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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, NOVEMBER 15, 1985
With the church membership continuing to grow, we will probably be at
or near the 100,000 mark in attendance next year in the United States
alone.
This has a dramatic impact on housing in any given area.
Therefore, we must be continuing to improve our organization of housing
arrangements and every facet of the Festival operation.
Everything
must work more and more smoothly with ever greater cooperation by the
membership.
Preparing for 1986
discussed that will
Festival in 1986.
There are few items that
be helpful in preparing
Mr.
our
Tkach and I have
members for the
1. Housing continues to be a major area in which members need to be
instructed to comply.
o Members should not make housing arrangements until the planner
is published.
Otherwise, we have no control over the usage of
housing establishments and thereby the rates. This can even affect
our ability to continue to use a Festival site.
o If a person is improperly treated for any reason by a housing
establishment, this should be brought to the attention of the
Festival Advisor or Housing Officer and noted on the questionnaire
handed out near the end of the Feast.
These are our means of
solving housing problems. We evaluate the comments on the ques
tionnaires thoroughly seeking out the problems that need to be
resolved.
2. Members should be instructed in saving second tithe, the use of it,
and the necessity of the Festival tithe to provide for the needy,
the ministers and the operation of the sites.
3. Although many church members transfer to other Festival sites at
will, it may be necessary to work out a rotation by which some stay
at their assigned site periodically to fill positions of respon
sibility.
In Pasadena, because of operating this facility as a
Festival site, we normally require employees to remain in their
jobs approximately one out of three years. This rotates the re
sponsibility, but still makes it possible to effectively conduct
the Feast. Each pastor must, of course, assess his own needs to
fulfill church responsibilities.
4. We have to be concerned about customs in this society. Tipping is
a part of the cost of service provided.
In a few cases, some
members have not tipped for whatever reason. This is noted by some
as indicative of the church's attitude.
People should be in
structed that it is appropriate to tip and in cases of exceptional
service one should give more than the 15%.
5. Traveler's checks should be encouraged, especially where people are
carrying more than $300 or $400. In one hotel everyone was paying
the entire cost of the eight-day period in $100 bills. Some estab
lishments are not equipped to keep safely this much cash. A worse
problem is for one to be observed carrying large sums of cash. It
makes us vulnerable to assaults, burglaries and robberies. It just
isn't prudent in this society to carry large sums of money.
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