishedthat Mr. Armstrong could have beenhere . You could tell that it was some­thing that we missed ."

Lusa ka , Zambia ..

Owen Willis . a minister stat ionedin Nairobi, Kenya , conduc ted theFeast of Tabernacles for 25 people inthe Zambia n capital of Lusaka .

Mr. Willis, who spent four days ofthe Festiva l at the site in Malawi. saidrec reational acti v itie s included a" sports afternoon" and boating onthe Kafue River.

Lusaka was one of 10 sites in Af­rica .

Mambucal, Phil ippi nes

On the island of Visayan in thePhilippine s. 192 brethren attendedthe Mambuca l Feast site , nearBacolod . Jose Raduban was the Fes­tival elder , as sisted by Jerry Or­tiguero . Festival manager.

Melbourne, Australia

Beautiful spring weather greetedmembers at Melbo urne , in the state ofVictoria. Also greeting them on thefirst Holy Day was a strike of allpublic transportation that subse­quentl yclogged the roads. Accordingto Brian Orc hard , Festival coor­d inator . the next day saw "3 strike bypower 'workers which caused powerrestrictions that lasted to the end of tileFeast. 'These did not hinder servicesbut restricted evening activities con-siderably." .

Also at the beginni ng of the Feast(thank s to a crank ihone ca ll) was abomb scare in the Camberwell CivicCentre , forci ng the brethre n toevacu a'e the hall until police hadsearched the premise s, dela ying ser­vices for an hour . Mr . Orchard said.

Later in the Feast a malfu nctio ning

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. .All were joined in unity for theFeast: ' Mrs . Lopez said . "with anoffering of 660 colones (S265) . Theonl y saddening pan of the Feast washaving: to say good-bye: '

~ke of the Oaarks, Mo.

A " family atmo sphere " with the" people respon sive to helping oneanother" characterized the Lake ofthe Ozark s , Mo . • site. reportedJerald Aust . coordinator there .

The 8,5 14 people who registered atthe Ozark s heard "the most balancedoutline of se rmons I' ve ever heard ."sa id Mr. Aust . " We 'v e had foureva ngelists here . incl uding Mr. TedArmstrong: ' .

Dennis Pyle , Roderick Mered ithand Raymond McNair all spoke on thepurposeof the Feast. Mr. Aust gave asermon on love. Ron McNea l spokeon overco ming di fficulties , andDavid Jon Hill spo ke on theprophecies for the immed iate future .

A varie ty of span s tourname ntswere held. Rolla, Mo. , won over In­dianapoli s, Ind . , in women ' s vo l­leyball . Men ' s softball co ncludedwith SI. Louis in first place and Lakeof the Ozarks a close second . Belle­ville, III. , topped Sf. Louis in golf.Class A YOU basketba ll competit ionclosed with Little Rock , Ark . , in firstplace , foll owed by Kan sas Cit yNorth .

The sport sman ship award for thatcla ss went to Kansas City East.

Poplar Bluff, Mo . , beat ou tWichita, Kan. , by I point in the finaltwo second s of play in the Class Btournament , according to Mr . Aust .The sportsmanship award in thattournament went to Wichita .

Other activities in the area thai at­tracted members were the lake , go­kart rides, slides, helicopterrides andDogpatch U.S .A . , an amusementpark .

A special kiddies ' day was held for4- to I I -year-o lds . Ribbons andpri zes were a warded for vario useve nts, and three clowns were prese ntto entertain the 700 youngsters whoparticipated.

YOU activities included a talentcontest and a disco dance with aboutI ,OOOattending. A single s' dance anda 6O-and-over dinner were also held .

Mr . Aust commented that the Fes­tiva l was accident -free and wa sblessed with "beautiful weather." Hesaid thai " the people were respon siveand so lici to us to o ne another ' sneeds, " and a famil y atmosphere

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ST. PETERSBURG - Alroost 10,000 members registered this year toaflend the Feast in St. Petersburg, Fl a. Pictured here is the BayfrontCenter. in which services were held. [Photo by Phil Edwards}

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St . Peters burg, Fla.

"Picture-pos tcard- perfec t" weath­e r gree ted the 10 .000 me m be rsof the Ch urch who attended the FeastofTa bema cles arSt. Pete rsbur g, Fla .,according to Jim Chapman , coe r­dinato r for the si te .

Church memb er s were we ll re­ceived by residents of the Tamp a-St .Pete area . "They just swo llow usup ," commented Mr. Cha pman. not­ing that SI. Pe te has been a Fest ivalsite s ince 1972 . Garner TedArmstron gs visit. the sermons andthe exce llent weather proved to be thehighlight!'! at St. Petersburg thi s year .

A myriad of restaurants . shops andactivit ies vied fo r atte nt ion . Beac hes

- along tbe G ulfof Mexico . Busch Gar·de ns, Disney World in nearb y Or·lando and the Sun ken Gard ens to ppedthe list o f favori te tou rist attrac tionsfrequented by mem ber s .

Tenni s , go lf and olher athletic ac·ti viti es wer e also available . Mr.Chapma n reponed a " close race withtop teams" compe ling in Ihe inter· .churchsoftba ll loumam ent . Wh en thedust scu led .lfle r Ihe final s. the- St.Petersburg learn had bare ly edge d o utMob ile , Ala .

Me mbe rs mel in the Bayfro nlCenter. which Mr. Chapman con sid·ered a " beautiful and professionallyrun facili ly . · · Mr . Armstron g.Ron ald Dan and An Mokarow werelisted as trave ling speakers at the si leoOlher speaken. included Ton y Ham·mer , who spoke on gett ing a piecc of

CANADA -Canadian brethren traveled to six sites in the ir country this year . Penticton, B.C.,left photo, was the chosen site of some 1,650. Families also gathered for the Festival inRegina. Sask., above. [Photos by John E!liofl and Dan Hope)

tr a vel crs 10 Ca nada's Fre nc h- the Rock. and Ed Smith, who ex- kept in Bul awayo , more than 200spea ki ng s ite at Rivi ere du Loup . plored the signs of the times in his milesso uthwes to fthe Rhodesiancap-Que . sermon. ital . Go rdon Terbla nche, pasto rof the

" For the fifth yea r our French- Press cove rage of the conventio n Pretori a , Sou th Africa , chur ch andspeaking bre thren have enjo yed thei r was about average. according to Mr_ Festival elder for the Rhode sian sites .own Feast she . and everyone con- Chapman. Newspapers co vered the reponed: •eluded this was the best ever:' said sto ry during the opening day s of the " Weather exce llent and atten-Sam Knelle r. site coordinator and Festival , and televi sio n cameras ap- da nce beyond expectation de spit epastor o f the Sherbrooke . Que . . coo - peared inthe Bayfronr Cen ter v a time ma ny personal difficulties . Dedi ca -greganon. or two ." tion of high est o rder. Very attenti ve

The city of 14.000 people was a Ro ller-skatingpanies .discountsat an.d responsive audie.nce . .Practi.cal.ronl ia l ho st, and press coverage was amusement cen ters , the YOU talent on.ente~~~onsdea1tngwlthse~ousfavorable . Mr. Knell er reponed . con tes t and ~e YO U.dance captured dal~y. l.lvmg ISSueS. For recreational" Severalo four ministe rs and Festival most of the ume and mterest of YO U ecnvmes weather expe rts report de -staff were invited fo r a visit and inter - mem bers . fied once agai n. Rain clouds disap-view with the mayo r. " he sa id. A di sco dance was held for YO U peared .10 faci litate sunn y. relaxing

The Feast talent show, or famil y membe rs with " almos t 1.0Cl0people and enjoyable ~temoon ?f socce r .uight, was an o ppo rtuni ty for " o ur there," acc.ordin g 10 Steve Smith. v?lI~ybali and so ftba~I, climaxed byyoung, peo ple to demonstrate their YO U coo rdinator for St. Peter sburg . hila~ous ~Im.~eauriful Peop le theability at organizing and perform. " The o nly problem was that the kids nex evenmg. :ing. " didn't want to go home." Mr . Smith Squaw Valley, Calif.

Alsoduringth eFesti val300people said . " Th ree nights befo re we opened

:~~~~~raaCI~::\h~h~;:a~~~:~ Salisbury, Rhodesia up, a severe wind storm came through

television pro gram . Salisbury .capitalof Rhodesia, was ~~ ca::~~~:e::.r::~:d:~a~~r::~C . Wayne Cole , direct or of the one oft wo sites in that country as 170 Squ aw Valley Festival coordinator

Work in Cana da , vis ited the site. with ~~~~~p( the first half of the Festi- Ellis LaR avia ." ' We had to set thingshis sermo n trans lated into Fren ch for (See WORLDWIDEFAMILY, pIlge 13)the audie nce . The bulk of the speak. The seco nd half of the Feas t wasing was by ministers Coli n W ilkinsand Mr. Kne ller . with all but Mr.Co le ' s sermo n delivered in French.

Ali -Star s (made up of Church mc m­

"'''16·3.The AC team was " eentime ntal

favorite s ut all the s itcv. " Mr. Lee...a id. "and ge neral co mments werencard ro the effect , 'We're glad theyw uld win one before go ing home ' .,

Port Dickson. Malaysia

" Beautiful weath er . un usually('001 and pleasant . with rain in dueceaso n" added to the cnjo yment o fth e2:I0 peo ple who anen ded the PortDickson s il~ . repo rted John Halford .

The registration figure includes res­ident Malaysians and others visitingfrom Indonesia . Singapore. England •Australia and New Zeal and.

Activities at the site included aSpokesman C lub meet ing, a fashionparade , a ta lent show and a sportstou mu ment organ ized by Susai nathanJosep h. In the annual cricket matchbetwee n Austra lia and Malaysia. Aus­tralia avenged last year ' s de feat bybeat ing Malaysia by 21 runs .

" Lead ing loca l members helpedwith the preach ing schedule;" Mr.Halford repo ned . " surp ris ing them ­selves and the congregation with thequality of thei r sermoneues . . .

Josep h Mose s was o rdai ned adeacon during the Fest iva l.

Regina, Sask .

The Canadia n s ite in Regin a ex­perie nced an " upbeat Feast." re­pon ed coo rd inato r Ron Howe . pastorat Wi nnipeg (Man. I East. " Littl e tono problem s and eve ryo ne in a fineunitude. hav ing a great lime. seemed10 be the theme of the 1.550 Feast­gocrs in Regina . Sask."

The brethren there , on whom fell alittle rain . went 10 Festiva l servi ces inthe Cent ennial Theatre . Festival ac­tivitie s were well attended . and a" party atmo sphere." saidMr . Howe .preva iled .

Vi siting ministe rs Dea n Black­we ll , C . Wayne Cole and Le slieMcC ullo ugh were on the speakingsched ule. alon g with ministers fromthe area.

Thecrowd at the famil y·ni gh t Feastsho w set an attendance record . Thef ina lists will repre sent their di strictforthe all-C anad ian YOU talent finalsin W innipe g. Man .• next month . thecoord inato r said.

The Iravel ing AC hockey tea mdidn 't fare 100 we ll again st the All·Stars (made up of Church membersfrom the are a) . Gett ing o ff to a 6·1defi cit . the Ambaloosado r playcrs bat·tied back to an 84 loss before 6(X)

fans . reponed Mr . How e .

Riviere du Loup. Que.

Overcast skies gree ted the 550

Pentfctun, B.C.

. ' The Roo t Bee r Bear made an ap ­pcuranceat the Feast ...ho w in Penric­ton:' said vite coordi nato r GeorgeLee . a......ociate pasto r of the Van­couvcr. B.C . . co ngrcguno n. (Thehear i... a mascot o f the A&W d rive-inchain.)

"Family nig ht and the talent con­rest was a huge succes ....·· Mr. lee...aid . .. A ba rbec ue and ge t­ucquairued eve rting kick ed o ff thewee k 's ...oci a l ac t ivi t ie.... with thesenio rs" social later on in the weekbei ng the highlight ed events:'- Visiting speakers C. Wayne Co leand Brian Know les set the pace on thespea ki ng schedule, and the brightsk ies of the O kanaga n Valley pro­v ide d Ihe baCkd ro p of th e mo stcoo peralive wealher at any site inCanada.

" T he wa ll·s tre tc h ing c row dsdidn 't materialize. and . much to therelief of the Festival staff and firemarshal. attendance remained at amanageable 1.650 . about the same a...lasl year."

A hoc key team from AmbassadorCollege. as pan o f ils tour of severa lCa nad ian sites . wa..... gaining confi ·dence and momentum" by the timethe players reac hed Penticton . Thc ymanaged to beat the British Columbia

(Cont inued from page 9)den ts. some of whom had limitedfunds.

So me I AtXl made arruneeme msthrough the Fcsnvul Office . b~13.085uuended mornin g service .. the fiNHo ly Day. co nducted by Gamer TedArmstrong. Attendance d ropped byalmost 500 for the afternoo n ser ­rron and fell by almost 1.500 by therexr morning.

A t te ndun ..: ..: on non-Subbu rh sranged from 1.550 In 1.800 . withSab bath atte ndanee rangi ng from2.554 10 the previou sly mentionedhigh.

~Le()n Walker. coo rd inator for thesite . sa id the Feast wen!smoo thly . Hesaid the weat her was sunny. withtempe ratures in the 70s and mode ratesmog .

Tho se attendi ng heard se rmo nsImm cvangcli sls- David Anrio n.Ronal d Ke lly and Hennan Hoe b, inaddition to Mr . Arm strone andothe rs Serv ice... were co nducted inthe 1.2:6S- :-.e al Amb a......ado r Au ­ditorium . with the proceedings pipedinto nne of two colle ge gym na... ium...via closed -circuit tele vision that wusprojec ted onto a screen. Mr . Wa lkersuid seati ng wus readi ly available o nweekda ys in the Auditorium becau ...eof low uttcndunce .

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car' lifts members to a mount aintop restaurant after services in Blyth Arena. Squaw Valley,Calif. [Photo s by Franco is Dussault and Roland Rees)

FUU'lLUNG FEAST- Left: The Montreal . Que .• church choi r perlorms spec ial mus ic atRiviere du Loup, Que., Festival stte tor Canada's French-sp eaking members Right: A cable

TRAVELING SPEAKER - Ronald Dart, director of pastoral administra­tion . speaks at Tucs on , Ariz .. o ne o f four si tes he vis ite d during the Fe a s t.!photo by Sheila Dennis l

Lucia and Pueno Rico.Members on Trinidad recei ved the

bad news that minister GordonHarry 's work. -RCrmit has been can­celed. " In spite of the know ledge thathe will have to leave Tri nidad by 0:1 .19. the members in TrinKbd did notallow their spirits to be dampened ."Mr. Bass said .

Wiscons in Dells. Wis .

An estimated 8.300 reg istered atthe Wisconsin Dell s !tite for whatcoordinator Leroy Neff termed " oneof the ...moothest -running Feasts"he's ever coord inated .

Mr. Neffl who hu, served a~ a fe!\­(ivai coordinator " o ff and o n" since1963 and who lhi!\ year direc ted histhird consecutive Feu-s·t there . !'t3klat­tenduncc at the Chu rch-owned con ­vention fac ility averaged 7.500. Thehig.he~ uuendunce was 7.997 . on theday Gamer Ted Armsmmg spoke.

Mr . Neff said the urea expenenccd" so me l·OOI.dear day!\. one warmday and MlOlC cool. rainy weather: 'with temperatures ranging Imm the40~ to the 70~ .

Gue st "speake rs other than Mr.Armstrong were ev an gel ists Rod ­erick C . Mered ith a . fie L.McCu llough . Dr . Men.'t.Iilhspoke onwalkin g. wilh r .1. and Mr. Mt.'Cul­klUgh ,..poke l -.ex undsrnarriage .Other speakers and tl;teir topi l.·!\ in­eluded Jim Reyer , family . relalion~withe mphas ison teens .Cad Mc.:Nai r.

. the meaning of the Fea~ of Tubema ­cles; and Mr . Neff . lhe soon loomingof ChiN.

Mr . Neff. who said he generally isnot one to note themesofthe Festival .felt there wa!\ a defi nite theme thisyear and he depicted it as "looking 10Christ's comingandhowtoprepare. ..

Members were able to compete insoftball. volle ybal l. che ss . golf andhorseshoe s. as we ll as take advantageof local att ractions . Win ners in theFea st -sponsored spo rting events andindividual' s church area s were : go lf.A d ivi sion . Go rdo n Oien . Min ­neapolis . Minn. ; golf. B divi sion.Stan Seashore , M inneapolis:women' s volleyball , Minneapoli s:rne ns vo ll e yba ll. Minneap oli sNo rth; softball, Kalamazoo -GrandRapid s. Mich .: chess. junior divi ­stco. Mark Kelley . Midland. Mich.:chess , senior divis ion . Tim Walker .C hicago. III.: horseshoe st ng lev.Mark F lom, Minne apol is; and horse ­shoe do ub les . brothers John andGeorge Sig ler. Findl ay . Oh io .

Mr. Neff said two entertainmenthigh light s or the Festival were theFestival choir' s performance of theMyn zen and PClcriso n mU!ti(:allun'l!America. whit.·h-L JOOall.:ndcd .andal'onccrt perfnml cd by !he Ka llima n...a hu ~h;tnd - aOlI - w ifl' fo \l.,· ..ingi ngt~am . all~ndl.'d h} ahou l ~ .()OO .

West Indies and Guyana

Good weather graced all the Feastsite s in the West Indies and the Sou thAmerican country o f Guyana v re ­po rte d St an (fo rme rly C lare nce) .Bass.d irecto rof the Ca ribbea n Work .

Jam aica had 130 in atten dan ce forthe Festival. Trinidad had 325, mem ­ber s persent. Barbado s 346 . SI.Lucia 105 and Puerto Rico 113. Esri­mated attendance for (he Bahamaswas 200. Bermuda was estimated at300 . and almo st 50 brethren kept theFeast in Guyana. The last Holy Dayoffering in Puerto Rico was more than$27 per perso n.

For (he first time the areas hadtravel ing min iste rs. Mr. Bass re ­poned . Evan geli st .Gerald W ater ­hou se started the Feas t in PuertoRico the n we nt to Jamai c a andthe Bahama s. Ro land Samp!ooO n sp:lkeal Bennuda and Ihe Bahama!> . King...­lev Mather lr:..velcd to the Bahama !\a~d Jam aic <J , Mr. Bass spo ke alJamaica. T'in idad. Barbado,. 51.

· spoke on YOU da y and discu ssedwhat youth s mUSI learn and the rela ­tionships of the famil y ; Mr . Danspoke-on the experiences o ne has as aChristian; and Mr . Armstrong spo keabout the family .

Mr . Armstrong was met at the Tuc­son airport by his father . and theytalked briefly before Ga mer Ted hadto leave fo r service... Mr . Dickinsonsaid ,

Rec reationa l activ ities incl udedten nis. ba sketball . water polo . horse-

· shoes . dance s . a rol ler-skating party .hearts (a card game) tournament . awidows ' lunch eo n and a singles 'center .

A basketball tournament wa~ wonby the Oakland. Calif.• church. theheart s to urnament -b y the LarryRic hardsons of Co lumbi a. MO:. andthe ream horses hoe toum amem byIvan Brenton of Colorado Sp rings.Colo .• and Gary Skelton o f Wheat ·land . Wyo .

Umg.t-bo, South Africa

Some 240 black members and their· fami liesgatheredatUmgababaforthe

1977Feast ofTabern.acles. The site ison the waters edge of the IndianOcean just south o f Duman.

According to Robert Fahey . dircc ­lor of the Africa n work. the brethrenmet in a new meetin g.hall for serv icesand a fi lmshow . In addh jon to hea ringsermons from South African minis ­te rs. the members heard from CharlesBryce . coord inato r of (he Regina(Sask .] Area . who had traveled there .from Canada for the Festival .

Mr. Fahe y said the weather wasunusually good and recreationa l ec-'tivi ries included an ox broai (coast)and soccer matc hes wit h two Durbanchurch teams.

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McCul lough , who spoke on lookin gtoward the Kingd om of God, andDavid Jon Hill , who gave two ser­mons , incl uding one on the Last Grea tDay.

" We' ve had a very . large crowdhere this year, " Mr . LaRavia said."The thing that I've been impre ssedwith more than any thing is that wi ththis man y people you obviously havetraffi c and ot her all ied problem s. buteverything really has go ne well . Forthe most pan everyone has been very .unders tandi ng a nd pat ient : There hasbee n a treme ndou s Fes tival a tmo -sphere." .

Su'., f1j1

Bob Mo non . regional direct or forNew Zealand and the So uth Paoirtc .co nducted the las t three days of theFeast in Suva, Fij i. ~

The 64 people present met in thestalely Grand PaciftC' Hotel. Visitorsto the site were give n a formal Fij ianwelcome, includ ing the traditionalpresen tation of II whale 's too th. andwere enterta ined with Fijia n nationalsongs and dances .

While in Fiji Mr . Monon signed a12-month co n tra c t wi th the FijiBroadcasting. Corp. enabling TheWorld Tomo rrow program to be airedfor the first time the re . The programwill be relayed over a network of sixFijian radio stations.. Free -time ectivhies included tradi­

tional Fijian danc es and an islandcruise , with visitors sampli ng freshCOCOOUIS. T he final night on the islandwas spent in the lsa lei Hotel.

TUC5OD, Ariz.

Though anendance was up 1,000ove r 1976. the attendance at the sitein Tucson still feU shon of FestivalOffice projections. According to Fes-­tival coordinator Walter Dickinson,5 .763 registered and the averag e atten ­dance was 5,150 . ~

Mr. Dickinson said thesite is popu­lar with members from areas otherthan Southern Californ ia and theSouthwest. He 'said the weather wasbeautifu l. with tempe ratu res ave r­aging in the 80s.

Loca lmedia reacti on to the Festivalwa... favorable, with one tele visionstation. an NBC affiliate. taping ser­vices the day Gamer Ted Armstro ngspoke .

Family Nigh!. the "how producedby Amba ssado r stude nts. too k placeSept. 27. with an audie nce of abo ut3.600 . " It went over great . " Mr.Dickinson said , " Everyone was ex­lremely impre ssed and happy . Peopl ewent awa y singing and hummi ng. ' ,

Tuc !>on Fea!>tgoe r~ heard fromguest ...peaker~ Art Mokamw. RonaldKe lly . Ronald Dan and Mr. Arm­..tron); . Mr. Mokaro..... encouragedmembers not10 limilGod: Mr. Kcll)

competition . , ~

Beca use the Ambassador CollegeFeast show, Family Night, did notperfonn at the site, Squaw ValleyFea st _ ~r~ put on their own version ofthe talent and variety show . Mr .LaRavia said several church groupsgot acts together and did a "reallyoutstanding jo b... ..... -

Re staurant s _and spons touma ­ments in softball and coed vo lleyball ,along with casi no show ... in nearbyNevada, kepi members occupied dur ­ing the Festival .

Sermon topic s were " strictlyorie nted toward the fami ly:' Mr.L3Ravia said . "Gamer Ted Ann ­stro ng set the theme ope ning night.There was a sermon on marriage bySteve Manin and one on the way tope ace by Robert Benuzzi. JohnRobinson gave one o n youth and whatour relatio nship should be towardthem . It's bee n allfamily oriented. "

Traveling speakers were Leslie

(ContIn'" from p8ge 12)In mocion 10 order canvas and othersuppliesout of Los Angeles (0 initiatethe repair of it. ."

The Festival staffand manyChur.:1members and other volun teer s 'worked day and night 10 repair thedamage before the Festivalopened forthe lO.OOO people registered to attendthe site.

Reception of the convention by thecommunity was good . "We have agood relationship with the communi­ty here," Mr:LaRavia said . ! ' Ir's our17th year in Squaw Valley : ' BothThe TQ~.World and Th~ Sierra Sungave good news coverage to the con ­vention. including.opening-night pic­ture coverage of Garner Ted Ann­strong beginning services .

'The"Squaw Valley site featured anart s-and-crafts show with more than500 entries. Those who saw tbe showvote d for their favorite entry . LindaHowell , who painted a tiger, won the

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YOU chooses eight talented finalists

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The following i's:a list or.meeight sites at wh ich YOU talentcontest s took place and the winnerso f the nest three places o f the seniord . ..isi on, wh o will ' tr a ve l to

Pa~a.r ':OTPe'" in Jhe ~at i~n~~ ' ;"fin~i:· -..

Hampton; V•• : Judy Roben"s.19. who attends church inPasadena :' first place for her pianosolo: Stephanie ' Ruppert : 16. ofAint. 'Mich .• second for her pianosolo; and Ron Ihrig. 17. of Cincin ­nati , Oh io. thir:d for his piano solo.

Jekyll Island, Ga..: Suzanne·

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PASAD ENA - Eieht membersof YOU arc one step c~lose r 10 theirgoal of a four-year tuition scholar­ship to Amb assador Co llege afterwinn ing in talent co mpe titio n ateta ht U.S . Festi val . s ites . T ho se

.eight young people are still in therunnin g after taking top honors inthe senio r division of the You thOpportunities United-sponsored tal­enrsbcw. which is becoming trad i­tional 81 mos! American Feast sites . .

Youths 16 through 19 years oldare vying for the scholarship. butpeople 12 10 15 also competed. inYOU's junior-division competition.

The first -place winner s in thesenior-d ivision Feast competiti oneach won a nip to Pasadena [0

compete in the national s Nov . rJ ,-'on the Sunday nighl: am'c Thank s­givi ng Day, acco rd ing to RonDick , assoc iate director o f YOU .Oeber placers in the sen ior divisionand the ju nio r winne rs won cashprizes ranging"from $SO to SIO.

Show. raised fumb

Mr. Dick. estimated " between 85and 90 people" competed nation­wide in the sho ws . wh ich alsoserved as fund raisers for YOU . 'Atthe site Mr. Dick attended , SquawValley.' Ca lif. , "we made approxi~

mately SI. OOO' · from donations. heseid . .Similar information from theother sites wasn' t in yet at YOU' soffice here.

No YOU talent co mpetition tookplace at two continental sites. BigSandy. Tex .• and Pasadena . be­cause " there we-re only six enteredat -Big Sandy ," So the contestantsat the Texas Festival were tran s­ferred. with their parent s. at YOUe xpense. " to e ithe r Wisconsin Dellsor Jekyll Island ." Mr. Dick....said .

A few other contesta nts weretransferred by YO U to other sites.For example . one si~ had too manyentries and another not enough . sosome contestants were flown fromone to Ihe other to balance thecompetitiOn., Pasadena was not a host of com­petit ion becau se "Pasaden a was nota Festival site when the assig~ments

were made . The only real c hange ofplans was in Big Sandy. beca use'here weren't enough co mpetitorsthere. only six. "

The j udges again this year werenon-Church members "chosen fromco mpetent peop le co nnec ted withthe performi ng arts in the areas ofthe Feast sites: ' as Mr . Dic k put it."They were highl y qua lified peo-pie: " . .

YO U director Jim Thornhill . be­ca use he traveled with the Amba s­sado r College-produced Festivalsho w that toured fiv e si te s .

- couldn' t be atan~ o f the YOUshows. But associate directors MikeBlackwell and . Mark Ashland eachwere.at one , Mr. Blackwell in Lakeof the Ozarks , Mo.. and Mr . Ash"land in St . Petersbu rg.

.Coordlnalors .....

In a ccntlnuing effort to derer.mine the best way for YOU Co serve

. youths of the Church. through fu­ture talent contests and other ac­tivitie s. the three associate directorsat three Festival ' locations broughttogether local , district and regionaladult YOU coordinators for meet­ings about the youth organization.

Mr . Dick 's meeting was inSquaw Val ley . where " the peoplehad a lot of question s and sugges­tions ," he said. ·· ·One very helpfulsubject that we discussed was ' bowto get more adult participation inYOU at the local level. TIHs subjec twas broken down into five differentare as of responsibility: activities ,transportation, fund 'raising , publicrelations and service projects .

.. Another major item of discus­sion at the meeting s was how theyoung people are membe rs of theChurch and what is 1he role of theyouths·as _mem~rs. We 're trymg toget the concept through· thai the' .yo ung people are members • .~otbaptized members, not spi rituallybegotten members. but they are nolnonmenbers. •• .

He fell Ihis y~ar' s talent shows.and other youth activities. are animportant and necessary pan of theove rall program.' " . ' felt that the

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show th is year th at I saw wassuperio r, Each year they 're beco rn­ing smoother. more professionall ypresent ed , The jo b of the emcee .the staging. lighting. all those tech­nica l areas were dea lt with superiorthan eve r befo re. .

" We ~tiJI have a problem withj udges . That is. that it' s difficult forthe j udges to come to a decision intl)e speci fied amount of time whi lethe audien ce is wailing . beca use of .the close competition .

"I think that probably next limewe"H have the show on an evenin gand announce the award s and win­ners ' on some later oc cas io n .perhap s at church the next day .'

In (he . final competition bere "inNovember... whoever ' takes ' f irs tplace wiU receive a- four -year tui­tion scholarship to Ambassador• .and others who p,ace will recti vesc holarsh ips rang ing from o nesemester' s tuition. ' ,

The junior -divi sion winners at.the Feas t -sites are not eligible forthe trip to Pasadena. though . thejuniors had the opportunity. jf rheywished, to compete with fhe seniorson their level. .

Other activities provided at theFestival sites fo r Church youths in­eluded YQU day. when the, usher ­ing, parking. 'pian o playing ands pec ia l mu si c were handled byYO U members : yo urh centers ;da nce ' ; ba sketball co mpe t it ion;phot ography contests; and arts ­and -craft s displays .

Smith. 17 . of the Charlotte . N.C .•church . f irst place with a voca lso lo; Susan Owen. 17. of Kings­port . Te nn. • second with a pianoso lo: and Wayne Childers , 17. ofAustin. Te x. , th ird wit h a ­baritone-ho m performa nce .

Lake or the Oaarks, Mo . :Glenda Nirschl , 16. of Kansas City .Mo . • fi rs t for he r p iano so lo ;Ra yle ne w awak, 17. of LittleRock . Ark .• seco nd with a pianoso lo; a nd Mark Beyer , 17 . o fWich ita. Kan .• thitd for hisFrench -hom performanc e.

Mount Pocono, Pa.: Jo sephPlank. 15 , of Long Island. N.Y..fir st for his piano so lo ; Micha elLimanni, 16. of Con cord . N.H .•seco nd .fo r hi s voc al solo : andRachel Mart ine z . 17 . of the -

. Brooklyn-Qu een s. N.Y.. church•.tHird for her ...ocal so lo.- St. Petersburg: Fl •• : RickPeterson , 18. .o f Lakeland . Fla.. ­

"f trst fo r hi s vocal so lo; .Care ';Crane. 18. of Rome . Ga .. secondfor her piano solo ; and Steve Bares,16, of Big Sandy. Tex.cthird for

- his interpretive dance .squaw Valley, CaUf.: .Michele

Le Vasseur of Sunnyvale. Cal if . •fir""for ber piano solo; Rebecca Rei!'oC of .Eugene . Ore. . second fo r her pianoso lo; and Russell Bennett of Au­burn . Wash .• third for hi s ce llo'solo. .

• Tucson, Ariz. : Robert Ta ylor.17. of Glendora, Calif.. first for his12-strillg-guitar solo; Renee GOUld.16. of Grand Junction . Colo . . sec­and for her piano solo ; and CyndieWakefield . 17. o f "Sa n Angelo.Te x.• third for 'her vocal so lo. .

Wisconsin Dells, Wis. : ) ohnAl an Dou gl as . 1.5_ o f Houston .Te x.• first for his drum sOlo; RenaRot . f81 o...·Pnsadenli'. strond'-fother vocal so lo; and Meg Drake, _11.of Arlington . Heights. III.. third forher piano solo . '

A lisl of j un ior~ ivision winnersof the first three places follows :

Hampton: Roy Cummi~~. 13. ofLondon . Ky.. first for his ol""JI in­terprelation: pe~nna . M. C um-

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mings, 12. of Washington. D.C ..sec o nd fo r her art is t ic rollerskating; and Gertrud e Swarey, 13.of w asbtn gion . D.C.• third for hermandolin solo .

'-JekyU Island: Alice Richardson.15. of Greensboro . N.C .• first forher piano solo : and Donna Dicken­son. 12. of Midland . Tex.• "secondfor her piano solo.

Lake of the Ozarks: A llisonLiridloff. 12. of Hou ston . Tex . .first for her dance; Kim Harringt on .11. of Kansas Cit y. Mo .. seco ndfor her tlure .solo ; and Tamar Whit­ted . 13, of Indianapoli s. Ind.• thirdfor her vocal solo.

Mounl Pocono: James Newby .14. of Bridgeport . Co nn.. first forhis·vocal so lo; and Irene Plank. 13.of the Long Island. N .Y .• ch urch

/rea. second for her piano solo .

St. Petersburg: Rick Meadville .14. of Big Sand y. Te x.• first for hi~

vocal so lo; Mark Bryant . 14. of At­lanta. "Ga. , second for his dra maticrecitation; and Brenda Pete rson . U.of Lak eland . Fla : . third fo r he rvocal solo .

SqUllW Valley: Lorulvn Holum .-14 . of Modesto ; Calif.. first for herviolin solo; Mathew Fenche l. 11. ofTacoma. Wash .• second for playingthe accordion; and Nancy Laycratt .13.' of C algary. Aha .• third fur heral'Cordion sol o.

Tucwn: Tom Bulham wski. D .~, f ' R e sed a . Culif'. . f i r~ 1 for hi s

- tll.lPlpet :-tIlt); and Willu Kay Sta rr .13. of Wbeutland . wyo . . second

-tor her gymnaslks routine .

. Wisconsin Dells: Rick "'How~II ·.13. , of, Milwau kee , Wi~ .• fi r..( torhi!\. banjo medley ; 'j~;) Sch aeffer,14. of Bismarck , N.D .• second furher piano SOltl; and Becky Kurc!c.14.tlf Hou ston . Tcx .. third fur herpiano sulo. ",

CAbo appearing in ·the L'nntest atWiscon sin Dells. but nnl .compel­in1!. was ' Mel vin Mnrri s. .whn hadwc,;n un curlier . distri ct cnmpet itionlast June . Melvin . 15. of Chica1!().III.. deli ...erc:d a s(ll:el'h t it lcd"W~at YOU Means tn Me." )

TALENTED FINAUSTS =- From left: Rick Peterson, SI. Petersburg ; Robert Taylor, Tucsonand contestants in the Poconos . Below: Glenda Nirschl, Ozarks ; Judy Roberts, Hampton ;Michele leVasseur, Squaw Valley ; and John Douglas, Wisconsin Dells . (ph otos by PhilEdwards, Sheila Dennis, Robert Rodkey , Bill Jacobs, Mike Regan , Roland Reesand MitchellKnapp.]

EVERYTHING INCWDING THE KITCHEN SINK - Findlay, Ohio, YOU members spend aSunday moming pUlling tires. stoves, bedsprings and other assorted junk from the BlanchardRiyer after noting the condition of the river on a canoe trip a few weeks earlier . [Photos by DaveVerbonltz of the Findlay , Ohio . Courier]

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Mr . Pless ris a 28-J~ar-old

bachelor who has bHn a memberof the Church for six years; heattends at Charlcn~, N .C.

.'TIte. major aim ofour~n­ing enterprise ." he told TheWorldwide New" ••is to improvethi, plot of land $0' W~ can pro­duu hig~-quali!y,nuuitiousveg­etables . Thus far , we have re-

, ceived excellent ckmand for t~

vegetable produce ."This 'article is reprinred by

permission from 1M Concord ,N.C .• Tribune ofJuly 5 . •

master 's degree at I VirginiaPolytechnic Institute; Blacksburg.va .

Presently he wom as agriculturalconsultant with Brookside · Labora­tory in New )(no,ville. Ohio. and hisventure in row crops is' part of hisconstant and continuing research inproduc ing better andbetter variet ies.

Ins...... tIoebest

Soil analysis duoughout his ecre­age and the proper additives toevery pan of the field Wille tbe bestin production for each of his crops .

. So far he has used no herbicides orinsecticides and has experienced lit·ue or no damage from pestilence.

Pless has displayed a consuminginterest in better fanning methods allhis life and was at one time astatewide runner-up in 4-H competi­tion .

This interest IS apparently continu­ing nod growing and promises topoint IOward increasing quality infresh vegetables ror a limited Dumberof people who .....icipale ill hi> proj ­

ect.

of the time the kids had 10 get out andwade to push-the canoes through the

. shallow places. " Diehl said . " Acouple of the kids got cuts from someof the junk in the water ."

Park-district director Tim Droge­man agrees thai the introductionof the canoe livery . this year basheightened awareness of me river'scondition on a much widerscaJe. Thefeeling of various groups and indi-...iduals now coincides with the .

. Friends of'the Old Millstream . whichhas been ipterested in form ing acleanup operntion for several years.he said .

the young volunteers from the bridgeon Ohio 235 in BlanchardTownship.

" If 20 people can .do this much.just think what we could get eccom­plished with abo.. 200 people."

TIlechurch group. under the direc­tion of pastor Dennis Diehl. belongsto YOU (Youth Oppnnunities Uoit·ed). They decided to clean up theriver for their civic-project require - .ment. -

Diehl said the group received afirsthand experience with the largeamount of junk in the river on theirrecent 21-mile canoe trip to Gilboa .

" The river was pretty low and a lot

in recent months about the possibilityof organizing a massi ...e cleanup ofthe stream . but no coordinated efforthas ever materialized . But: with thisyear's introduction of the canoe liv­'ery , which is a conce ssion of the parkdistrict. the outlook for an extensiveproject may be a reality .

" We ' re hoping this is just the be­ginning of a much larger uedertak­ing;" Kuhlman said as he watched

This article is excerpt... fromone that nUl ill the Aug , 22 Find ­tav, Ohio. Courier.fr is reprintedher t' bypermis:..ion,

BASKET OF PLENTY - C8rl PlessJr. carries a basket of BlueLake beans on his six acms of rowcrops. whicIlani available lor cuslomer.l w!lo wanllo pick !heir own. (Pholo courtesy the Concord, N.C•• Triblllfl)

Het~ies dijjerent approach'to tarming'By Ed ·Readlag . tor custoeee picking or pic~ to Com is one of the conunoditie.S he • wolt.~ ~loseJY with his father all his

ROCJ<:WElL . N.C. -Carl Pless order by himselfand his helpers . plans to pick to order for his cessom- .Iife and has added the be" in educe-Jr .. who lives with his. parents on He has already begun -picktng ers . - , tion to his practical experience.Pies.... Road . off Sapp .Road near the bushels. of" beautiful Blue -Lake , "Our plan is-to grow the higbest~ . He iSa graduateof Nortb Carolina~aIYMnls-~wan ~~nty.-line: is try. - beans. ' and _3 good hin earty I~~ quality vegetables in quantities to -•• -Stete University -and 'rece ived his~ng something a~u djfferent In f.arT1lJo:"~ week.. promises .~undance of-hiS-- . 'provide people with what they need -:mg row crops flus year . other vegetables ID the near future . for canning and freezing; " Pless

He has six acres of com, beans. Pless plans to open a roadway said , "because there is a differenceblack-e yed peas and Crowder peas. from P~ess Ro~just across the cr:ek in garden-fresh, quality vegetablessnap beans. butter beans and, on a _ from his father s home to a parlung and vegetables which are shippedsmaller, experimental stage , squash, lot wbif;:hhe will prepare for people and sold days after they are picked."zucchini and several other garden ' todriveinto!he~rdersofhis~e1ds. Young Pless is enthusiastic aboutvegetables. . He basfive .kmds of com , includ- his venture and appears 10 be emi..

109 two experimental types, one of - . .Customer picmg which was recently developed for the nef'ltlyqualified to undertake It .

All of his produce will be available gigantic cornfields of the Midwest . Being reared on a farm , he has

CUDS. were earned up the steep bankin ba..kets from San-A-Purc DairyCu,

Se veral area groups ha ve ap­pro uched the Hancock Par\. District

PASADENA - Mail ·processing director RichardRice reports his departmenthas recentl y recei ved so meunusual literature requestsfrom listeners 10 the Work'sbroadcasts and readers of its ,literature .

Someone requested ThePail Horse,

Another listener wrote ;" Please send us your bookletThe Plain Truth Abour ChildR~aring before we lose oursanity ." ,

A letter requested The TrueGossip.

One writer wanted • ' thebooklet that explains whereEnoch and Elijah are presentlyresiding ...

People often mi sspellGamer Ted Armstrong'sname , Mr . Rke said. Two re­cent examples: "Gunner TedAll11Slrong" and " Gomer Ted

_Armstrong ." .

.'TrueGossip'

River cleaner thrmks .to YOU·By Dave Verbonitz

FINDL AY. Ohio - Spendin g aSunda y morning pull ing tires, dis­carded stoves , bedspring s and o therasso rted j unk from the BlanchardRiver may not sound appea ling butabout 20 young members of theWorldw ide Church of God seemed toenjoy e very moment ,of their wuter­log~-ed efforts.

And m...ny persons interested in··t he o ld millstreurn" hope thai theendeavor will be a kickoff for a muchlarger cleanup of the river . '

The church group volunteeredtheir services after M:cinifthc cond i­tion -of the river u few weeks <&guwhile tak ing a MilhtreaOl CanoeLivery (rip from Findlay to Gilboa .Livery opcruters Bob Kuhlman undBill Heidlebaugh ucccpted the offerto improve the -condition of thestreum: and' with a few phone callsSunday' s miniclcanup was ' or -ganized . • .

The enthusiast ic voluntec rs filledtwo dump trucks , donated byKarboff Excavating. with a wide as­-ortment ofj unk. Much of the debris ,sUch as the stoves and an old hot­water tank . weighed a great deal. The..mailer items. ..uch a.. boule .. and

MISCELLANEOUS

LOMPOC ,Calif. -Le~lie C. Rheam,;.78. died unupectedly al hi~ ho me hereAu!!.28.

Mr , Rhcam:-. whoal1ended theSan l.ui ,;Oht:-..po. Cali f.. congreg.at ion , had been amember \If Gnd' !1 Chult'h ~in""t 1961,

Monday, Oct. 10, 1977

We fead of yo ur new "'bundle': In 'heWN anp ...anl

~;;:~~y~~o'~fo% ~~e~~~~,~ Mik e .od Pam

We were surprised to hearol yo ur reee ni addi llonlothel.mdy,Ooyleandk.ren Welbo rn. bul now It!OHmS complete wllh one boy and one 9,rlCongr ..ISl The T. Stelflb.aclts

plly to r our Iwo ChIld ren and me , as reeseproblems deeply all8'Ct our en fll. tam tiy . CarOlyn(Suel Osterme yer

Bon YOyage 10 Gr aeme and $<Illy SkHI aU t",...tles l wlln your lulure . te 1MSydney . AusUalIaFrom your BrICkel Wood Inends R,cnar d FIOnaBdl, J ane , 6ue K.. Allan . Jac k.. M. rgral Susan

rOr::~M:;~:leja=1n~?ra;I:~~e:~nol Iorge tll"9 W.llord Junl't lOn and 51 AlbansAbbey - ""

FOLLOW-UPMy pr aye r req uest app eared in Ju ly 4 OWNccnoucns ha...e not improved lo r me and now Isutler severe allergy prOblems. Each day hasbecome a Slruggle lor survival. and I am left

~~~~~~ ~~~I~~aCS;pr:~;~or~i~u~o~II~~e~~~~~co nl tnued pr ayer s that God WIll crcv ce thenecessary relool. wener COOk 8400 Blue RidgeEllt .• Kans3S Cily . Mo.. S4t38

ColIn al"l(l I ...ould ~ ke 10 thank our brelhlen H'Imany COU"llr'teS who ha.....written 10 U$ and our7-ye.r-old toSler son. Anlhony . There are no

~~:I::sr:~:xr~~~::=are being broug hl conslanlly belo~ our Io....ngF..ther tor HIs help . prolec1iOn and gUldal'lOe, Asthe . ...tho. ....s make lhetr widespread searChnow to treet Anthony's naturoJlpar. nIS. we canonly w.lI pattenl ly and IruSI Cohn and Maryse etcn .

THANK-YOUS

l 'ANCASTER _ Pil. -:- P;IUI Kummer.M7.. a membe r of the Harri:-.burg. Pa.•l·hurch. died at hi ,; hun'll: he~ Aug . 19after a bri ef ill~:-.....

Mr. Kummer wa s a re tir ed scl f­empLoyed land -.cape garde ner in Ibe Bd.l­timuR: . Md . . area :

A nalive of SwilZerland . he i... ,> urvivedby hi.. wife . ~hler: a !>On, P-..ul. nf Balli­moll:'; two dllug.hlers . 8c"r1haPlanlholl andLydia Stale....buth of Ballimo~ ; a ""ep~ll1 .

Ray H. RClk:a y or Naple:-.. Aa . ~ a '>lep­daught e r, Jean Schm in of Lancaster :!ooC\len J;ra ndch ild ren : IWO ~reat ­

1!ranJch ildren : and a si~(cr . Frieda Kum ­;ner of Switze rland .

Be sl WISheS 10 Itl e grandp arents 01Nadoa tAa"eKubi k Ma uroee al"l(l Carol Ma l le ry .nd NinaKubik . We r. sure you 'n love that new bundle 01lOy' t.ove . the Sle'l'lbackS ' ~ _

LITERATURE

We want 10 wlShourlam.lles. ~ry h appy FOTand tl'lough ...e w.1 be sca ttered yOUri all be ,n

~~~~~• .~:.Eg:~ T[;:'::t a~ .'~:Steinback and Ch.-tes. Manty rv'l . Jo lin Ma r1< andEmma Jane Denny. If'OfIlTom a nd Charta

Judy VI.I1rIgOYICh: Hurr.h' I m so glad lo r youCongr.a~uI'lI~s!.Ela llle J .

Joy . shOuld we. $W'llCh seal S th IS y. ar 31 IheFeast? " Trolbte ' ls co ming one da, earty, Guess •wno - II s you. seatrTlale. SectIOn {I Poconos

I would like 10gel in lO~hwlth the man who bu,1lthe "d unkll1g machll1e. II he dOesn t read thISadwHI someone who know s nim Inlorm him 01 II.Thanks! Waller Sluar! . Vl16

Mr. B'I Palty . V 124, is incapacflated and has a~~n braille he WOuld li ke lo .do n.te to

Co ngralulallon s. Leo and Jane Van Pel i On yournew son Lo...e Tom and Char Sleinb ack

Charles H. • nd Marilynn A. Denny~ to Ihankalt lhe many Churc h fri.nds and lamlly .....notra.....led long dis tances 10 .nend o ur .....eddingJune 12 and lhe many otners 01IXIngralulatlOnsoy.r the su mmer . A spe CIal tha nks to IheFIoc:h..ler -Syr8Cuse lIod othe r Ne.oI York ·areachurches lor lhe wedding Ie.sl .nd .11the lime~';:~nrl01j= :e~k. 11t tle most memorable

I ha.... . spa.e set 01The a,bIaSrory, Vols , 1 105and wo uld be glad 10 Iorward them 10 a personwho r.ally wants them. V I2Q

I would ~k. to oblaln old AC ceee sccooe eceCourse .nd Vol. 1 .nc! n 01 The Bible Slory .Dianne Ginltl8r. VU8

Wa nted': .fl lcles and cI/l:iptng s inl er ...lewsbiographie s end especially oblluane s aboul

:::j::;:;~:~~I~~r~tIl:y~~~~,~~~Slel.~~~V11 5 •

ObituariesAITK IN , Minn . - Lilly Hag4uhl . 7 1.

died Au~ . 17 al ~r ~lnlC ncar hcrC tlfanappardll hcan alt..:l. .

. Mr. . Hilg4ui", wa,;bapt iLed in 1 96.~ andaneTKkd church in Br.linerd . Minn .

She wa... lhe wfdnwuf Alf red Ha~l.j u i :-.1.

.....hn d ied in 19·1[1. Her dauglller , Shirle yKleinu ..... . al",) a member. died in 11;74.

Mr. . Hagl.jui:oot i:oo ..urvi v cd hy on.: '''In.Denni:oo , of Aitkin . a lso a membe r: the:oo i:-.tcr.. ; and two bmlher:oo .

Trylflg to locate someone 10 ~ ...e wll h me III mytIome Could be c ouple or SIOQIe lady I am amember ol l ne Worldwide Ch urch 01God Ld ~an

_ E. Slepnens O.nard. Cak' . V117. P!IOne (8051485-1257

Happy .nnivers.ry IOlhe Indian .a Ted Rus heslrom Ille Florida Jon Rushes l

Brethren. 1M V.Inoouver. B.C , a5l< your prayerstor • beloved SISler . Rose has eye lr ouble- andhas sullered Ihtoug h o ne o pe ra ho n and

~~;;~ ::r :~I~::;"h:~eS't.'as: ::~~ I,nlenrene . Only He ca n nea l ner wlI l'loul l heI'\eed lor lurtner surgery .

Urgen t. Pleat; e pr.y ,lo r the healmg 01 unus ualcases 01 problems 01 lhe spine ,n two 01 my

~::Ih~d~:~it~~ gJdse~Jf~~~. s~~~~::~ .grandd aughter ISIhrealened ..... ilh operation tlOOn.

Brelhren. please pr.ytor:he terrible teebngsofhopelessness.o<I despair . m.rita l problems andottle r situabon l: and circurnSlance s. Thank you,

Prayer ~uesled lo r a dear IrieocI Mrs. KaleKiser . She IS m her 80s and has gal lslOnes.ndcance rolthe slom ach . WolAd kke all the breth ren10 pray and ...k God 10 heal her . Mri Vugtl E.BlJley .

SPECIAL REQUESTS

go~t'~I~~~;:~' and Brenda lingle on your

Happy seco nd annrvers .ry Wall er and I<alhyDoien go !

Congra!4llaliOns .Oleh and Doane(~I Ie'ry) Kubokon your IIIlh wedding .nn....ersary Sept. 16

Happy 161h. Mr . and Mrs . Charles Van ofPIcayune . MIss .

Twenly years 01-mamage lo r Mr .nd Mr s .Leon8fd OIi...er , Sep!. 21.

Warm wish .slo J.mes.nd Odie Spence on youreigh fh anniversary.

Brelhn!n.pIe"MPI'.ytormyn~. 8dI who,s" and I~ s....r. pt"ObIems and Inl. Al$O

MR AND MRS. RICHARD ARNOLD

ANNIVERSARIES

Anniversary wtshe s 10 Mr. and Mr s . Sy lva n ·Arlthony and Rlch.,d"1llnd Mary e.ne on )'OurSepl, 17anniverlar~

H..ppy lol'1h .nnive rtary . Bruce and Sa.ndyKoesler. Hop. you have m.ny . m.ny more..,.._.

MR, AND MRS. BlU EVANS

Bil l and Boo nie Evan s celebr 8led lheu 30thaNu ve·rslly July 22 . Bolh .. re Iongh me members ,Mr . Evansh.s ...or ked 1o'l hecnurcnS 'f'lCe195 7They l'Iave t...o d'l4clrer. K.n Eya ns 26 .ndLalauM . 12

:,:t,s: ~n1:~'1~~,::"';.17 :~sos~::gral"d$orl .IOmonUlSold·lUSlbeg.-.nongtowaik

PI• • se , br.tnr e n. your pr.yers ur g.n"yrequested to r a membPr . a wtdo_lhree yearsnow....1'10lSgreally depr essed al tlme sduetoll1eIoSl0' a belOvedcompanlCln . my Wlle , A1soha ....

~~?~=~:~r:~:t::inr~~e~1ym~: ;'I~=~.I$, I ,$lncerely be lIeve 1M~ S healing

I am ,Sklng tha i special prayer be oftered up 10

~~~~::t:;~=:::i~a~'~,: ~~:=!OI';=o,If'ljUSljlMjgesollh .world Soplea:le cry un to ourFather on my behall

O••r R ichard and FIOna . congratulal lOns o nyou r 1"51 wedd tng ann iversary Sapl 26 and

~~/lo~~~16:~ ~~~ ;:e~:~y ~e.rs Afl

Dear Mall . Sep!. 29w~1 mark tnree year s Since wegol mamed Those. Ihree yea~s nave tleen tht'

.most hawy'od lulhlled 01my ~ fe . Thank you lors.eing me Ihrough Ihe whole exptlnence 01pregnancy and molherhood I love you , YourWile. Fran ~

Mr. and Mr s . Do n Law son ar. pleased to

~~~~~,'h:n;:~~W'a~~~h~:~I , d~~~:e~rR;:Mrs . MIX Hill 01Columbus . Ind,Theweddong "'!I$

r:~:'~~ys~~r~~:nb~~~U;;:s2~a~~~i~~honor . and Watler San. rh ld was besl man . Thehappy 00_ now resx:les If'l Columbus. In<!

ll.arty Kahlitr . daugh .... of Mrs , Norma I<a~r 01

~:~1t~.: =:=~~=.~....... united in n'IoIrrillge by Mr. Robert PerskyJun4t?6. ~ol'honofw.JullaArnold.llndbe~man we":> .Ie- ' y Waner.. The oo~ no- reSIde.al V12J

Geoff and Aileen O'Ne i l QI Melbourne. AuslTa~a

~1·cf:Y~~e~~"::::;a~:.m~rrD~~o:.;:~WhIl• . eide SI son of RObef1 1f'ld Jo anne Whll . 01St . Alba ns . VI . The cou ple w.s ma med InMelbo urne July 23

MR AND MRS. CHARLES DENNY

Mrs . Ruby Knighl of Canon . Ga.. IS happy to

~=~ot~r.mB~~~:r:lB~~:r~~~r·o~'M:t.Auda T.e Baker of Owasso. Okla . The .....eddingwas perform&(! by the minlsler 01 Ihe .Alhenschurett, Mr . Jim Franks .JUly 30 al Canon . ChrislyDeller Martm was matron 01honor . and Dar rellRldgll"Nay I~e besl men

MR. AHD IIRS. BlUY BAKER

MR. AND MRS. THOMAS KIRKPAm lCK

Th e WORLDWIDE NEWS

De rase Ann Shaw . daugh ter 01 Mrs . Kather ineV..gonoa Shaw of Indiana poli s In<! and GeraldDya. Mozingo . son of Mr , and Mrs , Robert 0.1eMozongo01 Gree nsbur g Ind WE're unlled In

C:r~~g~s~~~~ ..3an~r !n~~:~a:~~rb~~u~~~== •performed lhe ceremony The couple resides 1Mtndlanapo~s

Mr. Rob . rt Ro ul s 01 Grand Rap lCls. Mi nn ..perlo rmecl lhe m.rriag. ceremo ny of Ma rilynl1 ARICe Tampa . As .. and Charles H Denny local• lde r 01 Syracuse NY.. June 12. Allendants....re JOseph and Cathy HorChak . LaVerneCahl. . besl man .nd matron 01 honor . Mr . andMrs , O.nny Nye .1 324 Long Brancn Rd .•Syracuse. N.Y.• 13209

~7&~:~i~~~~~:'~~~~I~O';eri:T,f'ff: ,';.0:very tnterest&d In tr....el and musIC; also antmals

~r.b~:m':n~'cn..z :.J;;~.7:~'I?a~ ' , Paxton

Co-work er . black lem.le.would kke IOwrite Olherco-worx er• . es peei.ally !hoseoltheMldwesl , f l.Smith. V I20 •

I wolAd I k. pen pals. boys or glffs . 11 10 13 lamT~rE=~.~r.. model roq.a1s aM mor~.

HI. Are there members 2310 28 ...1'10 w.sl't lO...nlea black West IndI.n (fem ale)? ,"lere$lS: o l.tdoorsports , mo....es. coolung. s_lng , phof09taphy.Please wrtle' Vl22.

ENGAGEMENTS

WEDDINGS

I am almosl 14 . would like bOys and gill s 10wnle Hobbles mecnanscs cookIMg mInibikesplanl s boalS DanIEll SeMler Vll0

who attend M OC htgan CI ty Church 00 I know yoU?LeI s!lnd out ' I graduated lromLPHS In 61 . No........e m Braden lOn. Aa Wnte soon Wem'ybe oldaCClualnlances or have mutua llnends , ChaneneIKlmmel1 Rush . Vl09

SORRY!We print personals only

from WN subscribers andtheir dependents. And wecannot print your personalunless you inc lude yourmailing label.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES HOOVER

I would like 10 wnte men and women 01adull ageInterested In baCkpacking and 01 world tra ~el

Walte r Sluart . vt t t .

$Ingle bla ck lemale (PM) . 27 , would like 10 wrItesmgle mal. co- workers or members 30 to 31Inlefl!$IS. bovtkng ..mo ...ies . musIC. ftshing tre...eIt.lls s t lla M, Waller .4208 Dola nd Or.. No . 100Fknt. Mlttt.. 48504

I am a mamber ollheChurdl.l ...ortI al . eatVel"in811 indu .lr'y. I wanl to OOfT9spondwllh Mr . eriCCopeland. tM sculptor Ol'"C8rvet' \IIrt'IOMte.luteappeared in WH. andotherwoodearvers lving inU.S.• Can~ .nd olhet ~11". Wifl tty 10answ.r .11mal . Harad Bhutoo, M. uriti us. V114

Member , m... . wish-e51ocorr.spondwith yol.O'lQWOrn&n 211030 who h ....... ,z.sllorhle andwanlto learn moreaboul it. Mike . VI 19

RUlh Janene Ste.1e and Charles Greh 8l'll Hoove r

~~~~~:{~t~~:~~~~~~emaTyler .Te ll .. church .Jlln Sleele . 'Isler of the brideser ...ed as maid 01 honor. K.ny Gr.enwoodByhalia . MISS.• S~ .SbeSl man . Th. couplewi r make theM"home It'I r:'iUSburgh . Pa

Mr. and Mrs , Roy Watso n 01 Morrinsville . New

~~:'~:Ug~~~. I~a~~~U~::h~ ~~a~:~~ ~Thomas . • Idest son 01 MI . • nd Mrs . Da idThomas of Melbourne. Austr.~• . The wedclngwill lake plllce Jan . 8 in Momnsvitle.• and theoouplewill ... . iOe in MelbolMT1e.

WALTON . D.... id and Dian e (Tho rpe ) , ' 01Caboo/ture , AUSlr!lh. boy , Jonathan $con , Aug.18. 8:02 a.m.• 8 pounc;ts.. ounces now 2 boys

~~=~a ~~I:r :~ ~~:"b:n ( ~~~e'~der~U~;14 857 a .m.. 8 pounds 1 OUflt:e !lrSI Child

WE BER. Glen ar'ld Connie (Rog ers) 01Cas!le9 ar. BC boy Pa~ Oane! . Aug 31 11 :30p.m , 9 pounds 15 OU"loes now 2 boys

aUICK , Bill and ·Peggy . IHaddo dll . 01

~~~~'~r~~~~A~~8RIGBY. Jerry find ShlllOn (Ha Ict1) 01 SaIl LakeCity , Utah . boy . M,,<1I. E1kl tAug. 11.5:15 a.m.. 8~ 12' 1 0lrlCeS.now 3 boys 1 girl

John Howard 01 lhe Sain i John. NB.. churchwrlle Ron Jaf)80n V107 . vrgenlly r. M S

I am a gIrt . 16 I would like a pen pal Iro m"n ywhere aroun d lhe world Irlere5ts' re. dlngSewing cooking spons . dancmg . I would ~ke

~~~ ,~1gb:~:trBt:~~~~~h~f8~S 01 15 10 18.

Would like 10 hear l rom LaPorte Ind , brelhre n

00 you want a lnand? Someone to oofTespondwllh?Someone t018l1llO? A "'~ Io lal k lo

you? I do . l am a female . 56 , ~'::;:' ~ ke to he.,trom gentlemen 55 10 65 I am • very w.,mIr>endly Oulgolfl g lady May Vl30

TREICHEL keith and Sus8Ol'\ol! of Toronto , Onl..boy. ke vin ketttl June 19, 11:34 a.m.. 9 pounds8'JolA'loes , now 1 boy.2glrts

JE FFE RIES . W,lham and Hallie tlY)) of 5 1louis. Mo.. ;1'1. ~lh Renee , Aug 23 1:02 • .m .7po~Uol.nOes.1'IOW3gtrb

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POLICY ON PERSONALS

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Local church news wrap-up

ARST YEAR - Fred Robertson , Richard Roberts and Fred Richardson , above, were ordained deacons Aug.27 when the ·Banning ,' GaRI.. churchcelebrated its first anniversary. Hany and Nellie Dotson, ·right were alsoordained deacon and deaconess. (See ''One Year Old ," this page.) [Photos by Jim Cavanaugh)

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A1fresmoerYkos ,

KELOWNA. B.C. - Surroondedby expertly trimmed landscaping ,

I sta tely trees and hue s and Scents fro man abundance of well -nurtured flow­en , the bre ihrcn here were treated toan alfresco Sabbath service Aug. 20.

The parklike area is part of theCanadian Agricultural Rese arch Sta ­tion, based in Summerland, which isbetween Kelowna and Pent ictcn. sis­ter citie s ove rloo king 'the placid wa-ters of the Okanagan Lake. .

Lyh: Greaves , re sident mini ster ,stood in front of 8 silve r birch withsunligh l gli stening through the net ·work of hanging branche s and leav esand talk ed about the beauty of cre­at io n. Following was a shortquestion-and -answer session. .FrankMurle)'.

of Porter' s Lake Aug . 6 through 8.(t ctivities centered around the wat er ,with canoeing and swimming: a nd anafternoon ' s hike a nd blu eb err y­pick ing expedition . .

The children especi all y e njoyed· sleeping- out-of-doors and thebonfire

sing-aloop and game s (Brit ish Bull­dog seemed to be the season' s fa v­orite). All was ~t play, however. Theminicampers were required to keeptheir te nts neatand to was h their dish ­es after every meal . Harle~ BOlha ;

Sapor Duope. Leopor

HAtuUSBURO. Pa. - At last, tbedreams and plans of mon than a year,came true for the preteens here. Lastyear they just talked about an outin gat theHershey ThemePark . This year .action was taken . The bij'c:haUengewas to raise t he necessary $450needed -for tickets and mcals ~ This

· proved to be.ec rwUorObstacle for 30preteens with .. goal of letting to Her­sbey Park and ridin, the SuperCooper Looper.

• For a fund-Bising project, the kidssold 80 cases ofpeenut-erunch cattdyand raised $624. Two of the super581espenons were lody ScheU, whosokl six case s. and Karen Zimmer­man, who sold fin .'• The trip was Schedu led for Aul. 23.The wealhcrwas perfect (l7 ;OOOotber"",,pie at Heisbey agreed) and thechaperons were plentiful . Needless tosay that after a day ofriding sucb ride sas the Coal Cracker, the .onster andthe Super Dooper Looper at least fivetimes , all slept like babies that night .Joel C. DUlt~ra .

Infonnal ~Ibk stUdy

LOS ANG ELES - An opportunityto fe llowihW in a :di ffere n t at mo·sphe re, a cha nce to have det ailed an­swe rs to Bible question s and morefrequent association with the brethre narc so me of the reaso ns given for

· Bible-s tudy atte nda nce by '00 me of t heme mbel"5 here .

The Los Angeles ch u"rch , p~tored

by Dr. Rod Mered ith. holds week lyBible o;,ludie' in a free community hall

(See WRAP.UP, P-o- 18~

'Family ute' _

FUNT Mich. -' The CAP (Con-.ce rned Abo ut People) Club heresponsored its fint~c Aug. ,27 in acommunity park .after sabbath ser­vices ..1be brethren gOt acquainted with

Mr . and Mn. Nelson Haas and theirtwo SODS aDddauahter. Mr. Haas haacome bere after a yeai's sabbatical at~busadot' CoDege.

Mn. Ha..a,a, club coordinator, an ­nounced club officers: KathleenRennert , secretary: Mariret Miller,treasurer; Betty Horchak and JoanWhitehead , service coordinator"and

_ assistant; Su san Howe, librarian :Diane Postema and Monica week,fund-raiser and assistant; and HelenBraman, scrapbook arranger, photog.rapher and correspondent . T heeergeant-et-arms Post is vacant. pend­ina: area and han locations .

The CAP Dub' , first meeting win 'be Oct. 17. N~e meetinp are plannedfor the year, witb a different hostessand cohostess eacb month. The en­roueent is the ta.rvest in Aint's his-­to ry with 53 women . Th e overall~: is " Fam ity Life : ' Helen Bro-

their sleeping bags covered with" aheavy frost and eagerly gatheredaround the roaring fire to~ up .

The gro up set out for hs second day ­of hiking. sto pping to fish by cascad­ing waterfalls. The biuCst challengeof the trip wa s 'c rossing the roaring,rain- sweUed McOoud River. A I~memberoftbc group crossed first andtied a rope 10 a tree, then the hikencautiously, one at a time, felt theirway across the slippery rocks,holdingonto the rope to tTy to keep their bal­ance in the swift current . .

Since the ic y waierwas thigb-highfor most, two 'sbc rte r girts 'NIUe given .pis;gyback rides across the river. LindtJWOOfur .

Bluebe rry-picking exped it ion

HALIFAX. N .S . - Ten chi ldre n.ages 6 to I I, ca mpe d out on the shore

Cakes DIlnOrd

GREELEY, Colo: ~ Members". here attended a fuU day of fun ; fine

food and fe llowship at Roosevelt Parkin Longmont , Colo " in the foo thills ofthe Rocky Mountains.

The re was so methi ng fo r aU ages,wit h mom ina games of soft ball andvolley bal l that awo ke so me tired , laz ymuscle s and sti rred up appetite s. Thechildren had games orpnized espc·cia Uy for them. ' .

Afte'r a fe ast of dill pickles ,ho me ma de s mo ked- be e f sa la mi,salad , two varie tie s of c hicke n, me atloa f, pot at o salad and coo kies . sometried the ir hand s at ho~shoe s .

A surprise event was the unveilingof three ca kes given in appreciation bytbe G reeley breth ren to paSlo r KerryDanie ls a nd his fami ly. The Danie l!;plan to move to Mississippi in the ncarfutu re. The ne w pas to r he re is ChuckZimmerma n. SU"t' Gooding.

The WORLDWIDE NEWS

PlgybHk river croolng

EDMONTON, Alia. - Spendingtwo days and one night on a 20-milebackpacking hike in the foothills ofthe Rocky Mountains - th at was thegoal of 16 teen s and six adull s from thec hurc hes here .E~r1y Sunday morn ing, Jul y 3 1, the

gro up began its hik e over highplateaus. lush gree n hills, stee p , rockycliffs an d creeks . Tra cks of moo se .elk , grizzly bea rs . dee r a nd couga rswere spo tted a long the way . .

Ten miles later the weary groupreac hed a la rge meadow where campwas set up for the e vening. The nextmorning the: cam pers awoke to find

were . worth it 'when the c hee rlead ersre turned home'having won one excel­lent and five superior ribbons and theSupe r Star Squad ribbon , given forsuccessfu l completion of a n eight­ca tego ry program. They a lso won thecoveted Spiri t Stick the third night ofev'aJua tions ~

Tbe cheerleaders are Sally Thomas,Tammy Powers , Rhonda Pease.BeccaWooten, Cindy Cope, StefaniePowers. Tara Wheat and LauraTerry,'Whoall attend the Dallas North andSouth Churches . Linda tseas.

PbqIlU presaatecl "<,

DES MOINES. Iowa - A potlUckdinner was held after services Aug. 13in honor of this year's high~.cbool

graduates : Deana Blackman. DawnSoss, Ji m Foshee, Deana Halvorsen,Tom Henderso n, Sheila Housken,Caryl Lehmkuhl, Dan Reyer, · CarlRo!S and Rena Roy. They were pre.sented-plaq ues afte-r the:dinner. I

Ruth Butler wrote the sc ript foreach plaque, which read : " Con gra tu­lalions . The DCs Moines Churchwishes you much happiness and suc­ce ss in your future endeavors ."~ numberofyoungmenand women

from this area arc attending Ambas­sador College th is fall for the firsttime . They, arc Deana Blackman,Dawn Boss , Perry Crabtree, KevinDowning, Tom Hender son, CarylLe hmkuhl, Rena Roy _a nd Rand yShanks . •

On "ug:14and IS, the VOU mem­bers wen t -on a ca mp-out at Okoboj iLa ke. Thirty-six. members and sevenadults departed from Ankeny, Iowa,

...at 9a.m ., arriving at Oko boji around 3p.m . that afternoon. lbey.set up campand had a meeting to plan acti vitie s.Th en followed paddleboat rid ing,swimming, canoeing, table tennis,pnbalJ. Foosball, volleyball and ,lalertbat'evening, a sing-along around tbecamp fire with Greg Rhodes playingthe guitar. .

The 'nextmomingwas a Bible studybefore breakfast . tbenmcre activities.But soon it began pouring rain, whichcontributed to a decision to pack upand return home . Since the teensdidn 't get Co finish the planned ac ­tivitie s, the y stopped at a Pizza Hut onthe way home , arrivrng back in An­ke ny at 9 p·.m : Harold Col~man andWanda Garrison.

Cherrit-ading cam p

DALLAS, Tex . - T he YOU c heer­leaders he re aneflded a week· long.hard·worki ng c hee rlea ding ca mp a tSo uthe rn Method isl Uni ver si ty inDallas AUll. 8 thro ugh 12.

With the day' s classes and activit ie sbegin ning at 7:30 a.m., the girls hadto rise before the sun. But the hardwor\(, the heat andthe 15-hourdays

200 pounds Or !Mof

BINGHAMTON, N .V. ~ Morethan 180 brethren of the Binghamtonand Pai nted Pos t churches held a pic·nic Aug. 28 at Big F1ats CommunityPark . . .

John Lambert was supervi sing chefas abo ut 20P pounds of beef was bar­bec ued for" the occasion . Games in­cluded a wheelbarrow race , a wate r­balloon-throwing centesr , volleyball ,so ftball and bc rsesboes . An a uctio nfo r the benefit of the local chapter ofYOU wa s held, netting more thanS153. Bob Porest ;

load". aod-..wbnmlng

BRAINERD, Minn . -Members ofthe church here held a poIluck picnicat Lum Park. ncar Braincrd on Aug ..7.Fun, game s, boating and ·s wimmingwere enjoyed by all. Phylli i Hagqui st .

Table--hopprn Rad "arkty.

CHATTANOOGA; TeM . - Thechurch here befde picnic at Harrisson .Bay State Park Aug . 7 : Swi mming ,so ftba ll, volleyball and an indoorgame room were avai lable . Each fam­ily brought a picnic lunch and theta ble-hoppers wet; able to feast witbvariety . .

O n Aug. I.S the Patchwork Girls'Club (the ladies' club) held a potluckdinner for the women's husbands and l

revealed their sec ret pals during thepreceding six months. The se secretpa ls had been giving 'small gifl s with­out signing the ca rds and some verysurp rised people me t th e ir anony­mous be nefactors. AI the end of theeve ning they drew name s fo r sec retpal s for the comi ng six months.

The lad ies' clu b has had several in-­format ive lect ure s at its meetings,

. covering needl ew ork , thre ad . selec ­sion, flowe rs a nd family living and atour of Etha n Allen' s. Charlt' fDickt'}".

Canoe ftot.lII.

COOKE VI LLE , T enn. - Th eYO U c hap ter here and sev eral par ­ent s took a canoe floa t down I.heSe­quatc hie River Aug _ 14. The groupgathe red at the ca noe base and wereready to shove off by 10 a.m. Seven-­teen canoes filled with ex citt'd teensan d appre hens ive adults began the 'nine-mile float that jasted abo ut folD'ho urs .

T he rive r was peaceful, though sev·eraI ca DQeists had to leav e thei r ca­noes to drag them off the roc ks o rthrough narrow c han ne ls. Most teensenjoyed swimming in the rive r fromtime to time .

Those who didn 't get wet by falling ,tippin g over or jumping into the riverbec ame wet from a thutlde rsh owe rth at ca me up j ust as the flotill areached the pick up poin t . Arl~n

Bry'fJnl. -

wo men hel ped to mak e the final picn icof the season a success by o rganizi ngc hil d re n 's ga mes a nd pr oviding

t. wate rmelon.The wome n.invited their husbands

or escorts to join them for their firstmen ' s night .(\ug. 21, enjoying a dinnerof filet mignon at Moon shadows Res­tau rant in Uniontown, Pa . PeggyHenry and her committee provideddeco ratio ns. Helen Miller brought re­spo nses from both men and womenwith her dive rse topics session. BettyEs tle e nligh tened everyon e on thesubject of cheeses. Bess Frit z stimu­lated tas te bud s as she de scribed winech oices . Jane Summy put it all to­gether by discu ssing uses of wine .Then Becky Johnson , club advise r,traveled beck into her past as BeckyWelch to give everyone a glimp se ofher life . Sha ron MC'll.. .

Monday, Oct. 10, 1977

BELLE VE RNON . Pa . - TheLadie s ' Club he re spe nt two busyweekends in Augus t. On Aug . 14 the

One ynrokl

BA N N ING , Ca lif . - The con­gregat ion here asse mbLed Aug . 27 foran afternoon of food, fun an d fellow­ship to co mme morate one year as ac hurc h.

The potluck me al was serve d at thehome of newl y o rda ine d deacon FredRobert son a nd his wife . Mari e, an dwas atte nded by mo re tha n 100 bre th­ren in the foot hiDs of the San Go r­gonio Mountain s.

FoUl"deacons and one deaconesswere ordained . the first ordinations inBanning: Harry and Nell ie Dot soJn.Fred Richardson . Ric hard Robert sand Mr. Robe rtson . Boh Smilh.

,,"'ine ch(l i~~~

Young people 's dance

AK RON. O hio - The YOU grouphere spo nsored a dance Aug . 27 forthe young people of the churches inthis area. T he music was provide d bya live band caJled Loc ious. Refre~h­men ts we re provided . Ch ris tineSwonge r ,

Spltk d hindquarter

ANDERSON . Ind . - " Lik e amini-Feast " was a descri ption givento the weekend camp-out of the An­derson and Richmond . Ind .• churchesby a number of the ca mpers . T hirty ­five famil ies. most slaying bo th Fri ­day an d Satu rday nigh ts. Aug. 19 and20. share d food , d rink s a nd fellow sh ipat t he Tall T rees Ca mpgro und inMod oc . Ind . ,

Sabbath se rvices. also attended bya number of noncamping members .focused on the World "T omorr ow .Five subgroups were given the firsthour 10 d iscu ss speci fic aspects o f tbefutu re ; the seco nd hour was spentshari ng the significan t ideas with theenti re group. The ch ildre n too k a na­tu re hike du ring this time .

Sat urday e ve ning, afte r a hindq uar ­ter of beef was spined ov er the fire byRobert Ben bo w, a sing-a long of old­time favorites la sted until voices a ndmemories ran out.

Su nday mo rning bega n with a soc­ce r ga me and en ded with rain tha truined' plans for soft ba ll a nd turnedane nt ion to packing tent s and equip­men t.

T he lua u-st yle be ef (e very piecewas te nd er) w as served be tweenshowers at midda y alon g with fire­roasted co m an d po ta toe s , Haw aiiandis hes , fru its and dessert s . GarvinG",n,.

How 10 bustJt.

ATLANTA, Ga . - Dance s he rewill never be the same again , thank s toth e e'ffo'i·tCof ·Ha·i e l ....A . 'Ha rr is ,member. For the past six week s, a ndstill going strong: abo ut 2.S co upleshave bee n Ica mi ngthe fox-tro t, wa ltz,swi ng, cha -cha, hust le, et c .

Hazel wo rk s as a de mons tra to r witha pro fess ional danc e instruct or in theAt lanta a rea. He r ma nner has her stu­den ts .be lieving the y are Ginger an dFred instead of just warm bodie s withtwo left feet . A fonnal dance is be ingplann ed as a graduation .

The late st Co urt of Honor for BoyScout T roop 709. spo nsored bv theAtlanta churc h, was at the OC- KalbFederal Ba nk build ing here Aug. 14.

Je tt T ucker, scou tmast er. briefe dthe pare nts a nd friends ofthc troop o nit s ac tiv it ies at "sum mer ca mp .Twenty -five merit badge s wereea rne d at cam p thi s yea r. Se ver alsco uts brou ght eve ryone up to da te on .activ it ies since the last awards pro­gra m . A ski t fo llow ed , then BillyBrya nt , senio r patro l leade r, gave abrief history o f sco uting .

The final po rtio n of the programwas for awards pre sen tation s. Fifteensco uts rece ived a to tal of 32 meritbadge s , 10 skiD a wards, sev en pro g­res s awa rds 'a nd nine patches forco mp let ing the mile swi m . Mar lhaO·Quinn.

18 T he WORL DWID E NE WS M o nday, Oct . 10, 1977

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION - Roderick Meredith. Los Angeles pas­tor, left in above photo. talks with Tom Taylor after Bible study. Ken Main.right in below photo. a deacon from the Los Angeles church, helpsGeorge Reed. a visrting member from the Long Beach church. with aquestion . Luella Jones, right, reviews notes before Bible study begins .(See ··Informal Bible Study." page 17.) [Photos by John H. Campbell I

Mountain camp-out

SHE RIDAN , Wyo . - The seco ndannual co mbined Sheridan and Bil­lings, Mont ., YOU camp-out was heldJuly 29 through Aug. 1 at CoffeenPad. in the Big Hom Mount ains westof here.

Everyone met at Neil Wolcott ' s('See WRA P-UP, P-v- lSi)

bigge r o nes from Mr. T . Hick s an d aJlwere homeward bo und. Francis Cann .

Non!>10p tal kers

PORTLAND, Ore . - The last ofsix youths returned Aug. 12 from theNorthwest Summer Camp on Tangle ­wood Island in Washington' s PugetSound . They were sponsored by thePon land Nonh Ad Lib be rs club . whoraised the needed funds with a rum-mage sale May I and 2. .

Acco rding to pare nts, the returningcampers talke d nons to p of archery ,riflery , water sports and the overn ightcanoe trip and camp-out.

Th e campe rs, their pare nts . andPortland No rth pastor Richard Dun­can expressed than ks to the Ad Lib­bel'S and members who donated their" trash and treasure s" to make it allpossible . Lauralee Reinhart .

Rusting skeleton '

PORTLAND, Ore . - Sunset July29 found 150 brethren of tbe PortlandWest church in a group camp ing areaat Fort Ste vens State Park near themouth of the Col umbia River read y toenjoy the Sabbath. Deacon Don Mar­son assisted in locatill8 suitab le campsites and organized the o uting.

Man y activities such as bike riding,hiking, walking on 'tbe beach and asoc ial hour were scheduled to give thebrethren many opportunities to fel­lowship . Within walking d istancefrom camp were two items of histo ri­cal interest : the'ru stieg skeletc n of thePeter lredale , a four -masted sai lingship that went aground in 1906. andthe Battery Russell , constructed in1904, which gained its fame in theearly spring of 1942 when it wa sshelled by a Japane se submarine. It isthe only fortifica1ion in the con tinentalUnited State s to be fired upon by anyforeign enemy since 1812.

Members aUgathered around for asing·along, led by four guitar pickers:Dan Oliver, ,lSob Conner, Don Hen­son and .Jim Harries.~~. Corsi.

RubbIDl .....hoI

SACRAMENTO, Calif . - E;gh­teen s ingle s here put backpacksweighing between 35 and 60 pound son their backs and marched up anddown hills from 6,200 to 7,500fee t inaltitude for 16rnileson Aug. 20 and 21.

The bot baths and rubbing alcoholflowed freely upo n returning home .Not all was negati ve though, as thehikers viewed breathtaking sce nery.swam in cool mountain lake s and en­joy ed fellowship around the old campfire . Though some say they're crazy,the singles plan to go back up intothose lofty Sierras again soon .

From San Jose, Calif., to Reno ,Nev -, and from Chico to Fresno ,Calif. , came 120 peopl~ Jul y 30 to hearthe seco nd singles seminar this year .Richard Rice , Pasadena pastor. spoke

, on how to cause each other throughdating to blossom spiritually.

Bill ButJer1ben spoke on bow singlepeople are becoming a majority in thiscountry and the expanding role ofthem in God 's Church today .

Following the seminar was a pot­luck meal , a lecture tape on lsnr.elitedating customs and a disco dan ce .

.Terry Hoover ,

.~ PuJIman.nID

ST. PETERSBURG , Fta .Twenty-three members of the Over40s here enjoyed a bus tour to SanAntonio, Fla .• where they board ed anold-fashioned Pullman train for a rideto Blanton , Fla., and back on July 31,

lt was a delightful day in spite ofhaving to wait for a bus rep lacement ,Th is made the group late for the 3 p .m.bus, so the members had to waitanot he r hour for the train ride .Eve ryo ne took the mishaps good ­naturedly and did some picture takingand fellowsh ipp in g, sto pping inTamp a for lunch at Aunt Hanie ' .s.Esthrr Lu.~d~mann .

Ptenoreplaces pitch pipe

PALMER, Alask a - The con ­gregatio n here has bee n strugglingalong witho ut a piano for more than amonth . Although song leader GeneVerne, pitch pipe in hand , has beenmore than equal to the challen ge, themembe rs decided to take act ion andraise some mo ney to purchase a usedpiano .

The week began Aug. 21 with a ga­rage sale and ended Aug. 26 with abake sale, with a total ofS710eamed.Soon the stray notes ' of the Palmersong se rvice will be held in check witha much-appreciated and bard-earnedpiano .

August also brought the summersess ions of the Busy Betsy's Club to aclose . The first August meeting wasconcerned with mann er s. The girlsparticipated in skit s that taught themeverything from how to answe r thephone to how to conduct-themselvesat a friend ' s house . The final meetingAug . 23con sisted oCa picnic, a visit tothe ice-cream parlor and a perusal ofthe Visitor 's Cente r Museum, Highpoint of the day , however, ' was awindy ride in the back of a pickup .Small pleasures for small girts . lindaOrchard .

of Baden Powell , fou nder ofthe scour ­ing progra ms.

Act iviti es included bad minton ,swing ball , hunti ng-the-flag (Da veRowing rules), mushroom pickin g anda sing-along around the camp {ire.

The field was shared with great to l­erance with two ponies , some geese ,chicken s and about 5,000 wasp s.

Monday afternoo n the co ntented •group, with the company ofa straykitten adopte d by Mr. and Mrs . JimHughes. bro ke camp and disappe aredinto the sunset . R.A. Pearson .

Britisb updaite

PLYMOUTH. England - FrankBrown , director of the British Work ,was guest speaker at a combinedmeeti ng at Saltash , Cornwall, of thePlymouth ; Exeter , Truro and Taun­ton churches on Aug. 27.

Mr. Brown pvc an update' of the·Work ' s growth in baptisms and Ii­nances 'and delivered the sermon.After service s. be and his wife had todepart to catch the train home .

In the evening the combinedLadies " and Men' s clubs of the samechurches mel for the final meeting of.Ihe season at the Duke of CornwallHotel in Plymouth. Mr. A. Tilmoutbwas top icma ster and toastm aster.Speakers were Mrs. M. Ogden, Mr.B. Deakin s. Mrs. V. Cann and Mr. J.Rapson . Mr. V. Came. pres ident. in­troduced John Jewell , director. for thesumming up and windi ng up. Theclubs wiu recommence in November.

Then the l ittle ch ildren were col­lected from Miss E. Evan s and the

Sblrf"ll bounce back

OMAHA. Neb . '""'"t Everyone had awonderful time at the skati ng partysponsored by the YOU members hereAug. 28,

After a potluck lunch . man y peoplewith tired and blistered feet bou ncedback with new en ergy . The afternoonwas spent playing volleyball and feet ­ball at Lake Manawa State Part inCounci l Bluffs. Iowa. Dianne Ono.

5,000 wasps

ORPINGTON . EnglandPioneers Mike Anderson, Andy Pate yand John Tate had paved the way forthe combined Brighton, '~aidstone

and Orpington churches' camp-outAug.'n through 29. 'The chosen sitewas Speldhurst , Kent, the birthplace

Childre n's dram a

NAS HV ILLE . Te nn. - A bas hfulAdam and a co nfident Eve were highpoints of the Women 's Club enter­tainment program staged at the Vol­untee r State Community College nearGallatin on Aug. 7.

The program also feature d dozen sof youngsters singing and play ing in­st rume nts. Mattie Tucker was pro­gram cha irma n . Associ ate pastorFred Bailey introduced the acts .Those taking pan in the program in­cl uded De bbie Mit ch ell , Kare nMitchell, Michelle Barn ett , Wend yBoz a rt h. Monte Tucker . C huckGwinn Jr .• Kim Ellithorpe, La Paraand Philana Pruitt , Angela Nichols,Cindy Grett , Laura Stoval l, Lisa Wil­liams and the Frazier sisters.

Som e 20 children took part in the" Creation" play. Damon Brent por­trayed a bashful Adam and HeatherFo x. an unperturbed Eve . JuanitaCo rbin and Sue Rutledge were incharge of this porti on of the program .

Follow ing were game s and cartoonsfor the children .

A cake and pie sale netted theWoman ' sClubaround $175. One cakebrought a hefty $10.75 and a rum piesold for $8.75. Assisting in the auctionwere deacon Paul Bell and TexMalone . Dave Duncan' stole the showwith his aucti oneer' s chan t.

Adult s were treated with the ap­pearance of several square-danc egroup s who so ught to advertise Iheirbrand of country dances. Tbose whowanted to learn the art were wel­co med onto the floo r and a patientcaller sounded call after caD in an ef­fort to teach and entertain. And. withamazingly lillie practice, brethrenwere soon doi ng some fancy . yet .sim­pie, steps .

Numerous prizes were award ed ;ranging from long-play recordi ngs towire fencing . Credited with obtainingthe ite ms was Mary Hutcheson .EI'f:'I"t'"Corbi'l .

were Manue l Corpuz. Axel Lim.Johnn y Bar it , Claro Ting and Flore n­cio Balde varo na . Their respectiveevaluators were Aveli ne Marr iano .Samuel Libroio . Ale x Espi no. BenitoYadao Jr. and Isabelo Alvaran .

Mr. Adai r evaluated the spea kingport io n. Mr. Mirto pinned the ribbon son the awardees. The topicma ster andthe toas tmaste r were both rated as" vel)' good" ; most helpful eva luato r .was Mr . Yadao ; mo st e ffec tivespeaker was Mr. Barit : and most im­proved speaker was Mr. Ting .

The last ponion ofthe affair was theawa rd ing of ce rtifi ca te s to thegrad uates : Alberto de Guia, Jose dejaCruz, Mr. Libroio, Anna ndo Madrid ,Anton io Manapat , Melchor Radub an ,Marcelo Say an. Sl xto Yap , Mr.Dorado , Mr . Es pino , Aramis Patane ,Mr. Maniano and Mr~~Yadao.

Pict ure- taking sessions followed.Florencio S . S~bastian .

Roseberry Topping

MIDDL ESBROUGH, Engl and ­Tbechurch here held its first majorsoc ial ac tivity since becoming a fullweekly church on Aug. 21.

Despit e rathe r damp cond itions,so me 20 people turn ed out to conquerthe sce nic Roseberry Topp ing, nes­tled in the nearb y Clevel and Hills.Me anwhile , back at the JohnChishol m home , a buffet meal wasbeing prepa red by some of the womenfor the hikers .

The meal was followed by a sing­.along conducted by YOU membe rsChris Harr is and Derek Wallace andYOU represe ntative Jeff Kidd. Theentertainment included a rendering of" Side by Side" by Len Speed , withvocal bac king by Mr . C hisho lm.

- About 35 attended the evening 's ac­tivities.

Both the hike and the sing-alongwere organi zed by YOU membe rs .Muriel Chisholm and Maureen Kiddhandled the food prep arations andMr. Spe ed prepared t he specialty ," toasted cheese-and-onio n buttles."h ff KieM.

(Co nt inued from page 17)in nearb y Inglewood . Dr. Mered ith isassis ted by assistant pasto r RufusTurner and loca l elder Mord akhaiJosep h.

The format features audience par­tic ipa tio n in di scu ssion of news eve ntsre lating to Bib le pro phecy a nd cu rre nteve nts and the to pic of the night .either the current Bible subject ofstudy or a regula rly schedu led co m­munit y 'epic o r Christian-living prin ­ciple . Tw o rece nt e xample s we re mar ­riage a nd fam ily re lat io ns hips as see nfrom a non -Chu rch vie w a nd heal thand die t.

Enthus ias m is high with thos e at ­tendin g. New s of the Wed nesday­night Bible st udy has dra wn mem be rs .from th e nearby Lo ng Beach andGlendale churches . Refreshment s areserved at the co nclusio n of the study .John H . Cumpbdt.

Aliplno ladies' ni2ht

MANILA . Philippines: - The Aand B Spokes man cl ubs here heldtheir ladie s" night Aug. 21 at Max 'sRestaurant (Oreenbelt Mak ati I, re ­markabl y Filipino in style and charac­ter .

Director Co lin Adai r opened themeeting . Gil L1ane za was top­icmaster . Unfortunate ly. the sou ndsystem was not working properl y andthe sound was ofte n garbled and d is­toned . cau sing the confused pa ni ci­panlSio be hesitant to join in. Spokes­man Club B director Pike Mirt oevaluated the first half. .

Then B vice pr-esident lrenec Mar­quez introduc ed the Lark s. who ren­dered a n intermission numbe r. Din­ner followed sho rtly.

B President Felix Dorado openedthe spea ki ng port ion . pre sentingHermilando Bauz a as toa stm aster .Theme for the even ing was .. Humorand Cha llenges of Life." Speakers

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WICHITA. Kan . _ - Membe rs ofthe church here square danced 10 thecalling o f Russell George . an intern e­uonel caller who . for S5 years . hascalled squar e dance s in the UnitedStates and Ca nada .

The dance was Aug. 14 in the IndianCe nte r . re cently com plet ed as amuseum for Indian arts and crafts anda meetin g place for Ind ian tripe s in thearea.

Mr. George patientl y gave in struc­lion in square dancing. ass iste d by hiswife .

Durin g lntermisslon . the Wichitacheerleade rs. under the direction ofJanice Fahrenholtz. performed someof their rout ines. The cheerleaders areJulie Garden , Rhonda Hayden. PaulaMcFaU , Renee Pankratz and KarenWoodbridge . Refreshments wereprovided and sold by the cheerleade rsto help raise fund s for new uniform s.Fa)'~ Camptwfl .

tog.sawing contest

WISCONSIN DELLS. Wis . - Thechurch here held its second annualharvest fair Aug. 21 in the Festivalaudi to rium . The fai r. planned byMaurice Ben son , was co nducted inco unty-fair format with perti cip anr sentering exhibit s to be ju dged .

The 115 entries in II categories in­cluded fruits and veget ables. can nedand baked good s. handi craft s and anwork. Mr. and Mrs. Loren w einbren­ner and Robert Corliss did the ju dg­ing.

In addition to the typical picnic ­type activi ties was a log-sawing con­lest. The tea m of Bill Lab us and JoeEller too k first place with a time of 25seco nds to saw through a log with atwo-man ..uw. Mr. Benson and Mr.Weinbrenner took ..eco nd place . JoyceEller showed that log ...awing is notlimited to he-men whe n she tea med upwi th fellow YOU member Te rr ySandrmreandplaceUlhinl witha hand­icap . ; 011 11 -'0"":("""'1.

Falls in St. Fra nces Lake near the Ar­kansas borde r. led by Lyle Joh nson.who plann ed the route and made thearr.t.ngements .

Seven miles late r the y made camp.The seco nd day they covered about 15mile s . Fo llow ing supper. the boysco ut.. gave a cam p-tire program. Thenevery one retired under clear skies .

However . about 3 a.m.• some wereawakened by the unmistakab le rum ­ble of thunder. Those who were sleep­ing out batte ned down their plas ticove rclo rhs. Those inside tents kept onsleeping. The rain grew more inte nse .acco mpanied by winds. Tho se of thegro up who kept the ir plastic o verthem tightly fared best. Only one tentstood up under the blasts of wind.

Joe Cox got a fire going as the rainwound down to a drizzle and wetcampers gathered to be revived withcup s of hot chocolate .

About 2:40 p.m . on the fourth day,the canoeists were delighted to see theCrying Owl sign that marked the endof the trip . Only IWO swampings oc­curred. The most serious incident wasthe loss of a pair of eyellasses .

Beverly Barbour, Cadette leader,planned the food for the trip andsupervised the preparation and pack ­ing. She dried aDthe meat .nd vegeta­bles and orpnized the kitchen andcooking equipment . SanJru Hinmcm.

GeI-aq._IM td:

TWIN FALLS. Idaho - A Bet­acquainted lea was given for MarilynMagoon by Sharon BUTJeSl at thehome of Betty Burgess as a welcome10 the Twin Falls church . Mrs .Magoon is wife of Herbert M~n.new pastor for the church here and inBlackfoot , Idaho .

The tea table was decorated withfresh summer flowers . Iced tea andcoffee were served with petit foursand mints in colors matching the flow-en. •

Those attendinl were seated in acircle and changed seats every 30minutes to help all become ac­

"q uai nted . A door prize of hand­_ painted pillowcases wa s won b y

Louise Siaugenhaupt.A bouquet offrt:shly picked flowers

w as presented to Mrs . Mag oon.Shum n Burgns.

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three -day trip to Southern CaliforniaJuly 31.

After 10 hours of driv ing, the firststop was Cardiff-by-lhe-Sea, wherethe San Diego North teens were hostsfor the Tucson teens with a beachparty and cookout.

On Monday . Aug. l. the teens fromboth Tucson and San Diego Nonhrose bright and early to drive another4.5minutes to Anaheim to spend a dayat Disneyland.

Tuesday the Tucson teens went on10 Pasadena for a guided tour of theAmbassador Auditorium. With timerunning out , a Iast -paced trip wasmade around the coUqc. eampus.

The group then had lunch in thestudent center and was back on theroad headed east at 2 p .m ., arriving inTucson at 1:30 e.m. with sleepy eye sand aching feet.

Coordinators are Irwin and JoyceSteagall, Walt and Ann Tannert and "Ray and Paula Messer. Tucson pasto rLa rry Neff also acco mpanied theteen s on the trip . Darlarue S"agal/ .

"co" oleoi'll

TORONTO, Ont o- A former lux~

urious private estate, nowthe campusof Seneca Colleae near Kina City .Onr., was the seuing for a TorontoWest picuic Aug . 28 . Wit h greengrass , evergreen trees, a clear lakesurrounded by biUs and warm sun­shine after days of unpleasantweather, it was a blessing.

Six hundred cobs of com wereroasted for the luncheon main course .Cobs were dipped into a large can ofmelted better. The roasting and serv ­ing was deftly handled by pastor GaryAntion and his crew. ..

Man)' eRjoyed- '~wimmirig~ 'ea­noeieg, games and watermelon. Amen's volleyball team was losing by 8points until Judy Faulkner. pianist forSabbath services , joined the team andbrought it to victory . Tobi Burbachgave her son, David. a lesson in ca­noeing. or was it vice vena? Anyway,the y were prepared. both wearingtheir swimsuits . Hart Adloff. soon tobe married to Donna Petch, was notgoing to a- pend on his memory. as hetook a multitude of pictur es with his SO-milecanoe tripcamera equ ipmen t. Bil/ Moort' . TU LSA. Okla. - Fifty miles and

Whirlwind Irip four days 0'canoe ing were t:rl"mple tedby a mixed gro up of Tulsa boy sco uts

T UCSO N . Ari z. - The YO U and Cadette gir! sco uts and adult lead-member s here s lee pily found their ers . By !:30 p .m . o n Aug. 21. 17 ca-way to four vehicles and start ed on a noes and 37 peo ple took offf ro mTwin

GIDDAP _ Rosemary Dean. left. rides a ponyduring family night at the South Sydney church .Cassandra Wel ls, below, dressed as a black cat,receives an award for best costume from SydneySouth pastor John Comino . (See "Fancy-DreesParade ," this page .) (Photos by Brian Hose (

SAWING LOGS _ Joyce Eller , left. proves log sawing is not for he-menonly . She and her partner. Terry Sand mire , right , placed third in theIog.sawing cootest at the Wisconsin Dells ctllrch 's second annual har ­vest fair . Joe Familefti, center. keeps records of the event. (See "Log­Sawing Contest, " this page .) IPhoto by John Torgersonl

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Meals on Wheels benefit

T AMPA . Fla . - Art hur C .Mokaro w. exec utive director of theHuman Pote ntia l Cente r of AICF. vis­ited here Aug. 22. Ron Lohr, Tamp apastor. arra nged for an intervi ew forMr . Mok arow wit h fine-art s radio sta­tion WUSF-FM. An evening meetin gwas at the Airport Holiday Inn . withabo ut 80 people from Tamp a . St.Peter sbur g. Lakel and and other sur­rounding churches attending.

He outlined what AICFis all about.giving exampl e s of how funds havebeen raised in several areas to helpexisting projects . such as . for ch ildabus e and alcoholi sm. Mr . Mokarowpointed o ut that AICF asks commu ­nity leaders to tell AICF what theirneed s are and how much money isneeded to accomplish it. Then AICFdetennines the best way to raise thatamount .

Many who came to the meeting ex­pressed interest in havinl an AICFchapter here .. Bill Starling is AICFcoordinator for this area.

Community service. a aoal of theTampa Women's Club, became a real­ity Aug. 21. The women were spon­son of a spagbettj..dinner benefit forthe Meals on Wheels program. a vol­unteer organization that providesmeals for the elderly, crippled andothers unable to care for themselves.

Local churches. newspapers andradio stations gave support with erti­des and announcements . The projectwas covered by four TV stations.Local merchants donated 26 doo rprizes . including a TV and four familypasses to Busch, Gardens. MemberCarl Gennaro was also given 8 familypass. to Busch Gardens for selling themost tickets, 121.

The dinner attracted 650 people . Abake sale was coordinated by MarthaCotterman. with all types of bakedgoods donated by the women of tbechurch. Coordinator for the drink swas Ann Blenccwe. The Senior Citi:zens' Kitchen Band provided an hourof song and comedy entertainment.

Tot al pro fi t was 51, 2 10 : t heWomen ' s Club recei ved $242. theloca l YOU received 5181 for its helpand $787 was don ated to the Meals onWheels program .

Pro ject coordinator was An itaGen naro ; Jud y Padgett handled TVand med ia advert iseme nt : Kath y Fikewas in charge of the vo lunteers: andCorrine Ward arranged for the o rprizes . Judy Padgr n and Jim BIOI.

Also featu red were a game of musicalchairs . a white-elephant stal l. a PJt ­luck meal and hobby and pho to dis­plays .

Special guests were Nort h Sydneypasto r Pete r Whitting and West Syd­ney pas to r Alan Dean and t heir wives.Richard wk~ .

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SHREVEPORT. La. - About ISObrethren here participated in thechurch picnic at Lake Bistineeu StatePark Aua . 28. Washer toss , horse­shoes . skillet tbrow and a three -leggedrace were some ofthe many activities.Pastor BiD Bradford won by forfeitlint. second and third places in thecrutches' race (due to a knee"in;liry).

The childreD.ddighted to their owngames : tua-of-war, tricycle beats, bal-

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Participants were rewarded withribbons and prizes . Softball andeatingwere among the favorite activities ,The YOU carnc~ $50selling desserts.

The Lion ' s Club Crippled Chll ­d r.:n·s Ca mp was whe re the ac­tion was here Labor Day weekend,Sept. 3 through S. Two-hundredmembe rs from the three churches ofnorthern Louisian a (Ale xa nd ria ,Mon roe andShrev epo rt) met at therustic camp ju st north of Lee sville .La .

The Sbrevepon yO U basketballteam narro wly defeated the tou ghMonroe riva ls. Familie s , large andsma ll . e njoyed th e three -d aywee ken d . The poo l was t he stpopular activity .

The camp facilitie s were excelledonly by the great food , and the food bythe excellent fellowship for three day sand nights . Tom Smilh .

Fancy..dress pande

SYDNEY. Australia - The Sou thchurch here conducted a family nigbt .at Narwee Boys ' High on July 16.There was something for everybody.A children' s fancy -dress parade fea­tured such cha racter.. as. Fra nken­ste in . Unc leSa m.a martian. Little RedRiding Hood and a harem girl .

Belinda Van Heer es vers ion of anupside-down man wo n the most­original-cos tume awar d. a trans istorradio. Pastor John Co mino had anawkward time trying to interview her .

Cassandra Wells in her black pus­sycat out fit won the bes t-costumeawar d. also a transistor radio .

The ladies proved thei r skill with ahamm er in a nail-ham mering co ntes t .won in six blows by Marilyn Wilson .The men then got into the ac t in thebab y-napkin -foldi ng co mpe tit io n.wo n by married man Dave Mc Ki n­ne y. who defe at ed soon -to- be ­married Richard Davies.

The Van Heere family struck againwhe n they won fir st pr ize s in thedrawing and the best -plate-of-foodcompetitio ns"

A rather unlike ly loo king ho rse . ac­tually Jim Mon ee and Jim Thomas indi"8Ui~ . gave the children free ride v.

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horne Frida y afternoon . About II !miles from the park , ' the two-wheel ­drive ve hicles we re park ed a nd every­t hing was loaded onto the Iour­wheel-drive pickup for the remainderof the dista nce . Carl Larsen furnisheda ll the ca mping equipme nt exce ptsleeping bags and personal ite ms.

Mr. Wo lcott . a loca l elder . held twoBible studies on the Sabb ath . Just be­fore lunch the campers too k a sho rtwalk 10 Devits Lake.

Early Sunday . Mr. La rsen too k thehardie st hikers to Geneva. Lake andGeneva Pass. a p-mile hike one way.Geneva Pass is 11.000 feet high. pro­viding a breathtaking view.

George Elkins . local minister. andhis family came up Sunday afternoon.

One mishap occurred. Mr. wolcotthun his back while throwing a Frisbeeand went home Sunday afternoon.

Early Monday. Mr. Elkins andAnd y Larsen led an expedition toDuncanLake. a five-mile hike. Thosemaking this trip were Anna GaBup.Cindy Byerly . Barbara Wilcox andBelinda Stewart .

The &roUP brokecamp Monday after­noon. YOU members making the tripwert Bennie and Sherie Davison . louisDavison Jr.• Belinda Stewart and AndY 'Larsen from Sheridan andJa and CindyByeriy. Barbara and Anna and AugieMoye from Billings. C. IIndy Lnrun .

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team and spoke to Feastgoer s at thesites. )

Britain reponed an attendance atfour site s of 3.620, an increase of 3percent over 197~.1ndividualreport son the United Kingd om sites do notappear in this issue because the re­ports were sent via transatlan tic fac­simile. and because of techn ical dif­ficu lties the copy -was partiall y illegi­hie .)

The South African office ad minis­tered II sites , 10 of which were inAfrica and the II th in Maurit ius. Af·rican Work director Robert Fahe y re­ported a co mbined attendance of2 .200 .

Australi a boasted an attenda nce ofsome 4,313 in seven sites.

Ne w Zealand adm inistered foursites, two in' that co unt!')' with a re­ported attendance of 922 and twoSouth Pacific sites with attendancefigures unavailable as o f pres s time .

The Philippines was the remainin gmajor area, with 2,022 members at­tending at four location s.

The remaining sites were gener­ally small, compared with SquawValle y and St . Petersburg, and scat­tered abou t South Americ a . India.Europe and Southeast Asia.

INTERPRETING SERVICES - Lana Kreivis, Pasadenamember, Interprets a sermon at Squaw Valley~~estival sitefor many deaf members in the United States. {~ by RolandRees and Scott MossJ

Last year the WN also reported inthe same issue that 24,000 peoplekept the Feast in sites outside theUnited States and Canada . Mr .McMichael. who released the fig­ure, said the number came fromthe International Division . TheWN s unofficial count for this is16.114.

A spokesman for the InternationalDivision said last year' s figure of24,000 was inaccurate .

So what looks like a decrease ofsome 8,OCK) to 1O.()(X) in anendance inthe international areas is actually afigure about the same, or slightlyhigher than. last year 's.

International view

In Canada busine ss manager Don.Miller reported that Canadian festi­val attendance was about the same aslase year. (Also in Canada. the Roy ­als hockey team from AmbassadorCollege traveled from Pasadena for atour of five of the six Canadian Pest i­val locations . The Royals lost all butone of the ir exhibition matches{see the individual reports fromCanada] . Dr . Michael Germano,Ainbassador ' s vice pre sident foracademic affair;. traveled with the

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MODERNTENTMAKERS- Workmenwere calledto BlythArenain SquawValleyat 2:30ona morningbeforethe Feastto repairthe tarpaultn coveringone sideof the building.Winds Inexcessof eo moles an hourthe nightbeforehadheavilydamagedone portionolthe tarpaunn , necessitatingan enormouspatchjob. [PhotosbyJohnRobinson) •

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bers having to sit in bleachers with­out backs . Traffic into and out of thevalley was congested, with only onelane of vehicles.

Attendance about the same

"'Worldwide attendance was appar­ently about the same this year as last .

As ofpress time, Mr. McMichael' soffice did not have final attendance,nor did the International Division .However . unoffic ial figures tallied bythe WN and gathered from individualreports from all Canadian and UnitedStates sites except Alaska; and virtu­ally all major international areas, indi­cared that attendance was close to thatof 1976, with marginal increases insome areas .

Some figure s were regi strati on,and others were the highest atten ­dance . However, because of sickne ssor other circumstances, the highe stattendance co uld be fewer than theIota) number who kept the Fes tival.

The WN reported in its post-Feastissue last year (Oct . 25. 1976) that ­75 ,000 kept the Feast in 13 sites .Festival coordinators' unofficial re­ports totaled 73,419 this year, ex­cludingAlaska.

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MOUN T VERNON. Ky. - ACincinnati court of appeal s Sept. 2ruled against Church member PaulCummins in the Parker Seal Co .tslatest bid to have a 1976 U.S . Su­preme Court dec ision- reversed .Parker Seal, of Berea , Ky. • firedMr. Cummi ns in 1971 for refusing10 work on the Sabbath.

T he Supreme Court . in anon precedent-setting tie vote lastyear. had let stand a lower court ' sruling favor able to the Cumminsc a se , but . because of a rulin gugai nst another Church membe r re­cent fy by the high co urt, ParkerSea l had sou ght 10 reopen the case .The Supreme Co urt decided not 10

rehear it but instructed the lowerco urt in C incinnati to do so.

The appe als court ruled again stMr . C ummins Sept. 2 , but Mr .C umm ins and his att o rney havepetition ed for a rehearing and saythey will go back to the SupremeCo urt if necessary .

" We ' re still optimistic ," he toldthe WN Oct . 9 , but "F'djust like toask. the brethren aga in to co ntinueto pray that we get the answer thatwe need , what ever it is."

co ngrcgutronalmot ivation and cou n­se ling and j udgment .

E vungcli st Ronald Dart, vicepresident tor pustoru l ad ministra tion.begun the se minars in St. Pe tersburg .while Arthur Mokarow, direc tor ofmini ste rial developm ent . begun inTucson .

The elde r!'> were encouraged 10

contribute to the scheduled programal the morning meetings and after­noon luncheon sessions . Mr . Dart feltthe menwereencouraged bythemcet ­ings and were respon sive .

Asked if the seminar!'> would con­tinue, Mr. Dart said : "Oh. there 's nodoubt . The elders. definitely wantedus 10 continue the program and by andlarge wan ted us to expand it if wecould. although u'x doubtful whethe rwe would be able to because of timeco nsuuint-,. "

Eve n tbou gb tbe semi nars were de ­signed for local elders not employedhy the Worl... seve ral full -lime minis­ten. signed up ubo because of intere stin the informat ion that was madeavailable . Mr. Dart said one elderremarked thai this was the firsr nme hehad ever been uble 10 attend anything:;.. ' wax designed tu help him IU he a

better elde r.

PASAD EN A - Mor e th an XOlocal e lt..!e rs not em plo yed h) theWor k and the ir wivc vuncud cd minis­tcriul seminars in Tucson. Aii/... undSt. Pcrcrsb urg , FI:.l.. before und aft erservice sduring the Feast. The semi­nan. co vered topic -, such as levels o fhuman nature, effect ive prcuching,

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local elde rs were recently ordained.with tw o more to be o rda inedshortly, announced a spokes man forPastoral Administration .

And a local e lder. Dave Havlr,ussoclare pastor of the Pittsburgh.Pa. . churches. is to be orda ined apreachin g elder.

The new local elders and theirhometown s are as follows :

Loren Chamberlain , PacificGrove . Calif. : Gordon Emerson,Los Gatos . Calif'.: James Earl Fos­ter, Los Angeles. Cal if.: RonaldGoethals , Sedro -Woo lk-- Wash. :Leslie Hageman , Ma rysvill e .Wash .

Robert L . Happel, Holm en .wr-.. Oleh Kubik, Robert s . wi«.William Lenore, Seattle . Wash .:Manfred L tllengreen . Ke nt ,Wush . : G.erald Lindberg. Remon.Wash .

Ron Meisner, Sp ring Vall ey.Minn .: Richard O ertel, Se att le.Wash. : William OrR, 51. Paul .Minn . : John Prouty, Mary sville .Wush.: Gordon Royer, Pasadena ,

Clarence Scobee , Van Nuy s,Culif. : St even Shafer, Kirkland .Wash. : Herbert Simonton, Brier.Wash . : Gary Smith. Pek in. III.:Ro bert Th o mas. Salem. Ore.

Two more locul elden. are In heordained 0 1.'1. 15. They are Davi sGrove, Marti nsburg . W.Va. , andRichard Woodall, C hes apea ke.Va.

PA SADE NA - A min ister ia lconference for a ll church pastorshas been set for Jan. 3 to 6 .

The last co nfe rence was held inMay, 1976 . and did not incl ude allch urch pastor s from inte rna tionalareas , as th is one will.

A spokesman fo r Pastoral Ad ­ministration also announced Oct. 9thai a co nfe re nce o f all Unit edStates area coo rdinators will be heldNov. I to 3. before the general con­terenc e.

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Have you been hearing strange music around thehouse lately?

Does the Sunset to Sunset record album you boughtat the Feast sound more like the Goodwill Brotherhoodof Faijh HallelUjah Choir?

If the answer to these questions is yes, we havegood news for you: It's not you; ij's the record . Be­cause of an unfortunate mix-up at a press in Dallas,Tex ., a recording of an anonymous gospel group wasmistakenly labeled and placed in some Sunset to Sun­set album covers, and unsuspecting Feastgoersbought some of the hybrid albums .

If the record you bought has the right label but playsthe wrong music, write : Record Sales, AC StudentBody Office, 300 W. Green St., Pasadena, Calif .•91123, and the correct album will be mailed to you .

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