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ABOUT THE ENCLOSED GTA TRANSCRIPT Enclosed with this Pastor's
Report is a transcript of the Area Coordinators meeting on March 20th
at which Mr. Ted Armstrong read a 12-page letter introducing a new
program for church growth. Instead of sending the tape of the meet
ing along with the original letter as he had planned, Mr. GTA decided
to send a transcript of both the letter and most ·of his extempora.neous
comments as he read the letter.
CLARIFICATION OF FEDERAL AID TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS Some Church
pastors read to their congregations portions of .a recent letter from
Mr. GTA concerning new directions for the College. As a result,
certain misunderstandings have arisen concerning student aid programs
which are sponsored by the federal government. The intent of the
letter was not to cancel government-sponsored student aids. The
student aid package will continue to operate in much the same way as
it has in the past.
The program will, of necessity, have to be modified from time to
time in order to meet institutional goals and purposes, as well as
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governmental regulations. There is no plan at this time to deny
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any qualified student at Ambassador College, or prospective student,
access to government funds.
The intent of the memo from Mr. Armstrong had to do with the institu
tion entering into government contracts in which the College would
receive direct financial aid from the federal government and thus be
subject to increased governmental regulations, when the direct aid
exceeds a specified amount.
--Donald L. Ward, College Administration
SERMON SUMMARIES PULL GOOD RESPONSE For a few months now Subscriber
Development has been offering "Sermon Summaries" to our donor and
co-worker audience. These Summaries are brief, capsulizations of
selected sermons given here in Pasadena -- and, in appearance, resem
ble small reprint articles. They are being used as a "feeding tool"
by Subscriber Development -- to give additional spiritual teaching
to our contributors and help motivate them toward even closer involve
ment with the Work, as God calls.
For eleven of the past twelve weeks, Sermon Summaries have ranked
among the top 20 pieces of literature sent out by MPC. In fact, the
Summaries have been among the top five pieces of literature requested
by co-workers! 23,000 Summaries have been requested. This is a very
good response, considering that the only place they are being adver
tised is in Worldwide Church of God monthly and weekly receipts to
co-workers and ponors. Monthly receipt responses have topped 40% and
weekly receipts are averaging about 25%.
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
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