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CHURCH'S LEGAL BATTLE CONTINUES ON NUMEROUS FRONTS
Although the Church's legal battle with the state of California is not now
directly interfering with the day-to-day operations of the Work of God,
and we are no longer seeing the bold newspaper headlines of the past sev
eral months which were especially in evidence in Southern California, the
Church is still involved in considerable activity in the courts.
The Church presently has four appeals in the appellate courts, two peti
tions for hearings in the California Supreme Court and a petition for a
hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court. Each of these legal actions involve
different aspects of the overall case. The Church's attorneys consider
each of them absolutely necessary to protect the rights and freedoms of the
Worldwide Church of God which are guaranteed by the Constitution.
These appeals and petitions are in addition to a flurry of other legal
activities which transpire almost daily (deposition of witnesses, obtain
ing of documents and various other motions before the judges, etc.). Thus,
while there is no clanging of literal weapons and armor, there is a very
real clashing of wills and cross-purposes as the Church's attorneys wage
an unrelenting battle with the Deputy Attorneys General to keep the state
out of Church affairs.
NEW "INTRODUCTORY PT" READY FOR MAILING
Roger Lippross, Director of Publishing, announced that the new introductory
version of The Plain Truth is ready for distribution. The Work has used
this vehicle at times in the past, but it ceased to be produced since be
fore the PT tabloid. The "introductory PT" is part of a carefully planned
program of readership follow-up service for new subscribers and is the
result of the coordinated efforts of several different departments--Mail
Processing, PT Editorial and Publishing. The goal and purpose is to
"introduce them to us as an organization and hopefully answer some of
their questions about what's behind The Plain Truth," said Roger Lippross
in the June 4th Pastor's Report.
Each new subscriber will begin with this special undated edition of the
P.T. The second issue they receive will be the regular subscription issue.
Mr. Lippross pointed out that the introductory P.T. will enable us to give
new subscribers a prompter response from the time a subscription is re
quested. "We hope to cut the lead time down (before we mail it out to a
new reader) from 4-6 weeks to 7-10 days," said Mr. Lippross.
STILL NOT TOO LATE FOR S.E.P.
Applications from 525 campers have been received as of June 4th. This
raises the percentage to 80% full for both sessions. Any youth still
interested in attending the Church's Summer Education Program in Orr,
Minnesota should apply as soon as possible. Applications will be accepted
until 100% capacity is reached for each session.
Any correspondence regarding S.E.P. from this date forward
should be directed to the S.E.P. office at Box 231, Orr,
Minnesota, 55771. Phone: (218) 757-3211.
Mike Blackwell of Y.O.U. reported that 150 young people will experience
camp as a result of the scholarship fund. Speaking for the entire staff,
and certainly for the young people involved, he said, "Again, we deeply
appreciate the generosity of those members who contributed to the scholar
ship fund to make this possible." He said that contributions would still
be accepted to help others on a waiting list.
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