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PUBLISHED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 3, NO. 8
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 13, 1979
FROM PASTORAL ADMINISTRATION
Greetings Fellow Ministers!
Mr. Meredith was in Big Sandy, Texas this past Sabbath, March 10,
and spoke to all the churches in that area including those as far away
as Texarkana and Dallas. I spoke to him on the phone today (Monday) and
he said there were 2,000 brethren gathered together for this special
service there. He mentioned that his visit was very successful. I am
sure he will be writing to you about it in the next Pastor's Report.
Mr. Meredith asked me to go ahead and write something for the Pastor's
Report. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere
apprer.iation for the cooperation and loyalty of the vast majority of you
men in the field. This has been deeply appreciated! Those of us here
on the Pastoral Administration team have a sincere and deep desire to do
our very best in the jobs that Christ has given us. We really do want
to humbly serve you men and help you in any way we can.
I believe that Mr. Meredith has mentioned to you that all of us here on
the P.A.D. team meet together almost every day at 3:00 p.m. in his office.
This is a daily planning and coordination meeting in which we discuss
your reports, phone calls, ideas and all the input from the area coordi
nators and all you men in the field. We are currently discussing and
planning a series of campaigns for the U.S. churches and hope we can get
them under way soon. We will have to wait until the weather is better
in some areas. There are many things that we can do to strengthen the
brethren and to stimulate the growth of God's Church, both spiritually
and physically. We might as well take advantage of the publicity we
have been getting and turn "lemons into lemonade," as Mr. Herbert Arm
strong continues to say.
As all of you know, the Passover is now less than one month away.
The Passover service is Tuesday evening, April 10. I hope all of you are
making proper physical arrangements for the Passover; but even more, I
hope that you will take the few remaining weeks to prepare spiritually
for the Passover. As you well know, we are commanded to examine our
selves before we "eat of that bread and drink of that cup." Paul wrote
in I Corinthians 11:31, "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not
be judged." The next verse shows that if we do not judge and correct
ourselves, we will be judged and chastened by Christ.
Being a true minister of Jesus Christ is an awesome responsibility.
I think most of you realize that. You have the power in your hands to
teach people God's way and to inspire and motivate them toward God's
Kingdom and eternal life. Or, you could become careless, and misuse
your office and influence people in a wrong direction. Your life can be
a positive example of strong faith in God the Father and the leadership
of his son Jesus Christ, or you can reflect doubt, negativism and dis
loyalty.