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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JULY 9, 1982
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SALEM/ALBANY, OR--DAVID MILLS: Overall the Church is stable and
strong. It seems the Church here has grown a lot in the last year
in a much deeper knowledge and understanding of the two trees and
real life as opposed to a chemical existence. I heard many, many
comments yesterday after the Pentecost service that it really was
a high day. That the sermons were very inspiring and full of
deeper knowledge and understanding. There seems to be greater
love and unity within the Church.
SANTA BARBARA, CA--LES McCOLM: PM's do come from everywhere it
seems. Friends of those members who work side by side, letters
from relatives, phone calls from teen-agers of members who are
beginning to see how rotten the world is, and even next door
neighbors!
FRESNO, CA--ALTON BILLINGSLEY: Attitude in the Church is great-
positive and stable. We are beginning to see a bit of growth with
new people. This is very encouraging. Unemployment problems
have not hurt us yet, for which we are very thankful.
VANCOUVER, WA--RICHARD DUNCAN: Recent upswing in violent crimes
in �he Vancouver area have made our people much more aware of the
evils of this world. Some are concerned for their own personal
safety.
Church is praying more fervently for Christ's return.
--Joe Tkach, Ministerial Services
PUBLISHING SERVICES UPDATE
Publishing Services has just been informed by the Direct Mail Marketing
Association that they have selected five of the Church's promotional pieces
as semi-finalists in the 1982 International Echo Awards competition for
"the year's most successful direct mail marketing campaigns."
Boyd Leeson, Circulation Manager of The PLAIN TRUTH, received notification
from DMMA that The PLAIN TRUTH Newsstand Brochure, The PLAIN TRUTH Reply
Card for new subscribers, lighted Newsstand Display in New York City's
railroad station, and Countertop Newsstand Display have been selected as
semi-finalists on the basis of "results/evaluation, creativity/originali
ty, execution and production."
The 1981 Ambassador Foundation's brochure, written by Sam Lurie and
designed by Mike Miles, was also selected as a semi-finalist.
Contestants in the 1982 Echo Awards included the top advertising agencies
and direct mail firms throughout the world.
Their selection of The PLAIN TRUTH Newsstand Countertop Display is espe
cially interesting because it was entered in the "State of the Art Advance
ment" category. Entries are evaluated on the basis of the utilization of
the latest industry techniques in design and production. The unique fea
ture of this Newsstand Countertop design is that the English version is
designed to be compatible with foreign language printing. In other words,
the foreign language versions of the display are identical except for
language changes to the English. Compatibility enables the Work to present
an identical message and public image in all five languages. This also