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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, August 15, 1980
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Offering Baskets Available for Local Churches
The Shipping and Receiving Department in Pasadena has been given 250
woven cane baskets suitable for collecting holy day offerings. We are
making these available to any local church with a need. The baskets will
be given out on a first come first served basis as long as the supply
lasts.
The best method for ordering is to use the standard Ministerial Supply
Request form, writing in "offering baskets" and the quantity needed. As
usual, send the request to Minsterial Services and we will forward it to
the Shipping and Receiving Department.
Comments About the Ministerial Refresher Course
Dear Mr. Armstrong:
We are about to end our three weeks on the Refresher Program. We
have thoroughly enjoyed our time here.
It has been a real blessing
to attend classes where everything has been cleared with you. We
don't have to edit our notes and wonder whose side the teachers are
on.
The atmosphere here at Ambassador College has improved tremendously
since we were here on sabbatical in 1976-1977.
I wish you could
be here. You would be pleased.
This Refresher Program seems much more effective and enjoyable than
the Sabbatical Program. The personnel are better now, of course,
but the format also is conducive to learning. Even though it's only
three weeks, I believe the wives participate more because there
aren't the meals to fix and children to take care of, and we can
walk to everything we need to attend. It will take weeks more to
really absorb everything we have learned, but we should be in
a
good
shape when we leave here.
When we finished our sabbatical, we had more questions than answers.
Now, we have more answers than questions.
This has also been a really good atmosphere for getting to know our
fellow ministers and wives.
At large conferences, we see old friends
and meet a few new people,but don't get to spend much time with them.
Here, we have really gotten to know the others in the Refresher Pro
gram after spending eight hours a day with them in class, plus the
time spent together at meals and social activities.
We would also like to express appreciation for the opportunity to
get to know Mr. Blackwell, Mr. Tkach, Mr. Neff, Dr. Hoeh and other
staff members who spent a lot of time with us, when they had oppor
tunity. We certainly did enjoy that and the opportunity to visit
in the homes of Mr. Helge, Mr. Rader, and Mr. Blackwell.