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TheFirstAnnualGeneralConferenceofourFellowshipis nowhistory.Forthatmeetingthelast"Amen"hasbeensaid,the lasthymnsung,thelastsermonpreachedandthelastprayer uttered.Andyetweasadenominationarejuststarting. Ourconferenceisabeginning. OurmoveacrossAmericahasbegun.Attheconferencewe hadrepresentativesfromourchurchesandmissioninLosAngeles, SanDiego,SanFrancisco,Phoenix,Hawaii,Chicago,CostaMesa andthemissionarywhowasgoingtoDallas.Andwehadagood letterfromourpastor,Rev.BradWilsonoftheMiamiMission. AsModeratoroftheBoardofElders,
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setagoalforusof twentychurchesandmissionsbyGeneralConferencenextyear. Onemonthhaspassedandalreadywearemovingtowardsthat goal.OurmissionsinChicagoandMiamiarenowchurches.Growth isbeingreportedinallourgroups.TheSanFranciscoChurch isaveragingclosetotwohundredinattendanceandhasjust organizedtwomissions...oneinOaklandandtheotherin Sacramento. WehavereceivedwordthatourHawaiiMissionhashada fullpagearticlewrittenaboutitintheHonoluluPress. Wehavereceivedlettersaskingustosendinformation concerningstartingmissionsinsuchcitiesasBoston,Denver andevenBuring,Arkansas! Andthestorygoeson. Godhas,isandwillcontinueblessingtheUniversalFellow- shipofMetropolitanCommunityChurchesaslongaswe,the membersofM.C.C.keeplookingtoour"AlphaandOmega",the "firstandlast",the"
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stheheadoftheChurch.Aslong aswelookto"Him",wewilllive. Rev.TroyD.Perry Mode'rator,BoardofElders
 
Somethingunusualhashappenedin theUniversalFellowship.Atrend hasbeenbuckedandanationalpub- licationhasmovedawayfromhome base.Thestatuswhichmightde- volveupontheMotherChurchby thepublicationofadenominalional organhasbeenscatteredtoallthe churchesandmissionsoftheUniver- salFellowship.WithEditoria1staff inSanDiego,correspondentsineach congregationitcanbeaUniversal experience.Weneedyourhelp.We needpeopleineverycongregation
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