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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JANUARY 21, 1983
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faculty and ministers of a few years ago as compared with the attitudes
which he sees on campus today.
Mr. Herbert
w.
Armstrong spoke to the ministers on the Refreshing Program
yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, the 19th), and he also gave an interesting
and informative Bible study last Friday evening. During the study, he gave
a history of the Church of God from the mid-1800s to the present. Most of
his study centered around his personal contact with and knowledge of the
"Sardis" Church during the early years when he worked with them. He said
that he hopes to make this material concerning the history of the Worldwide
Church of God available to God's Church.
Mr. Armstrong and party intend to leave for Asia (Japan, People's Republic
of China, etc.) the early part of this coming week. We will all, I am sure,
be remembering them in our prayers--that God will grant them a safe and very
profitable trip.
Mr. Larry Salyer (Dean of Students at Big Sandy) is scheduled to arrive on
campus this Friday (21st) and will spend the next eight or nine days here.
Also, Mr. Les McCullough (Deputy Chancellor at Big Sandy) will arrive at
Pasadena so he can attend the special concert by Mr. Roger Bryant and Mrs.
Ruth Walter, to be performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. The
concert will be held in the Ambassador Auditorium this coming Sunday after
noon and will be attended by the faculty, students and local brethren.
A week from this Friday, my wife and I will fly to Big Sandy where I will
spend a little over one week teaching classes, taking a forum, a Bible
study, and give a couple of sermons. (We will be in Big Sandy on two Sab�
baths where I am scheduled to speak the first Sabbath, and then in an out
lying Church the second Sabbath.)
As during past years, the question recently came up again as to whether or
not students here at the College are under too much "pressure." After look
ing over the student schedule of activities very carefully, the College
administration and faculty concluded that the problem is not so much that
too much is required of the students as it is a problem of students learning
to set the proper priorities. Studies, work, class attendance and required
activities, of themselves, do not put too much pressure on most students.
But it is in the area of extracurricular activities where most of the stu
dents allow themselves to become too pressurized. Some students try to
take part in too many extracurricular activities. Others are just careless
with their time. Still others (who properly prioritize their activities)
"spin their wheels" and don't make efficient use of their time and energy.
So, during a recent forum, I stressed the importance of all students 1)
learning to put first things first; 2) attending those important extracur
ricular activities (such as graduation exercises, major dances, forums and
assemblies, etc.); 3) learning that certain other extracurricular activi
ties are not mandatory. In other words, they m_
ust learn to judge as to
whether or not they need to miss a basketball game (or some other extra
curricular activity) in order to do needed study or work so as to keep from
being dropped from Ambassador College because of academic or financial pro
blems!
I think the students are now learning to have a little more balance in this
area. I am sure we are all aware that during past years some graduates