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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MAY 25, 1984
financial or other problems which may make it impossible for them to remain
in the College. Last year, happily, we had to drop only a very few, and
hope that we will have the same situation this year. Please continue to
pray for those of us serving God's College at Pasadena and Big Sandy. We
need your support and prayers continually.
--Raymond F. McNair, Deputy Chancellor
UPDATE FROM MAIL PROCESSING
Thanks to Members for Their Cooperation
Would you kindly convey a big THANK YOU to members for carefully and accu
rately preparing
their
holy day offerings for
the
Days of Unleavened Bread.
There were very few problems such as unsigned checks, discrepancies or
missing subscription numbers.
Their cooperation saved a great deal of
processing time, which made these record offerings stretch even further in
doing the work of God's Church.
PLAIN TRUTH Delivery Averages Seven Days
Through reports from our mail monitors (a network of 230 members located
all over the U.S.) we have found that The PLAIN TRUTH now takes an average
of seven days to be delivered nationwide. Because our circulation is so
large, magazines are loaded onto Postal Service trucks at the Donnelley
plant in Kentucky and taken directly to large bulk mail centers throughout
the country. Formerly they were all taken to the Cincinnati bulk mail
center and then trucked nationwide.
Ambassador Students Receive Training at MPC
With the approval of the College Administration, two pilot training pro
grams for students were offered by the Mail Processing Center this past
year. The main purpose of these programs was to develop the students' job
skills and thus increase their usefulness to the Church if hired. This
training would also give them an edge in the outside job market when seeking
employment.
One course was a survey of Mail Processing for international students. The
other, for U.S. students, was designed to provide practical work experience
in a modern office environment.
The classes consisted of weekly one-hour
sessions and were offered to both men and women on a voluntary basis. Below
is a further description of each program:
Class for International Students
Students were given a detailed survey of the Mail Processing Center,
its different sections, and its basic functions and procedures. Addi
tional lectures covered such topics as the use of audio-visual equip
ment, leadership and management skills, and unity.
since Ambassador students are frequently hired by our regional of
fices, several directors had mentioned that such training would be
especially valuable to the international areas.