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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, September 25, 1979
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directly, but one of the tornados it spawned did! Interestingly enough,
the only hotel/motel that was damagec by this tornado was the Hilton. The
tornado swept through town, destroyed the Hilton and left the rest of the
city intact for the Festival. Perhaps the Hilton should-have made its�-
facilities available to the Church for the Festival!
Biloxi Reservation Changes
As soon as the Festival Office had confirmed which motels were lost to
Hurricane Frederic, a post card was mailed to the people assigned to those
facilities explaining the situation and assuring them that they would
receive re-assignment confirmations a:s-soon as possible.
By Tuesday (9/18), Al Garrett, Biloxi Housing Officer, had finished re
assigning the 537 people who had been displaced by the hurricane damage
in the Pascagoula-Biloxi area. Tuesday night, new confirmations were
printed and the following day they were mailed. Allowing 3 to 5 days for
delivery, the people whose reservations were affected should have received
their new assignments by Monday or Tuesday (9/24-25) of this week.
For those few who have not received a new confirmation (due to complications
in mail delivery, etc.) before leaving for the Festival should, upon their
arrival ln Biloxi, visit the Housing Office located in the Coliseum. Their
room reservations will be available for them there as well.
Frankly, we were surprised at how easy the reassignment process went. The
establishments we were able to contact following the storm did all they
could to help us out. With the extra rooms we were able to--rTnd combined
with the rooms�e-already had on hand, we had just enough rooms to go
around!
Ministerial Allotment
Several ministers have called or written in questioning whether any money
from the allotment that was not used for Festival expenses should be
returned. Apparently, some of the ministers are wondering if they can
keep whatever is not spent of their ministerial allotment and simply count
it as income and pay the tax on it.
?lease let us re-emphasize, the Ministerial Allotment must be considered
an expense account. Any of the allotment not used at the Festival for
purposes outlined in the memo accompanying the allotment check, should be
returned to Pasadena after the Festival. Though the I.R.S. looks at it as
expense money, it is, of course, Second Tithe and any monies returned will
be used in helping us meet our expenses in other Festival areas. So, if
you have excess Festival Tithe this year, please mail it to the Worldwide
Church of God, P.O. Box 385, Pasadena, CA 91102, Attention: Accounting
Department.
Have a great Feast!
--Sherwin McMichael, Festival Department
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