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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MAY 27, 1986
Tyler churches, officiated at the graveside service, which was held at the
Whitehouse Cemetery in Whitehouse, Texas. Mr. Doucet is survived by his
wife, Lena, and brothers Behrman, a local church elder in the Houston
North church, and Nelson, a longtime employee in Pasadena, and other
family members.
Recent Ordinations The following men were ordained on April 24, 1986 to
the rank of local church elder:
Frank Best of the St. John's, Canada,
congregation1 Douglas Peterson of. the Red Deer, Canada, congregation and
Chris Starkey of the Montreal (English), Canada, congregation.
Also
ordained as local church elders on April 30, 1986 were David Adolfson of
the Winnipeg (East), Canada, congregation and Robert Swihart of the
Dayton, Ohio, congregation.
Ordained to the rank of local elders were Orville Skorseth from the
Watertown, South Dakota, congregation on April 30, 1986 and Rick Sherrod
of the Pasadena, California, congregation on May 10, 1986.
Ordained as preaching elders on April 5 and April 24, 1986 respectively
were Reginald Killingley of the Lima, Peru, congregation1 and Kenneth
Treybig of the Big Sandy, Texas, congregation.
International News
From the Vancouver Office
April saw the beginning of God's Holy Day
season with an increase in attendance of 4.3 percent and 2.5 percent
respectively for the two Holy Days. Offerings were up 4.4 percent and 2.9
percent. Although not large increases, these figures continue to reflect
the steady growth Canada has witnessed for the last few years.
Low commodity prices and unemployment are affecting the membership in some
regions of the country. The drop in the price of oil has impacted our
members in Alberta. Also, the federal government's recent annnouncement
of a 19 percent cut in the price of wheat in 1986 will adversely affect
our members in the Prairie provinces. The downturn in these two industries
has a ripple effect through Canada's western economy.
In an effort to counter these difficulties, a number of ministers have
held, or are holding, job seminars in an effort to help members find
employment, or upgrade their skills to improve their marketability.
WATS response
responses to
figures.
continues to be very
a very healthy 149.3
exciting.
It has pushed
percent increase over last
our TV
year's
As a spinoff of the strong TV response the total incoming mail was down
31.3 percent. Outgoing Mail was up 21.3 percent, primarily due to the
semi-annual letter mailing.
During the first four months of the year we have handled 230,399 letters
and calls, a 7.4 percent increase on last year. We have also mailed out
1,164,144 letters and literature requests, a 48 percent increase.