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Personal Notes from Corps Morning - April 1 1998
On stage - Craig Martindale
Anatomy
of a decision - handling some things from the Leaders
Meetings. Have to be straight on the true standard. Prophets
always telling people remember and forget not. Two weeks ago
(STS), yoyo illustration - got into a lot of topics RE: Dr.
Wierwille. The greater the meekness with which you receive
an initial learning experience is how easily you will be
able to recall it. The easier it is to retain and recall it.
Fight to get back to an equilibrium. I'll miss things that
God is throwing at me if I don't. I can't "enjoy"
that. If I get down, or get confronted or feel bad, etc. It
behooves all of us to get back up on our feet. The nous/entire
mind doesn't need to be wallowing.
Looked at Josiah in the Leaders Meetings. He was adamant and
enraged spiritually. Used to call him God's John Wayne,
Rambo, Terminator, etc. He died because he hardened his
heart against the Word of the Lord. The Word came down from
a Gentile king and Josiah didn't recognize the truth.
Truth on the devil's heels is still truth. Gideon overheard
the Middean conversation. God always gets the truth to us if
we will recognize it. The Word is still the key - truth can
come from a variety of scenarios. I've got to be able to
recognize it from many angles.
Jehoshaphat - aligned with Ahab but called upon the Lord and
God saved him. He died at the end of his life because he
went back in alignment with Ahab.
The flight from Florida after the Trustee Annual Meetings -
three times Rev. Martindale knows they could have died on
the flight. The guys never checked the weather report for
the flight back. Within 15 to 20 minutes they were in
turbulence.
When Howard Allen drove the coach for Dr. Wierwille, he was
mentally in the back - meaning he was aware of the
exaggerated movements in the back of the coach.
The 4th major near fiasco was in December of 1197 when Rev.
Martindale and his family with Rev. Rosalie Rivenbark were
to go out to Gunnison. On two other occasions Rev.
Martindale confronted Harm Olthouse - Athletes pilot.
He
thinks like a pilot - not like a minister - he needs to
protect people. It's a habit of old Corps -
"grace" thinking - it backs off people and then
they cover. It's a devil spirit lie.
Rev.
Martindale has grounded Flight Services since the Trustee
trip - indefinitely.
Maybe
Perry Priester could be the pilot. Supposed to go to
Gunnison in mid-April.
Rev. Rosalie Rivenbark supposed to go to Georgia to check
out Advanced Class locations but not on the plane now.
Rev. Martindale keeps re-checking his decisions. $4800.00 to
go to Gunnison first class; $1200.00 to go coach. Only doing
Advanced Class Special; because it's right spiritually and
it will make a profit.
The complete breakdown of our captain/pilot spiritually.
Takes Debra Olthouse out of Way Productions;
They are now Corps Alumni. Harm will work in the Maintenance
Dept. Debra will perform on Sunday, but not on Corps
Morning.
Even if the wife is quality, it still doesn't cover the
husband - they're dealt with as a couple. Gotta deal with
stuff - God won't "take care of it."
Ezek
14:6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and
turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Ezek
14:7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the
stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself
from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth
the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and
cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the
LORD will answer him by myself:
Ezek
14:8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make
him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the
midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Rev. Martindale teaches about the failures because they are
a sign and a proverb, a lesson in themselves. A sign of the
evil wrought. Have to take a negative situation and turn it
into a positive teaching while being honest about the error
and the mistakes (like Dr. taught about Peter Wade coping
out).
Professional people (like pilots) can lord their training
over revelation if they don't stay sharp (like Way
Builders).
Claudettee is the only one left out of Joyful Noise. They
all thought they knew better than God. No one has any right
to put anyone else's life on the line. Harm put the Trustees
life on the line by flying through rough weather when he
could have gone around the storm.
Fear - afraid of losing their Corps status; afraid of
hurting their family.
That's a cover for a deeper weakness. That fear is never the
root system, or the common denominator. It's a ploy to back
of the confrontation. A great talent of the past - apologize
and not do anything about it - you have to follow up! You
have to see some change. Long term deeply embedded bad
habits - why let myself get to that point? When you ordain
somebody, it tatoos to your soul.
The Kip and Rosanne Holdren are dropped. Moving to CO after
school's out. Rosann Holdren was teaching wrong doctrine.
Cookie Lofstedt (Don Weirwille's secretary of about 20 years
- just given a field assignment) resigned. Moving to New
Jersey. She had a cat - what's involved there?
The littlest thing can be the telling blow when you're not
meek.
The Newton's dropped (Jim - New Jersey Limb Coordinator).
They are now Corps Alum moving to New York.
Terry Sink resigned herself. Salem, OR.
Dana and Denise Lanham dropped as well.
Peter and Nancy Annicharico also dropped and going to
Concord, NH.
Key concept brought up - all agree .
Every Corps overseer should oversee two fellowships on field
minimum. Can't justify the salary for a Way Corps overseer
to just oversee a fellowship. After next year - they'll need
to generate two twigs. Enough potential there. There should
be great fields of outreach fertile to the touch. The Corps
have to be leaders of tens minimum. C.P.4. (Corps Principle
4) Go to the Word deeper and move more aggressively.
Biblical confrontation - there's still a breakdown in
bringing it before the household. Have to do the Word or we
can't make proper judgements. If I expect my ministries to
function I have to do the Word. What does it mean to bring
it before the church?
There is an appropriate body that will get their attention.
That's where you get discouraged and you let it go - it
forfeits the learning and training. There's always profit
when you do the Word; no matter if the person doesn't
change. There will be no excuses for an individual at the
Bema if you do the Word and give them every opportunity to
change. It takes thinking - check with your overseer, or the
adversary can figure out where to get in.
In the event of a Corps person being confronted - Rev.
Martindale wants an immediate written report by mail within
24 hours. The facts, words and immediate response of the
people. Give them time to change. At least a week or two.
Remember, Rev. Martindale might be able to help. Get your
best people involved in an emergency. Be part of the
believing process. Learned that 2 years ago in the ice
storm. If you can't think in an emergency, what good are
you? You should wonder why people don't call on you if it's
your area of responsibility. You want to be a part of the
fight.
New
Policy - Corps files - don't collect money for a Corps gift
for Rev. Martindale this year.
Corps files will be returned at graduation. Every 5 years
from your graduation, will return to you anything in your
Corps file.
Calendar
dates were set for FNC, INT, and DTA classes.
The minimum number for new students for a class has been
lessened. Varied the new student minimum to the size of the
work. Working on a theme for next year - will be The
Promised Land of the Prevailing Word: ......something.
ACS details - will announce on Pentecost. Working on
ordinations - maybe at the ACS.
W.C. Field program (an Corps in-residence portion of the
training) - 5/29 -6/6/98. All in the Rocky Mountain Region.
For 7 days only instead of 10.
All in-residence Corps at Gunnison will go LEAD this year -
elder and younger. LEAD 253
4/24
- 5/2. Horneys overseeing.
Status change lists will be issued every 3 months.
When Rev. Martindale gets to I Timothy 3:8ff on Corps
Morning, he wants to send all the Corps Alum a tape of it.
Really wants them on the hookup, but it's not available.
When Corps are dropped from active Corps (DFAC) - Rev.
Martindale doesn't want their diploma or their Corps ring,
they earned that.
He does want any Way Corps mailings that contain sensitive
information - any leadership tapes, status sheets, class
coordinator guides, financial records.
NOT PUBLIC INFO YET
Way
Disciple - between Resurrection Sunday and Pentecost - will
be a Sunday commissioning.
9/18-20/98
- will be training next Way Disciple group. The program will
still be 6 months. Their recognition will be 4/16-18/99.
Way Disciples Group IV received a $100.00 gift certificate
to the Bookstore - each kid got $50.00. They also received a
music tape made especially for them, their fee waived to
take the Advanced Class, and a special video Rev. Martindale
made for each Region where they're serving. 4/4 or 4/5 will
be their recognition.
Examples:
like in CT - angel pins first originated. Samuel Colt from
Hartford CT, as well as Thomas Hooker. The 1st woman
ordained as a minister was in Rochester, NY. There are so
many church steeples in Charleston, SC, that it's called the
holy city. There are 900 software companies in Austin, TX.
It's rated as the 3rd best place to live in the US. It's
either Austin TX or Salt Lake City UT, that has an urban bat
colony. UT also the site of the next winter Olympics with 14
resorts in the state.
Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille taught to have facts about a city
or state so if it was appropriate you could read them and
bless people. We've decided that we will keep children in
the Way Disciple Program. Not going to send the Way
Disciples to high rent areas like the coasts. Will keep them
in the lower rent areas.
If Corps on the field doesn't have enough work, they'll get
sent Way Disciple like the Wilson's did and send the Way
Disciples to them.
No summer program for the household college kids. Mentioned
about kids going to Europe - quoted Emerson saying travel is
a fool's paradise.
Advanced class for grads on the field - next year - will run
classs on the field like this year. We have been in a
constant advanced class mode for about 2 years now. The
adversary kicks up worse than any other time. So not running
an Advanced Class next year. Will do 2 new student Advanced
Classes a year from now at Camp Gunnison. So a year from
April - that's it.
Placements - all leadership not coming in. Assignments on
hold. Trustees and Cabinet will go over all decisions in
May; still going to do Placement decisions in May. The next
Placements won't be announced until June.
4/5-18/98 - communions on field. Do in larger meetings.
Maybe in one year we'll do it by earthly families. Believe
for great healing and deliverance for people. Rev.
Martindale no doing much on the subject on Sunday. He wants
to teach Thessalonians. Pentecost - not teaching Acts 2
-wants to teach Thessalonians.
How
best to present new light on the worship manifestations? In
Advanced Class there are 2 hours of teaching. Wants to edit
and make it a go between between FNC and INT (prerequisite
to the INT class).
Household
Advances - camp outs, not a necessity anymore. Not going to
do a state limb camping advance. IN - keep praying and
believing for the sale.
Some people put in 10 to 12 applications to the Corps. If
you don't make it, you don't make it.
Makes the recommending leader lazy; won't make a decision.
Have to make it through the first two years of
apprenticeship or you don't make it. If you're not convinced
as an overseer after two years, then forget it. That person
can't re-apply. If it's a calling, then it's a calling.
In-residence, you either make it or that's it. Genuine leave
of absence - financial, medical situations - extenuating
scenario comes up. Could have some exceptions; will deal
with the exceptions as they come up.
Corps now will stick with original thinking of an interim
and practicum year. First group to do new program is 27th or
28th Corps..
Considering - single Corps grad women marriage parameters -
there are 80 single Way Corps women and 9 single Way Corps
men.
Proposing: A sanctional exception. Corps grad for 2 years,
25 or older may get engaged to Corps Alum or Corps Advanced
class. 1. Must be willing to go through in-residence
training 2. Must be Corps candidates within 1 year of
wedding; or within 2 years if having kids before entering
the Way Corps. 3. Corps will give up Way Corps assignment to
get married. You'd be free to date these men. If engagement
doesn't go through, retains Corps Alum status.
The point is you're not breaking your commitment. Send
response to Rev. Martindale. No prayer can cover for a lack
of commitment and detail. Like-mindedness takes work/great
humility. I'm not here to serve my opinion. I'm here to do
the Word and will of God.
2
Cor 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have
received mercy, we faint not;
We are not vigilant deficient. Ruth - example of a single
woman. Deborah was married; served as a single woman. This
household is the means to meet our need. Can't our needs be
met by decisions made?
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