PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT

TO THE MINISTRY OF THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

VOL.2,

N0.38

SEPTEMBER 1 7 , 1 9 8 0

LESLIE McCULLOUGH TO C I N C I N N A T I
L e s l i e McCullough i s t r a n s f e r r i n g b a c k t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s from C a n a d a , a f t e r t h e F e a s t of T a b e r n a c l e s .
H e w i l l c o n t i n u e h i s speaking schedule t o Canadian F e s t i v a l s i t e s d u r i n g t h e F e a s t , a n d t h e n become S e n i o r P a s t o r i n C i n c i n n a t i , p a s t o r i n g C i n c i n n a t i ' s l a r g e s t of f o u r c h u r c h e s - - t h e C i n c i n n a t i E a s t C h u r c h .
M r . McCullough h a s e x p r e s s e d p l e a s u r e i n coming b a c k t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , b u t h a s g r e a t l y e n j o y e d h i s m i n i s t r y i n Canada. The Work i n The C a n a d i a n c h u r c h e s , C a n a d a h a s made g o o d g r o w t h d u r i n g h i s s t a y t h e r e . a l o n g w i t h a l l G o d ' s C h u r c h e s , a r e back o n God's t r a c k and b e i n g p r e p a r e d t o become w i t h t h e r e s t of u s t h e B r i d e o f C h r i s t , p r e p a r e d f o r H i s coming.

M r . R o b e r t F a h e y h a d b e e n a p p o i n t e d d i r e c t o r of t h e c h u r c h e s i n A u s t r a l i a , b u t w i l l r e t u r n t o Vancouver a s director o f t h e E n q l i s h s p e a k i n g c h u r c h e s i n Canada.

M r . Bob M o r t o n i s b e i n g t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m N e w Z e a l a n d t o d i r e c t t h e Australian churches. P e t e r G . N a t h a n , a n a t i v e N e w Z e a l a n d e r now s t a t i o n e d i n E n g l a n d , w i l l r e p l a c e M r . B o b Morton i n N e w Z e a l a n d .

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P r o b l e m s W i t h- -d S y s t e m - the Ol in - Y.O.U. by Herbert W . Armstrong

1. D i s t r i c t , R e g i o n a l , T r i - r e g i o n a l a n d N a t i o n a l c o m p e t i t i o n p r o rise d u c e d a s p i r a l i n g - -i n c o m p e t i t i o n t h a t c a u s e d s o m e y o u n g s t e r s , p a r e n t s , c o a c h e s and even a f e w m i n i s t e r s , t o w a n t t o a d v a n c e t o t h e n e x t l e v e l s o b a d l y t h a t t h e y w o u l d p u t w i n n i n g above s e t t i n g a r i g h t example. A s p i r i t of "GET" a n d h o s t i l i t y a b o v e " G I V E " a n d l o v e t o w a r d the other equal t o self-love w a s introduced. 2. W i n n i n g became t h e m a i n t h i n g i n t h e s e p e o p l e ' s m i n d s t o t h e p o i n t t h a t some ( b o t h p l a y e r s a n d s p e c t a t o r s ) were s e t t i n g w r o n g e x a m p l e s a t games, y e l l i n g a t r e f e r e e s , s h o u t i n g a t t h e i r c a l l s , a n g r i l y s h o w i n g v e r y wrong a t t i t u d e s b o t h on a n d o f f t h e c o u r t . When c o m p e t i t i o n goes b e y o n d "Thou s h a l t l o v e t h y n e i g h b o r a s t h y s e l f , " i t i s h o s t i l e - - O F SATAN!

3. These w r o n g a t t i t u d e s w e r e b e c o m i n g a problem t o t h o s e who r e a l l y w a n t e d t o p l a y t h e way God w o u l d have u s p l a y .

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4. Many p l a y e r s w h o s e b e h a v i o r i n t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n w a s t o t a l l y c o n t r a r y t o a n y s t a n d a r d s o f G o d ' s C h u r c h , w e r e k e p t o n teams s i m p l y b e c a u s e t h e y w e r e good p l a y e r s .

5. T h i s a m o u n t e d t o r e w a r d i n g wrong b e h a v i o r , a n d w a s v e r y d i s c o u r a g i n g t o t h o s e who were s t r i v i n g t o u p h o l d r i g h t s t a n d a r d s of c o n d u c t .

6. The g r e a t e s t e m p h a s i s i n Y . O . U . h a s b e e n on b a s k e t b a l l , v o l l e y b a l l , t r a c k and c h e e r l e a d i n g . T h o s e who c a n n o t p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h o s e Churches t h a t c o u l d n ' t s p o r t s had l i t t l e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r i n v o l v e m e n t . g e t u p teams a l s o h a d l i t t l e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r i n v o l v e m e n t .

7. A g r e a t d e a l of t r a v e l i n g o n t h e S a b b a t h w a s r e q u i r e d t o g e t t o t o u r n a m e n t s i n o t h e r d i s t r i c t s or r e g i o n s . Local p a s t o r s a r e now g i v e n r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o see t h i s d o e s n o t r e c u r .
N e w D i r e c t i v e s T o Reap P o s i t i v e B e n e f i t s 1. - y o u t h i n G o d ' s C h u r c h w i l l a u t o m a t i c a l l y b e p a r t o f Y . O . U . , All n o t j u s t 55%.

2. Y . O . U . w i l l be c l e a r l y a n o t h e r p a r t o f G o d ' s C h u r c h , - a not s e p a r a t e o r g a n i z a t i o n w i t h i t s own s t r u c t u r e a n d i t s own g o v e r n m e n t . C h r i s t h a s p l a c e d t h e G o v e r n m e n t O F GOD i n H i s C h u r c h , a n d i t w i l l g o v e r n

Y.O.U.

3. P a s t o r s w i l l be d i r e c t l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r Y . O . U . in their c h u r c h e s , n o t l o c a l c o o r d i n a t o r s who a n s w e r t o t h e N a t i o n a l Y . O . U . Office.

4. The d i s t r i c t w e e k e n d w i l l p r o v i d e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r f a m i l y p a r t i one p a r c i p a t i o n a n d f a m i l y - o r i e n t e d a c t i v i t i e s w h e r e s p o r t s i s - -t , b u t n o t t h e m a i n p a r t of t h e s c h e d u l e . --

5. P a s t o r s w i l l see t o i t t h a t t h e S a b b a t h i s p r o p e r l y o b s e r v e d i n a l l cases.

6. C h e e r l e a d i n g w i l l become p r o p e r l y a n d t a s t e f u l l y d o n e a s a n a d d i t i o n t o t h e b a s k e t b a l l games, w i t h o u t t h e p o o r t a s t e i n m u s i c a n d r o u t i n e s t h a t h i g h c o m p e t i t i o n h a s p r o d u c e d i n some cases.

7. C h a r t e r s w i l l n o t be n e c e s s a r y b e c a u s e Y . O . U . is not a separate o r g a n i z a t i o n b u t a p a r t of t h e l o c a l c h u r c h , f o r w h i c h t h e p a s t o r i s responsible.

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FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES Additional Guidelines f o r Y.O.U. Many of y o u h a v e e x p r e s s e d y o u r a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r t h e v e r y p o s i t i v e c h a n g e s i n Y.O.U. A s a l l of u s f o l l o w M r . Armstrong's l e a d i n working w i t h o u r y o u n g p e o p l e , t h e w h o l e p r o g r a m w i l l t a k e o n a new s p i r i t . Here now a r e some a d d i t i o n a l i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r a l l p a s t o r s : MembershiD
Y.O.U. i s p a r t of t h e C h u r c h , - a s e p a r a t e o r g a n i z a t i o n . not A l l youth who r e g u l a r l y a t t e n d t h e C h u r c h a r e a u t o m a t i c a l l y i n c l u d e d i n Y . O . U . membership. E x c e p t i o n s and d i s c i p l i n a r y s u s p e n s i o n s are t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of t h e p a s t o r .

Age L i m i t s E f f e c t i v e S e p t e m b e r 1, 1 9 8 1 , t h e age r e q u i r e m e n t s w i l l c h a n g e . A teen w i l l be e l i g i b l e t o p a r t i c i p a t e from h i s t h i r t e e n t h b i r t h d a y u n t i l t h e end o f t h e a c t i v i t y y e a r i n which h i s e i g h t e e n t h b i r t h d a y o c c u r s . ChaDters O f f i c e leveragi The p u r p o s e o f t h e C h a p t e r C h a r t e r s w a s t o g i v e t h e Y . O . U . over l o c a l g r o u p s w h e r e t h e m i n i s t r y h a d l i t t l e i n v o l v e m e n t .

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Two o r t h r e e t i m e s a y e a r , e a c h d i s t r i c t w i l l h o l d a D i s t r i c t Y . O . U . Weekend. A l l t e e n s and t h e i r p a r e n t s s h o u l d be e n c o u r a g e d t o a t t e n d . see t h a t h I t may i n M i n i s t e r s s h o u l d - -t-e S a b b a t h i s p r o p e r l y o b s e r v e d . elude s p e c i a l s e r v i c e s , B i b l e S t u d i e s a n d B i b l e - b o w l s a s w e l l a s t i m e f o r r e s t . You s h o u l d a l s o p l a n t o i n c l u d e some o f t h e p a r e n t s i n t h e B i b l e games. T h e r e m a i n d e r of t h e weekend c a n i n c l u d e a w i d e r a n g e o f a c t i v i t i e s s u c h as a b a s k e t b a l l or v o l l e y b a l l tournament, c h e e r l e a d i n g performance, a dance and o t h e r social f u n c t i o n s w i t h emphasis o n f a m i l y participation. Cheerleading
The main emphasis i n C h e e r l e a d i n g s h o u l d b e p l a c e d o n c h e e r i n g a t t h e b a s k e t b a l l games. T h i s h e l p s t o t i e t h e whole g r o u p t o g e t h e r a n d i n volves t h e p a r e n t s .
A t t h e D i s t r i c t Weekend d u r i n g b a s k e t b a l l s e a s o n , a c h e e r l e a d i n g p e r Competent j u d g e s w i l l r a t e t h e squads a g a i n s t a f o r m a n c e w i l l be h e l d . T h i s s h o u l d e n c o u r a g e a l l s q u a d s t o work t o w a r d s t a n d a r d p e r f e c t score. p e r f e c t i o n w h i l e a c t u a l l y h e l p i n - - a c h o t h e r i m p r o v e - u s e t h e teams q e b e ca w i l-n- be c o m p e t i n g a g a i n s t o n e a n o t h e r . - l ot I f t h e r e i s a need, we w i l l d i v i d e c h e e r l e a d i n g performances i n t o J u n i o r and S e n i o r d i v i s i o n s .

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You p a s t o r s a r e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e t y p e s of m u s i c a n d d a n c e r o u t i n e s your c h e e r l e a d e r s use. Some r o u t i n e s o f t h e p a s t h a v e shown v e r y p o o r (Our t a s t e and have n o t r e p r e s e n t e d t h e t e a c h i n g s o f God's Church. y o u n g g i r l s h a v e b e e n s e e n bumping a n d g r i n d i n g t o some v e r y f o u l l y r i c s . ) Talent Contest The t a l e n t c o m p e t i t i o n s o f r e c e n t y e a r s h a v e r e v e a l e d some r e a l l y f i n e performers. B u t o c c a s i o n a l l y a n o b j e c t i o n a b l e a c t h a s made i t s way t o t h e F e a s t o f T a b e r n a c l e s where i t becomes a r e a l e m b a r r a s s m e n t . Please at al While o u t s i d e j u d g e s s c r e e n t h e c o n t e s t a n t s c a r e f u l l y - -l l e v e l s . c a n r e c o g n i z e t a l e n t , t h e y c a n ' t know w h a t meets o u r m o r a l a n d a e s t h e t i c standards. T h e s e y o u n g p e o p l e m u s t p r o p e r l y r e f l e c t t h e same v a l u e s M r . A r m s t r o n g h a s a l w a y s r e q u i r e d o f t h e C h u r c h a n d Ambassador C o l l e g e . Dances
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