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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, AUGUST 20, 1982
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requests sent in now should only be for the most deserving recipients.
Those who have procrastinated or who haven't done their part to keep their
needs as low as possible will have to be turned down. The deadline for
receiving any last minute 2T requests is September 6th.
Please make the following announcement in all U.S. churches.
SECOND TITHE ASSISTANCE
All member second tithe assistance requests should be
handled through the local pastors before the Feast of
Tabernacles. Members should not go to the Feast with
out sufficient funds, expecting assistance at
the
fes
tival site. Only limited funds for genuine emergencies
will be available at the festival location, and then
only with the local pastor's recommendation.
Reminder About Hard-of-hearing Headsets
We would like to remind you of the method of handling hard-of-hearing
headsets. Instead of being stored at the church meeting place, or being
carried to and fro by a deacon, headsets should be "checked out" to each
member needing one.
This works much as a library loans books. The Church still owns the head
sets, but the individual members are responsible for keeping track of the
equipment. Amplifiers and leads will still be provided, but the members
need to bring their headsets to services every week for themselves.
The brethren will also need to bring the headset they have checked out from
the Church to whatever Feast site they plan to attend. This will help Feast
planning by helping reduce the duplication involved. We must emphasize,
however, that only the telex headsets may be plugged into� hard-of-hear
ing lines at the Feast. Any others will not fit the amplification system.
There will be a few headsets at each site for any unforeseen need. We are
also notifying the hard-of-hearing members of their responsibility.
Since the members are responsible for their own headsets, they must also be
responsible for breakage and abnormal wear. If the equipment receives pro
per care, it will last for years. Any abnormal wear or abuse may, at the
discretion of the pastor, be the responsibility of the member. Hopefully
emphasizing each person's responsibility will lessen this problem.
If anyone has any questions about how to administer this program, call
Glenn Nice at Ministerial Services.
Ministerial WATS Line
We are experiencing more and more difficulty with service outages on our
telephone lines. As a result of the most recent series of outages, some
confusion has resulted in the use of the "Ministerial WATS line." Twenty-