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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.5, N0.29
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
International News
From the Dutch Office Although unemployment in
an all-time high, thousands of Dutch people are
tions either in Holland or elsewhere in Europe.
program has stopped for the summer months.
JULY 22, 1983
The Netherlands remains at
leaving for extended vaca
Therefore our advertising
Messrs. Bram de Bree and Johan Wilms attended a very profitable and
inspiring four-day editorial/publishing conference at Elstree House
(location of the Work's London offices) concerning German, English, Italian
and Dutch publications.
In the month of June final contract preparations were made for the new
Dutch-language Feast site in Hoogeveen. The previous site where the Feast
was held for eight years had become too small. There is a story as to how
we got the new site.
While we were looking for other accommodations in Holland and Belgium, one
of our members of the Zwolle congregation came in contact with the manage�
ment of a very fine and modern theater, "De Tamboer," in Hoogeveen. The
theater, seating 650, contained the exact facilities needed for the Church
with plenty of good hotel, motel and bungalow accommodations in the area.
Although the management was interested in letting us use the building, one
major problem existed. For the past 20 years the city of Hoogeveen has been
sponsoring a well-known regional trade fair taking place the last two weeks
of September--the time of the Feast this year. "De Tamboer" was an integral
part of this fair since one of the exhibitors had already taken option on
the building for the entire time of the fair.
Meanwhile, the other available accommodations in Holland and Belgium didn't
prove to be suitable for the Church. We were stuck. If God wanted to put
His name at Hoogeveen for the Feast we certainly needed His help.
At about the time our Zwolle member made contact with "De Tamboer" in Hooge
veen, rumors began to circulate that the entire fair would be moved.
We
would be given use of the entire building, the management told us. We were
told to wait three weeks.
Three weeks passed and nothing happened. Just at this time Messrs. de Bree
and Wilms had a meeting with the management of "De Tamboer'' to reestablish
contact and explain our program.
We were given to understand that they
liked us and that we could use the entire building for the eight-day period
except for the trade fair option. We were told to wait another ten days, so
we waited. Exactly ten days after our meeting the news came that we were
given use of the building for the Feast. The management of the trade fair
couldn't agree amongst themselves about the dates and finally decided for
the first time in 20 years to postpone the fair by one month!