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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, OCTOBER 18, 1985
Monthly Expense Allotment Regarding the monthly allotment, when
your allotment check is mailed, it is sent in advance of projected
expenses.
At the end of the year, the total of all allotment
checks wil l be added to your W-2 form as income. Unless you can
sufficiently justify to the IRS the business expenses that match
the expense al lotments you received, you wil l need to pay tax on
the allotments.
The al lotment check is to be used only for Church business
expenses.
If you have received more expense money than you
actual ly spent, you should return the excess to the Church. If
you find that your allotment has exceeded your expense by a large
amount, you may need to consider reducing the al lotment. If you
want to do this, please include a note to that effect with your
reimbursement check.
Second Tithe Al lotment Any unused allotment should be returned.
Please make separate checks for second tithe funds and for the
monthly al lotment.
We need to receive any reimbursement checks .QY December 16 in
order to credit the amount to your W-2 statement. If checks are
not received by December 16, your W-2 statement wil l not reflect
the returned money, and you will have to pay on that amount. (You
wil l need to estimate you� expense needs for the rest of the year
to know how much to return.)
International Feast Report With this issue we wil l begin including
one report per week from U. S. guest speakers who were assigned to
international Feast sites. This week's report (fol lowing) is from Mr.
Leroy Neff, who served as guest speaker at two Canadian sites,
Penticton and Victoria.
"Since Penticton became a Feast site back in the 1960s with its 'Big
Tent' for services, I had heard of its beauty and wanted to attend a
Feast there. This was the first opportunity for my wife and me to see
the area and meet with the brethren for the Festival. This small city
is located in a long narrow val ley, with lakes on both north and south
sides, which produces much natural beauty. The autumn weather was
cool but invigorating.
•services have long since been moved indoors to more comfortable
quarters, but must be viewed by several hundred people over closed
circuit TV. About 2,500 people from far and near attended.
"At Victoria, where we attended for the last part of the Feast, we
were reminded of a visit during the summer of 1976. At that time we
were impressed by the beautiful and world-famous Butchart Gardens, and
the riot of colorful flowers in evidence. For the fal l season we
expected little color, but were surprised by as much color from the
myriads of flowers that were blooming this late in the year.
The
frequent rains make all ·foliage green and lush for this area of
Canada.
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