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food. Nothing will generally be provided except basic camping
facilities, lots of fresh air, plenty of fellowship, and hopefully
a spiritual uplift from Bible studies, instruction on sermon
preparation, and seminars o� any subject beneficial to the ministry.
My wife and I plan to be present at each of the retreats this year
if circumstances make it possible, and we plan to use other
administrators and teachers from Pasadena as well.
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If you plan to attend the Big Sandy camp, please contact Sherwin
McMichael as soon as possible and give him the details regarding
the number who will be attending from your family, and how you will
be camping. For the Buffalo River retreat, please contact Dennis
Pyle, and for the Orr, Minnesota retreat, please contact Bob Roufs.
Last year's retreats were beautiful opportunities for fellowship,
for spiritual rejuvenation, for contact with representatives from
Headquarters and for personal growth. We expect to see that pattern
repeated this year.
By the way, if you lack camping experience, don't worry about it.
We feel sure there will be a number of experienced campers there who
will be more than happy to introduce you to the mysteries of putting
up a Coleman tent.
Let us hear from you right away--if we get too many people, we may
have to limit the enrollment in some of the areas.
--Ronald L. Dart, Pastoral Administration
GTA ATTENDS NATPE CONFERENCE On Saturday, March 4th, Mr. Ted
Armstrong attended the 15th annual conference of the National Asso
ciation of Television Program Executives at the Los Angeles Bonaven
ture Hotel.
This association consists of television station program directors and
managers whose main function consists of providing program material
for broadcast in the United States. The association yearly presents
the "Iris Awards" to stations who have produced outstanding produc
tions in the areas of performing arts, sports, public affairs,
varieties, etc. The program Master of Ceremonies was Dick Clark
and the awards were presented by stars such as Carol Burnett, Lloyd
Bridges, Jim Nabors, Dinah Shore, Jean Stapelton, Betty White, Pete�
Marshall, Mike Douglas and Phil Donahue to name a few. The NATPE
Award of the Year was given to Jerry Lewis for his humanitarian
efforts for Muscular Dystrophy and other charities. Our TV studio
provided equipment to video tape the event and a special tape was
edited for the 14 station winners which is now being assembled and
being sent out almost immediately. At next year's NATPE meeting the
agency is making preliminary plans for a dinner hosting various
station owners; program directors and managers at which Mr. Armstrong
will speak. The public relations value is extremely·.useful in getting
G.T.A. and the program better known throughout the industry.
WATS LINE TO BE LISTED NATIONWIDE
the Church easily accessible, Mr.
listing of the Church's WATS line
yellow pages across America. The
--John Lundberg,
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Media Division
In his continuing efforts to make
Ted Armstrong has approved the
number in telephone directo
ry
phone number will appear in all
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