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May/June issue of the Good News On Its
Way!
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Connie Seelig
operating inserter for the
Nordic
mailing
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The current issue of the Good News magazine
for Eastern Europe has now been mailed from our Home
Office in Cincinnati, Ohio. Before, we were mailing
most of the magazines from Tartu, Estonia. We will
still continue some of the mailings from Tartu, but
periodicals and dated materials such as the magazine
will come from Cincinnati.
We are able to mail the magazines at the
same postage rate as we did from Estonia, but a
new inserting machine which can handle 3000-4000
magazines in one hour now prepares the magazines
for mailing.
Our mailing list in the Nordic countries is
560 and about 1200 in the Baltic and Eastern
European countries. The complete mailing
procedure can now be done in less than one hour.
Victor
Kubik standing by mailing containers
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Connie Seelig, mail processing manager says the
following about the new inserter: "Having this
new machine will reduce the number of volunteer
hours needed to insert much of our material. It
will save approximately 650 to 850 volunteer
hours per year for just the international GN
mailings of the magazine. We have numerous
letter jobs that should run quite a bit faster
on the new inserter as well. With the
intelligence feature of the new equipment, we
will also be able to run many of our booklet
jobs that require selecting several different
booklets for each envelope."
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GCE Slide Show Available
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At the United Church of God's annual General
Conference of Elders we made a PowerPoint
presentation about the Work of God in the
Nordic/Baltic and Eastern European regions that
we serve.
We are able to share that program with you
in both video and PowerPoint formats. This
will give you an idea about the people and
geography of our service areas.
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Soon: New Employee Natasha Weatherhead
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We are happy to announce that Natasha Weatherhead
will be helping with many critical tasks for the
Work in Eastern Europe. She will work at the the
United Church of God Home Office in Cincinnati,
Ohio. Currently she lives in Barbados and
arrangements are being made for her move.
Natasha is originally from Belarus and has
been volunteering for us for the past seven
years. We need her translation and editorial
skills to keep up with Russian-speaking areas of
the world. She will also manage our subscriber
services including managing our mailing lists
and help with subscriber correspondence.
Russian is the world's fifth most spoken
language and we are receiving increased requests
for literature.
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May 2009 Journey to Denmark/Sweden
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From May 13-19 Victor and Beverly Kubik visited
United Church of God members and new interested
people in Sweden and Denmark. We are always
encouraged when we receive letters expressing
interest in a new way of life and in making changes
in how one thinks and lives.
We visit the Nordic countries periodically
and would be more than happy to meet with
you. Please write to us at the contact
information below. Below is a map of our
itinerary in Sweden and Denmark.
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