Opinion Survey: Thank you for the enthusiastic participation in Mr. Ted Armstrong's opinion survey evaluating the speakers at the Feast of Tabernacles. To date, we have received about a 50% response which has provided a fairly comprehensive over view. However, we would like to hear from the rest of you. Please excuse the omission of a deadline date in the questionnaire. To enable us to prepare a report for Mr. Armstrong before the conference, please return your survey form by December 26th. So, if you have not yet made your impressions known, "may we have your opinion...?"
Jekyll Island Festival Site Dropped: Due to a combination of factors beyond our control, Jekyll Island will have to be dropped as a festival site for 1978. Considering the seating limitations in the auditorium (especially in the light of increasing requests from northern cities to transfer to a southern site) and the recent closure of major hotel/motel facilities, we are forced to look elsewhere for an acceptable alternate site. Two major on-island hotels closed prior to the festival this year and the Sand Dollar Hotel declared bankruptcy October 3, 1977. Together these facilities housed approximately 1,250 members on the island. So, in spite of the continued popularity of Jekyll, these conditions necessitate our move to another area. Negotiations are now under way with another seacoast resort, and we should be able to make an announcement soon.
Festival Seminar: For those pastors seeking a keener insight into Feast of Tabernacles planning, they should include one of the fourteen scheduled Festival seminars in their plans while at the conference. Among the subjects you'll be interested in learning about are:
1) The new ministerial policy on Festival tithe, including transfers.
2) How you can participate in future festival site selection.
3) The qualities to look for in choosing a festival advisor.
4) How to handle own-arrangement tendencies. These and other subjects of importance will be covered during the upcoming conference. Be sure to make your reservations for one of the 18 sessions of the Festival seminar.
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