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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
July 16, 1979
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MR. A&�STRONG VISITS S.E.P. CAMPUS, BEGINS RECORDING WATS LINE MESSAGES
Last Sabbath, July 7th, Mr. Armstrong flew to Orr, Minnesota to speak to
the teenagers attending S.E.P. It was Mr. Armstrong's first visit since
1970, and he was amazed at the changes which had taken place at the Orr
campus. After a brief tour of the facilities, Mr. Armstrong was warmly
greeted by all. Students and adults gave a standing ovation of apprecia
tion as Mr. Armstrong entered the building, as well as when he got on stage.
All were attentive throughout the sermon, and a tape of Mr. Armstrong's
message is being sent out to all the congregations.
Mr. Armstrong has also begun making the WATS line taped messages so that
members of the ministry can call in and hear what is going on at head
quarters. The first tape, made on board the G-II during the return trip
from Orr last Sabbath, is the first of the once-a-week news tapes he will
be dcing. As Mr. Armstrong finds the time, perhaps the tapes will become
bi-weekly. However, with Mr. Armstrong working harder than ever, his sched
ule may not permit the "two-a-week" series.
CHURCH FILES SUIT TO RECOVER DOCUMENTS
Church attorneys have moved swiftly to prepare and file a lawsuit to recover
stolen documents in the Attorney General's possession. As reported last
week, the state had resisted in court all of our attorneys' efforts to
obtain a list of the documents it possessed until forced by court order to
do so. The Church filed this lawsuit Thursday, July 11th, in Pasadena
Superior Court (whereas the state's action against the Church was initiated
in the Los Angeles Superior Court). Mr. Jack Kessler, of the outside
accounting firm for the Church, will also be filing a suit for the return
of hundreds of documents which were removed from his office in Century City
in early January.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES SUPPORTS W.C.G. IN COURT CASE
Editor's Note: Following is an article which appeared in last Saturday's
(July 14th) Pasadena Star-News. It includes excerpts of most of a letter
to the California Supreme Court from a law firm representing the National
Council of Churches, urging the court to accept our request for a hearing
in the State's case against the Church. This letter shows the kind of
support God's Church deserves, and the National Council of Churches is will
ing to give us.
The two key paragraphs of Ms. Johansen's letter were not quoted in their
entirety in the Star-News article, therefore following the article we have
included the entire text of these two paragraphs for the interest of our
readers.
By the way, for those who may wonder what an amicus curiae (mentioned in
Ms. Johansen's letter) is, briefly stated it means a '' friend of the court."
This is someone who is not a party to the case the court is considering,
but who is submitting his view of the law and perhaps additional facts
which could help the judge reach a proper judgment.