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Vol. 9, No 3 www.ucg.org March/April 2003 News Council Discusses Budget Plans for Next Year by Don Henson •The Church has completed the $1 Mr. Baker sent copies of United’s doc- •Work is underway to develop “first At a Glance purchase transaction of the 3.6 acres of trinal and study papers on the Passover, contact” literature which will explain The Council of Elders began its cur- hillside property that adjoins the office. but has not yet received their response. our teachings in very simple, brief form. rent round of meetings Feb. 26 with the •John Elliott and Dave Baker have •The Ambassador Bible Center •A mailing list will soon be com- Burnetts to Transfer traditional administrative reports from returned from a trip to Kenya. This was school year is off to a very positive start, piled for a monthly E-letter from the to Louisiana the president, treasurer and media oper- a transitional visit, as Mr. Elliott will with 41 students in attendance. Gary president, similar to updates currently ations manager. David Register joined assume responsibility for United’s work Antion reports that this year’s class is sent to members. This will be a virtual- Andrew and Lisa Burnett, assistant the meeting by teleconference to further in Kenya and Tanzania. Mr. Elliott has especially responsive and attentive. ly free method of staying in close con- pastor in Eugene, Roseburg and Coos refine plans for the annual meeting of submitted to Mr. Holladay a strategic • Due to the imminent possibility of tact with GN subscribers. The goal is to Bay, Oregon, will be transferred late this the General Conference of Elders. plan for the region. war, the theme for the March-April establish a mailing list of about 100,000. •Mr. Baker has been contacted by Good News has been changed. The cov- •Our fully redesigned Web site will President’s Report the Church of God of Israel (which is er story is “After Iraq, What Next? be on-line within the next two weeks. In the first report of the day, Roy Hol- located in India) expressing interest in America Faces a Dangerous World.” •Members continue to be faithful laday gave a wide-ranging summary of the UCG. There are issues concerning • Bonnes Nouvelles, the French edi- activities and recent developments: the day on which they observe Passover. tion of the GN, began in January. See “Council,” page 2 Youth Corps Projects Announced ABC Student Leaders Chosen Roy Holladay announced the follow- ing ABC 2003 student body leaders: Student representative: Daniel Harper. Andy and Lisa Burnett with their Secretary: Lori Holladay. children Christie, 5, and Stacey, 14 Treasurer: Taylor Tootle. spring to pastor the church circuit in New Social Activities Committee: Kristina Orleans and Covington, Louisiana, and Hirst* (committee head),Tamara Crow,Kat Laurel, Mississippi. Giza, Jonathan Magee, Kamie Treybig. Mr. Burnett and Joseph Horchak Service Projects: Cindy Gore*, Josh (now serving the Columbus and Cam- and Melissa Stevens. Cards: Lily Miller*. bridge, Ohio, congregations) are the first Kitchen Care: Lynda Edinborough*, hired and trained elders from the new Tiffany Merriman, Kim Mortier, Ministerial Candidate Program. “Min- Michelle Smith. isterial Services is very grateful for the Heidi Hanisko directs the Legacy Institute chorale during Sabbath services in Thailand; volunteers help at ABC Message Board: Linda Saar*, good fruits already being borne by this youth camp in Ghana. These and other projects are planned for United Youth Corps volunteers in 2003 Shannon Guy. program,” said Richard Pinelli, Ministe- The UCG Youth Education team is excited to announce Philippines: Staffing a youth camp in the Philippines ABC Times/Web Page: Jonathan rial Services operation manager. the 2003 United Youth Corps International Service Pro- from May 18 to 30. Volunteers will act as counselors and Reimann*, Jeremiah Reagan, Mark “We’re looking forward to getting to jects. This year qualified young adults will have the oppor- activity instructors. Activities will be similar to most Unit- Holladay—Web; Zach Moss and Natal- know all of the brethren and serving in tunity to participate in projects in the Caribbean, in Africa ie McQueen—ABC Times. the Covington, Laurel, and New Orleans and in Asia. Projects include: See “Youth Corps,” page 3 ABC Music Representatives: Craig congregations,” said Mr. Burnett. McQueen* and Michelle Zollner*. ABC Technical Support: Terry Ship- man* and Taylor Tootle. UN Radio Responses GN Innovations Speed Turnaround, Lower Costs Increasing by Scott Ashley magenta and yellow) used in the print- he and I review the pages one final time ing process. These film negatives then and approve them or make any needed A total of about 6,100 new Good With the last two issues of The Good had to be positioned and fixed in precise corrections. This saves us several days’ News subscribers have been added News, we have begun using recent tech- registration so printing plates could be time, formerly wasted in shipping film through the Good News radio program. nological advances to both lower pro- produced for each of the four ink colors. and proofs back and forth, and elimi- duction costs and speed the turnaround Recent advances in printing technol- nates considerable overnight shipping See “News at a Glance,” page 2 time from when an issue is completed ogy have led to the elimination of the expenses. to when it is actually printed and mailed. steps involving film, with computer- After testing the technology with United Statistics So far, it appears that it will reduce generated files now being used to direct- reprints of several of our magazine-size ABC student leaders: Lori Holladay, costs by $500 to $1,000 per issue and ly produce the images on the printing booklets, we made the switch to com- secretary; Daniel Harper, student World News & Prophecy eliminate three to five days out of our plates. puter-generated PDF files with the Jan- representative; and Taylor Tootle, Circulation Up 28 Percent in production cycle for each issue, which Our art director, Shaun Venish of uary-February Good News with no dis- treasurer (photo by Janet Treadway) Two Years (January issues) will allow us to be somewhat more cur- Austin, Texas, now takes our final issue cernable reduction in quality. However, 20,000 rent in our issue content. files, which are generated using we had the printer create a set of proofs Inside: For decades the production process QuarkXPress software, and converts that we could check to be sure no prob- 3 News From Around the World for publications such as ours included them into “portable document format” lems came up during the process. With 7From the Word several steps that are now being reduced (PDF) files rather than sending them out the March-April issue, we were confi- or eliminated through applying com- to have them converted into film. dent enough in the process to check and 9 Special Pull-Out Section: 10,000 puter technology to the printing process. Using the Internet, he transmits the approve the issue’s pages on Donnel- Feast Site Descriptions Some of the most expensive and time- files directly to computers at the R.R. ley’s Web site. 17 Treasure Digest consuming steps involved converting Donnelley plant in Pontiac, Illinois, This is one of many ways we are each page of a publication into a series where The Good News is printed. They using computer technology to reach 21 Local Church Updates 22 Announcements 2001 2002 2003 of four page-size film negatives, one for then do some final file preparation and more people with the gospel in an ever- each of the ink colors (black, cyan, post the final pages to a Web site where changing world. UN 24 What’s New on the Web? 2 UnitedNews March/April 2003 United Church of God, an International Association “Council,” continued from page 1 At the Sunday night lectures, titled “The geted projections, because some who list and a printed version of the Youth Kingdom of God,” there were two more were receiving assistance have been able United magazine. It does not specifi- News and supportive in tithes and contribu- new attendees and 22 who returned in to find sources to help meet their needs. cally include the production of the tions. Category 1 income (first tithe) is Bellevue (for a total of 57 new people • Insurance and health care will end “first contact” literature, but that could At a Glance running at a 2.8 percent increase over last for the two nights) and in Tacoma two the year slightly over budget. This is a probably be accomplished within the year, just ahead of the budgeted increase came back for the second night while 15 difficult expense to predict. Even though budget. Continued from page 1 of 2.4 percent. attended for the first time (for a total of self-insurance is the most economical •Cost of insurance and health care •The proposed budget for 2003-04 39 new people). The presentations insurance option, after each employee has increased by 26 percent in the last Some people are attending Sabbath ser- calls for an increase of 3.7 percent over included a 22-minute video titled “The pays his deductible and co-pay portion, two years. vices as a result of this programming. the current budget. Highlights include a Real American Heritage,” emphasizing the Church pays the next $70,000 of January 2003 was our best month to $263,000 increase in the budget for that our nation is descended from Israel. medical expenses before insurance takes Media Report date—with four times the number of proclamation of the gospel and a pro- Most of the new people who attended over.