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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER
16, 1986
PAGE
13
without contacting
us
first. We will send you a list of topics and
writing guidelines if you are interested.
.Worldwide News" Changes
The change in "The Worldwide News" from a
regular 12-page issue to an eight-page one means space economies will
need to be made.
Mr.
Tkach's "Personal" will continue to run every
issue, but other columns will alternate at times. "Iron Sharpens Iron"
will appear every other issue and will be shortened to one-half page.
"Accent on the Local Church" will be shortened to about half a page.
Obviously, we will not be able to run everything from your church areas.
Please send in only four items a year covering your most important
activities. We will be able to use only those articles with the
greatest human-interest value. The writing style will be similar to
that used in "From Our Scattered Brethren." We appreciate the hard work
and faithful dedication your church news writers have shown "The
Worldwide News." We are now asking them to be even more circumspect in
what they write, and to not be too disappointed when everything doesn't
appear in the paper.
On the "Announcements" page we can no longer run personal anniversary
greetings.
.
We will publish anniversaries of
25
years
or
more in this
section. "Weddings Made
of
Gold" will continue as
is,
as well as
"Weddings" and "Birth Announcements."
New
TV
Brochure
By now you have seen the new TV brochure "Your Awesome
Future." This brochure contains portions of the booklet "Your Awesome
Future--How Religion Deceives You" as well as a section from "The
Incredible Human Potential." The booklet "Your Awesome Future--How
Religion Deceives You" will not be reprinted when supplies run out,
since the new brochure addresses the question of our future destiny
quite adequately.
--Dexter Faulkner, Editorial Services
MAIL PROCESSING UPDATE
WEEKEND RESPONSE TO
WT;
SUBJECTS THAT DRAW VISIT REQUESTS;
UPDATE ON SEMIANNUAL
Weekend Response
to
WT
Response to the weekend airings of "The World
Tomorrow" program continues to be very favorable. Five
of
the
14
programs shown since the season began in September have exceeded
30,000
calls.
Mr.
David Hulme's telecast
"Do
We Need the Bible Today?", televised over
the weekend of November
29-30,
brought in
29,006
telephone responses to
Pasadena and Big Sandy.
An
additional
6,169
calls were taken by in-home
operators. Also,
78
people requested a ministerial visit.
On the weekend of December
6
and
7,
Mr.
Hulme also presented a telecast
about the Sabbath, "Truth
or
Tradition?" It produced
32,104
calls--the
best response yet for a telecast dealing with the Sabbath. In-home
volunteers received an extra
6,041
responses. Callers requesting a
visit numbered
154,
which is
56
percent above the weekend average for
such requests.