YOLo XVII, NO. 21 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA NOY. 13, 1989

'89 Feas • ties that bind

By Jeff E. Zhome PASADE A-Gathering at 102 sites in more than 50 countries, some 147,000 members and their families observed the 1989 Feast of Tabernacles. Pastor General Joseph W. Tkach's Holy Day message was re­ ceived at all sites as planned. Hawaii, however, received only por­ tions of the audio. We Are One Family-Part V, shown at most sites Oct. 19, fea­ tured Mr. Tkach's visits to Western Europe, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Help for quake victims The 7.1-magnitude earthquake in San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 17 caused concern for brethren attend­ ing the Redding, Calif., site, about 200 miles to the north. "Brethren remained calm even though close to half were from the Bay area," said Lawrence Neff, Redding coordinator. "The quake defmitely had a profound and sober­ ing impact on all." On behalf of the membership of theWorldwide Church ofGod, Pas­ tor General Joseph W. Tkach pre­ sented two checks for $100,000 each to the American Red Cross Oct. 19. The money will assist vic­ tims ofthe earthquake and the dev­ astation from Hurricane Hugo, which struck the South Carolina coast Sept. 21. "After seeing the terrible de­ struction in San Francisco, we strongly felt that it was our duty to provide whatever emergency help we could," Mr. Tkach said. "After talking with local Red Cross officials we learned that ur­ gent help was still needed for vic­ timsofHurricane Hugo," he added, "especially since many supplies that were previously earmarked for Hugo victims were now being sent to the San Francisco area." The Church is also working to provide other services, including blood donations and other supplies. Saow, hurricane Dayton, Ohio, was struck by the biggest October snowstorm on AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT DAYS-Clockwise from top left: Pas­ Australia; brethren disembark from the MTS OCeanos for an excursion record Thursday morning, Oct. 19, torGeneral Joseph W. Tkach (left) presents two checks on behalf ofthe to the island of Patmos; the children's choir performs in Rabat, Malta; according to a weather service Church for earthquake and hurricane relief to American Red Cross offi­ and women serve up a feast in Accra, Ghana. [Photos by Mike Bedford, spokesman. cials in Pasadena Oct. 19; family day in George, South Africa; brethren David Burt, Joseph Moses, Michael Storey, Hal Finch, Greg S. Smith (See '89 FEAST, page 61 in Ooty, India; evangelist Donald Ward greets a family in Caloundra, and Art Allender]

He loved us while we were yet well we outwardly seem to display merciful authority over us. sinners. righteous character. We speak of Our own righteousness is PERSONAL FROM It makes no sense for us to try building godly character. worthless. It is by God's grace to scare people into obeying God, But do we realize who is doing that our sins are forgiven, and it ~WJ~ threaten people into obeying the building? Is it we, ourselves, is because Jesus Christ lives irt God or punish people into obey­ who are building all this charac- us through the Holy Spirit that ing God. There is no spiritual value in obeying God out of Dear Brethren, I wholeheartedly pray that fright or dread. What an inspiring Feast what they felt is in fact true, and Many members and ministers have ex­ I hope all of us understand why The approach taken by the pressed that they felt a sense of open­ of Tabernacles! it is so vitally important that it apostles was to convince people Reports about the enthusi­ be true and how each of us can to obey God by persuading them ness, caring and godly love expressed asm and devotion of God's and must see that it becomes a of the degree of God's love for throughout this year's Feast as never be­ people from around the world stronger and deeper part of the them. Even when they corrected fore in their experience in the Church. have been exciting and en­ Church with each passing year. them and admonished them to couraging. obey, by reminding them of the Many members and ministers God's love for us ultimate destruction of the ene­ have expressed that they felt a The love of God is something mies of God, it was done in ter? If we are, what is the value we can be made righteous-by sense of openness, caring and that does not come by willpower pleading love, not in angry of it? God, not by our own struggling. godly love expressed throughout or by force. It does not come by threats (II Corinthians 6 and 7). We need to understand that it this year's Feast as never before intimidation or by fear. God's We often speak of character. is God who is building his nature Why we obey God in their experience in the love is absolutely undeserved and We tend to look at one another into us as we love him and there­ We struggle with our sinful Church. unearned. God himself is love. and compare ourselves by how fore submit to his loving and (See PERSONAL, page 111 2 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, Nov. 13, 1989

regrouped as a smaller, ·more re­ form-minded core. Political quake rocks Eastern Europe Mr. Honecker's successor, 52­ year-old Egon Krenz, had been un­ PASADENA-"Europe's post­ Coupled with those permitted to der pressure both from within and war order is crumbling so swiftly as leave through normal channels, without. From every corner of the to defy the comprehension even of more than one percent of East Ger­ land arose calls for free elections, the diplomats who are tracking it." many's population has moved to the which the authorities now must im­ This assessment by John New­ Federal Republic so far during plement. house in the Oct. 23 New Yorker weRLDWATCH 1989. Small parties normally allied best summarizes the bewildering By Gene H. Hogberg The exodus confronts East Ger­ with the Communists are threaten­ pace ofchanges this year in Central man authorities with serious short­ ing, as did their counterparts in and Eastern Europe. ages in key professions, from doc­ Poland, to break free and play inde­ The focal point at the moment is tors in hospitals to waiters in pendent roles. the political crisis enveloping East restaurants. Pressure too is coming from offI­ Germany because of the westward nist Party in nationwide elections. Republic, the communist-style ad­ The hemorrhage led directly to cial circles inside West Germany. exodus of thousands of its citizens. Poland's coalition government is jective, People's, dropping by the the downfall ofaging president and Initially the West German public This reached a crescendo with now in the hands of a non-Commu­ wayside. Communist Party boss Erich Ho­ welcomed the refugee influx. Em­ the startling announcement by East nist majority. Viewing these alterations, Time necker, shortly after East Germany ployers rushed forward with job of­ German authorities Nov. 9 that This fall Hungary's Communist magazine, in its Nov. 6 edition, said observed its 40thanniversaryOct.7. fers, eager to enroll energetic young East Germans could now exit the Party-officially the Hungarian that "1989 will be remembered not Nov. 7, the entire East German men and women, most ofwhom are country directly at the West Ger­ Socialist Workers' Party-saw as the year that Eastern Europe cabinet, including Premier Willi in their 20s and 308. man and West Berlin borders, obvi­ what happened to Poland's Com­ changed but as the year that Eastern Stoph, resigned en masse prompt­ But West German politicians are ating the 28-year-old despised munist rulers and decided tochange Europe as we have known it for four ing a full-blown crisis. The next day beginning to worry about the im­ Berlin Wall. its spots. Dropping the word Work­ decades ended." the ruling Politburo disbanded and (See GERMANY, page 6) But the story began earlier in the ers', it now claims to be a moderate The most dramatic change of all year, in May, when Hungarian au­ left-of-<:enter party in the West Eu­ has occurred in the German world. thorities began to dismantle the ropean fashion. Over a three-month span scores of portionofthe Iron Curtain along its Then, Oct. 23, the anniversary of thousands of East Germans have border with Austria. the abortive anti-Communist 1956 fled into West Germany, using es­ The next month, Polish voters al­ revolt, the name of the country was cape routes mainly across Hungary most totally rejected the Commu- officially changed to the Hungarian and Czechoslovakia. European Diary By John Ross Schroeder chestra. My 4-year-old nephew, Joey Proulx, was impressed for a different reason than most. From his 3-foot-high vantage point, all he could see was choir di­ Resignations shake up rector David Kroll waving his arms By Dexter H. Faulkner back and forth, pointing here and there and, somehow, producing swells of music. British prime minister Joey, less impressed with the mu­ BOREHAMWOOD, England­ about the prospect of [pound] ster­ sic than the technique that pro­ "Dear Margaret, the successful ling joining fully the European Feast experiences duced it, asked, "How does he get conduct ofeconomic policy is possi­ monetary system. his hands to make all that mu­ ble only if there is-and is seen to "A Brussels diplomat said last PASADENA-A couple of that we portrayed during the Feast sic?" be-full agreement between the night: 'There was a sadness ... weeks before the Feast our daugh­ is the real world. Rick L. Shallenberger: It was ex­ Prime Minister and the Chancellor when Sir Geoffrey was sacked. ter-in-Iaw Melody, at their Friday All the good experiences, the citing to be in Redding, Calif., this of Exchequer. Manyofus also felt that Nigel Law­ evening meal, asked, "Who has happy moments, the spiritual year because of the San Francisco "Recent events have confIrmed son was prepared to stand up to the Feast fever?" My son Nathan strengthening we received-they earthquake. Exciting may sound that this essential requirement can­ Prime Minister. This is obviously raised his hand and littleSharonim­ are part of the real world. The sys­ like the wrong word to use, but it not be satisfIed." why they have both gone.' " itated her daddy. Stephen was very tem around us with its frustrations, expresses my emotions. Thus begins the text ofthe resig­ Noone knows exactly how events hesitant and said, "I have a cold, its annoyances, its vexations, its ag­ The morning after the quake, we nation letter from British Chancel­ will shape up. Paul Johnson, in the does that count?" gravations, is passing away. went to services not knowing what lor Nigel Lawson. Oct. 27 Daily Mail, considered the My wife, Shirley, and I spent an The physical creation is tempo­ to expect. We weren't sure how the The catalyst was the role of Mrs. options: "She may get away with it enjoyable Feast in Trabolgan, Ire­ rary. The Holy Spirit and the King­ brethren would be responding, Thatcher's economic adviser, Alan again. Sterling may sail into land. This was the fIrst time in eight dom of God with its laws and since many of them were from the Walters, who dismissed the Eu­ smoother waters in due course. The years we spent the entire eight days truths-these will last forever. This affected areas. ropean monetary system as "half­ trade gap may close. Her new man at onesite. Nathan and Melody and is reality. And we are part of it Family day was planned, and we baked." at the treasury may be able to bring grandchildren Stephen and Sharon now. weren't sure if they would cancel It seems the prime minister basi­ down interest rates." were with us. Maria Stahl: I was inspired by the activityornot. We halfexpected cally agrees with his sentiments. But he also wrote: "These are Our Irish brethren are a warm Mr. Tkach'sannouncement that the the brethren to be somewhat dazed However, Mr. Lawson considers pretty big ifs, and what the political and welcoming people. My wife and Church would contribute $100,000 and frightened and there to be an joining the European exchange rate wiseacres are wondering this morn­ I spent a week touring and doing re­ each to the relief funds for the vic­ aura of sobriety in the convention mechanism as essential to the long­ ing is: has Margaret Thatcher's search across Ireland before the tims of Hurricane Hugo and for the center. term health ofthe British economy. phenomenal luck at last run out­ Feast and were in Galway for victims oftheSan Francisco, Calif., The exciting part was to see the The disagreement is not primar­ and with her luck, has she lost her Atonement. earthquake. It was exciting to know brethren respond as they did. There ily one of personalities but of basic judgment too?" We found the principal social in­ that we as a group were able to offer was a tremendous amount of love, policy. It is not limited to Mrs. In conclusion, Mr. Johnson said: stitution is the pub. Almost every help to those who suffered and are encouragement and bravery dis­ Thatcher and her ex-chancellor. "My own guess, and it is no more, is Irishman will spendsomepartofev­ suffering from those disasters. played. It was obvious that the As Paul Johnson wrote in the that Mrs. Thatcher's extraordinary ery day in a pub, unless he is termi­ Christ had compassion for the brethren felt secure with the family Oct. 27 Daily Mail: "They thought tenacity and courage will pull her nally ill, in a hospital or incarcer­ people in the world who suffered. I of God. Many had no idea what to it had been agreed at the last Eu­ through. But there is no doubt that ated, because pubs are where they am thankful that Mr. Tkach has en­ expect when they returned home, ropean summit [in Madrid] that she has entered one ofthe most anx­ keep the drink and the talk. couraged all of us to have the same but they didn't let it spoil their Britain would join the EMS when ious crises of her career." TheIrish are a gregarious people. compassion. Feast. Neither did they let it spoil certain conditions had been ful­ In the background of this are the They cannot bear to be left alone. Marya Pirog: I attended the anyone else's Feast. filled. It is now obvious that Mrs. workings of the European Commu­ They must always be talking to Feast in Pasadena this year and was Monte Woberton: For the nrst Thatcher was not sincerely behind nity. The French are urging the pro­ their friends. This is extended also impressed with the hard work and part of the cruise we had calm seas. this compromise." cesses of unity forward. to perfect strangers, so it is impossi­ dedication of the ministers, their But the Aegean is unpredictable at Consider reaction in the Oct. 27 The Oct. 26 Daily Telegraph ble to remain a foreigner in Ireland. wives and members who stayed in this time of year. Financial Times. "Thwarted by the headline was "Mitterrand Urges The 56 brethren from Northern Pasadena to organize the Feast. During the five-hour trip be­ PrimeMinister in his desire to com­ New Treaty to Unify EEC." Ireland and 201 from the Republic Those who stayed here for the Feast tween the islands of Patmos and mit the UK to the exchange rate Some excerpts: "President Mit­ of Ireland attending this Feast site gave their all to make Pasadena an Mykonos, we encounteredsome rel­ mechanism ofthe European Mone­ terrand ... has taken the debate on certainly fulfilled the above. They enjoyable and exciting site. atively heavy seas-about 100foot tary System ... Mr. Lawson found the future of Europe far beyond the made this Feast the best Feast I was especially impressed with swells and heavy winds. As the ride the macroeconomic management of question of monetary union." ever-spiritually and physical1y­ the service of the ministers' wives. became bouncier, many succumbed theUK increasingly troublesome in "He said: 'The [proposed] inter­ for all who attended. They gave many hours of work to seasickness. the last year or two of office." governmental conference is the As far as I'm concerned, if you alongside their husbands. I saw, Everyone was trying to deal with The reluctance ofthe prime min­ kingpin of monetary union, which wanta relaxing and uplifting family fIrsthand, the right attitude of ser­ the problem in his or her own way. ister to fully commit to Europe is takes us a decisive step towards the Feast of Tabernacles, I recommend vice from the ministry and their Some took refuge in their rooms. the crux ofthis disagreement. This, ultimate objective, which is politi­ the Trabolgan site. I give it a 10 on families. I learned a lot from the Others tried walking around the along with high interest rates, an cal union.''' a scaleof 1to 10. Themost inspiring ministry and notjust from their ser­ ship. Still others stayed out on the unstable pound and a huge trade Now the article's crucial point: thing this year was to see the chil­ mons. fantail in the fresh air. But I heard deficit, weakens her position in "His speech is likely to annoy the dren's choir perform. The family of Melioda Unzicker: On the Last several people comment that they'd dealing with Brussels. British government, which has said God certainly has a lot to be proud Great Day I overheard a woman in a certainly rather be on our ship than As the Times editorial said: political union is 'simply not on the of in its young people. restaurant ask a little girl why she outside in the water. 'There are only six weeks to go to agenda.' A new treaty, which would I realize this is only one of 102 was dressed up. The girl replied, "I We had confIdence that the cap­ the EC Strasbourg Summit at at least involve extending EEC law sites, so I asked my staffto give me just went to Church and now I'm tain or one of his competent crew which she will be under even to fmancial affairs, could even ex­ a report and reactions on the sites waiting for Shirley Temple to be was on the bridge, keeping us on greater pressure than before to clude Britain altogether." your Editorial team attended this resurrected!" course to our destination. move forward on economic and So the channel gap continues. year. Although her facts may have But since this ship was full of monetary union." The Continent wants to mOve to­ Clayton Steep: And now back to been a bit misconstrued, even at age God's people keeping the Feast, an At this writing Brussels has not ward political unity. That is anath­ the real world, I said to myselfafter 3, a little child can pay attention in old analogy took on new clarity. had time to react fully. But the Oct. ema to many in the United King­ the Feast. services. Christ is captain of the Church. 27 Daily Telegraph said this: "The dom. And people know that But wait a minute. Is that theway Lo"eD Wagner: Anyone who has We can always rest assured that he loss of Mr. Lawson as Chancellor, monetary union ultimately leads to it really is? Is theeveryday world we been to the Wisconsin Dells, Wis., is on the bridge, directing his ship coming so soon after Geoffrey political union. The Worldwide live in the real world? No, not at all. Feast site can't help but be im­ along the course he has charted for Howe's demotion, left Britain's News will continue to observe The world under the rule of God pressed with the Feastchoir and or- (See FEAST, PIIlIe 4) EEC partners gloomier than ever events in Europe. Monday, Nov. 13,1989 The WORLDWIDE NEWS 3 -AUSTR ANADA- Brethren show exemplary conduct at U.S. sites By Jeff E. Zhome Up to 40 people at a time gath­ Feast before rising again. Feast," said Mr. Havir. chants didn't ask to see IDs or PASADENA-"From all re­ ered at the succah (Feast booth) in Feastgoers ate dinner on a two­ In Big Sandy brethren enjoyed driver's licenses to cash traveler's ports we have received, many pe0­ front of the Ambassador Audito­ hour train ride, attended family day 25 new carnival games with prizes checks," reported visiting minister ple commented that the messages rium to visit or take photographs at the Kentucky Horse Park and at­ at family day. The Piney Woods Dennis Pelley. "Instead, they would preached at the Feast sites were in­ with Pastor General Joseph W. tended the Appalachian Festival of campground provided opportuni­ just ask if we were with the conven­ spiring and helpful," said Joseph Tkach. Music. ties for service and fellowship. tion." W. Tkach Jr., associate director of "An attitude of enthusiasm and In Dayton, Ohio, brethren as­ Feastgoers in Wisconsin Dells, Church Administration for the You're here for the mind appreciation was widespread among sembled at the La Comedia Dinner Wis., represented 44 U.S. states, United States. In Palm Springs, Calif., a Chi­ the membership throughout the Theater for a two-hour show com­ four Canadian provinces and three "Equally inspiring were the nese restaurant owner told coordi­ posed of 16 vocal, instrumental, other countries. More than 500 many reports ofthe exemplary con­ nator James Reyer: "Most people dance and comedy selections, all youths sang in a children's choir. duct of the Church membership," come to Palm Springs to build the performed by brethren, reported Sunsets, sunrises and moonrises Mr. Tkach Jr. said. body. But you people come to de­ coordinator Ray Meyer. over the Atlantic Ocean off Jekyll velop the mind and spirit." On family day in Niagara Falls, Island, Ga., were spectacular, ac­ Pasadena In Lexington, Ky., a first-time N.Y., Marineland opened nine cording to coordinator James Chap­ For the first time the Pasadena site, coordinator David Havir re­ rides and gave performances by dol­ man. site offered a "clean room," which ported that temperatures in the phins and killer whales. During one "The children's choir was the was available for those with aller­ high 70s Fahrenheit (24 to 26 de­ show, guest speaker James Friddle best that I have seen," he said. The gies or highly sensitive to odors. grees Celsius) dropped to the mid­ was kissed by a killer whale. He policy ofhaving the same two songs Closed-circuit television was pro­ 30s (I to 3 degrees Celsius) with called it "a whale of a kiss." at all sites for all to practice is an vided. snowflakes by the middle of the In Pensacola, Fla., "most mer- (See U.S. SITES, page 81

J:'ALM SPRINGS CONVENTION CENTI

Pasadena St. Peteraburg. Fla. Cruise ship sails to Greek islands, Turkey

PASADENA-For the first Greek by birth. In addition to two ers hired by the cruise line per­ of the Feast she had a list of 82 time the Feast of Tabernacles took sermons, he gave talks about the formed several evenings before and names. place on a cruise ship. history of some of the sites the after dinner. The ship returned to Piraeus Oct. Brethren from 14 countries group visited. On youth day teens ushered and 20, and brethren disembarked. Af­ boarded the MTS Oceanos, oper­ Sermons were also given by evan­ provided special music. At a senior ter a tour of Athens, services took Daytona Beach. Fla. ated by Epirotiki Cruises, at Pi­ gelist Harold Jackson of Church citizens banquet, each man'and place in the Royal Olympic Hotel raeus, Greece, Oct. 13. Festival c0­ Administration; John Comino, woman received a boutonniere or there. ordinator Richard Frankel, Knoxville A.M. and P.M., corsage. A perfect attendance of 585 kept Washington, D.C., North and Cookeville, Morristown and "Thefood and service on the ship the Last Great Day at the Royal South pastor, introduced the open­ Jamestown, Tenn., pastor; Neil were excellent," said Mr. Frankel. Olympic Hotel. ing night service as the ship set sail. Earle, Toronto, Ont., West and "And one of the greatest benefits, Brethren toured Corinth Oct. 22, Ports of call included Istanbul Central pastor; Mr. Frankel; obviouslY,ofthis kind ofFeast is the and most left for home Oct. 23. and Kusadasi, Turkey, with a side Richard Paige, associate professor togetherness." "Olympic Airways flight staff trip to Ephesus, and the Greek Isles ofhistory at Big Sandy Ambassador Many said that they met more commented on the exceptional be­ of Patmos, Rhodes, Mykonos, College; and Don Waterhouse, Fort people this year than ever before. havior of our group," said Mr. Crete and Santorini. Guided tours Worth, Tex., East pastor. Mr. One woman wrote down the Frankel. "The MTS Oceanos crew were available at most locations. Cominowas raised in rank to pastor. names and addresses of the people and staff mentioned this was the Guest speaker for the Feast was Church members and entertain- she ate with on the ship. At the end best group they have had in 15 years Kyriacos Stavrinides. Dr. (the lifetime ofthe Oceanos). They Stavrinides, professor of classics at also said our people 'knew how to Pasadena Ambassador College, is have a good time, and it was clean fun.' "

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The Worldwide News is published biweekly. except during the Church's annual Fall and Spring festivals, by the Worldwide Church of Report from God. Copyright • 1989 Worldwide Church of God....11 rights reserved. Founder: Herbert W. "'rmstrong 1892·1986 the Treasurer's Office Editor in chief: Joseph W. Tkach Editor: Dexter H. Faulkner Senior editor: Sheila Graham; managing ed­ itor: Thomas C. Hanson; layout editor: Ronald Grove; news editor: Jeff Zhorne; associate editor: Kerri Dowd; "Iron Sharpens Iron": PASADENA-Holy Day offerings have been completed for 1989, and Norman L. Shoaf; editorial assislants: Paul we are gratified and pleased with the results. Here are the increases Monteith, Tammy Gressly; staff writer: in the United States for the fall Holy Days: Feast of Trumpets, 19.1 Pamela Henderson; composition: Maria Stahl. Teresa Michel; photography: Warren percent; Day of Atonement, 17.9 percent; first day of the Feast of Watson, Mike Bedford. G..... Belluche Jr.• Tabernacles, 14.3 percent; Last Great Day, 16.3 percent. When this Charles Feldbush. Hal Finch. Barry Stahl. Suo was combined with the three earlier Holy Days, there was an increase aan Braman; proofreaders: Peter Moore. Lana Walker of 21 percent for the year. Publishing Services composition: Don We in Pasadena wish to thank all of you for these offerings, which Patrick, Steve Doucet, Larry Miller; printing have eased our problems in the financial area. coordinator: Robert W. Richards Regional correspondents: Debbie Minke. While the Holy Day offerings were outstanding, the regular day-to­ Vancouver, B.C.; Terri Conti, Italian Depart­ day tithes and offerings have lagged behind. For the first 10 months ment; Eleazar Flores. Manila, Philippines; of this year we had an increase in the United States (including Holy Frankie Weinberger. Bonn. West Germany; Rex Morgan. "'uckland. New Zealand; Christo· Day offerings) of 3.9 percent more than last year. The month of pher Harmon. Borehamwood. England; October was 3.2 percent more than last year. Richard Steinfort, Nieuwegein, Netherlands. The CPI (consumer price index), also known as the cost-of-Iiving Notice: The WorldWide News cannot be reo index, is somewhere near our increase. In other words, our income is aponsible for the return of unsolicited articles and photographs. just about keeping even with increases in expenses. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Subscriptions are sent au· We have been trying to continue in a carefully managed growing tomatically to the members 01 the Worldwide mode while the income is comparatively the same. There have been Church of God. "'ddress all communications to The Worldwide News, Box tIl. Pasadena. many changes toward more efficiency, but after a while there is little Calif.. 91129. See The Plsin Truth for addi· else that can be done. tional mailing offices. Entered as second· New opportunities are becoming available, and others appear immi­ class mail at the Manila. Philippines. Central Post Office. Feb. 10. 1984. nent. Unfortunately, because of our income status we will have to go ADDRESS CHANGES: U.S. changes of ad· into a no-growth mode and possibly even cut back. We will have to dress are handled automatically with Plain make significant changes, which may not be pleasant, in our various Truth changes of address. Postmaster: operations. Please pray that God will guide Pastor General Joseph W. Please send Form 3579 to: The Worldwide Rhodes News. Box 111. Pasadena. Calif.• 91123. Tkach and the rest of us in making wise decisions in this regard. 4 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, Nov. 13,1989 COSTA RICA CZECHOSLOVAKIA-OENMARK-OOMINICA-ENGLANO·FIJI-FR NeE G ANA Feastgoers in Canada enjoy foretaste of world tomorrow

VANCOUVER, B.C.-"From three family cruises, one for Youth Victoria, B.C., to Halifax, N.s., Opportunities United and one for brethren enjoyed a foretaste of the singles. world tomorrow vividly portrayed Senior citizens in Victoria had an by the many sermons and sermon­ elegant luncheon in the afternoon ettes brought by the local ministry high tea fashion that the Empress as well as special guests," said evan­ Hotel is known for, according to c0­ gelist Colin Adair, regional direc­ ordinator Jack Kost. The atmo­ tor. sphere was enhanced by the luxuri­ The Vancouver Office adminis­ ous surroundings of the Crystal tered four Feast of Tabernacles Ballroom and the soothing sounds sites. Mr. Adair and his family vis­ of a strolling violinist. ited Victoria, Regina, Sask., and The variety show in Halifax Halifax. consisted of entertainment pro­ "At all three sites brethren men­ vided by individuals and groups tioned how much they were enjoy­ from the Atlantic provinces and ing the Feast and commented on the included several transfers from depth and meaning of the mes­ other parts of Canada and the sages," Mr. Adair said. United States. Regina, normally the coldest According to the Oct. 16 Halifax site in Canada, turned the tables Mail-Star: "The Worldwide on the other sites by producing Church of God accepts the author­ sunshine and temperatures of 14 ity of the Bible and recognizes Sat­ to 17 degrees Celsius (57 to 63 urday as the Sabbath. It recognizes Victoria. B.C. Penticton. B.C. degrees Fahrenheit) on the last eight Biblical feasts, and does not three days. celebrate Easter and Christmas, Rain was forecast for family day which are believed to have pagan in Victoria, but the forecast was origins." progressively changed from 100 Offerings increased 19.4 percent Southern Africa: spirit of love percent chance of rain, to 80 per­ for each person on the first holy day cent, then 50 percent. and 14.2 percent on the Last Great As it turned out, the morning Day. CAPE TOWN, South Africa­ outstanding features of the Feast had hired the Civic Center and started cloudy but by the time ser­ Seven Feast sites wereadministered was the spirit ofcooperation among caused considerable damage. vices were over the weather had by the regional office: Durban, God's people. In the western Cape province of cleared and family day proceeded Halifax, N.S. 1,363 George, Sonesta and Uvongo, Morgen Kriedemann, assistant South Africa, in the city of Her­ under clear skies and normal tem­ Penticton, B.C. 3,110 South Africa; Mutare, Zimbabwe; coordinator at the George site, com­ manus, 197 attended services in the peratures. Regina, Sask. 1,351 Lusaka, Zambia; and Black River, mented, "It makes administration Sonesta Public Resort Hall. In Penticton, B.C., five cruises Victoria, B.C. 1,381 Mauritius. and planning so much easier when Most of the brethren stayed in were available on Lake Okanagan: Coordinators said one ofthe most people cooperate... the resort area and were within Attendance at sites remained walking distance of the meeting steady because there was little ill­ hall. Dwelling together in the resort ness before or during the Feast. helped develop a close-knit family When her kindergartners miss a tended services in Bluefield, W.Va., For the first time this year two atmosphere among God's people, Feast day, the teacher asks for a hug when then later in Pikeville, Ky. sites, Durban and Uvongo, received according to Robert Klynsmith, they return. While all the students Many in those areas went to Pastor General Joseph W. Tkach's Festival coordinator. (Continued from page 21 counted out loud, Brad went to the Lexington for the Feast. To say first-day sermon, which was Members attending the Pieter­ it. When there are rough seas in the front of the room and gave his the least, it was a pleasurable recorded in Britain and sent to maritzburg, South Africa, church world---economic upsets, war, nat­ teacher seven big hugs. experience to see them. Several South Africa by airfreight. The ser­ raised funds to send Mrs. Mudge, ural disasters or revolutions-those Micheal Bennett: The Feast older brethren, gesturing with mon will be viewed in other 85, to Mauritius. Itwas her first air­ of us in the Church are not totally makes you think about how you their hands, said they "knew me churches after the Feast. plane flight, and her first chance to immune. We might suffer some ill would rule in the world tomorrow. when I was knee high to a Guest speakers in southern travel out of the country. effects of the world's problems­ Here's an example I'm still thinking grasshopper." Africa were evangelist Dean William Whitaker, Mauritius spiritual seasickness. about. How should I have handled These older people have such in­ Wilson, Keith Stump of the Televi­ Festival coordinator, said, "The fel­ But it would be foolish of us to it? sight into life. After experiencing so sion Department and Curtis May, lowship was terrific, the weather say: "Boy, this ship is really being A couple of teenagers in Pentic­ much, they realize what's important associate pastor of the Pasadena was terrific, the hotel was terrific tossed around. I think I'll jump ton, B.C., were having fun playing and what's really not so important. Auditorium A.M. church. and the services were terrific." overboard." chicken with others on bikes and These people have spiritual wisdom The South African brethren sel­ Springtime sunshine in Mutare, Shirley Rhoades: I had the plea­ other pedal-powered vehicles. and have used it in their lives. dom hear speakers from abroad so Zimbabwe, made the mountains sure of going on the cruise for the Some of those they came close to One aspect of this wisdom is they readily appreciate them and sparkle with green brilliance, said Feast. One of the things I enjoyed crashing into probably also thought their families, according to John coordinator George Efthyvoulos. themost was being on deck and feel­ sharing their experiences with those it was fun, but some did not. White, Durban coordinator. Family day was at a showground. ingthe wind blow refreshingly brisk of us who are young. I received ev­ When they sped toward the This year a new site in Uvongo, Games were arranged for all age and cold at times, whipping our hair erything from pep talks on enduring group of pedestrians I was with, I 81 miles (130 kilometers) south of groups including pre-YES. A tug­ and clothing. It was exciting to to the end, to lectures on how to quickly racked my brain for what to Durban, was opened. Coordinator of-peace brought the day's activities stand at the bow and watch the sun make a marriage work. I can now do. Should I laugh it off? Do noth­ John Bartholomew said that an ox to a close. come up over the Aegean Sea. see more clearly why God tells us to ing and hope their parents would and sheep were roasted on spits at Members in Lusaka showed their One morning at daybreak I fellowship with one another. When take care of the situation? Play the family day on a nature reserve. commitment to the Work by dou­ stepped gingerly out on the open I left Lexington I was recharged heavy and let them know I didn't Youths put on a water-ski show. bling the Last Great Day offering bow area, expecting a cold blast of with the spiritual food acquired think it was funny? Yell and tell "There was an exceptionally fine despite a devaluation of the cur­ airin my face. To my surprise it was them to grow up? from both the daily messages and my family's godly wisdom. spirit of love and caring among ev­ rency by 85 percent. almost dead calm. And warm. I Well, as much as I didn't want to, eryone," Mr. Bartholomew said. walked to the foremost rail and still I felt responsible to play the heavy Mary Heine: While attending "We really did rejoice in God's there was no sense ofwind. and dampen their fun. I hope I the Feast of Tabernacles in Nor­ presence." Durban, South Africa 1,500 How could this be? We were didn't come across judgmental or folk, Va., we enjoyed all the plea­ The Civic Center convention George, South Africa 524 traveling at more than 15 knots and harsh. Correction can be hard to sures the Feast has to offer-from manager commented how different Sonesta, South Africa 197 I could see the prow cutting takeand I was fmding itcan be hard fellowship to fine food. The ser­ the Church is from other groups. Uvongo, South Africa 596 through the water and the waves to give. mons were inspiring, and one in "When the Church is here I can re­ Black River, Mauritius 120 dashing to each side. Since then, I've thought of sev­ particular left me encouraged. lax and not worry that things will be Lusaka Zambia 124 Then the realization came that eral ways I could have handled the Since my mom died last damaged or stolen," he said. A few Mutare, Zimbabwe 520 the wind was also blowing at about situation better. I can't do anything November God's plan has become days before the Feast another group 15 knots and coming from behind about that situation now, but I guess a tremendous source of hope, in us. We were traveling at nearly the I'll be better prepared next time. fact the only source. One minis­ same speed as the wind, causing us David Logan: At the Feast in ter's focus was on working to­ to be in a smooth-sailing vacuum. Palm Springs, Calif., I saw an el­ gether with resurrected saints to This is an example ofliving God's derly man who formerly attended build the world God originally way. When we're right with the services in my Church area. He had planned. Holy Spirit we feel calm and feel no since moved away. resistance. It was a good feeling. When we met again his excite­ The sermon brought to mind S eila Graham: My grandson, ment burst out. After talking for a the memories of all the times mom Bradley Guss, returned to his few minutes he told me that he taught me things and how we too kindergarten class in DeSoto, Tex., knew of a great Chinese restaurant learned to work together on every­ from keeping the Feast in Victoria, and that he would gladly go out thing-dishes, cooking, trying to B.C. On his first day back, his with me, if I offered. I was sur­ understand boys, making the teacher was discussing thecalendar. prised by his excitement and his grade at college (she was a prime Brad, 5 years old, raised his hand boldness, but I offered anyway. source of encouragement) and fi­ and asked how many school days he Lunch lasted four hours, and we nally Tim, who is now my husband had missed. She held up the calen­ had a great time. (it worked, mom!). dar and counted off the seven days Priscilla Taylor: My family­ The most encouraging realiza­ he had missed. Brad replied, "Then physical and spiritual-met in Lex­ tion I had this Feast is that thanks I think I ~we you seven hugs, Miss ington, Ky., this Feast. During my to God's plan mom and I may Sonesta, South Africa Lusaka, Zambia Gregory." developing years, my family at- work together again, side by side. r

Monday, Nov. 13,1989 The WORLDWIDE NEWS 5 GREECE & TORKEY·ORENADA·GQADELOUPE·GUATEMALA.O YANA.HAITI.INDIA.IRELAND French regions host to 3,732

PASADENA-The Feast rant owners, proving that our mem­ Gilbert Carbonnel. Members also took place at six French-speak­ bers are really the 'salt of the helped clean up a large part of the ing sites this year, according to earth,' " Mr. Apartian said. Villages Vacances France beach. evangelist Dibar Apartian, re­ In Sherbrooke Gerald Levesque "Thesite manager wants us by all gional director. of the Bathurst, N.B., church was means back next year!" Mr. Once again Mr. Apartian kept ordained a local church elder. Sin­ Apartian said. the first half of the Feast in Port gles had an afternoon outing that A boat trip was organized at the d'Albret, France, and the second took them to a vineyard for a tour Jacmel, Haiti, site. Most members half in Sherbrooke, Que. and wine tasting. had not been on a boat before, ac­ In Port d'Albret the children's In Martinique brethren assem­ cording to coordinator Cyrille choir of the Colmar and Metz, bled in a larger and more comfort­ Richard. France, churches sang a farewell able hall than previous years. A me­ Wesley Webster, an assistant song to their pastor Olivier Carion, choui was organized one evening, pastor of the Washington, D.C., who is being transferred to with the sound ofdrums and singing North and South churches, and St. Francois, Guadeloupe Pasadena. They also honored Mr. drifting over the beach, according Blaise Franklin from Haiti gave ser­ Apartian with another song. Evan­ to coordinator Erick Dubois. mons. gelist Dean Blackwell visited for the Although Hurricane Hugo latter half ofthe Feast. wreaked havoc in Guadeloupe, the Jacques Le Houedec, pastor of Festival site there was "miracu­ Jacmel, Haiti 66 the Angers, France, church, was or­ lously preserved," reported Mr. Port d'Albret, France 1,439 dained a preaching elder, and Roger Apartian. St. Francois, Guadeloupe240 Guilbert and Andre Gantois were During the Feast some of the dis­ Ste. Luce, Martinique 399 ordained local church elders. aster victims in the village were in­ Sherbrooke, Que. 1,468 "We have received many positive vited to share a noon meal with Cameroon 120 comments from hotel and restau- brethren, according to coordinator German sites: international famDy

BONN, West Germany-Hun­ replaceable for a future in peace German members in Brno were dreds ofvisitors to the German-lan­ with each other and for each other." surprised and touched when Mr. guage sites in Bonndorf, West Ger­ Two officials from the Office of Salyer led the song service in Ger­ many, and Brno, Czechoslovakia, Tourism in Goslar, West Germany, man before leaving for Bonndorf. helped create a feeling of an inter­ visited Bonndorf, according to Four women from Leningrad, national family, according to John Henry Sturcke, Festival coordina­ Soviet Union, met several members Wme-growing area welcomes Karlson, regional director. tor. They attended services when in the women's sauna, one ofwhom "A tremendous highlight" at We Are One Family-Part V was spoke Russian. both sites was the presence ofguest shown, and were positive about "One thing led to another," said speakers Larry Salyer and Dean brethren and the Church. Robert Berendt, Festival coordina­ Feastgoers to Italian site Blackwell, evangelists from Among those attending in Bonn­ tor. "The result was a two-hour dis­ Pasadena, and Victor Kubik, pastor dorf were the only members in cussion with Mr. Kubik, a request CHIANCIANO, Italy-In the sions to Florence and the medieval ofthe Minneapolis North, Brainerd Hungary and Czechoslovakia, sev­ to attend services and a request for heart ofthe wine-growing region of city ofSiena. and St. Cloud, Minn., churches, eral members from Yugoslavia and literature." Tuscany 719 Church members met Sunny Italy's typical daytime Mr. Karlson said. a member from Poland. for the Feast of Tabernacles, ac­ temperatures were in the 70s Fah­ Both sites had the best weather in A prospective member from cording to evangelist Carn Cather­ renheit [21 to 26 degrees Celsius] many years. Personnel in hotels, Turkey was baptized during the wood, regional director. followed by cool, invigorating Brno, Czechoslovakia 309 Feastgoers in Italy observed evenings. restaurants, stores and the Cedok Feast. Bonndorf, West Germany 1,124 travel agency in Brno commented Peggy Bauer from the United eight days filled with instructive On a winery tour brethren sam­ about the sudden surge of good States suffered congestive heart sermons, Italian cuisine and excur- pled and bought area wines. One weather upon thearrival ofFeastgo­ failure the day before the Feast and hundred fifty singles took an after­ ers. was hospitalized until the seventh noon tour ofthe town ofArezzo and Phrases such as "Ambassador day of the Feast. She attended ser­ capped offtheir day with dinner at a College weather" were used to de­ vices the morning ofthe Last Great Dutch Festival conducted restaurant on an ancient farm that scribe the change for the better. Day. grows its own produce. Church youths took a dip in a Bonndorf, West Germany Dmo, Czechoslovakia for 589 in miIIennial setting thermal hot-spring pool before a Bonndorf Mayor Peter Folkerts In spite of a law requiring visas pizza get-together. At an Italian social evening gifts welcomed Feastgoers during the for East Germans to travel to HOOOEVEEN, Netherlands-­ During a music variety show opening service. "I appreciate the Czechoslovakia, all East German were presented to senior citizens "Thanks to everybody's coopera­ Therese Steinmetz, a Dutch artist, and young children. friendship between us," he said. brethren were able to attend the tion, this was a wonderful Feast," sang Eastern European folk songs. "Interpersonal relationships are ir- Feast in Brno. "For many of our Italian said coordinator Bram de Bree. She was accompanied by Ensemble brethren it is the only time in the "I am really impressed by the Pirvu, which includes pan flutist year when they have this kind ofop­ Dutch-speaking brethren," said Nicolae Pirvu. portunity to fellowship together s0­ evangelist Richard Ames, guest Her accompanying trio, Charles cially," Mr. Catherwood said. speaker. "Iam thrilled thatthey can Prince, played more modern songs. Members attending the Chiao­ enjoy the Feast in their own lao­ Senior citizens visited the ciano site were housed in a small guage." Planetron, where they saw a three­ number of hotels. Included in the Services were in Dutch except for dimensional movie about how the costs were two daily meals. those by Pastor General Joseph W. earth came into existence. Upon "This permitted groups staying Tkach and Mr. Ames. Pieter their return the ministry and their in any individual hotel to eat to­ Michielsen, pastor of the Abbots­ wives served them dinner. gether daily and contributed to a ford, B.C., church, who speaks "It was such a beautiful day," close-knit relaxed family atmo­ Dutch, was again a guest speaker. said Mrs. Diny Schutter, a member sphere at the Feast," Mr. Cather­ The Dutch Feast is conducted in who attends the Tilburg, Nether­ wood said. a former peat colony. "The pastoral lands, church. "If you hadn't been During the Feast, four new mem­ scenes, the greenery and the trees 60 you would have wished you bers were baptized, and the Holy create a millennial-like nature," were." Dayoffering was up by 11.7 percent Mr. Ames said. over last year. Some activities were organized by the Church, with free time for Hoogeveen, Netherlands 589 Bonndorf, West Germany the brethren to plan their own activ­ IChianciano; Italy 719 , ities.

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Sites in Caribbean display the spirit of brotherly love SAN JUA ,Puerto Rico­ In Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, "Picture card perfect." That's how "many overseas members treated evangelist Stan Bass, Caribbean re­ locals to special meals so that table gional director, described weather settings for 20 to 25 were not un­ at the eight Caribbean sites during common," said Clifton Charles, the Feast of Tabernacles. Festival coordinator. Awards were given to the senior The management of the Hilton citizens at the Castries, St. Lucia, Hotel, where services were con­ sitewho had been in the Church the ducted, reported that "the mem­ longest (25 years), who was the old­ bers' courteous and warm treat­ est (86 years), who had been mar­ ment of their staff produced a ried longest (34 years) and who had corresponding response in the staff, the most children (13). accomplishing what previous train­ At the Freeport, Bahamas, site, ing programs had failed to achieve. brethren were welcomed by a min­ "The result was that manage­ istry of tourism official who gave ment noticed a signillcant positive souvenirs to the group. improvement in the way in which "There was a tremendous spirit the telephone operators, maids and ofbrotherly love and concern shown waiters related to our members," throughout the Feast," said Kings­ said Mr. Charles. ley Mather, Festival coordinator, Unknown to the brethren, the as­ "particularly so when one family sistant port manager and eight staff suffered a break-in and lost all their members went on a boat cruise with Festival funds. brethren. The assistant port man­ "Brethren gave so generously ager "said he had never seen all age that they were asked to cease giving. groups dance together to the same And the amount was enough to music. " Port·ol·Spain, Trinidad Roseau, Dominica cover all that was lost and used to Evangelist Herman L. Hoeh, help in several similar circum­ guest speaker in Trinidad and Bar­ stances." bados, wore a Filipino barong be­ An outstanding degree of warm cause of humid, hot temperatures. rooms before morning services," where a parking attendant was di­ fellowship and cooperation was evi­ Dr. Hoeh also wore black slacks and '89 Feast said John Robinson, a local church recting members into a lot. dent in Kingston, Jamaica. Activi­ said people on the street thought he elder in the Fort Wayne, Ind., It was raining quite heavily at the ties included a get-acquainted party was a Catholic priest. (Continued from page 11 church. time, and the parking attendant did Hurricane Jerry threatened to not have an umbrella, related coor­ and a family fun day at Ocho Rios. Five inches of snow downed tree strike the Corpus Christi, Tex., and dinator Walter eufeld. A member, Jimmy James, who Freeport, Bahamas 607 limbs and hampered efforts to re­ Biloxi, Miss., sites at the beginning Mr. Dalton stopped his car, got lives in an Amerindian village, set Christ Church, Barbados 529 store power. Up to 15,000 Dayton of the Feast but suddenly veered out and gave his umbrella to the out for the Feast in Georgetown, Roseau, Dominica 118 residents-and a few brethren­ parking attendant, advising him Guyana, four days before the Feast. Grand Anse Beach, Grenada 223 were still without power that into Texas, avoiding Feast sites, re­ Mr. James crossed 11 waterfalls, Georgetown, Guyana 158 evening. ported James O'Brien, Biloxi coor­ that he could drop it off at the Chamber ofCommerce offIce when slept under trees, hunted and fIshed Kingston, Jamaica 726 "The loss of electricity cost sev­ dinator. Brethren in Pensacola and St. Pe­ he no longer needed it. for food, and arrived at Georgetown Castries, St. Lucia 102 eral brethren their morning show­ "This typical ofthe very favor­ on the morning of the Last Great Port-ot-Spain, Trinidad 880 ers and forced some ladies to curl tersburg, Fla., and Biloxi were is able relationship we enjoy here with Day. their hair in the Hara Arena rest- asked to pray that God would divert the storm. the entire community of Saratoga "It looked like family day would Springs," said Mr. eufeld. be washed out here, but everything According to the Chattanooga, entertainer Frank Sinatra's song, mover." worked out just fine," said Mr. Tenn., Business Weekly, "Con­ Germany "I Did It My Way." As we are approach the 1990s, O'Brien. trary to the popular image of con­ The United States, too, is largely the postwar period is indeed over. ventioneers as a badge-wearing, (Continued from page 21 on the sidelines. "From being at the Perhaps it is only a coincidence Enthusiastic welcomes boisterous and often boozy crowd, pact of absorbing so many new peo­ center of European relations," that the ov. 9 breakthrough oc­ Restaurants and hotels greeted the Worldwide Church of God ple so fast. Certainly no one in the wrote Peregrine Worsthorne in the curred seven years to the day after members enthusiastically at the group consists mostly of families." West German government wants to ov. 5 Sunday Telegraph, "the Pope John Paul II decried Eu­ Feast sites. Palm Springs, Calif., The Chattanooga News-Free see East Germany depopulated. United States now seems to have rope's "unnatural divisions" in his celebrity and mayor, Sonny Bono, Press printed the following letter Then there is another factor. Lit­ moved to the margins-an inter­ famous "revive your roots" speech greeted a group of brethren eating from a retired parking lot manager tle-reported outside of the Federal ested spectator rather than a prime in Spain. in his restaurant. in Chattanooga, who is not a Republic is West Germany's other "Areyou people with the conven­ Church member. refugee phenomenon. tion?" he asked. The group replied "If you'd like to see American This year, perhaps 300,000 other that they were. "We're so glad to families together, see folks like people of German descent will ar­ have you here." yours and mine (the ones who rive. These so-called ethnic Ger­ French Biblelectures : Two women Feastgoers in Palm founded this nation), visit and ob­ mans are emigrating from long-es­ Springs realized they were short of serve around the parking lots and tablished German communities funds when checking out of their Trade Center before today is over. elsewhere in Eastern Europe and hotel. "For years I've been privileged to the Soviet Union. people growing aware According to Greg Purdy, hotel see and meet American families Resentment is growing in the manager: "The next thing we knew, through my work in public service Federal Republic against this influx PASADE A-Record num­ Que., where 200 new people at­ though, another gentleman from during the Church ofGod assembly ofemigrants from the East, some of bers attended public Bible lectures tended. your group who didn't even know in Chattanooga whom don't even speak German. in Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse, "The Work is expanding," said the ladies heard their discussion and "Tosee the family love and close­ Reactions against virtually unre­ France, in October, according to Mr. Apartian. "But God knows our told our clerk he would be paying ness, the well-behaved and well­ strained immigration translates into evangelist Dibar Apartian. needs and he has been sending us their balance as well as his! Need­ mannered children, will show you a growing political crisis for Bonn. "I couldn't believe it-98 people lately an increasing number of stu­ less to say, our staff was very im­ there's still a chance for our nation. Anti-immigrant right-wing fringe came to an afternoon Bible lecture dents from France." pressed." Let's all hope." parties, such as the Republicans, are in Lyon and 70 to a midweek Follow-up Bible studies will be The Golden Islander, published eating away at the strength of the evening lecture in Toulouse," said conducted in Lyon by Anthony Gal­ in Jekyll Island, Ga., reported: Press kits center-right coalition government. Mr. Apartian, who conducted the lagher, in Marseille by Jacques Le "The Church of God brings 'class' A revitalized Church-produced As a result, politicians in Bonn lectures. Houedec, in Toulouse by Bernard to our Island. All members are press kit, emphasizing the booklet are pressuring authorities in East "After the hurricane, earthquake Audoin and in Montreal by Donat dressed like we all used to dress on Recapturing True Values: The Germany to bite the bullet and in­ and stock market tragedies all hap­ Picard. Sunday-the men in coats and ties Story ofthe Worldwide Church of stitute radical reforms so as to hold pening within a few weeks, people Mr. Apartian plans a February and the ladies in colorful dresses, God, attained positive results from onto their restive population. are becoming more aware of world trip to the West Indies to conduct and as they walk about our Island, media. One of the most interesting as­ events," he said. "I can tell by the lectures on Guadeloupe and Mar­ they exude an appearance of con­ "Each year reporters get betterat pects ofall thechanges under way in questions they ask afterward. So tinique and possibly visit Haiti. tentment and joy. covering the Feast and we get better Central and Eastern Europe is the these lectures are timely." "They are pleasant, polite and at relating the information," said inability of the two superpowers, Seventy-nine people attended Bullet train to Angers courteous," the article continued. Michael Snyder, assistant director the United States and the Soviet Mr. Apartian's Oct. 8 lecture in Mr. Apartian said that with the "And, they are the most organized of Public Affairs. Union, to have much effect on what Marseille. transfer of Olivier Carion to group to enjoy our facilities and A "dramatic increase" in televi­ is happening. Pasadena, he was wondering how amenities during the year." sion coverage owes largely to mail­ The Soviet Union has all but de­ Lectures in Quebec Samuel Kneller, pastor ofthe Paris, According to Barbara Clark of ing more visually oriented kits. clared a hands-offpolicy. Moscow is After spending the fIrst half of France, church, could also serve, the Comfort Inn of Corpus Christi, "The purpose of the media pro­ permitting nations in the once solid the Feast of Tabernacles in France, with the help of three co-pastors, Tex., "I have worked with your or­ gram is not to get publicity for the East bloc to solve their own prob­ speaking every day, the regional di­ brethren in Angers. Angers is 3~ ganization before, and I can say that Church," said Mr. Snyder, "but to lems in the ways they see fIt. rector traveled to the Sherbrooke, hours from Paris by train. it is thebest group that a hotel could increase local understanding of One Soviet spokesman, slightly Que., site. "Would you believe that last hope for!" what the Church is and what it's do­ tongue-in-cheek, remarked that Mr. Apartian's Festival sermons June a new TGV [Train Grande ing at the Feast sites." the once-feared Brezhnev Doc­ were taped and will be played in VitesseJ train started, which can Let it rain He added: "We consistently ex­ trine of Soviet military interven­ French-speaking churches world­ travel from Paris to Angers in an One morning before services in perience curiosity from reporters tion has been replaced by the wide. hourand a half!" said Mr. Apartian. SaratogaSprings, N.Y., Joe Dalton about Church doctrine. We receive Sinatra Doctrine. When asked The day after the Feast, Oct. 22, "The timing was perfect and it Jr., Chamber of Commerce direc­ many comments such as 'Yousound what this meant, he referred to heconducted a lecture in Montreal, solved our problem." tor, was driving past an intersection like the fust century church.' " Monday, Nov. 13,1989 The WORLDWIDE NEWS 7 ETHERLANDS.NEW ZEALAND- • PER

BOREHAMWOOD, England­ len Hotel as a pianist when the Despite the lateness of the Feast Church conducted the Feast there this year, the British-administered in 1974. sites of Brighton, Paignton and Mr. Bogdanovic now realizes that Southport, England; Aviemore, he had played for Church members Scotland; and Trabolgan, Ireland; years before, never anticipating he experienced unseasonably mild would be participating in the Feast weather most of the Feast, accord­ himself. ing to evangelist Frank Brown, re­ In Rabat, Malta, the first Mal­ gional director. tese Spokesman Club ladies night A colder spell on the Last Great took place. The manager of a Day brought snow to the Cairn­ bowling center said that the YOU gorm Mountains in Aviemore-a group was the friendliest and best­ spectacular finish to a successful behaved group he has encoun­ Feast. tered. Feast of Tabernacles attendance In Africa overall attendance was in the British Isles included 1,114 1,883, an increase of 10 percent visitors, mainly from the United from last year. For the first time in States and Canada, a 4.4 percent in­ four years an organized Feast was crease from 1988. conducted in Uganda, where 58 Guest speakers from the United people attended five days of ser­ States were evangelist Norman vices. Smith and John Bald in Britain, In Mombasa, Kenya, the offering Dexter Faulkner in Ireland, evange­ on the Last Great Day was more Southport, England Trabolgan. Ireland list Richard Ames in Denmark, than 100 percent higher than the Selmer Hegvold in Malta and Peter previous record Feast offering Nathan and Keith Stump in East there. and West Africa. Feastgoers took part in a dinner Festival coordinators reported dance on an Arab dhow. After a Typhoons threaten in Philippines smooth organization, including the sunset cruise in the old harbor of reception of the satellite transmis­ Mombasa the dhow moored in a MANILA, Philippines-"The On Thursday during the Feast and other property. sion of Pastor General Joseph W. sheltered bay where a barbecued inspiration of the services and the Typhoon Tasing threatened Manila Reynaldo Taniajura, Cebu coor­ Tkach's first day sermon. Tapes steakdinner was served. Dinner was stimulation of old and new friends but veered north and passed just dinator, on behalf of the brethren, weredubbed in Paignton and sent to followed by dancing under the stars. characterized the annual family re­ north of Baguio. presented Mr. Matthews and his 18 sites, including Africa, Mauri­ The talent show in Mombasa, "A union ofthe Feast ofTabernacles in Medardo Maninang, Baguio c0­ wife, Ruth, with a picture frame for tius and the Festival cruise. All Day in the Life of a Kenyan," was a the Philippines this year," said re­ ordinator, said brethren were their wedding anniversary. tapes arrived in time to be played lighthearted look at aspects of gional director Rodney Matthews. thankful for God's protection and Mr. Taniajura said the behavior before the end of the Feast. Kenyan life. Attendance at the five sites was "kept up a positive spirit" despite ofthe brethren did not go unnoticed James Hancock, 15, of Plym­ A new activity at the Naro Moru, 5,613, including nearly 100 interna­ the cancellation of some activities. by the people of Cebu. "Hotel per­ outh, England, had a narrow escape Kenya, site was a boat race. tional guests, many of whom are The Thompsons and Paul Kief­ sonnel commented on how clean when riding his bicycle to the Feast Families made 42 model boats to Filipinos living overseas. fer, director of Ministerial Services looking and well behaved World­ in Paignton. He was hit by a car sail down the Naro Moru River. The week before the Feast here, and his wife, Monica, "experi­ wide Church of God people are." traveling at 60 miles an hour. James Philip Ramsamy of the Seychelles brought some disruption when Ty­ enced a harrowing five-hour drive" was thrown off his bicycle, but suf­ Islands won the race. phoon Saling struck Metro Manila when transferring to Baguio "with Jessup Bahinting, Cagayan de fered only minor abrasions. Offerings in Okada, igeria, and the island of Luzon. extremely strong and gusty cross­ Oro Feast coordinator, said that, for In Trabolgan, Anthony Goudie, were up 89 percent from last year. Damage to trees, buildings and winds on Thursday afternoon when the second year, the use of head­ Festival coordinator, was inter­ This year marked the first time power supplies from winds gusting their flight was canceled," Mr. phones made possible simultaneous viewed on radio during the Feast. that the electricity stayed on to more than 150 miles an hour left Matthews said. translation of sermons for the Ce­ About250 attended a medieval ban­ throughout the Feast in Accra, the regional office without power Dionisio Catchillar, Manila coor­ buano-speaking brethren who do quet, 125 toured Cork harbor by Ghana. It was also the first time Oct. 11 and 12. Many members dinator, said brethren put love into not understand English. boat and Peggy Bhutto, a blind members stayed on 'the Church­ were without power for up to 10 action during a family luncheon. Members also used their bless­ member from Chicago, Ill., played owned farm at Kutunse. days. Expenses for the lunch, which in­ ings generously, commented Mr. piano for special music and sang in However, the typhoon did not in­ cluded roasted calf and ice cream Bahinting. Some brethren with the choir. terfere with the Manila site or any were offset by donations from mem­ more second tithe invited others to a In Brighton, Raymond Collins ofthe other sites. Planning and most bers with more second tithe. restaurant for lunch and dinner. from Baltimore, Md., died unex­ Brighton, England 903 travel arrangements were not An 8 feet by 12 feet (2.4 meters According to Teodoro Sernal, pectedly of a heart attack. The fu­ Paignton, England 1,178 greatly affected because the storm by 3.6 meters) oil painting of a boy Tacloban coordinator, the commu­ neral was conducted in England af­ Southport, England 1,220 passed so quickly. leading a lamb and a lion was the nity observed the light of the ter the Feast, Mr. Brown reported. Bredsten, Denmark 269 Richard Thompson, acting backdrop for the stage at the Manila brethren, and "lodging-house own­ Mr. Collins' wife, Cynthia, is origi­ Trabolgan, Ireland 487 provost of Ambassador College in Film Center. ers invited lodgers to come again nally from England. Aviemore, Scotland 670 Big Sandy, and his wife, Onnie, and Thepainting was produced in less next year." In Bredsten, Denmark, Branislav Rabat, Malta 442 their family were guests at the than one week by Sheila Manlulu, Bogdanovic, a Yugoslavian who Accra, Ghana 553 Feast. This gave Filipino brethren 20, a member who attends the lives in Bergen, Norway, was bap­ Mombasa, Kenya 156 direct contact with an area of the Marikina church and a fine arts Baguio, Philippines 1,724 tized. While at the Feast he met Naro Moru, Kenya 179 Work they are not so familiar with. student at the University of the Cagayan de Oro, Philippines 1,262 Veijo Ranta Iso, a name he remem­ Okada, Nigeria 795 Mr. Thompson spoke at four Philippines. Last year's stage props Cebu, Philippines 768 bered because it was unusual to Tororo, Uganda 58 sites. A videotape of one of his ser­ were destroyed by a Sept. 21 fire Manila, Philippines 1,288 him. He first heard the name when Blantyre, Malawi 196 mons was played at the other site, so that gutted the warehouse where Tacloban, Philippines 571 he was employed by the Sanderstoe- all brethren could hear him. the Church kept stocks ofliterature Thailand site: 'another culture'

CHIANG MAl, Thailand­ toriurn A.M. church, carved a At the end of the Feast the hotel Church members at the third Feast replica of the Church's seal, with told Mr. Halford it would have to of Tabernacles in Thailand experi­ thewords AmbassadorFoundation almost double its rates to keep pace enced "another culture-gentle, in Thai. with the Asian tourist market. Mr. friendly people for whom serving is Halford said he didn't think Church a way of life," said John Halford, members would be able to afford Festival coordinator. the new rates. Manila, Philippines Cagayan de Oro, Philippines Amporn Pipatananant, the first "Thestaffofthe hotel negotiated Church member ofThai nationality with the general manager for a to be baptized in Thailand, was bap­ much lower increase," Mr. Halford tized on the Last Great Day. said. "The manager told me, 'What One activity was a truck ride up a can I do-my people are on your muddy, steep and windy mountain side. They want you to come track to visit a hilltribe village. back.' " Someofthe group pulled the trucks "Many people said the Thai out of the mud whenever they be­ Feast was a delightful surprise," came mired. said Mr. Halford. "They were Members were invited to the deeply impressed by the friendli­ royal villa in Bangkok, where they ness and attitude of service of the saw Queen Sirikit's projects to help Thai people." the poor people. Members pur­ chased handicrafts produced by the projects. Mike Stangler, a Church mem­ IChiang Mai, Thailand 322 Chiang Mai, Thailand Baguio. Philippines Tacloban, Philippines ber who attends the Pasadena Audi- 1 8 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, Nov. 13, 1989 SOLOMON IS A DS-SOUTH AFRICA-SPAIN-SRI LANKA-THAILAND-TONGA-TRINIDAD Australia: caring for one another BURLEIGH HEADS, Aus­ times and it would be our pleasure songs and costumes. Because the tralia-More than 7,000 Church to have you again stay with us either site is so small all brethren were able members and their families kept the as a group, or indeed as individual to take part in the singles activity. Feast of Tabernacles at 12 sites in members. Australia and Asia. "The whole group has not only Caloundra, Australia 1,117 Despite a domestic pilots strike in been an absolute credit to them­ Gold Coast North, Australia 1,077 Australia few members had to can­ selves but to the Worldwide Church Gold Coast South, Australia 1,397 cel their original Feast plans. Most of God." Hobart, Australia 359 international guests were unaf­ Many members traveling to the Melbourne, Australia 825 fected because alternative arrange­ Hobart site had to fly by Royal Aus­ Perth, Australia 655 ments could be made with interna­ tralian Air Force Hercules trans­ Ulladulla, Australia 771 tional carriers. ports. Seating consisted of a long Ahungalla, Sri Lanka 149 Visiting speakers at the Aus­ row of chairs along each side of the Honiara, Solomon Islands 41 tralian sites were evangelist Donald fuselage, and earplugs were pro­ Kya In, Myanmar Ward, Ambassador College presi­ vided to protect against the noise. Sa Khan Gyi, Myanmar dent, and Mark Cardona, pastor of In Perth rain was forecast for Ooty, India 233 the Memphis and Jackson, Tenn., most of the day on family day. Penang, Malaysia 575 churches. Evangelist Ronald Kelly When brethren showed up at the • Figures not avaHabkt and regional director Robert Fahey site "the rain stopped, the skies spoke at the Penang, Malaysia, and cleared and everyone had an excit­ Honiara, Solomon Islands Gold Coast. Australia, North Chiang Mai, Thailand, sites. ing afternoon of family fun," said Feastgoers were saddened by the Gavin Cullen, Festival coordinator. death of 19-year-old Graeme Di­ mond of Ballarat, Australia. South Pacific Graeme drowned while swimming Timothy Grauel, Festival coordi­ at the Ulladulla, Australia, site. nator for the Honiara, Solomon Is­ "Graeme's family was over­ lands, site, reported that a minor whelmed by the outpouring ofsup­ earthquake shook Honiara a day af­ port and encouragement after his ter the earthquake in the San Fran­ death was announced at the other cisco, Calif., area. sites," Mr. Fahey said. "The quake did not cause any damage," said Mr. Grauel. Australian sites Services in Honiara took place at A restaurant owner in Caloun­ theSolomon Islands Malaria Train­ Ahungalla. Sri lanka Ulladulla, Australia dra, Australia, praised theexamples ing and Research Institute. Mem­ Perth. Australia of singles at a dinner dance. bers noticed that some workers ear perfect weather, ocean sun­ were looking through the cracks to rises and mountain sunsets were the hear what was being said. fare at Ulladulla this year, accord­ On several occasions those look­ ing to coordinator Bruce Tyler. ing in fell over when the members An elderly man from Too­ opened the doors on their way to the woomba was traveling to the Gold restrooms. Coast North site to attend his first The entertainment evening in Feast when a tire blew out on his ve­ Penang featured talent from hicle. The vehicle overturned sev­ Malaysia and overseas. eral times, but the man only had to Several members helped carry spend one night in the hospital. and care for a disabled member Peter Sullivan, one of the man­ throughout the Feast in Ootaca­ agers for the Currumbin Palms re­ mund (Ooty), India. Family day in­ Penang. Malaysia sort at the Gold Coast South site, cluded games involving fathers, wrote: "The whole group--espe­ mothers and children. cially the younger members-were A variety show in Ahungalla, Sri exemplary in their behaviour at all Lanka, featured cultural dances, South Pacific host to five sites

AUCKLAND, New Zealand­ brethren to make a total of 104. gan, Festival coordinator. More than 850 brethren in "We had very fine reports from all "God brought together people Barry Dixon pioneered a Festival Biloxi, Miss., set sail on the 550­ five South Pacmc Feast sites with from allover the world with just the u.s. sites foot luxury liner Pride of Missis­ choir with the Vanuatu brethren. no major problems or serious out­ skills we needed," said Rex Mor- They presented special music on (Continued from page 3) sippi Oct. 19. ''The food was deli­ breaks of illness," said evangelist three occasions. excellent one, he added. cious and three musical groups Raymond McNair, regional direc­ AtSt. Petersburg, Fla., members performed, including some mem­ On opening night Vanuatu tor. brethren gave each overseas visitor supervised by Dennis and Linda bers of our Feast family," said In Rotorua, New Zealand, senior Pine of Sarasota, Fla., spent 640 James O'Brien, coordinator. a garland offresh, aromatic flowers. citizens took a gondola ride to a Later in the Feast they gave visitors hours constructing nearly 500 yards On family day in Vail, Colo., restaurant 1,000 feet above the city. ofdraperies and skirting for the au­ Feastgoers transformed Dobson polished shells, baskets they had An agricultural show was presented woven, coconut soap and fruit. ditorium stage. Arena into an old-fashioned West­ for family afternoon. In the finale A 36-by-2D-foot mural of a flor­ ern town complete with storefront 15 children fed lambs. One member, a teacher, stepped ida sunset was coordinated by Carl mock-ups, where children played This was the first year the Tonga out on faith to attend the Feast al­ Kelly, a professional painter who at­ games or were fitted for an Indian site was open to international trans­ though he was not given the time tends the Fort Myers, Fla., church. headband. fers. Services were in English with off. So far, five teachers in the Completing the setting, hundreds After some snowfall, tempera­ translations into Tongan by coordi­ Church have lost their jobs to keep of palms and plants were provided tures in Vail ranged from daytime nator Toluta'u Ha'angana. the Holy Days. by George Hughes, a member in St. highs in the 50s and 60s Fahrenheit Many Tongan members planned During the Feast one man was Petersburg, from his nursery. (l0 to 20 Celsius) to nighttime lows totakea boat to the Festival site, but baptized, becoming the 11 th mem­ An article in the St. Petersburg in the low 208 (minus 4 to minus 6 the boat was not working. An airline ber in Vanuatu. Times reported: "Church members (See U.S. SITES, page 9) manager who is a Church member are welcome not only for their ec0­ arranged to have members flown to nomic impact but also for their good the site. Dunedin, New Zealand 368 behavior. 'We particularly enjoy Anchorage, Alaska 588 The Feast was conducted for the Rotorua, New Zealand 847 them because they do their own Big Sandy 4,927 second time in Vanuatu, and inter­ Port Vila, Vanuatu 104 cleaning up,' " said Bart Whitaker, Biloxi, Miss. 4,837 national transfers were accepted for Vava'u, Tonga 75 manager of the Bayfront Center. Chattanooga, Tenn. 4,318 the first time. Forty-five overseas Yanuca Island, Fiji 223 " 'They leave the place cleaner Corpus Christi, Tex. 4,239 visitors joined the Vanuatu than most groups do, and we never Dayton, Ohio 3,162 Yanuca Island. Fiji have to worry about breakage,''' Daytona Beach, Fla. 6,566 Mr. Whitaker said. Eugene, Ore. 2,743 Jekyll Island, Ga. 2,873 How to live in love Lexington, Ky. 5,051 Members attending the Corpus Lihue, Hawaii 1,457 Christi, Tex., site were quoted in Niagara Falls, N.Y. 5,031 the Caller Times newspaper. Norfolk, Va. 5,947 "When my children were young, I Palm Springs, Calif. 4,049 started reading to them out of the Pasadena 3,653 Bible," said Don Sjogren. "From Pensacola, Fla. 5,848 that time on, we learned how to live Rapid City, S.D. 3,744 in love. And now, when we want to Redding, Calif. 2,266 thank God for what he's done for us, St. Petersburg, Fla. 6,148 we pray together." Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 2,009 Said another member: "Wetry to Spokane, Wash. 2,522 give them [children] practical ad­ Tucson, Ariz. 5,848 vice on how to handle situations. Tulsa, Okla. 3,333 Sometimes you can use examples of Vail, Colo. 2,191 something that happened at school Wisconsin Dells, Wis. 6,364 and relate it to a proverb." Monday, Nov. 13,1989 The WORLDWIDE NEWS 9 UG A-UNITED STATES-VANUATU-VENEZUELA-WEST GERMANY-ZA A-ZIMB Love of music hallmarks Festival at Spanish sites

PASADE A-Attendance at warmth, friendship, delicious the 10 Spanish-speaking Feast sites food, social and sports activi­ ranged from 103 in Venezuela (the ties," Mr. Sousa said. smallest site) to 1,490 in Mexico A senior citizens activity orga­ (thelargest site), according to evan­ nized by the women of the Ar­ gelist Leon Walker, regional direc­ gentina and Uruguay congregations tor. included games and Bible ques­ "Members in Latin America tions. It ended with an afternoon have a great love and talent for mu­ snack, tea and sweet rolls. sic," Mr. Walker said. "Conse­ The hotel management there quently, there was a strong empha­ gave the Church a bronze plaque in sis on singing and dancing at the appreciation ofbeing selected as the Segovia. Spain San Isidro, Costa Rica BarqUlsimeto, Venezuela Feast. Each area provided an enter­ meeting place for the Feast of tainment program for the members Tabernacles. featuring a variety of musical num­ At a family dance in Bar­ bers. These programs are always the quisimeto, known as the musical activity highlight of the Feast and city of Venezuela, brethren danced members prepare for them several to Merengue, Golpe and Tamu­ months in advance." nague music performed by a Par­ Although the Feast site in Puerto randa, an area folkloric band. Sal­ Rico was severely beaten by Hurri­ vador Barragan was Festival cane Hugo less than four weeks be­ coordinator. It was the fourth time fore the Feast, conditions were basi­ the Feast was conducted in cally back to normal as far as Venezuela. Festival needs were concerned. The Some new members at the Feast

meeting hall and enough rooms for in Trujillo, Peru, said they had not ~ __ ,\.iii:"; the brethren were ready, according imagined that they could develop Mar del Plata, Argentina Quetzaltenango. Guatemala to coordinator Pablo Gonzalez. such close friendships in such a About one half of those sched­ short time, according to coordinator uled to transfer to Puerto Rico de­ Wilfredo Saenz. cided not to change their plans in spite of potential problems. Some wanted to show their support for the Barquisimeto, Venezuela 103 Puerto Rican brethren and share Guadalajara, Mexico 1,490 with them whatever conditions they Maitencillo, Chile 358 might encounter, according to Mr. Mar del Plata, Argentina 480 Walker. Quetzaltenango, Guatemala 503 Mexican brethren at the Feast in San Isidro, Costa Rica 153 Guadalajara, Mexico, extended "an San Juan, Puerto Rico 296 exceptionally warm welcome" to Santa Marta, Colombia 329 the about 350 American visitors, Segovia, Spain 157 and the language barrier was suc­ Trujillo, Peru 275 cessfullyovercome, according to c0­ Guadalajara, Mexico ordinator Thomas Turk. American members in Guadala­ jara invited Mexican brethren to lunch through an invitation pro­ gram organized by the Church. All in one hotel in Jordan In Colombia, the Feast was con­ Photo Credits ducted without problems in spite of Page 3: Norfolk-Kevin Pierce; Palm Springs-Dan Aldrich; the crisis in the country from the 'made all the difference' Pasadena-Mike Bedford; St. Petersburg-Lavene L. Vorel; crackdown on drug traffickers. The Daytona Beach-Paul Kemp; Anchorage-Jenai Rasmussen; Festival took place in the coastal re­ By Joseph Locke Sabbath services in Amman. Corinth-Kerri Dowd; Piraeus-Hal Finch; Rhodes-Hal Finch. gion of Santa Marta, which pro­ PASADENA-Arab hospitality In Jordan we made daily tours to Page 4: Regina-Richard Schempp; Halifax-Philip Ewer; vided an excellent atmosphere away awaited 268 Feastgoers at the Am­ points ofinterest. On Monday, Oct. Penticton-Charles Feldbush; Victoria-Brooks Tish; Son· from the cares and problems ofthis man, Jordan, site. 16, the entire group traveled 200 esta-William Thomas; Lusaka-Kashweka Ndumba. world, Mr. Walker said. miles (320 kilometers) to Petra. Page 5: Sherbrooke, Que.-Jean Gosselin; St. Francois­ Herbert Cisneros, coordinator of Joseph Locke, vice president Many in the group said the Petra Gilbert Carbonnel; Jacmel-Wesley Webster; Bonndorf-Bill the Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, ofthe Ambassador Foundation visit was the high point ofthe tours. Palmer; Brno-Lynette Vilagi; Hoogeveen-H.B. Van de Weter­ site, noted "a great deal of love and for international affairs, coor­ Feastgoers also visited Mt. Nebo, ing; Chianciano-Skip Miller. fellowship and good use of second dinated the Amman, Jordan, Jerash, the Dead Sea, ancient Page 6: Port-of-Spain-Max Lai Leung; Christ Church-Basil tithe." Members with a larger Festival site. Philadelphia and Pella. Beckles; Roseau-Joseph Gregoire; Port-of-Spain-Randolph amount of second tithe shared with We also toured the schools where Karamata; Freeport-Garth Sawyer. those who had limited financial re­ Ambassador College students teach Page 7: Paignton-T. Neville Hutchinson; Aviemore-John D. sources. This was the fourth year for this Stettaford; Brighton-Andrew Suckling; Trabolgan-Tom Pur­ site, but it was the fIrSt year that all disabled youths in Jordan. Prince A talent show in San Isidro, Ra'ad and his wife, Princess Majda, nell; Southport-Leonard E. Rinehart; Chiang Mai-Debbie Arm­ Costa Rica, featured numbers from brethren stayed in the same hotel. strong; Manila-Lemuel Acebron; Cagayan de Oro-Jerome V. It made all the difference in the were host and hostess at a Costa Rica, Panama, the United wheelchair basketball game for the Manriquez; Tacloban-Rafael Uy; Baguio-Dan Fontillas. States and Spain. world, as we were able to eat, tour Page 8: Honiara-Timothy Grauel; Gold Coast North-June and attend services together. The entire group on the evening after Festival attendance was 153, the Last Great Day. (Prince Ra'ad Underwood; Ahungalla-Tim Quast; Ulladulla-Paul Thomas; which allowed everyone to become Marriott staffwent out oftheir way Perth-Maarten Schreuders; Ooty-Joseph Moses; Penang­ to serve. is first cousin to King Hussein of acquainted, and which led to a Jordan.) Jerry K.F. Chan; Yanuca Island-Ric McNair; Vavu'a-Michael deeper love toward each other, ac­ A supervisor of one of the hotel Morrison; Port Vila-Kathryn Myers cording to coordinator Mauricio departments was so taken with our After the Feast, two optional Page 9: Segovia-Tom Hanson; San Isidro-Jose Manuel Perez. people that he attended some ofthe eight-day tours were conducted. Biamonte; Barquisimeto-Salvador Barragan; Mar del Plata­ Six new members from Spain and services. He asked for counseling One group toured Israel and the Keith Speaks; Quezaltenango-Roberto Arquella; Amman­ one from Portugal were baptized at and was invited to attend services by other group toured Egypt. Steve Dennis. the Feast in Segovia, Spain, accord­ visiting minister Charles Bryce. ing to coordinator Pedro Rufian. Mr. Bryce was so impressed by Twenty-six of the 157 people in at­ his attitude and quality ofquestions IAmman, Jordan 268 I tendance celebrated their first that he invited him to attend weekly children's choir, and Bob Brown, a Feast. blind member from Tulsa, sang and Brethren with cars gave rides to 0.5. sites played the piano. the 27 brethren staying at another (Continued from page 8) Two issues of the Rapid City, hotel. Celsius). S.D., Journal published excerpts of In Maitencillo, Chile, brethren Walter Neufeld, Saratoga sermons. Church youths gathered ate meals together. ''There is noth­ Springs, N.Y., coordinator, pre­ at Evan's Plunge, an indoor pool fed ing more rewarding than hearing sented Mayor Ellsworth Jones, who by a natural hot spring. the fine conversations and good is leaving office this year, with a Rainy weather in Anchorage, cheer of the brethren," said coordi­ limited edition bronze figure of a Alaska, turned to snow flurries and nator Mario Seiglie. rearing horse, something Mrs. finally clear, sunny skies by the Last Thirteen new Church mem­ Jones had confided he admired. Great Day. bers were baptized at the Mar "Mayor Jones has contributed Moose, caribou and fresh del Plata, Argentina, Feast site, significantly to the overall good re­ Alaskan halibut and salmon were according to coordinator Albert ception which the Church has re­ barbecued at family day at King's Sousa. This number included ceived from the community," said Lake Camp. Attending with the one from Paraguay and one Mr. Neufeld. "He will be missed." brethren was Alaskan musher and from Uruguay. Having a large group of deaf Iditarod race founder Joe Redding­ "Members from nine coun­ brethren at the Tulsa, Okla., site ton Sr. and a team ofsled dogs, one was a delight, said coordinator Earl tries, including the United Amman, Jordan of which mushed to the top of Mt. States, were delighted by the Roemer. Deaf children signed in a McKinley in 1979. 10 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, Nov. 13, 1989

Elder. and Steven Bearman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amokl Bearman, were united,n mar· riage Aug. 15 in 5t Albans, England. The ceremony was per10rmed by Robert B<>­ raker, Borehamwood, England, assistant BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS pastor. Carole Elder, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and Nogal Bearman, brother of the groom, was best man. The couple, We'd like to let the read­ TENNANT, Char1es and Kewanna (Cain), of Darmstadt, West Germany, pastor. Brigitte both of whom wor1t at the Church's Bore­ CIar1

HILGEN, Greg and Randi (Hays~ of Garden Gro¥e, Calif., girl, Lacee Raeam. Sept. 6, MR. AND MRS. RICHARD ABICHT 12:36p.m.,8 pounds2 ounces, now 1 boy,l MR. AND MRS. PATRICK HOLDER Eu1cria Eizabelh GiIIay Black and Richard girl. Dean Abicht were united i'I marriage Sept. Patrick A. Holder and Peaches A. Munroe 1. The ceremony was per10rmed by John JOHNSON, Wiliam Larry and Annabel _e '.mited in marriage July 16. The cere­ Moskal, pastor of the Lenoir, Boone and "I<.B:' (Bek), of Big Sandy, boy, Jared mony was per10rmed by Andrew Silcox. Marion, N.C., churches. Grace and TonIta Ilinningham, Eng4and, pastor. Ber1 Gibbs William. Sept. 1. 12:40 a.m., 6 pounds 13 Black,daughtersofthe bride, _emaid$ of best and Maureen Gibbs was ounces. first child. was man, honor, and Mk:heaI and Marl< Abicht, brOIl>­ maicl of honor. The couple ive in Ilirrnir'IJ­ ers of the groom, _e best men. The KNAACK, John and Hannah (Pope), of Da.... ham. couple live in Rutherford CoIege, N.C. enpor1.lowa. boy, Andrew David, Aug. 31, MR. AND MRS, SIO 001 SHIA 9: 17p.m.• 8 pounds2 ounces, now 2 boys. 1 MR. AND MRS. BRIAN WARNER gift Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Rogers of Hous1on, Tex., Dawn daughler of and Usa AuIt, Mr. Mrs. are pleased 10 ann­ Tonya Arman. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. MR. AND MRS. MARK LENGWIN JR. dora, Calif., boy, Kevin Glen, Ap

OLYNYK, Gordon and Leona (~ of Saska1Don, Sask., boy, Jarvis Kenley. Sept. 2, 8:18 p.m., 6 pounds 13 ounces, now 1 boy, 2 girls.

PAVLOVICH, Doug and Olga (Tripkovlc), of Ki1chen«, Onl, boy, Douglas Daniel, S8pt. MR. AND MRS. I. FOTHERINGHAM MR. AND MRS. BRETT LANGFORD 8, 1:35 p.m., 6 pounds 12 ounces, now 2 Valerie Ann Leathem, daughter of James Brett linden Langford and Susie Louise boys, 1 girl. and Dorothy Leathem, and Ian Fothering­ KUipers are happy to announce their mar· ham were united in marriage June 22 in riage, which tool< place May 28. The cere­ RADER, Brian and Patti (Jacobe), of San HoIywood, Northern Iraland. The ceremony Angelo, Tex., girl, Loren Elyse, S8pt. 9, 7:54 monywas performedby GavinCullen, uncle was per10rmed by David Silcox. pastor of of the groom, and pastor of the Perth, am.,6pounds 10ounces, now 1 boy, 1 girl. MR. AND MRS, GRAEME WALLACE MR. AND MRS. JEFFREY SMITH the BaJlymena, BeKast and Craigavon, AustraJia. North church. Bonnie Kuopers MR. AND MRS. BRETT JANTZ Northern Ireland, churches. The couple live 08_ Srri1h and Graeme Wallace _e wasmaicl ofhonor. and Grant Langford was REHM, Jackand Sharon(Fertig), ofCasper, 101_ Caroine Moody, daughter of Mr. in Nottingham, England. Wyo., boy, Brady J., May 25, 2:26 a.m., 7 united in ~ July 2. The ceremony and Mrs. CIif1Dn R. Moodyof Rumney, N.H., best man, The couple live in Pasadena. pounds 4 ounces, first child. was performed by Robin Jones, pastor of and Je1fnay Lee Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. the Reading, GodaIrring and Southampton, Royal Srri1h, were united in marriage May RIES, Kurt and Sheri (Barnes), of St Louis, England, churches. Vorginla Srri1h, sister of 28. The ceremony was performed in Water· Mo., boy, Todd Ma_, June 30, 4:17 the bride. was maicl of honor, and Nigel _ Valley, N.H., by Kenne1h Wiliams, a.m., 6 pounds 8 ounces, now 2 boys, 1 girl. HaMly was best man. The couple live in Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y., pastor. Milton Keynes, England. 101_ Gardner was maicl of honor, and ROPER, Randy and Tarrvny (Morris), of Ken Srri1h was best man. The couple live in Sacramento, Calif.. girl, Katrina Nicole, Aug. san Jose, Calif. 28,8:19 a.m., 7 pounds 5); ounces, now 2 girls.

SEARER, Mark and Nina (Hewson~ of Tyler, Tex., girl, Meghan Alayne, Sept. 7, 8:04 a.m., 7 pounds 15ounces, now 1boy, 1 girl,

SIMS, Norvel and Tracy (Pribbenow), of Ben1ley,Kan.,girl,AmandaLouise,AUQ.13, MR. AND MRS. R. PETERSON 12:14 a.m., 7 pounds); ounce, now 2 boys, Linda Marie _,daughter of Mr. and 1 girl. Mrs, Armando Bortolotto of Kennedy, (Wa.I

(Continued from page 10) Janet DatIoIo was matron of honor. and died June 26. Mrs. Dumouin. a Church Lonnie PIeroe was bestman.ThecouplellYe member Since 1971. is slnived by liar in Westminster. Colo. husband. Luc; a daughter. Sophie; and a ANNIVERSARIES son, Pascal. MADE OF GOLD MOSES, Benjamin. 79. of Washington. D.C.. died Aug. 30. Mr. Moses, a Church member since 1969. had no sumvors.

MR. AND MRS, DOUG DANNER The famiy of Doug and Delphia Domer gave a party to oaIebrate the couple's 25th _ing anniversary sept. 9. The Danners f were married sept. 3. 1964. They ha.e three children. 0._. Damon and Dana. and two steI>-Oranclchildran. The Danners MR. AND MRS. DAVlD HIEBERT attend the Kans.. City. Kan.• South cIludl. David H_ and Bertha Bloxham __ manIed May 6 in SUkaloon. Sask. The MR. AND MRS. RICHARD SOULE ceremonywas per10nnedbyOwen Murphy. Saska1Ioon pastor. Pat Zidak was __ ~ RlcII8rdson and RicIlard SoUe were _ in marriage sept. 3 in Round MR. AND MRS. WALTER WILKINS 1Mid, and Doug Atkinson was best man. MR. AND MRS. JOHN GIBBS Rock, Tex. The ceremony was perfooned Mr. and Mrs. W_ Wilkins oaIebr_ JohnGibbs and Bart>ara Dean WOlAd like to by Harold Leab!<, Austin, Tex., pastor. The their 50th anniversary July 15. announce their wedding, which took pIaoe -.g couple live in Round Rock. Brethren them with a JOSEPH W. BOHANNON July 22 in SumtneI1and. B.C. The....emony honored 50th an­ niversary plata and roses. The Wilkinses was performed by Anthony Wasllkoff, BOHANNON. Joseph Wesley, 73, of K-. and PentiClon, B.C., and Tonas­ have a daughblf, Julie, and two grandchil­ dren. The couple _re baptized in 1975. Modesto, calif.. died Aug. 22 alter heart ket. Wash., pastor. The bricIa's attendant surgery. Mr. Bohannon, a Church member was CI1e

NOTICES WEATHERHEAD. Harold, 76. ofS8intJohn. N.B.• died Aug. 21 altera lengthyilness. Mr. Weatherhead, a Church membe< sinoa The San Jose, C81if.. chun:h wiI oaIebrate 1975, is survived by his wile, VIola. also a its 25th anniversary in February. Thoae member; lour sisters; and two brothers. MR. AND MRS. GEOFF DEEPROSE who have attended the congregation ~ the years are irMled to come and com­ The family of Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Deeprose memorata this milestone. For _so _ NIMZ. ENin Leslie, 81, of Fr8l1C8S'iille,1nd.. would like to announce the couple's 45lh diedSept. 13altera Iongllness. Mr. Nmz,a to Lally Shamus. 1332 Crestwood DrIve, Chun:h member Since 1965, is survived by _ng anniYersary, which took place san Jose, Calif., 95118, or cal Mr. Shamus Sept. 26. The Deeproses ha.e been at1_~. his wile, Edna. also a member. Church members sinoa 1967. They attend the CaJgary. Alta.. North ctue:h. The Santa Rosa, C8Jif.• church wiI ce1e­ brate its 20th anniversary Dec. 23. Brethren who have attended the congrega­ tion through the years are inlliled to attend. Directions end housing arrangements can be made by caling Bill Lund at 1-707-584­ 4210 or writing to Box 2192, Santa Rosa, Calif., 95405. MR. AND MRS. GEORGE HARMON The BredIord, England, church, originaly DeborahJoyce CottriI, daughlorof Mr. and established in Leeds. EJ9and, wiI eel&­ Mrs. G. Kenne1h CotIriI of Summe­ Church member Since 1964, is survived by gene. Ore., chun:h. '-husband, Fr_ 101.; two sons, Barnard and David; one daughter, Jeraldine. a Church member; 15 grandclrikhn; and seven great-grandc:hildran.

ENGLAND, Lather sanders. 01, of Maiden, N.C., died Aug. 22. Mrs. England, a Ch..-ch membe< since 1964, is surYlYed by liar husband, Robert Sr.; a son. Robert Jr.. a localchun:h elder in Washington. D.C.• and his wile. Patricia; and a son-in-law. Harvey Lee Pettis Jr...of whom are Chun:h mem­ bers.Mrs.England is alsosurviYedbya son, Thomas; and seven grandchildran.

BURNETT, Lestha, 85. 01 Richmond. Va., ~ died Aug. 31. Mrs. Burnett. a Ch..-ch mem­ J MR. AND MRS. DAVE ARMITAGE bersince 1978, is surviYetlbyeighlchildren, 10 grandctlildren and _ great-grandchil- MR. AND MRS. TIMOTHY EUEY MR. AND MRS. HAROlDBRYAN JR. Dave and BanI ArmItage celebrat8d their dren. Mary Margaret Johnson, daughter of Mr. Lynn M. AJIworth Haupt and Harold M. 30th -.g enniYersary Aug. 29. The and Mrs. Jesse Johnson of Drasco, Atk., Bryan Jr. _e _ in marriage July 9 in couple have one son, David, a Church MR. AND MRS. JACK ELDER SCHMIDT. Comellus "Mike," 72, of New­ and WIIam TomotIly EIey. son of Mr. and Pasadena. The ceremony was per10nned _.A daughter. Nancy. died In 1982. ton. Ken.• died Aug. 24 of cancer. Mr. Mra. WIIam A. EJIey of Farnam, Neb., _e by James Reyer, Pasadena Imperial A.M. Mrs. ArmItage has been a Cllun:Il member Jack and Marie Elder oaIebrat8d their 25th SChmidt, a Church member Since 1986, is united in maniage Jan. 22. The ceremony pastor. CI1e­ was matron of honor. and Ron Packer was coness in 1980. She and liar son attend the ettend the Pasco, Wash., chun:h, where one son. two grandchildren, three ~ _ North and Lafayette. Colo., pastor. best man. The couple live in Pasadena. Washington, D.C., North chun:h. Mr. Elder is a deacon. DUMOUUN. DIane. 37, of Edmonton, Alta.• and one sister.

of life, a way that cares about us. Ifwe abide in his love, we can knowledge in the image of its ever you do, whether in word or PERSONAL others and is growing in love to­ extend it to others. We can so Creator. Here there is no Greek deed, do it all in the name of the (Continued from page 1) ward all others. deeply appreciate God's limitless or Jew, circumcised or uncir­ Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God nature because we love God and When we fall short, we'll want love for us that we simply cannot cumcised, barbarian, Scythian, the Father through him" (New want to please him-and because to throw ourselves on God's bear malice toward others. slave or free, but Christ is all, International Version). Christ lives in us. Therefore such mercy and carryon, continually As God forgives us so great a and is in all. Let's keep the fire burning righteousness is God's, not ours, striving to remove the ways of debt, so we are pleased to forgive "Therefore, as God's chosen bright of our commitment to the If we really do believe Jesus the former self. others. This is such a fundamen­ people, holy and dearly loved, life-giving truth and freedom Christ died for us, and that our tal theme of true Christianity clothe yourselves with compas­ God has opened our minds and sins are forgiven, we will devote Love without barriers that it can never be overempha­ sion, kindness, humility, gentle­ hearts to grasp! our lives to his service- to be­ Such love is fair, kind and sized. ness and patience. Bear with P.S. Be sure to read Mr. coming like him (though we will generous to all. It is not limited I hope this is what so many each other and forgive whatever Neffs "Treasurer's Report" on never be perfect in this life). We by the barriers ofoffice, position, page 3 carefully. My deepest and will be learning to think of oth­ economic status, nationality, heartfelt thanks to all the ers in the same way that we race, sex, sinful past or even reli­ brethren for the outstanding should have come to realize he gion. How can we look down our We struggle with our sinful nature be­ Holy Day offerings! thinks of us. noses at one another if the love of cause we love God and want to please Without those exceptional of­ We will be shedding our arro­ God is in us? him-and because Christ lives in us. ferings, income for the year to gance and superiority toward The parable of the man who date would now be seriously others whom we feel are not as was forgiven the enormous debt lower than the 4 percent increase "righteous" as we are. This is in Matthew 18 should be a con­ at which it currently stands. Paul's unmistakable message to stant reminder of our Christian began to feel more strongly ex­ grievances you may have against But, we must now face the us in Ephesians 4:29-5:2. obligation to forgive. pressed and displayed at the one another. Forgive as the Lord fact that income is just barely Looking down on others be­ It is when we feel our most Feast this year. And I pray that forgave you. And over all these keeping pace with inflation. cause we feel superior to them, "righteous," because we are ar­ it will continue to increase in virtues put on love, which binds Money for continued growth is whether spiritually or even in rogantly looking down on some­ each member and minister as them all together in perfect just not present. some physical way is the exact one else whose sin we think we time goes on. We must stand unity. We must do the very best we antithesis of all Jesus Christ could never have sunk so low as united in love, with firm and "Let the peace of Christ rule can with what God gives us, and stands for, and all he did for to commit, that we are indeed undying faith in God's great and in your hearts, since as members sometimes that means we have to humanity, including each of us weakest spiritually, And we all precious promises. of one body you were called to shift or revise our strategies to personally. have a lot of growth yet to come The apostle Paul sums up peace. And be thankful. Let the accomplish the most with what is We certainly cannot claim his in this most basic area of our these matters beautifully in word of Christ dwell in you now available. merciful and forgiving sacrifice Christian lives. Colossians 3:9-17: "Do not lie to richly as you teach and admonish Please pray earnestly that God on our own behalf and then go Love is not something that can each other, since you have taken one another with all wisdom, and will lead me to make the deci­ out and treat others in precisely be legislated into being. off your old self with its prac­ as you sing psalms, hymns and sions he knows are best for the' the opposite manner. If he lives How are we able to love one tices and have put on the new spiritual songs with gratitude in overall good and future of the in us, we'll be living a new way another? Because God first loved self, which is being renewed in your hearts to God. And what- Church and Work. 12 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, Nov. 13, 1989

Richard, mentally impaired since hewas hit by a truck in 1981, placed first in the regional contest and sec­ ~:;:L~,F(J ond in the state contests in 1988. PD A IT E This year his poster was titled PLACES & n "Never Play on Railroad Tracks." EVENTS IN THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD Richard is theson ofKenneth and Diana Smith, members who attend the Chicago, Ill., West church. PASADENA-Evangelist Don­ BIG SANDY-Thomas Dela­ ald Ward, Ambassador College mater, chairman of the Mass Com­ * * * president, announced several ad­ munications Department, was UNION, N.J.-Union and ministrative changes for the named director ofdevelopment and Jersey City, N.J., brethren cele­ Pasadena and Big Sandy campuses college relations for the Big Sandy brated the 25th anniversary of the Oct. 5. campus by evangelist Donald Ward, church there Aug. 26. Evangelist Roderick Meredith, Ambassador College president. Three pastors who have served in Big Sandy provost, returned to Gary Shaffer, instructor in the area attended: James Jenkins, Pasadena to take up duties as a full­ speech, will serve as assistant direc­ Houston West and Victoria, Tex., time writer in the Editorial Depart­ tor of the new department. pastor; Richard Frankel, Washing­ ment. The department will contact ton, D.C., North and South pastor; foundations, organizations and indi­ and Michael Swagerty, Chicago, Richard Thompson, Big Sandy viduals who provide endowments III., North and Northwest pastor. dean ofstudents, was named acting for higher education. It will also Each gave minisermons to the more FLOWERS FOR THE LADY-Brian Hayward, son of Church members provost. Gary Antion, an associate handle college relations, including than 1,000 in attendance. professor of theology in Pasadena, Carl and Frances Hayward, presents Sarah, Duchess of York, with a media inquiries about the college A formal dinner and dance took bouquet at the Ottawa, Ont., Rehabilitation Centre July 19. will serve as dean ofstudents in Big and coordinate the college's in­ place that evening, and 25-year Sandy. volvement in community events. members were presented with com­ York, visited patients with amy­ Motor Neuron Disease Society in Replacing Mr. Antion is Bryan memorative pins. otrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the United Kingdom, gave a speech Hoyt, Salem and Albany, Ore., pas­ * * * Festivities concluded Sunday, the Ottawa Rehabilitation Centre to the patients and their families in tor, who moved to Pasadena to join HI SDALE, III.-Richard Aug. 27, with a family picnic. July 19, Church members Carl and the center's gymnasium. the college faculty as an instructor Smith, 15, captured second place in Frances Hayward met them. Mr. "I'mdetermined to improve pub­ in theology and counseling. Mr. a national safety poster contest * * * Hayward has suffered from the dis­ lic awareness so we can work to­ Hoyt has a master's degree in coun­ sponsored by Commercial Travel­ OTTAWA, Ont.-When Prince ease for two years. wards a cure, and in the meantime, seling. ers of America. Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of help all those who suffer," she said. The duchess accepted a bouquet of flowers from the Haywards' son Brian, 9. 'There's no question God answered' The royal couple spoke to the Haywards for a few moments. "The duchess told me to keep fighting and not to give up," Mr. Quakejolts bayduringFeast Hayward said. The Haywards attend the Ottawa By Kerri Dowd In theSan Jose and Aptos, Calif., food, shelter or other supplies church. * * * PASADEN A-Thirteen church areas, four families suffered should contact him. Hereceived no brethren unable to attend the Feast major damage. Mike and Bonnie responses. BONN, West Germany-The were in the San Francisco, Calif., Ferranti and their son, Charles, 16, "It is really amazing with all of regional office here announced the area during the Oct. 17 earthquake lost everything when their apart­ the destruction around us to see how CARL HAYWARD following personnel changes. that measured 7.1 on the Richter ment building burned to the we have been protected," said Mr. ALS, known as Lou Gehrig's Martin Fekete, former assistant scale. ground, according to William Ja­ Jacobs. "The best thing to do was to Disease after the 1930s baseball star pastor ofthe Bonn-Duesseldorf and They are all fme, although most cobs, San Jose and Aptos pastor. be somewhere else. There was no who became one of its best-known Darmstadt, West Germany, had damage inside their homes, ac­ "A lot of members donated reason to go horne. 1think it drew us victims, can lead to paralysis and churches, now serves as office man­ cording to Keith Brittain, associate money at the Feast when they h~d all a lot closer together at the death. ager for the Bonn Office. pastor of the San Francisco and of the Ferranti family's situation," Feast." The duchess, royal patron of the Erwin Schotten, a 1977 Pasadena Oakland churches, who was dis­ Mr. Jacobs said. Ambassador College graduate, patched from the Redding, Calif., Mr. Ferranti's boss also gave him joined theeditorial staffin the Bonn Feast site to check on their safety. a substantial pay raise and bought Office in August. The quake, which struck at 5:04 the family some furniture and other Andreas Drosdek, a 1989 p.m., Oct. 17, the fourth day of the necessities. Renters insurance cov­ Pasadena Ambassador College Feast of Tabernacles, was first re­ ered the belongings they lost in the graduate, is the new manager ofthe ported to have a magnitude of 6.9. fire, and the family moved to a bet­ Personal Correspondence Depart­ The quake killed at least 65 people. ter apartment in a more convenient ment in the Bonn Office. He re­ No Feast site was affected, and location. places Alfred HeUemann, who will only those members unable to at­ "The Ferrantis are really continue to serve as associate pastor tend the Feast were horne to experi­ troupers-1ierving people. They lost ofthe Bonn-Duesseldorfand Darm­ ence the shaking. everything they had, but they have stadt churches until December. One such member was 93-year­ been faithful, and God has turned In December Grant Spong, old Wilhelmina Larson, who lives in everyone's minds to help them." "That also he should gather together in one the children of Berlin, Hamburg and Hannover, WestGermany, pastor, will transfer a retirement horne in San Jose, Marsha Rosen, a prospective God that were scattered abroad." (John 11:52) to Australia to pastor the Wodonga Calif. member who was unable to attend and Wagga-Wagga churches. Mr. Mrs. Larson remembers the 1906 the Feast, was in her horne during HONG KONG-A member his wicked father. Hellemann will then pastor the San Francisco earthquake. "There the earthquake. Her horne, which is here wrote about reaction to the "Taiwanis thefirst wife, who was Berlin, Hamburg and Hannover were three big shakes worse than in covered by insurance, received Chinese government's crackdown divorced by the father (China) and churches. San Francisco in 1906. I remember severe damage. on students in June. Following are married the United States. There­ those like yesterday, and this was Glen Goodwin's house was excerpts. fore, Hong Kong is now an orphan. worse, I can tell you. moved offits foundation. Itwill cost "Hong Kong was in total shock "China has suffered tremendous an estimated $30,000 to repair it, "We were in the dining hall. I and chaos the day after the [Tianan­ losses in its many industries because but Mr. Goodwin expects to receive cried out loud, 'Merciful Father, men Square] massacre. About one of the [Tiananmen Square] inci­ a grant to cover the expense. you know we are all a bunch ofhelp­ million people flocked into the dent. This is especially noticeable in less old people. Keep us safe and When Gordon Emerson, an Ap­ streets, all wearing black or white the tourist industry. keep us calm.' There's no question tos local church elder who lives near clothing, to walk in protest of the "People in Hong Kong no longer God answered." the San Andreas fault, returned massacre. buy. Everyone saves money to emi­ from the Feast, he found chests of "I have never seen Hong Kong grate. You can see signs like 'immi­ Help from headquarters drawers that had been thrown up­ people in such unity and orderly grating sales, all goods must go.' Z Pastor General Joseph W. Tkach side down, and items from one room marching. People walked hand in "The Singapore government is­ ...'" o presented two checks for $100,000 that were thrown into others. His hand and sang patriotic songs. sued 10,000 applications for immi­ Q each to the American Red Cross chimney was also knocked down. o "Movie stars, celebrities, the gration visas. They charged ~ z Oct. 19 to assist victims of the The fmancialloss was minimal. veryrich and thevery poor all forgot HK$ I,200 [aboutUS$150] eachjust ... U earthquake and the devastation "We don't anticipate being left about their social status for the time for the application fee. Yet people from Hurricane Hugo, which with any major problem in the long being as ifto say that under machine flocked to the consulate and grabbed O:f" struck the South Carolina coast run," Mr. Jacobs said. guns and tanks, they are all equal. whatever form they could get. ...J ... Sept. 21. \I "We've been able to help most of "Fast food shops were giving out "When the office ran out of zt');):: "After seeing the terrible de­ those people either with Church as­ free drinks and sandwiches to forms, the crowd turned wild. Some ::;) ~ struction in San Francisco, we sistance or from the members who O)(~ marchers to show their support. shouted, 'I will pay $200 extra for QlIl strongly felt that it was our duty to could help, but there has been far Thespecial fund-raising concert for the form.' Another yelled, 'I will {/)I!lolj provide whatever emergency help less need for Church assistance than the students' movement had raised pay $300.' :I: :E U we could," Mr. Tkach said. I expected." HK$13.2 million [about US$1.7 "It was just ridiculous, but you •Z Many of the brethren lost items million] in one night. can feel how desperate the people a:Xet Bay area churches that fell off shelves. Stuart Segall, "Previously, Hong Kong people are to get a passport for security ... :E "I went into the area because associate pastor, removed 50 have always been known to be indif­ from whoever will offer it to them. these people could not be reached pounds of broken glass-much of ferent to politics. But people have They can no longer rely on the by phone," Mr. Brittain said. it china and crystal-from his now lost all confidence in China. British, who they thought would be Mr. Brittain got around the city horne. Many people are leaving the colony, the first ones to offer them protec­ without too much trouble, and con­ If brethren had to move out of worsening the brain drain situation. tion. tacted all 13 people. their homes because of broken "Theanti-British feeling is grow­ "Itis indeed a pity ifa prosperous There are no reports of severe pipes, they had relatives or some­ ing stronger here recently. There is city like Hong Kong ends up be­ damage to the homes of Church one to stay with. Mr. Jacobs made asaying that Britain is Hong Kong's coming an empty shell, then goes . members in the San Francisco and an announcement at Sabbath ser­ stepmother who decided to abandon backward to the time even before Oakland area. vices Oct. 28 that those who needed her stepchild and return the child to the British rule."