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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPoRT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 5, NO. 2 0
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FROM THE PASTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE
Mr. Armstrong's Recent Trip to England
MAY 20, 1983
Mr. Armstrong returned to Pasadena Tuesday, May 17, after a very busy
and successful trip to England.
Although more details of the trip will
follow in the next WORLDWIDE NEWS, we thought we would give you a brief
sketch of events.
The first event of Mr. Armstrong's recent trip occurred on Tuesday,
May 10. It was a reception and luncheon held in his honor at St. Antony's
College at Oxford University.
Mr. Armstrong addressed a group of the
world's top scholars.
Despite all their education, they really didn't
understand God's knowledge, although they heard a message that did make for
some thought-provoking questions!
St. Antony's is a graduate school at
Oxford with 134 students from various parts of the world. The Ambassador
Foundation is sponsoring a fellowship there in which top professors from
China come for one-year study programs.
Not only the faculty of this
college, but most of the graduate students help give lectures to the under
graduate colleges that make up Oxford.
The annual board meeting of the Church was held on Friday, followed by
a pleasant luncheon.
Leopold de Rothschild had set up three events for friends of the Royal
College of Music. The first was to be a tour of the College with a trip to
Althorp to visit Earl Spencer, father of Princess Diana.
Since it was
scheduled for the Sabbath, Mr. Armstrong declined. Instead, he toured the
College on Thursday, and Mr. Armstrong spoke to the combined London
churches on the Sabbath.
He emphasized the fact that this is not God's
world and the need for more of God's Holy Spirit to prepare us for the new
world. Church services ended in time for us to drive to Althorp for tea and
the visit with Earl Spencer. He proved to be a very cordial host.
The second event on Mr. Rothschild's program was a tour of Woburn
Abbey, Home of the Duke of Bedford.
We were greeted by his son, the
Marquess of Tavistock and his wife the Marchioness. The luncheon and tour
of the palacial residence was enchanting. Some of you may recall the salt
cellars (knights on horseback) on the formal table at the Social Center
when having dinner with Mr. Armstrong.
Mr. Armstrong pointed out the
originals at the Abbey from which the copies were made.
The last and most impertant event was the tour of the Rothschild
estate at Exbury with not only the Rothschild family, but also Prince
Charles and Princess Diana. The rhododendrons and azaleas were spectacular
in the world famous Exbury Gardens.
At the buffet
dinner,
Mr. Armstrong was able to
meet
with both the
Prince and Princess of Wales.
It was the first time he had met the
Princess. She proved to be very pleasant and living up to her many respon-