Everything is coming along very well with Ambassador College at both campuses. My wife and I recently spent 10 days at Big Sandy and had both a profitable and very enjoyable stay on our sister campus.
While there I was able to guest teach five different subjects — Life and Teachings of Jesus (first-year Bible), Principles of Living, Marriage and the Family, Epistles of Paul and second-year Speech. Also, I was privileged to speak at the Forum and gave two sermons (at Tyler and Big Sandy) the first Sabbath of our visit and one sermon the following Sabbath at Lufkin, Texas.
I was in Big Sandy during the annual Speech Banquet at the Pasadena campus; but, fortunately, my wife and I were able to attend the annual Speech Banquet at Big Sandy. This is always a very interesting and entertaining event, and this year at Big Sandy was no exception.
Also while in Big Sandy, my wife and I visited with various of the faculty members, College administrators and their wives. I thought our visit was both profitable and most pleasant, and felt everyone made us welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Les McCullough are now in Pasadena on the annual faculty exchange program. They will be here through the rest of this week and plan to return to Big Sandy on Sunday. While the McCulloughs have been here, Mr. McCullough has taught a number of classes and gave the Forum on Tuesday, February 26th. They have also been able to visit with a number of ministers and faculty.
Wednesday, February 27th, the McCulloughs, along with several of us at Pasadena, attended a special Rotarian Luncheon at the Pasadena Huntington Sheraton Hotel. There Mr. Herbert Armstrong was presented with a special sapphire pin by Mr. Richard Fiedler, president of the Pasadena Rotary Club. The Young Ambassadors were asked to perform before the distinguished guests of the several combined Rotary Clubs of the Southern California area gathered for this occasion. They did a superb job, and everyone seemed to enjoy their performance very much. (More details of this event will be covered in the March 4th WORLDWIDE NEWS.)
On Thursday, February 28th, Messrs. Armstrong, McCullough, Ralph Helge, Aaron Dean and I were able to discuss various matters concerning Ambassador College.
College faculty and administrators have spent many weeks in carefully and prayerfully evaluating the third- and fourth-year students in our Student Progress Meetings and have just about finished selecting next year's student body officers. We have also made certain decisions and recommendations concerning the graduating seniors. This coming May the Church will again hire quite a few of the graduates.
Soon, the admissions teams of both campuses will begin selecting those A.A. and A.S. students who will be admitted into the four-year Bachelor of Arts program at Pasadena. This will take many hundreds of man hours.
God continues to bless both campuses of His College. We are continuing to have a very good year on both campuses, and I know God will continue to bless us richly — if we continue to make certain (as the Founder and Chancellor has taught us) that the Word of God is the FOUNDATION of every class and activity of Ambassador College!
AMBASSADOR COLLEGE UPDATE (Pasadena Campus)
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