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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, September 17, 1980
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4. Many players whose behavior in the congregation was totally
contrary to any standards of God's Church, were kept on teams simply
because they were good players.
5. This amounted to rewarding wrong behavior, and was very dis
couraging to those who were striving to uphold right standards of conduct.
6. The greatest emphasis in Y.O.U. has been on basketball, volley
ball, track and cheerleading. Those who cannot participate in those
sports had little opportunity for involvement. Churches that couldn't
get up teams also had little opportunity for involvement.
7. A great deal of traveling on the Sabbath was required to get to
tournaments in other districts or regions. Local pastors are now given
responsibility to see this does not recur.
New Directives To Reap Positive Benefits
1. All youth in God's Church will automatically be part of Y.O.U.,
not just 55%.
2. Y.O.U. will be clearly another part of God's Church, not a
separate organization with its own structure and its own government.
Christ has placed the Government OF GOD in His Church, and it will govern
Y.O.U.
3. Pastors will be directly responsible for Y.O.U. in their
churches, not local coordinators who answer to the National Y.O.U.
Office.
4. The district weekend will provide opportunity for family parti
cipation and family-oriented activities where sports is one part, but
not the main part of the schedule.
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5. Pastors will see to it that the Sabbath is properly observed
in all cases.
6. Cheerleading will become properly and tastefully done as an
addition to the basketball games, without the poor taste in music and
routines that high competition has produced in some cases.
7. Charters will not be necessary because Y.O.U. is not a separate
organization but a part of the local church, for which the pastor is
responsible.