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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JUNE 18, 1982
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The first volume of the revised BIBLE STORY by the late Mr. Basil Wolverton
is off the press now, and Mr. Armstrong OK'd giving it to the brethren at
the Feast of Tabernacles this year. Instructions as to how this will be
done will appear later.
--Ray Wright, Publishing Services
--Dexter Faulkner, Editorial Services
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
International News
Report From Germany The highlight of the month for the German-language
Churches was unanimously Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong's May 29th visit to West
Germany. The little Rhein river town of Eltville, near Wiesbaden, a favor
ite location of ours for the Days of Unleavened Bread and other holy days,
hosted some 720 people from the entire German-speaking area, including
deacon Heinz Pistorius of Zwickau, East Germany.
As Mr. Armstrong entered the "Rheingau Hall" that afternoon, enthusiastic
applause broke out from the excited brethren, thrilled to see God's apostle
only 10 months after his August 1, 1981 visit to Bonn. His sermon on the
purpose of the Church and how our calling relates to that purpose--"School
ing in God's Character for the World Tomorrow"--was especially inspiring on
Pentecost weekend. That evening the meeting hall was converted into a
dining hall so we could enjoy a delicious evening meal together.
Due to the Pentecost holiday weekend, several large luxury hotels in and
around Wiesbaden accommodated our brethren at greatly reduced rates, which
was an added blessing that enabled us to remain together for an all-day Pen
tecost service on May 30th. A combined midday meal was also served. The
offering on Pentecost reached a record DM 47,597 ($20,694) or 36.5% more
than last year! And the attendance was up 18.4% over 1981.
The month of May was once again very busy mail-wise. Regular mail increased
99% over last year! Now that our subscriber list is twice as large as it
was in May, 1981 (55,000 compared to 110,000 in 1982), the total mail for
the year thus far has doubled� Also, 81% more booklets were sent out in
May, 1982. During 1982, 50,000 new subscribers have already been added and
there is still another half of 1982 to come! We have been very encouraged
by these developments.
This month seven Ambassador College students arrived from Pasadena to take
part in a two-month long work-study program in the Bonn Office. In the
mornings they work in one of the several departments and in the afternoons
they receive German lessons. They are a welcome addition to the office this
summer.
News From Canada The current economic stagnation in the nation is, it
seems, being reflected in last month's income which was a 2.3% increase
over the corresponding period a year ago. The year-to-date figure now
stands at a plus 12.3%. Original forecasts for the 1982 budget were based
on a 20� increase in income. Since we are running behind our projections by
a few percentage points, Mr. Adair is carefully monitoring expenditures to
see that we keep within budget. Fortunately, some areas of expense have
been less than originally forecasted, giving us the flexibility to allow
others to run close to, or slightly ahead of, projections.