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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER
30,
1986
PAGE
15
This has transformed our approach to the use of land. I watched our
operator plough an area of land in two minutes that would normally have
taken him half an hour with a spade. This machine is a great boon to our
members and relieves them of a great deal of back-breaking work.
While I was in Pasadena for the Regional Directors' Conference
Mr.
Brown
asked me
to
speak to Dr. Kermit Nelson about the S.E.P. camps in Africa.
Dr. Nelson was very encouraged and excited at the prospects of an S.E.P.
site
on
the farm project in Ghana and gave the go-ahead to develop this
area with a view to holding a regular S.E.P. each year. This will come
as very good news to our youth in Ghana, most of whom have never attended
an S.E.P. camp.
(Submitted by Frank Brown, Regional Director)
--Larry Salyer, Church Administration
FROM FLEET ADMINISTRATION
Passing
Safety
In any passing situation, there are four questions to
ask yourself:
1.
Is the pass necessary?
2.
3.
4.
Are you maintaining a safe following distance?
Will the car in front of you jump out to pass as well?
Is there someone else
in
the process of passing you?
Neglecting one of these questions can easily cause a two-car accident,
the most prevalent and deadly on our nation's roads.
A head-on collision at
20
miles per hour with another vehicle going the
same speed is the same thing as hitting a concrete barrier at
40
miles
per hour. That's the equivalent of four tons of pressure. Imagine the
same forces working at 55 miles per hour or
110
miles per hour.
--Dean May, Fleet Administration
MAIL PROCESSING UPDATE
CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS DRAW
MORE
TBAN
71,000
CALLS;
UPDATE ONFALL SEMIANNUAL;
THREE DECADES
OF
PAITEIFULNESS; MEMBERSHIP PACKETS;
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
USE
PT
Chris-s
Programs
Draw Horc
Than
71,000
Calls
Hr.
Richard Ames'
presentation of "The Plain Truth About Christmas" brought in 42,017 calls
on the weekend of December
13-14.
This was the third-highest response to
any program. His second telecast on this seasonal subject--"What
Christmas Doesn't Tell Poul'--drew 29,232 calls
for
December 20-21, which
brought the combined total for both telecasts to 71,249. This
controversial, hard-hitting subject has traditionally drawn large
responses.
We had 196 requests for a ministerial visit over the two weekends.
The following breakdown shows the Christmas telecast responses since the
first program on this subject in 1981. It should be mentioned that, from
1983 to the present, two separate telecasts have been produced each year
on
this subject.