OF THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD

California camp us begins 38th year

Chancellor speaks in Pasaden a

Pastorgeneralmeets dignitaries,

makes maidenflight in G-HIjet

AUG. 27, 1984

cards [U.S. resident alien status]and were allowed by the U.S. gov­e rn ment to att end here ," Mr .McCullough said.

" But this year we can admit inter­national students dir ect ly," he con­t inued . ..And it really gives the cam­pus an inte rnational flavor,"

The evangelist said the presenceof the interna t ional stude nts helpsthe entire student body have a largerworld view. " Here in the woods ofEast Texas one can become a litt leiso la ted from the world ," heexplained . " Even just hearing theaccents of students from England,New Zealand, Au st ral ia, Sout hAfr ica, Canada and Switzer landhelps the students appreciate thatthere is a larger world beyond theBig Sandy campus."

Two ministers joined the Texasfaculty for the I984~8 5 academicyear. Preaching cide r Russell Dukeand local elder Marti n Yale willteach speech classes, Mr. McCul­lough said.

Mr . Duke will also orga nize aYI..- Jn g Amb assadors group for theBig Sand y cam pus and teach musicappreciat ion. "The Texass YoungAmb assadors will per form at schooldances and community even ts liketheir counterparts in Pasadena,"Mr. ~cCu l l ou g h said .

deve lop ta lent fo r the You ngAmb assad ors group, and we'r eoffering the Tha i language course asa result of the college 's con tinuedclose relat ions hip with the LosAngeles [Calif. ] Thai comm unityand the nat ion of Thailand," Dr,Stenger explained.

O rientatio n week began Aug. 19.Act ivities included campus tours:audit ions for the Ambassador Cho­rale. Ambassador Co llege Chambe rOrchestra and the Young Am bassa­dors: assemblies and forum s: andregist ration.

C lasses began Monday , A ug.27.

AMBASSADOR VISIT - Pa s tor Ge ne ra l Herbe rt W. Arms tro ng (left)greets Zhang Wen J in, Chinese a mbassador to the Unite d Sta tes. a t theca mpus Social Ce nte r in Pas ad en a , Aug. 13 . [Photo by Warren Wats on]

BIG SA NDY - Classes beganhere Aug. 20 during what evangelistLeslie McCullough, dep uty chan­cellor. called "an excelle nt start" atthe Texas campus of Am bassadorCollege.

"T he stude nts and faculty werevery enthusiast ic to have Mr. [Her­ber t] Armst rong here for the ope n­ing forum," the evangelist said in anAug. 23 inter view with The World­wide News. ( For details of Mr .Armstrong 's Big Sa ndy trip. seeart icle thi s page.)

Mr . McCull ough said that he andother administ rators met with Mr.Arm str ong dur ing his visit. " Wediscussed the recer tification of thecampus and other business mat­ters," Mr. McCu llough said.

Th e Texas Departme nt of Ed uca­tion recert ified Ihe Big Sandy cam­pus to issue associa te of arts andscience degrees for the next twoyears. the evangel ist explained.

T hre e hundred six ty-five st u­dent s registered for the fall semcs­te r.

Th e 1984·85,academic year alsomark s the beginning of an interna­tional student program.

" Last "ca r we had a few Ame ri­can studen ts who had grown up indifferent cou nt ries and a few inter­national students who had green

are readmitted students who pre­viouslyatte nded an Ambassador Col­lege campus but interrupted theiracademiccareer .

" We' re very pleased overall withthe initial assessme nt of the class,"Dr . Ste nger said. .. It looks like anexcellent group of studen ts."

About 70 marri ed studen ts willbe attending the fall semester.

According to Mr. McN air, thePasade na campus is offering threenew classes for the 1984-85 schoolyear: social da nce, element ary T haiand C hristian doct rine vs. evolu­tion.

"The social dance class will help

Mr. A rm strong beginsBig Sandy academic year

ncse at Nanj ing Teachers' Co llege(see art icle page 7).

T he st ude nts presented Mr .A rm st ro ng wi th a l 50-ye ar -oldC hinese paint ing dating from theC hing dynasty . T he pastor generalcong rat u la ted them o n the lineexa mp le t hey set during t heir st ud­ies in Chin a.

PRINCESS IN PASADENA - Left .Princes s Esme ra lda , dau ght e r ofthe la te King Leopold III of Belgium,a rrive s a t the ca mpus Soc ial Ce n­ter , Aug. 13; be low, faculty memobers view the Church's new G-IIIjetin Big San dy, Aug. 19 . [Photos byWarre nWats on]

Royal meet ing

Monday. Aug. 13. the pastor gen­era l lef t his office to meet his lun­cheon guest , Princess Esmeralda.

The princess carne to Los Angeles,Calif., for the Summer Games of theXX l l lrd Olympiad. She is presidentof the Leopold I II Foundat ion for the

(See G·III. pa ge 4)

PAS AD E N A - C ha nce llo rHer bert W. Ar mstrong officiallyopened the 38th acade mic year ofAmbassado r Co llege here wit h anadd ress to more than 700 students,faculty and college personnel in theAmbassador Auditorium Aug . 24.

Mr. Ar mst rong welcomed morethan 160 freshmen at the annualfreshman recept ion Aug. 23 at themall of the Lorna D. Ar mst rongAc ad emi c Cen te r, acco rding toevangelist Raymond McNair, de p­uty chancellor of the Pasadena cam­pus.

William Stenger. registr ar of thePasaden a campus, est imated that6 17 matricu lated students ( thosepursuing an undergraduate deg ree)register ed for the fall semeste r." We won't have exact figures untilregist rat ion is closed next week: 'Dr, Ste nger said Aug . 21.

He said an addit ional 50 specialstudents are expecte d to register. Aspecial student usually only takesone class.

Dr. Stenger said that of the regis­tered students. 50 are juniors accept ­ed from the Big Sandy associatedegree program,37arc t ransfers fromthe Texas campus who previouslyatte nded the Pasade na facility and 19

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

delivered the opening add ress forthe Texas ca mpus.

The week began Sunday. Aug.12. w he n Mr. Armst ron g wasvisited in his Hall of Administr ationoffice by lchiji Ishii, a member ofJapan's House of Cou ncillors andbrother of one of Mr. Armstrong'sJapanese "sons," Hajame Ishii.

J apan seeks add itional polit ical,cu ltu ra l and med ica l exch angeswith the United States. Mr. Ishii isorganizing Japanese medical teamsto go on thr ee-m ont h tours toimpoverished count ries to give med­ical aid. J apanese officials are invit­ing top engineering students fromTh ird World countries to come toJapa n for t rain ing.

Mr. Ishii soug ht Mr. Arm­st rong's help in the cult ural andeducat ional areas. Mr . Ishii. whostudied at the University of Or egonat Euge ne. and w ho speaks excelle ntEng lish, commented, "Since mybrother is one of your Japanese'sons: that should make me one aswell."

He thanked Mr . Armst rong forhis time and a tour of the Ambassa­do r campus. The Japanese officialfitted his visit into a six-hour layoveren rou te to the United Nat ionsIntern ational Conference on Popu­lat ion (UN ICP) in Mexico City ,Mexico.

Afte r Mr . Ishii left. Mr. Arm­strong was met by students return­ing from the People's Rep ublic ofChina.T hey studied Mandarin Chi-

Aaron Dean, a pastor-rankminist er, is Pastor General Her­bert W. A rmstrong 's personalaide.

Wit hin a seven-day per iod, Mr.Armst rong met with a member ofJ ap an ' s Hou se of Co u nc i llors;A mbas sador students returnin gfrom the People's Re public of Chi ­na; Princess Esmeralda, da ughte r ofthe late King Leopold III of Bel­gium: the C hinese ambassador tothe United S tate s: and To shioYama guc hi, a member of the Japa­nese Diet (parliament) and one ofMr . Armstrong's Japanese "sons."

Wit hin the same time period, Mr .Armstrong, 92, wrote the Augustco-wor ker lett er, prepa red for a tap­ing of a World Tomorrow televisionprogra m. conduc ted meet ings withC hurc h depart me nt heads, ad­dre ssed ministe rs and wives atte nd­ing the eighth session of the thirdMiniste rial Refreshing Program ,del ivered aSa bbath sermon to 2,000bret hren in Big San dy, met most ofthe freshman class at Big Sa ndy and

By Aaron K. Dea nPASADENA - Pastor Ge neral

Herbert W. Armst rong ret urn edhere on the maiden flig ht of theC hurch's new G-1I1 jet from BigSandy Amb assador Co llcgcAug.1 9afte r opening th e 17th year of theTexas campus. The retu rn markedt he end of a busy week for the past orgenera l.

VOL. XII, NO. 18

2 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, Aug. 27, 1984

Moscow frets over German togetherness

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The Worldwide News is published biweekty,except during the Church' s annua! Fall F esti ·val , by the Worldwide Church of God. c c cv­right e 1984 Worldwide Church 01 God . Allrights reserved .

Editor in chie f: Herbert W Armstrong

Managing ed itor: Dexter H Faulkner

Seni or editor: SheilaGraham,associate edi­tor: Thomas C.Hanson . layo ut edi to r: RonaldGrove . new s edit o r: Michael A Snyder: fea­tu res and "Accent o n the Loc al Church":Jell Zhorne s t aff writer: Kern Miles, editori alassi stant : Sandi Borax, co m pos ition: DonPatrick , Tony Slyer. Wendy Slyer. ph o t og ra­ph y ; Warren Watson. G A Beuuche Jr . KevinBlackburn . Nathan Faulkner. Hal Finch. KimSlone c i rcu la tio n: LIsa Salyer . proof­rea de rs: KarenFergen .Peter Moore

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quays ide was st ill usable, bot h portand c ity we re prett y mu ch a wr ite ­off by the end of W orld War 11.Rotte rda m wou ld have to sta rt allove r .

Today it is reborn fro m t he ruins.T he c ity is fuJIof buil d ings.The portis a com plex network of refineries,dr y docks, grai n te r mi na ls, storagetan ks and container facil it ies . T heport of Rotterda m st retches for 25mi les along the mout h of the Rh ineR iver at th e No rth Sea. A shipeit her ente rs or leaves the port areaeve ry 8112 minu tes .

Rotte rdam is t he busiest port inthe worl d . It han d les far mo re ton ­nage than Kobe, Japan , the nextla rgest port. It eas ily surpasses theport of New Yo rk - th e lead ingport upto the ea rly '60s. In 1962 thePort Aut hor ity in New York sent aco ngratulatory letter to Rotterdamack now ledg ing t he latt er 's newlyacquired No . I status .

(See ROTTERDAM, page 9)

pean peace policy." He said "the tim eis ripe " to relax tensi ons.

East-bloc 'collusion'

Diplo mat sconfirm tha t for month sthe atmosphere between th e SovietUnion and its East Eu ropean sat ellit eshas been bad tempered .

"Even th e decision not to go to th eLos Angeles [Cal if.] Ol ympics,"repo rted Brita in's Aug. 5 S undayMail : " . . might rebound horribly.It took each governmen t, particu larlyt he East Germans, long .inguisheddebates in t heir inner most counci ls toagree to th is Rus sian demand . In theend all except the Rumanians did sobecause they bel ieved tha t not to showsol idarity at such a moment wouldhave been unthinkable. But it waswit h t he most aston ish ing rel uc­lance ."

Anot her repo rt in t he same news­paper said:

"Western d iplomats a re convincedt hat these are not just spo nta neousgest ures of defia nce . They are beingorc hestrated. T here must have beenco llus ion betwee n ma ny sate llite lead­ers and prio r ag ree ment to resist Mos­cow. Hu ngary's de fence of East Ger ­many against Moscow 's attacks was

(See MOSCOW, page 111

Che ryl Sebc lak'Milwaukee, Wis.

Mrs. John T. OtholtBelton, Tex.

By John Ross Schroeder

European Diary

LettersTO THE EDITOR

Miracle of Rotterdam

I attended camp at Orr in 1980. I wasat a point in my life where I didn't wantto go on living God's way of life. Itseemed like the Millennium was a longway off and sort of unreal. But campmade it seem real. It was a place wherepeople cared about you. a place whereeveryone was happy. It truly was millen­mal.

That' s what made mestart thinki ng. Itwas a turning point in my life. I thinknow if I hadn't gone to SEP I probablywouldn't be in the Chu rch today. Butthankfull y, through you and the otherstaff member s at Orr. God showed mev.. hich way I should go.

Shirl y LoudinNavar re.Ohio

Just a big thank you to you and every­one involved in the SEP program. Mycon just returned from the first session atOrr. He had a wonderful time, and itcame at a time in his life when he neededsomething special. Thank you. thankyou!

I've had the grea t opportunity toattend the BigSandy SE Psess ionand I'dlike to thank you so much for the camp.Also for all theconcern for teens in God' sChurch today. Thanks for all the workyou've done in helping to teach us God'swayof life.

other Pravda broad sides - an ac t ofunusualde fiance .

It is appar ent that East Berlin knewit had support for its actions. For thesecond time, the officia l Hungariannews agency ca me out agai nst theSoviet hard line . Meanwhile, top­ranki ng East Ge rman officials re-

assured leaders in Bonn that t he Hen­ecker visit was sti ll on and th atRomania, Hu ngary and even someci rcles in Bulga ria backed it.

For its part , Bonn officials tried todownp lay t he Soviet attacks. Foreig nMiniste r Ha ns-Diet rich Gensche rdismissed the charges, sayi ng , "Ger­man-German ties are part of a Euro-

SEP commentsThe following letters were sent to

Pas/or General Herbert W. A rmstrongthanking him f or the Summer Educe­tionat Programs (S EPsJ in Orr. Minn ..and Big Sand)'

ROTTER DAM. Netherlands ­T he t ime: just past noon May 14,1940. The place : t he hea rt of Rot­te rda m, one of t he lar gest ports inEuro pe.

In on e hour th e bomb s of the Ger­man Luftwaffe (a ir force) set firesthat tu rned Rotte rdam into a dese rtby morn ing. S ix hun dr ed forty ac resof bui ld ings we re dest royed. Twen­ty-five th ou sand fam ilies we re lef thomel ess . Ni ne hundr ed peopl edied. Much of t he port area at lar gewas dest royed in 1944 . Though one

By Gene H. HogbergW~RLDWATCH

This column is excerptedfrom "J ust One More Thing."Au g.3I ,1981.

with the ultimate aim of ach ievingGerman reun ification.

Pravda a lso chided East Berlin foraccepting t he loan, and implied itwould not be a good idea for Mr . Bon­ecker to co ntin ue with plans for hisvisit.

At first the EastGermansdutifully

translated and repri nted t he Pravdaattacks in the official par ty newspa­per , Neues Deutschland. But at thesa me ti me t he paper de fended theco unt ry's efforts to improve rela tionswith Bonn, sta ti ng, "Our socialistGe rman sta te sees as its task above allto coo perat e so that war does not startagai n on German soi l."

Ne ues Deutschland also repri nt eda H unga rian art icle tha t praised Mr.Honecker's efforts to make new con­tac ts with the West. Aug. 3 and 4, thenewspaper elected not to repri nt two

in you wit h meekness and fear " (IPeter 3:15).

In ot he r words , dust off Pasto rGeneral Herbert W. Armstrong'sbooklet, Pagan Holidays - or God 'sHoly Days - Which?, and be fami l­iar with the festivals. Don' t be embar­rassed by asking for a favor, then find­ing th at you ca nnot exp lain why youwan t or need it.

If the teac he r won' t coope rate,do n' t back dow n. Instead, polite lyassert your r ights. Go to th e ch ild'sprincipal, or the teac her's superv isor .

A key to resolving this matte r posi­tively is obta ining good counsel fromyour past or, or deaco ns and deacon­esses who have been through th e situ­at ion man y ti mes (P roverbs 11:14,15:22), before you meet with anyschoolofficial.

If a spec ial problem exists , yourpasto r may beab le to accompany you.Don' t overloo k this help t hat God hasmade avai lab le.

In summary, don't forget : "Manyare the afflictio ns of th e righ teous: butthe Lorddelivereth him [or her j outofthem all" (Psalm 34:19). Humblyclai m this prom ise of God 's, that yourchildre n's teacher s may one day say:" S ure ly this . . . is a wise and unde r­stand ing peop le. For what (C hu rc h]is there so great, who hath God so nighuntot hem.as the Lord our God is in allthings that we ca ll upon him for?"(Deu tero nomy 4:6-7) .

J ustone moret hing .Plan your tri p be fore you leave.

Incl ude mu seu ms and histori cal sitesa long the way. It' s agrea t oppo rt un ityfor parents to teach th eir youngs tersabout na tur e o r how Go d ha sinfluenced historical events .

O ne of our ch ildren's mos t memo ­rable Feasts was when we lived inWash ington, D.C ., and ou r ass ignedFeast site was Jekyll Island , Ga. Wewent to the librar y to see what theisland was famous for.

On the way to t he Feast, we visitedKitty Hawk, N .C. , where the Wrightbrothers made t he first succe ssfu lflight in a motor-power ed airpla ne.On the way home we we nt th roug hCharleston, S .c., an d visited Ft.Sumter . T hecaptureof Ft. Sumter bySo ut he rn sympathize rs precipi tatedtheAmericanCivil War.

Now this may mea n Mo m and Dadwill have to do their homework too .But it will be so mu ch mor e enjoyablefor you all . Have a rewardi ng anded u­ca tio nal Feast, both spi r itua lly andphysically.

enhanced huma n co ntacts with EastGermans as we ll as keeping open thehuman pipe line, which has enabledalmost 30,000 East Germans to emi ­grate to t he West this yea r. O ne thi rdof West Germans have relati ves in theGerma n De mocratic Rep ublic(G.D.R.).

For East Germans, ties to t he Westtr anslate into sources of economicassistance unava ilab le fro m the eco­nomic ally st rappe d Soviet Un ion.

Honecker plans visit

Nervous Moscow, however, seest he budd ing inter-Germ an relat ion­ship in a si nister ligh t. T he Krem linwas unha ppy about two develop­ments : a $33 0 mill ion exte nsion ofcredit from Bonn to theG.D.R .-theseco nd loan in a year - and thein ten­tionof Eas t German Communist Par­ty C hair man Eric h Ho necker to visitWest Ge rmany in lat e Septe mber.Since the d ivision of Ge rmany afterWor ld War I I, no East Germa n leade rhas visit ed th e Fede ral Re public.

By late J uly, Moscow had hadenoug h. An edito rial in t he partynews paper , Pravda. acc used WestGe rmany of using financia l levers to"g rad ually erode the foundat ions ofthe soc ialist system" in East Ge rma ny

. adv ice in a lett er to me.S he suggestedyou co ntact your child's teac her earlyin t he school yea r, seve ral weeksbefor e t he Feas t. Be friendl y (Prov­e rbs 18:24) and requ est a con fere nceafter school when no ot he r childre nwill be presen t.

Let t he teacher know you are will­ing to help him or her in any way youcan to a lleviate th e situat ion. Ask forass ign ments for your child ren tcco rn­plete. Wealways made our Feast tr ipseducationa l, sea rching out the histori­ca l meani ng of wha tever site weattended . Our boys would then writean ex tra-cred it pape r.

O ur you ngest son had a teache r forfour th grade whom our oldest son hadhad for the same grade .

About a wee k af te r the beginn ing ofschoo l, my wife stopped by af te rsc hool. S he saw Matt 's teache r in t hehall and commen ted t hat possi blyth ey could get togethe r for a confer­ence. T he teacher smi led and said : "Ifyou want to te ll me Matt will beout ofschool for two weeks, don't worr yabo ut it. He will learn more on yourt rip th an he will in schoo l. O ur wholeclass will benefit from his pape r andrepor t."

M rs . He nde rshot suggested thatyou go to this meeting in your bestSa bbath wear . Rep resent your familyand God's C hurc h the best you areable . Co me to the point immed iately ,being pleasa ntly firm abo ut you rplans . (For mo re help , read "YourC hild's Firs t Yea r in Sc hool - AreYou Prepared?" in th e A ugus t, 198 1,GoodNews.)

So me tr y to palm off the Feast as anannual vacation . Late r, when the sub­jec t of religious obse rvances doescome up, it looks like th e "vacatione r"is try ing to hide somet hing . Be upfront wit h your plans.

Be prepar ed

A nothe r prob lem I have observed isthat some are unabl e to ex plain th esignificance of th e Holy Days, noteven knowing ( from memo ry) t hemai n cha pte rs of the Bible in whichthe annual Holy Days are mentioned .As Peter wrote , "Be read y a/ways togive an answer to every man thatasket h you a reason of th e hope that is

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lJ wt OM~ tJtingBy Dexter H. Faulkner

School and the Feast

Helpful principles

Following are principles th at canhelp parents through these trials andpresent God 's Church in a positivelight at thesamet ime.

Re member your firs t co ntact withGod's C hurch ? It took a lo t of stu dyand prayer before you unde rs toodGod's HolyDays . Now.asa co nvertedCh ristian observ ing God's laws, manypeople "cannot underst and it , andthey vilify you acco rdi ngly" (I Pete r4:4. New English Bible).

But this reaction ca n be minimizedor even elimi nated . Re mem ber t hat aprima ry reaction of hu man natur e tosometh ing unfa milia r is fear. If ateache r doesn 't u nders ta nd whatyou' re do ing and feels th reatened, heor she may lash out in self- protect ion.

"A soft answer tu rneth awaywrath: bu t grievous words stir upanger"( Proverbs 15:1).

Janet He nde rsho t of Fort M vers.Fla., moth er of five, shared some

PASADENA- "Somethingverystr ange and unprecedented seems tobegoingon beh ind the Iron Cu rtain,"wrote a British Member of Parlia­me nt in the Aug . 5 Sunday Express ."Suddenly, thing s have been chang­ing."

Now here is the change more evi­dent than in East Germany's remark­able showof measured independencefrom policies set by the Kremlin.

For more thana year West Germa­ny and communist East Germanyhave bee n inching close r toget her.Despite ideological differences andthe two nat ions being mem bers ofrival milita ry blocs, officials in Bonnand East Berl in have intensified co n­tacts, dictated, acco rding to an EastGe rman source, "by a concern forpeace ,"

Leaders in both Ge r manysspcakofthe ir "community of responsib ilit y"to act toget her to prev ent th eoutbreakof anot he r war on Ge rman soil. BothGerman states want to cont inuepursui ng the fr ui ts of dete nte - th ere laxing o f East -West te ns ionsachieved during th e 1970s - whichare endangered by th e new Co ld Wa ratmosphe re between the U nitedSta tes and the Sov iet Un ion.

For Wes t Ge rma ny this means

" M r. Hamilton. you don 't und er ­stan d. We ju st want Billy exc used fora littl e more t han two weeks while wego to Biloxi, M iss."

"I'm sorry, Mrs. S mit h. We have avery st rict attendance policy here, andI t houg ht I made that very clear to youea rlier. Besides, we' re adm inisteri nga special battery of int elligence tes tsd uring the seco nd week of October.I' m afraid we ca n't make an excep tionforyour son."

A simi lar experienceocc ur red wit hou r oldest son. My wife, hersel f ateac her, ta lked to Nathan's teac herand offered to subs titute for he r so th etes ts co uld be give n to Nathan. As ittu rned out, so ma ny st ude nts missedthe testing because of illness tha t mywife went to the sc hool af te r the Feas tand ad ministe red the tes ts her sel f!

Similar tria ls are faced by thou­sands of parents eac h fall . Whil e someare filled with "Feast fever ," othersdread th e an nual co nfro ntation withpub lic school teachers.

Some face litt le oppos it ion, whileot he rs must sett le the matter in court .As pare nts of two sons, my wife and Ihave had ou r share of problems wit hteac hers un fami liar with God's HolyDays.

Minister discusses second tithe

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project betw ee n the Televis io nDepartment and MusicServices.

Th is year's film will be a new pro­duction including songs from a widevariety of musical periods and loca­tions - Old Vienna, the Sou th SeaIslands, turn-of-the-century Ameri­ca. as well as Broadway musicals andorigi nal songs composed by Ross Ju t­sum. director of MusicServices.

Mr . Armstro ng was a freq uentvisitor at the shooting locations andaudio recordi ng sessions, observingthe many-faceted techn ical aspects ofputting togeth er a musical produc­tion. The film will include scenes of adinner played host to by Mr . Arm­strong in the campus Social Center,and several special surprises.

There are several other produc ­tions being worked on that will beshown during the Holy Day satellitetransmissions.

As in past years, the Holy Day spe­cial music is selected by Mr. Arm­strong and produced in conjunctionwith John Schroeder, director of thePasadena Amb assador College C ho­rale and C hurch C hoir, and Mr. Jut­sum,director of the Young Amb assa­dors . Thi s year' s special music for theHoly Days will featur e the Big SandyAmb assador College C horale, theYoung Amb assadors and the Pasa­dena Choraleand Church C hoir.

An audiovisual sermo nette will beshown on the first Holy Day. It wiilrecoun t 50 years ofgrowth of the end­time era of the work of God, demon­strating the impact it has on the worldby using the latest in modern technol­ogy.

As the Fall Festival approachesthere are st ill manythousandsof man­hours of work to be done to completethese projects .

It is the sincere hope of the MediaServices Department and all thoseinvolved in making these product ionsthat they will be a part of making thisthe best Feast ever for each and everyoneof you.

FEAST FILMS - Rona Martin (center) serves a formal dinner at thecampus Social Center for the Young Ambassadors; below, at the SummerEducational Program (SEP) in New Zealand in January, Pastor GeneralHerbert W. Armstrong presides over the awards ceremony. Both scenesare part of Feast films this year. [Photos by AI Killebrew and larryOmasta)

strong if he would tape the Last G reatDay message before the f east so thatall the brethren worldwide could hearMr. Armstrong's conc luding sermonon the afte rnoon of the Last GreatDay.

A prerecorded film of the LastGreat Day message will be shown atall sites that do not receive the livesatellite transmission Oct. 18.

T he film will be sent to every siteoutside of the United St ates and Can­ada (which will receive the live trans­mission) with the exception of Roto­rua, New Zealand , where the breth­ren will stay over one more night andrece ive the I p.m., Oct. 18, Pasadenatransmi ssion Jive at 8 a.m., Friday,Oct. 19,New Zealand time.

Behind the Work - 1984 and Fes­tival Entertainment 1984 With theYoung Ambassadors are some of theothe r projects that Media Services isproducing for the Feast.

Behind the Work will focus on avital aspect of the work of the Churchin the end time . Becauseof the impor­tance of the role young people inGod' s C hurch have in preparing forthe world tomorr ow, Mr. Armstrongdecided that the theme this yearshould be youth . The film will beshown asasermonduring the Feast.

T he product ion will include foot­age shot at the various Summer Edu­cational Program (SEP) campsitesaround the world - Orr , Minn.; BigSan dy ; Loch Lomond , Scotl and ;Mcrh ange, France; Motut apu Island ,New Zealand ; and Lake Moogerah.Australia.

The product ion will show how Mr.Arm strong stresses to the campersthe need for the development of char­acter and leader ship as future leadersin God 's Kingdom. Behind the Work- / 984. subtitled The Hearts of /heChildren, will be instruct ive for par­ents and teenage rs.

For the children as well as theyoung at heart . Festival Entertain­ment 1984Withthe YoungAmbassa­dors is the culm ination of a two-year

properly labeled surplus fund s toPasad ena, your area pastor or thefinancial office at the Feast.

Some have given money dire ctlyto people they think are in need .Th is docs not work . Even thou gh themotivation might be correct. theg iver tend s to be self-serving. andthe other person feels asense ofobli­gat ion.

This doesn't me an that yo ushould ignor e someone who is need yat th e Feast. Help them any way youcan, and let those needs be known tothe min istr y.

You are hea ring on a regular basisthat th e C hurch is on the move asnever before .

T he new people th at God is call­ing and work ing with are cominginto the Body of C hrist at all time s ofthe yea r, ma ny j ust before th eFeast .

Because of this. many will nothave enough money to attend theFeast and will either stay home orcome to the Feast on a ma rgina lfinanc ial basis.

With each one of us respondingclearl y to what the Sc riptures say.there will be plent y of excess secon dtithe for everyone to atte nd.

Wa tc h your gif ts close ly. Watchyour side tr ips closely .

Rejoice! Do not scrimp. But staywell within the letter and spir it ofthe law.

The concept is give vs. get. If youtake the Sc riptures at face value,your Feast will be blessed and so willsomeone else's.

Fur ther qu estions should be ta k­en to your minister.

By Larry·OmastaPASAD E NA - As bre thre n

antici pate the Feast of Tabernacles.the Telev ision Depar tment at MediaSer vices goes full swing into itsbusiest productio ntimeofthe year.

l.a rry Omas : J is directo r ofMedia Ser vices.

HWA records Festival messages

Pastor Ge neral Herbert W. Arm­stro ng came to the studio to tape twonew Festival messages for the 1984Feast of Tabe rnacles . Th e opening­night message willbe shown Wednes­day evening. Oct. 10. to all 85 Feastsites around the world . Mr. Arm­strongcarefullyplanned this messageto be the keynote address for theentire Festival.

In previous years a film of Mr.Armstrong's satellite transmission tothe UnitedStates and Canadian Feastsites on the Last Great Day was notavailable to other international areasuntil several months after the Feast .

Thi s year evangelist Joseph TkachSr ., director of Ministerial Service s,and evangelist Ellis La Ravia, Festivalsite coord inator, asked \1r. Arm-

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Dinners at restaurants, cookout sor takin g someone to sec somethingspecial arc ways to enhance the Fes­tival. T elephone calls to friends , rel­at ives or those who could not make itto the Feast because of finances orhealth are a fine way to give.

What about using second tithe tobuy new clothes for the Feast? Per­mission (in unu sual circumsta nces)to bu y clothing has been used bysome to ju sti fy large or expensi vepurch ases of clothing or even wholewardrobes . Use of second tith e inthis way violates the basic spiritualintent of the law.

Jf you have any qu estions on this,please see your min ister . Use of sec­ond tithe to buy diam ond watches,came ras and bicycl es is wrong.

What about side tr ips? PastorGe nera l Herbert W . Arm str ongsays to take appropriate side tr ips toenrich us cu ltur ally, to see thingsthat have to do with the power andglo ry of God . th e Bible and the his­tor y of mank ind .

We can follow the exa mple of theJ erus ale m Feast. S ide tr ips areorgan ized to Petr a. Jord an: Greece.filled with history and places me n­tioned in the Bible: and Vienn a,Austri a, once the seat of govern­ment of the Holy Rom an Empir e.Sid e trips should be on the way toorfrom the Feast.

Many have never turn ed in anyexcesssecond tithe . How many havewound up nea r the end of th e Feastand decided to ju st waste the rest ofth eir money'?

If you have more th an you need totr uly rejoice. you should tu rn in

VISIT TO THE SET - Top photo, Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong discusses a taping session of the YoungAmbassadors at the Ambassador Auditorium with director John Hicks of Media Services; below, Mr. Armstrong viewsthe Strauss spectacular with larry Omaste, director at Media Services, and Ross Jutsum, director of Music Services.[Photos by AIKillebrew)

By John ERber!WASHIN GTON . D .C .

God' s laws about th e usc and misuseof second tithe are clear .

" And spend the money for what­ever you desire , oxe n, or sheep, orwine or strong drink, whatever yourappe ti te craves; and you shall eatthere before th e Lord your God andrejoice. you and your household"( De ut e rono my 14:26 , Re vi sedSt and ard Version) .

Thi s article is exce rpted fr oman Aug. I J sermon by JohnEgbert , a minist er in the Wash­ington , D.C.. church.

Th e key is to buy th ings th at haveno last ing value or perma nence ofthems elves. Worth preserv ing arememories of their usc, the enjoy­mentof their expe rience and the fel­lowship.

So me believe that 10 perce nt oftheir second tithe is to be spent forpermanent gifts. as a son of secon dtithe of the tit he. Thi s is certa inlynot biblica l.

Gift s properl y given and di recte dtoward God and his Feast can helpmake the Feast memo rable. Forchildre n, gifts suc h as sma ll. inex­pensive toys or books make th is tim espec ial for th em - not a new mot or­cycle for your 18 yea r old.

A gift for the famil y might be ascrapbook filled with pictures, res­taur ant napkin s and menu s or ticketstubs th at will not only help you torem ember the Feast , but will also besome th ing you can share with yourfamil y in years to come.

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Beware offalse brethren, 'Warns evangelist

CHINESE VISITOR - Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong points out aphotograph of himself, Dianne Feinstein, mayor of San Francisco, Calif .,and the Little Ambassadors From Shanghai to Amba ssador Zhang WenJin (left) of the People's Republic of China in the campus Social Center inPasadena Aug. 13. [Photo by Warren Watson]

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Conservation of Nat ure and doesjou rna lism wor k. After lunch M r.Armstrong gave her a lour of theAuditorium.T hepri ncessfirstvisitedthe campusin 1970, when she was 13.

Th at evening Mr . Arm strongentertained Amba ssado r Zha ngWen l in of the People's Republic ofC hina in the campus Social Cen ter.

Accomp anyin g the C hinese am­bassador to the United States washis wife, Zhang Ying; Seco nd Sec­retar y Yang J iech i; and the C hineseconsul from San Francisco, Calif.,Tang Shu Sci. and his wife. Withthe pastor gen er al wer e AaronDean, Mr. Armstrong's aide, andhis wife. Michelle; and evangelistEllis La Ravia and his wife, Gwen .

Co nversatio n touc hed on China,the United St ates and the Am bassa­dor Foundatio n. Th e guests visitedMr . Arms tro ng's study. admiringhis autographed portrait s fromworld and civic leader s. They smiledapprecia t ively at the photograph ofMr. A rms t ro ng and th e LittleAmbassadors From Shan ghai ( WN .May 21 and Ju ne 4).

Th e Chinese ambassador com­mented that the dinner that wasserved later was more elegant than astate dinner in the Wh ite House,which was a great compliment to thestaff at the Soc ial Ce nter.

After dinner the group returnedto the living room where the Chi­nese asked about Am bassador Col­lege and the Ch urch. Th e Chineseoffici als offered assistance inarr anging Mr . Arm stron g's sched­uled visit to China in November.

Tu esday, Au g. 14. Mr . Arm ­st rong wrote the August co-workerlett er and prep ared note s for aWorld Tomorrow telecast. He alsomet with department heads aboutant icipated growth in the Church,and how to use the finances providedby God to support the growth .

Th e eighth se ss io n of t heRefr esh ing Program began Wed ­nesday, Aug. 15. After work ing onprojec ts in his office, Christ's apos­tle left to addr ess the ministers andwives at 3 p.m.

The pastor general st ressed thatthe minister s should give st rongfoundat ional sermons and messageson C hristian living.

After the add ress Mr . Armst rongwent to the cam pus Social Ce nterfor dinn er with Mr . Yamaguch i.

Two of Mr. Yamagu chi 's sonsatt end Imperi al School s in Pasa­dena, and his youngest son has askedif he could also atte nd.

The group presented Mr. Arm­st rong with a vase made from clayscooped from the Sea of Japan . Osa­mu Gotch and his wife, Miyako,attended the dinn er , and Mr . Gotchinterpreted for the Diet member.Mr. and Mrs. Dean also att ended,who, as Mr . Ar mst rong joki nglysays, interpret for Mr . Go toh.

Mr. Yamaguchi isone of the firstfriend s Mr . Arm stron g made inJap an . He holds high rank in thegovernment, and Prim e MinisterYasuh iro Na kasone has acknowl­edged his cont ribu tions to the Dietand Mr . Nakaso ne's political par ty.

Mr. Armst rong discussed Am­bassador Foundation projects, in­clud ing the Jomo Kenyatt a Sch oolof Agriculture and Techn ology inKenya. Mr . Yamaguchi 's effort s ledthe Japanese to cont ribute mill ionsof dollars to the school. (See " Kenyaand Japan: Sett ing an Example forInternat ional Coope rat ion," PlainTru th. May, 1983).

Wedne sday, Aug. IS, Mr. Arm ­st rong took his last fligh t in theCh urch's G· II, purch ased in 1970.On board for the II a.m., PacificDayligh t T ime ( PDT) , flight wereMr . and Mrs. Dean ; John Prohs,techni cal supe rvisor for the Ambas ­sador Auditori um; Mr . Armstrong' snurse, Elaine Browne; and mechan­ics from the C hurc h's Fligh t Oper a­tions Depa rtment.

The plane touched down at theBig Sand y airst rip at 4 p.m.. Ce ntralDaylight Time (CDT). C hancellor

Armstrong was greeted by evange­list Leslie McCu llough , dep utycha ncellor of the BigSandy campu s,faculty membe rs and students.

At 7:30 p.m. Mr. Armst rong wasdr iven to the Feast Administrationbuilding for the freshman recep t ion.M r. McCullough welcomed thefreshmen and int roduced Mr . Arm­st rong. The chancellor gave a 20­minu te address on the history ofAmbassador Co llege, not ing thatwhen the Texas campus opened in1964 , many of the freshm en werenot born .

Mr . Armst rong then began meet­ing students. Before long he realizedthat there were too many freshmento meet personally. Afte r greet ingabout two third s of the freshm en, hereturned to the guest house .

Friday.Aug.17,after work ingonhis opening talk , Mr . Armstr ongwent to the facu lty dini ng room for asteak lunch with the Big Sandy fac­ulty. The facult y and Mr . Arm­st rong discussed the incom ing classand events for the year.

Thi s year, 15 students who com­pleted the ir juni or year in Pasaden aare serving in student leadershippositions on the Tex as campus.The y will return to Pasaden a in thefall of 1985 to complete their senioryear . During their year at BigSandy, they will lend maturity andexperience to the underclassmen .They serve as club presidents, resi­dent ass istants and facult y aides.

Mr . Armst rong approved theprogram last year, recognizing therole uppercl assmen play at the Pasa­dena campu s.

At 2:30 the facult y and studentsgathered in the field house audito­rium , where Mr . Armstrong deliv­ered the opening message of theschool year.

He said he realized man y yearsago that education is largel y materi­alistic and that the schools of thisworld were not teaching true values- thu s the Ambassador motto," Recapture true values."

He co nt inued , s howing howman 's civilization has fallen shortand caused a paradoxical world ofaccomplishment and evil.

By Leroy NeffHere is a warnin g that every true

Ch ristian needs to be aware of as weapproach the 1984 Feast!

Daniel recorded a start ling predic­tion for Goo's Church today: "Thepeople who know their God shall bestro ng, and carr y out great exploits.And those of the people who under­stand shall instruct many; yet formany days they shall fall bysword andflame, by captivity and plunderin g"(Daniel II :32-33. Revised Auth o­rized Version, unless noted) .

Evangelist Leroy Neff is trea­surer of the World wide ChurchofGod.

Th is prophecy could only refer toGoo's people; it offers a brief summa­ryofhowGod's Churc h has been per­secuted through the centuries.

Now notice, in verse 34, the pointmany have missed: "Now when they[God's peopleJfall. theyshall beaidedwith a little help; but many shall joinwith them by intrigue."

The Bible predicts that many whoassemble on God's Sabbath or atGod 's feasts will join with theChu rchonly through intrigue, or throughfalse prete nse or hypocrisy! The sadfact is that some who claim to bebrethren, claim to obey God, claim tohave God 's Spirit , are not part of theBody of Christ. God has not joinedthem to His Church!

There are some who are not con­verted. They are not a real, spirituallyliving part of the BodyofChrist. Theyare not letti ng Christ do His work inthem. They have not trul y and com­pletely surrendered their lives to Godin full repentance.

It behooves us to beware of falsebreth ren . In Pau l's time false breth-

Th is, the cha ncellor explained, isbecau se humanity is not led byGod' s sfirit. Mr. Armstrong endedhis talk ..hoy.ing that AmbassadorCollege .s not solely a Bible school,but a liberal arts inst itution found edon the Bible.

Sabbath sermon

The pastor gener al spoke to 2,000brethren in a comb ined Sabb ath ser­vice Aug . 18. S peaking abo utprophecy, he explained verses inEzekie l. Mica h, Reve lation andelsewh ere that foretell both fear­some event s and the comi ng King­dom ofGod.

Th at evening Mr . Armst rongre laxed wit h facu lt y me mbe rs ,watchin g a videotape of the YoungAmb assad ors with Mr. McCul­lough and faculty member s LarrySalye r, Roger Bryant and GilbertNo rman . The group late r joined in agame of hearts .

Sund ay, Aug. 19, was a spec ialday. The new G-lIljet landed at theBig Sandy airstrip for the first timeas Mr . Arm stron g sat in his car

. watching. The exterior white . pur­ple and gold, and the aircr aft num­ber , NI I IAC (Novembe r- tr iple­one-al pha-charlie) ' are the same asthe old G-II , and it was hard to tellthe dif feren ce between the two,except for upri ght winglet s at theedges of the main wings.

After the G- I II land ed , Mr.Arm str ong boarded the airc raft . Henoted that the inter ior, decorated inplum colors and finished wood, wasbeaut iful.

Mr . Arms tron g's work area onthe G- III is larger than on the G- II.A television screen displaying flightmaps with altitude and airspeed is infront of his chair. He can also viewvideotapes on this screen.

Across from his desk is a couch,and behind Mr . Arm strong 's area isa seat with a pull-down deskequipped with a telex communica­tion device. A din ing table with fourseats is farther back, and a galley inthe rear of the plane is equ ippedwith a stove, micr owave and refr ig­erator.

The G· III 's cockpit has state-of-

ren came into the Church unawaresto spy out the spiritual libert y aChristian has in Christ (Galatian s2:4). The y subtl y sought to brin gweake r brethren back into bondageto sin. The y are also amon g us tod ay,seek ing to mislead weak brethren.

Besides false brethr en, false min­is te rs and te ach er s have co meamon g God's people on many occa­sions. Peter mentions th at falseprophets will try to set themselv esup as teachers among God 's peopletoday (II Peter 2:1). Such peoplesecret ly br ing in heresies, denyingJesus Christ by the ir works (Ti tus1:16) as well as the ir tongues.

Those who upset some in God'sChurch today usually do it privately ,lest God's ministers find out. Suchpeople want to seduce and deceivebrethr en ofGod's Ch urch .

These people with feigned words,smooth speech, false pretenses andhypocrisy, make themselves appear asif they are religious and holy, Somebrethren look onlyon theoutside, andare deceived!

If a false brot her came to you,apparently agreeing with what yousay, appare ntly agreei ng with God'sministers, would you then be fooled ifhe gradually began to twist the Scr ip­tur es, or to bring accusations againstthe brethr en and minister s,or tobringsome "newdoctrin e" ?

There are some who have comeamong God's people today who areguilty of these things .They appear tobe right eous, having a form of godli­ness, but they deny the power of Godworking in the Ch urch today. Thesepeople despise the governme nt Godhas set in His Church. They are self­willed. They privately find fault andspeak evil of those God has set in HisChurch . Th ey bring accu sation s

the-ar t elec tro nic navigational andcommunication devices (avionics)with color graphics and digital read­outs. On board inerti al navigat ionalsystems can pinpoi nt the G-Ill 'sexact location on earth within fiveminutes.

After some of the Big Sand y fac­ulty toured the airc raft. the G-IIItook off for its maiden fligh t withMr. Arm st rong .

Th e lift-off was smooth. and thegroup aboard qu ickly found that theG-III was quieter, more comfort­able and more efficient than theG-II.

The cab in pressure can be kept atthe equivalent of 6,000 feet \abovesea level while flying at 45,000 feet.Th is is more comfortable than the

against the breth ren and agai nstGod's ministers.

Th ey do this privately, of course.They may not at first put st ress ondeceitful ideas, as they do not want tobe detected. But they will sneakaround and try to lure others to theirideas of dest ructio n. You may evenknow such people, and yet are notawareof their deceitful tricks.

These false brethren, instead ofbuilding up, speak evil or tear down.They discourage weaker brethren,plant doubts in their minds, t ry to stirup bitterness between breth ren.

J ude mentions wicked people whoare blemishes on our love feasts andHoly Days. John calls these who setthemselves up in the place of Christ"a ntichrists" (I John 2:18-19) . Onewho sits in judgment of God's minis­tersand His Chur ch isa n"am ichrist "not subjec t toChrist'sgov ernme nt.

God instructs us through Paul," New I beseech you, brethren, markthem which ca use divisions andoffences contrary to the doctrin ewhich ye have learned; and avoidthem" (Romans 16:17).

If you know of someone who iscausing division, who is accusing thebreth ren, who is committi ng offensecontrary to what we are taught , go toGod's ministers about it . Th en avoidany such person.

Paul even makes th is instruc tionstronger: " But W E COMMA"'O you,breth ren, in the name of our LordJesus Chr ist, that you W ITHD RAW

from every brother who walks disor­derly and not according to the tradi­tion which he received from us" (IIThessalonians 3:6).

Here is a command from one ofGod' s apostles. If someone cont inual­ly refuses to accept teachi ngs th roughHis Church, a true Christi an should

G-IJ's cab in pressu re, which simu­lates pressure found at 8,500 feetabove sea level.

The G- III touched down at theBurb ank , Calif., ai rport at 3:30p.m., PDT . Those on board thankedMr . Armstrong for allowing them tojoin him on the O· III' s maidennight. Fred Stevens, manager of theChurch's Accounting Department,who returned from an assignment inBigS andy, told Mr. Arm strong thathe would gladly volunteer if the pas­tor general needed any extra peopleto fly aboard the G-1I1.

Afte r landin g, the ch ancellorreturned to Pasadena 10 prepare forthe opening of the 38th academicyear of the Pasadena camp us (seearti cle, page I).

withdraw from him.Since we have been instr ucted to

mark those who cause divisions, wealsoshould follow those who are goodexamples. Notice their good works." Brethren, be followers together ofme, and mark them which walk so asye haveus for an ensample" (Philippi­ans 3:17, King Jam es Version). Weare to follow those who walk as JesusChrist and Paul walked. We need todiscern through whom God is work­ing.

God has placed leaders in HisChurch for the perfectingofth esaintsand to build up the Body of JesusCh rist. God set them in officeso thatwe all might come to a unity of thefaith , might become perfect individu­als, measur ing up to the stature ofJesus Christ (Ephesians 4;11-15).Jesus Christ is our aim - our yard­st ick. We are to follow His steps (1Peter 2:21).

If we use Jesus Christ and His ser­vants as our example, we will not fallaway through the clever deception offalse brethren . By recognizing thatthere are such people among us, wecan bewareand avoidthem.

Yes, some have joined themselvesto God's Church - may even havebeen baptized - but they have notyielded themselves to God. They areyet carnal. Th ere have always beenthose who have come among God'speople and influenced weak brethrenby smooth and deceitfu l speech, flat­teries and hypocrisy.

You have been informed. You neednot be deceived. Be on guard, beware,lest you follow false brethren into thelake of fire. Heed the warning andkeep close to God through prayer,Bible study, fasting, living a trueChristian lifeand submitt ing toGod'sgovernment !

Molesters, criminals target young people

Children: steps for protection

PROFITABLE TIME - Practicing good listening habits and laking usefulnotes can help you make the most of time spent in Church services.[Photo by June Quinn]

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thro ug h the table of contents.Use you r notes in you r prayer life.

Take a 3x5 ca rd or simi lar piece ofpaper and keep it in your Bible. Dur ­ing se rvices wri te do wn pr ayerrequ ests for th e sick and otherthin gs you need to pray about.

Wh en a mi nister reads a repo rtabo ut proble ms brethr en face inot he r co unt ries, wr ite th at dow n onyour ca rd. If an advert ising ca m­paign is sched uled to begin , rem indyoursel f on the card to pra y for itssuccess and that God will help theca mpaig n reach more peop le.

Make your notes a reg ular part ofBible st udy . Tr ansfer informationfrom your not es to th e margin s ofyour Bible. You may find it help fultoalt ribute notes to th e speaker. Forexample, when Pastor Gene ral Her­bert W . Armstrong explains themeani ng of a verse , you can write" H WA, ope ning- nig ht message ,1984 Feast" after marki ng yourBible with the exp lanati on . Thi scross -references you r notes withyour Bible and provides additio nalreferences for Bible study .

beliefs can turn olf a listen er .T he fina l barr ier is th e spea ker

himsel f. Research shows that peopleo fte n pay less atte nt ion to a speak erwho has a rough del ivery , who isunkn own or who is physically unat ­tractive.

Dr . Zacharis and Dr . Bend er giveseve n point s to combat the above.Th ey are : (I ) Co me ment ally pre­pared to listen. Don' t let obst ruc­tions impair concent ra tion; (2 ) Be amotivated listener with an earnestdesire to understand; (3) As you Iis­ten , put yourself in th e speaker'sshoes. Empathize with him and theco ndit ions he may descr ibe; (4)Read mater ial rel ati ng to his subjectbeforehand . Tr y to antic ipate whathe is going to say; (5) Don't let yourper sonal belie fs or biases cloud thespea ker's subjec t. Lis ten carefullyto new materi al and ideas ; (6) Learnto recogni ze ce ntra l ideas instead ofmem or izin g many d et a ils; (7)Devel op and use an efficien t note­taking system.

secti on for note taking.• Pr operly lab el yo ur no te s.

Include the date and locat ion of theserv ice, the speaker's nam e andwhether th e presentation was a ser­monette, sermon, Bible study orannouncement. It is helpful to writedown the sermon titl e or sub ject atthe beginning of your notes for laterreference.

• Keep your notes clear. Writedown complete thoughts so yournotes won 't lose th eir value overtime .

• Keep notes br ief. W hen youwr ite, you divid e your att en t ionfrom the speaker. Therefore, onlywrite notes that capture mainpoint s. T rying to tr anscribe a pres­ent ation as the spea ker gives it less­ens the overa ll immediate value.

e Use abbrevia tions and symbolswher e poss ible to save time, butdon 't make up abbreviations whosemeanings are lost when you reviewyour notes.

e Avoid making dood les a nddr awings while takin g notes. T hisint erferes with your concentra tionand clutters your notes.

By Dexter H. FaulknerServ ices are over . You prac t iced

good listenin g hab its d uri ng th escr­mo nette and sermo n and have fourpages of we ll- o rg a n ize d notes .Wh at' s next '?

Yo ur effo r ts may be wast edunl ess you use you r notes.

So me Ambassador College in­st ructo rs encourage st ude nts toreview notes with in one or two hour safte r a lecture. Studies show thatst ude nts ret ain mor e iftheyd o th is ,

At the Feast you ca n review yournotes wit h your spouse or frie nds atlunch. If you are a pa rent, use yournotes to discuss services with yourchild ren. As you ta lk about the scr­man think of ways you ca n implc­mcnt it in you r life. Wr itedown add i­t iona l notes if you , your spouse o rfriends come up with ideas .

Once your notebook or folde r ofnotes is full, mak e a ta ble ofcontentsand put it in th e beginnin g of yournoteboo k. Keep your notebooks in ahandy place for later study . If youhave a ce rtain sub ject you want tostudy, get out a notebook and look

Norman L. Shoaf. assistantmanagin g editor of The GoodNews , contributed to this arti­cle.

What part does note tak ing havein learning? In the 13th ce ntu ry,Ita lian poet Dant e Alighi eri ( 1265·1321) wrote , "He listen s well whotake s notes."

An ancient Chinese proverb says," T he palest ink is better than themost ret enti ve memory."

Note taking helps you pay atte n­tion to what is said . Outlin ing a ser­mon or discu ssion improves concen­tr ation .

Co nsider the following point s toimprove your note takin g at th e1984 Feast of Tabernacl es.

e Be prepa red . Before you leavefor services make sure you haveenough paper. Take an extra pen orpencil in case you run out of ink orlose your pen.

• Keep your notes in one note ­book or folde r. T he Fest ival edi­tion of The Good News has a

memori zation of th e subjec t bein gprese nted . List eners shou ld st rive tograsp the main ideas of the talkinstead of rem embering details .

T he seco nd is cas ua l or falseattent ion, where people have eyecontact with a speaker, occasionallynod in agree ment and perhaps smileat a rem ark . Whi le appea r ing to payattent ion, the listener is actua llymen tally det ached or daydreamin g.

The third is an uninterest ingsub­jcct . Listeners may think they havepr eviou sl y he ard the s u bj ec texplained in det ail. Inste ad of listen ­ing, t hey may lose int erest and beginto page thr ou gh a book or day­d ream.

T he fourth barr ier is minor dis­tr actions as a cr ying baby , someoneente ring a room or a flicker ing light.If allowed , a minor distr act ion canbreak a t rai n-ofthoug ht and disruptatt ent ion.

Th e fifth barrier is the per sonalbackground of the listener. Biases,like s and di slik es , and personal

Use tips for note taking

Sermon notes: suggestionsto increase lasting value

e children whose overall appear­ance is one of neglect and untidi­ness.

e children who are by themselves,espe ci all y aft er dark , in publicplace s (campgrounds. motel s o rswimming pools) . Thi s also includeschildren who separate from a maingroup activity in a public locationsuch as an amusement park and goofTby them selves.

• ch ildr en whose parent s (or par ­ent ) do not seem overly co ncern edwith their activiti es or whereabouts .(Criminals frequ ently target chil­dr en of a sing le fem ale parent,whomthey perceive as be ing more vuln er ­able. }

Som e preven tive aids for yourchild ren are:

• Tell them that adults , not ch il­dren . should ask directi ons or helpof ad ults . Also. if an unknown ad ultasks for help or d irect ions, you rchild should exc use himself or her­se lf and find you immed iate ly. lfanadu lt demands th at your child gowith him , the ch ild should knowahead of tim e to find you immed i­ate ly.

eJt's an old sayin g,but a tr ue one:Your ch ildr en should not accep tca ndy (or anything else ) from ast ranger.

e Inst ruct your ch ild re n that ifth ey receive threats, to run away,sc reami ng. and find you.

e Do not allow young childre n togo to video ga me arcades alone (afavorite target spot for criminals) .

Communica t ion, instruction andcha pero ning is what it' s all about. Ifyou ca n' t be wi th your child or chi l­d ren all t he ti me, th en at least insiston safety in numbers with anothertru st ed ad ult supe rvisi ng or a buddysys tem.

ICs a fine line between needl esslysc a r ing yo ur child ren a nd notsupplying th em wit h the tools theyneed to cope with ever yday life.After all, most parents are co n­cerned with their childre n's safetyand wel fare. C hi ldren who arc vic­tims of cr ime arc exceptions. butsensible preventive measures andteachi ngs s.tve a lot of trou ble.

The WORLDWIDE NEWS

By Michael A . SnyderBreth ren atte ndi ng the Feas t of

Tabernacles will hear abo ut 18hours of spiritual instruct ion in ser­mons and sermonettes .

How can you best take advantag eof thi s spir it ual feast ?

Pre paring beforehand to listeneffect ively can increase the value o fthe serm ons and sermonettes youwill hear .

" I th ink it's clear .. . that liste n­ing isn't a passive thin g; it 's work : 'explains Thomas G . Banvill e,author of How 10 Listen - How 10

Be Heard .Earl Koile , author ofcommunica­

tion books, warns : ••. .. our poten­tial for focu sed and sensitive listen ­ing often remains embedded withinus, raw and unr efined , like a richlode of un mined a re . O ur views andunde rstandi ng of one another alsoca n becom e distorted when our lis­tenin g gets cl ut ter ed and blocked byth e prejudices we brin g out of ourpast, and by the myriad of emotionalbarriers and biases in our day-to-d ayrelat ionsh ips."

To help bui ld bett er listeninghab its, John C. Za charis and Co le­man C. Bender of Emerso n Collegein Boston , Mass ., have identified sixbarriers to good listen ing .

The fir st is att empted instant

Overcome barriers to listening

with concentration, preparation

Z. Harlean Botha is the wifeof S teven Botha . pastor of thePark ersbur g. Charleston andLogan. W.Va.. churches.

thrown from the car or seriou slyinjured when a collis ion forces th ehat ch ope n.

C hild re n should never be leftalone in th e ca r, even for a few min ­utes. Every yea r, chi ld ren die fromcarbon mono xide that has see pedint o a ca r with the engine left run ­ning to kee p the heat er or ai r con d i­tio ne r working.

Even if the car is not left run ning,ins ide te mpera tures ca n beco methre at en ing in hot weather orextremely cold weathe r. On a typicalhot summer da y, the tem peratureinside the car can become so high thata sma ll chi ld will die q uickly of heatstroke.

There' s also th e probl em ofyoun gsters att empt ing to driv e th ecar or releasin g the br ake, allowingthe ca r to roll int o th e path of anotb­ercar.

It is also import an t to tr ai n chil­dren to be careful whe n gett ing inand out of the car. Hands should beheld up in clear sight to avoid pain­ful injury from slamming car door s.Th e same ca ution is needed forsmall feet.

While the ca r is in motio n, alldoo rs should be kept locked foradded protecti on . And when th edest inat ion is reac hed. ad ults shouldleave the ca r first to check for haz­ard s and to prevent the ch ildrenfrom running into the st reet.

Interviews with criminals revealthat children are often targeted

befor e the crime take s place .T hese crimina ls look for:

Monday, Aug. 27, 1984

By Russell A. Ma rshFreedom is a cheri shed per son al

r ight in Ame rica, but when it'ssma ll child ren free in an auto mo­bile, t hat freedom ca n be deadly.

This article is reprint ed byperm iss ion of th e Fl or id aExplo rer , a publication of theAmerican A utomob ile Associa­tion.

Every yea r, more th an I,OOOc hil­dr en und er th e age of 5 will die frominj ur ies rece ived in high way acc i­de nts, acco rd ing to th e Na t ionalSa fety Co unc il. Sadly, mos t of thesedeath s could have bee n preven tedby following a few simple safetyrules.

Th e pr oper usc of restraint s forchild ren ca n make all the difference .For child ren up to abo ut four yea rsof age, a saf ety sea t with a ha rness orj ust a harn ess will prove effect ive insafeg uar d ing sma ll passeng er s. Forchild ren over four year s, the ca r'sreg ular seat belt s will work well.

In iti all y, c h ild re n wo n' t likebe ing rest rai ned. But just as thead ult mu st turn a deafear to protestsaga inst proper d iet ... cr ies aga instseat bel ts or sa fety sca ts mu st beign ored . Th e c hild will learn toacce pt the restra int.

Hatchback ca rs arc co nsidered apar tic ula r danger. with youngsters

By Z , Jlarlean BothaThe Feast of Tabernacles is an

exciting and somet imes hectic timeof spir itual rejuvenat ion, fellowshipand physical act ivities . Becau se ofthe change of pace . location and rou­tin e and also because of the skyrock­eting rate of child molestations andabductions, supe rvision and care ofour child ren are doubl y necessar y.

Reduce injury, death riskwith seal beltsfor children