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PASTOR'S REPORli
PUBLISHED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 3, NO. 7
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 5, 1979
FROM PASTORAL ADMINISTRATION
Dear Fellow Ministers:
Greetings from beautiful Pasadena! Once again, the air is clear
and the mountains loom beautifully up over the city. We are all fine
here, and the confidence and unity of the brethren and ministry is
increasing almost weekly. Thanks so much for your many encouraging
letters and comments!
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Dennis Luker and I flew over to Tucson last Thursday to see Mr.
Armstrong. We had a very encouraging and profitable visit. He is
behind the field ministers 100% and appreciates the fine job most
all of you are doing. And all of us here appreciate your zeal and
loyalty during this time of crisis.
One of the most encouraging things during our visit was that Mr.
Armstrong himself brought up the need that he and all of us have of
getting really close to God and recapturing some of the personal
spiritual fervency and sacrificial spirit we used to have in the
earlier days of the Work. Though we have our parts to do, he
emphasized how we have to rely on GOD, in the end, to ultimately win
our battles. It was inspiring to see, once again, the depth and
total commitment of this man we have all looked to as the human
leader and apostle over God's Work. He certainly is not slacking
in his spiritual zeal, fellows!
Last night, Sunday, my wife and I attended a "Southern Serenade"
put on by the combined Ambassador clubs. There were two or three
hundred in attendance. We had a fine banquet and excellent speeches
by the top men and women speakers of the clubs here on campus. Then,
I had the honor of presenting gift certificates to the best speakers
for the ladies and men, respectively, and afterward a fine dance was
held in the beautifully decorated Student Center. All in all, it
was a warm and loving atmosphere which reminded me of former
occasions in years gone by and one which I would have been very
happy to bring to Mr. Armstrong. The students' speeches as a whole
were excellent and showed the kind of potential that is coming
along in God's Work. Hearing them speak and visiting at length
with a number of the leading students was a very satisfying experience
and helped show me that Ambassador is truly producing "good fruit" in
our new program!
This morning, I had a fine telephone conversation with Mr. Tom
Grede. As many of you know, Mr. Grede is an outstandin� leader among
our lay brethren in the Milwaukee church and a very successful business
man and industrialist. He is the chairman of "the Emergency Committee