Registration: By now all of you who are attending the conference should have returned your registration forms to Ministerial Services. If for some reason you have not yet returned your form, please do so immediately. It is imperative that we register all participants at one time. Late registrations or unregistered participants can cause considerable confusion and overcrowding in lecture and seminar sessions.
Travel to the Conference: We have been notified by our travel agent that flights originating in Chicago destined for Los Angeles have been overbooked at the time of the conference. The airlines have advised that you check in two hours in advance of your departure time. The last tickets were due to be mailed Friday, December 9. By the time you have received this Pastor's Report, you should have received your airline tickets. If not, give Ministerial Services a call to avoid any further delay.
Cash for Travel: The checks for those of you who have requested money in lieu of tickets will have been mailed Monday or Tuesday, December 12 or 13. If these checks do not arrive by the time you receive your December 15 paycheck, please let us know.
Driving to the Conference: We want to caution you against planning to spend long hours behind the wheel in a "California or Bust" trip to Pasadena. Driver fatigue is a frequent cause of serious highway accidents!
Big Band Concert: The Les Brown show is planned for Saturday night, January 7 immediately following the ministerial dinner hosted by the student body. Bill Weimhoff who is helping arrange the evening was asked that all those who are interested in attending the show please notify Ministerial Services via the WATS line so that a count can be taken. If very many spaces are open Bill will want to arrange advertising and sell some tickets to ensure a full house.
Conference Basketball Tournament: We will be holding our first invitational basketball tournament on January 3 and 4. The teams we will be hosting are: University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Simon Fraser University, British Columbia; and Pomona-Pitzer, Claremont, CA. Since the ministerial conference will be in progress January 4, we would like to provide complimentary tickets for the ministers who would like to attend that evening. The games start at 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Please contact Jim Petty now if you would like to reserve tickets.
— Ted Herlofson, Ministerial Services
MORE FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES: Ordination Changes: John Robinson of the Worldwide News will be receiving routine mailings and notices from Ministerial Services so he can inform the readership of news regarding the field churches, the pastors and their activities.
Once the pastors in the field have been notified of approved ordinations and dates, John Robinson's office will also have been notified; therefore, Church pastors will be responsible to notify him directly of any changes in plans.
WATS Calls to Ministerial Services: We now have a direct line into Ministerial Services' office (not Pastoral Administration). Now you may ask directly for the personnel in our office with whom you would like to speak, instead of leaving a "call back" request that delays your business as you wait at your telephone for a return call.
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