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,PASTOR'S REPORli
PUBLISHED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
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VOL. 2, NO. 8
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 13, 1978
FEAST SITE CHANGES ANNOUNCED The Festival Office announced that due
to severe damage to the metal building caused by heavy snows, the
church-owned convention center at Mount Pocono, PA will definitely
not serve as a feast site this year. Several other possible locations
are already being considered. Squaw Valley also had to be cancelled
as a site for the 1978 Festival of Tabernacles because of problems
with negotiations between the Church and the U.S. Olympic Committee,
which now uses the valley's Blyth Arena to train future Olympians.
Fresno, a central California city, will take the place of Squaw
Valley. There is a good variety of restaurants and the housing is
newer than at many of the other sites. Fresno will be one of the
less-expensive sites for members. Highlighting Fresno are-three
national parks within easy driving distance (they include Sequoia
National Park and Yosemite), several lakes and all kinds of water
sports and outside activities. Topping all this is a usually fine
climate. More details appear in this week's Worldwide News.
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PANAMA CANAL PROGRAM DRAWS HEAVY RESPONSE The recently aired TV
program on the Panama Canal had wide, general appeal -- especially
since the Canal Treaty issue is before Congress. The WATS Section
of MPC reported nearly 20,000 "busy outs" {incoming calls that
received a busy signal due to all of our available lines being
already used).
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The Panama program generated many comments both from the phone calls
and mail. Many people wanted to have copies of the broadcast to
send to their senators or to the President. One lady asked if we
could send a couple of copies in braille to Congress. She evidently
felt they are blind!
The year-to-date mail count, as of the end of February, was 326,000
-- up 10.8% over last year. The WATS section reports an additional
99,000 registries for the year.
--Richard R�ce, Mail Processing Center
LITERATURE INDEX The latest Literature Index, which is included with
this Pastor's Report, is a list of all currently available booklets
and reprint articles, and is for your e ersonal use. May we, there
fore, ask that .you not loan out your list or allow it to be dupli
cated. This could cause considerable expense to the Work.
We are always happy to provide members with any reading material
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they need or request. However, when long lists are sent in request-
ing dozens and sometimes hundreds of pieces of literature, our
postage and processing costs increase considerably.
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