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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.5, N0.2
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
International News
JANUARY 14, 1983
Bonn, West Germany The ministers in the German-speaking area of God's Work
did a lot of traveling this month. On December 11 and 12, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Schnee visited our brethren in East Germany. On December 13 and 14,
Mr. Schnee, accompanied by Office Manager John Karlson and Festival Elder
Winfried Fritz, traveled to Prague, Czechoslovakia for talks with officials
of the Czech Office of Travel and Tourism (Cedok) regarding the 1983 Feast
of Tabernacles in Brno. Negotiations went very well and everything looks
good for a great Feast there.
On December 20, Mr. John Halford arrived in Bonn and traveled with Mr.
Schnee to Prague on December 21 to 23 as part of a fact-finding mission for
a future PLAIN TRUTH article on Czechoslovakia. Mr. Halford commented that
his trip proved very profitable. "It was like walking into a library and
going straight to the books I needed. God certainly opened the doors." On
Sabbath, December 25, Mr. Halford spoke to the 130 participants of the
Youth Winter Camp in Austria. On December 29, Mr. Halfo�d journeyed on to
Poland with Mr. Paul Kieffer and his family, where they visited Auschwi�z
and the only member of God's Church in Poland, Mr. Wiktor Przybylla and his
family.
The 1982 Youth Winter Camp was held for Y.O.U. members, singles, and some
attending parents in Radfeld, Austria from December 22nd to January 2nd.
Bible studies every other day and Church services on the Sabbath provided
spiritual food. Excellent weather and deep snow made for ideal sledding,
skiing and skating (not to forget snowballing!). Meals taken together at
the Sonnenhof Hotel added to the exuberant fellowship enjoyed by young
people from West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, England, France,
Norway and Sweden.
The ministry also had the chance to spend a week at the Youth Camp. Unity
and friendship were strengthened by joint family expeditions to sledding
and skiing territory.
They really enjoyed getting to know our youth
better, by having meals in the same hotel with them and addressing relevant
themes during the evening Bible studies (which the ministers alternated in
presenting)
December's incoming mail increased 73% over December, 1981. This increase
came mainly from responses to Mr. Armstrong's letter to CORRESPONDENCE
COURSE students, in which he offered a free subscription to the GOOD NEWS.
Forty-five percent ( 4,530) of those receiving the offer have requested the
magazine thus far. We expect a 50% response and will soon have a German
language GOOD NEWS list of more than 8,000 subscribers.
The mail income for the month of December increased 22.2% over December,
1981. Aided by several large donations, the year 1982 closed with a 31.4 %
increase over 1981.