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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, OCTOBER 29, 1982
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ROANOKE, VA--ROBERT PERSKY:
The whole Church responds
wholeheartedly to all requests locally and frem Headquarters.
All here are supporting the Work of God as God leads Mr.
Armstrong and his staff.
Little by little the brethren are
finding new and better jobs. God is delivering them as they
apply the seven laws of success.
ORLANDO, FL--ROBERT F. BERTUZZI:
Much excitement about world
events. More members are getting more involved in the Church.
They are showing more faith in God's power in areas such as
healing and solving problems.
CLEVELAND (EAST), OH--GUY L. ENGELBART: Cleveland continues to
be one of the hardest hit cities economically in the U.S. The
picture does not look any better in the near future, with more
people being laid off recently in the steel and auto industries.
In spite of this, we are maintaining a steady attendance, with
God adding new people when longtime members have to move.
CADILLAC, MI--GERALD WESTON:
Some of the members have had to
fight hard against depression because of the economy. There are
not very many members in this area that hope things will last
another thirty years.
COLUMBIA, SC--JOHN RITENBAUGH: People are very "up" and, except
for the normal problems of overcoming, things are sailing along
smoothly. PM activity is still low, but that's because the pro
gram has been on the air here just four months. PT circulation is
increasing at a nice rate due to both TV and newsstand distri
bution.
--Joe Tkach, Ministerial Services
UPDATE ON YOUTH 82 AND THE GOOD NEWS
The Editorial Services staff and I wish to express our appreciation again
to all of you in the field who go that extra mile to produce articles for
the Work's publications. If at times we have to return your articles for
rewrite or to do some revision on them, don't let that discourage you. We
continually need your input.
Let me tell you the major reason material may not be accepted. In most
cases a wrong approach is used for the audience of a particular magazine.
For instance, because of the response to Mr. Armstrong's offer of YOUTH 82
in his semiannual letter and on television, about 75 percent of the
readership (now totaling about 90,000 subscribers) are young people not
associated with the Church. This year we had to add a Festival supplement
to the magazine for our own teenagers. The magazine truly has become, as
Mr. Armstrong first envisioned, a junior PLAIN TRUTH.
Writers for YOUTH 82, therefore, must assume that most of their readers do
not understand terminology peculiar to the Church such as the Feast, YOU,
SEP, Holy Days. They are also not a captive audience. Let me quote from
Mr. Armstrong's PLAIN TRUTH Editorial Policy:
The PLAIN TRUTH was founded to teach GOD'S WAY OF LIFE! But the
APPROACH--the headlines and opening paragraphs of articles must