Just got my flyer from Illinois International Travel. Tours to Bethel, June to October. "...includes all transportation to Brooklyn, Wallkill, Patterson and New Jersey. Each tour includes your hotel, buffet breakfast daily, 2 lunches, sightseeing and a tour escort for your entire trip. As mentioned in the Kingdom Ministry, your visit to Bethel will be encouraging and educational. You will see first hand how Bethel family members who are volunteers of all ages enjoy working, eating and studying together at the World Headquarters."
Sunday includes a tour of the city with an optional boat cruise around Manhattan Island so we can view all the Watchtower buildings.
Monday we depart on our private motorcoach to visit Wallkill to visit the new factory and Bethel Home at Watchtower Farm. "You'll be amazed at the new MAN presses that are 18 feet high and how over 90,000 Watchtower and Awake! magazines are printed per hour. One roll of paper weights 38,000 pounds, is 14 miles long and is gone through in 25 minutes..... Each year thousands of friends from around the world travel to New York and Wallkill to visit the New Factory and all of the amazing printing facilities. (See WT 12/1/05 p.8) "
Then we go to Patterson to visit the new Educational Center. Here we will see displays describing the work done in the Society's offices, including the service, art, legal and translation services departments. Other offices oversee the activities of missionaries, relief efforts in disaster areas and direct the teacing programs for congregations throughout the world. You will be amazed at this beautiful project, including the courtyard that was completed mostly by volunteer workers."
Wednesday we depart for the beautiful Jersey City Assemblly Hall. "You will be amazed how all the chandeliers, stained glass, brass and copper were restored."
"Next you will visit the Brooklyn Bethel Office known as the '30 Building' where the work of over a hundred Branch Offices is coordinated by the administration departments. This is where the Governing Body is located, plus writers, researchers, proof readers and secretaries that handle all materials relating to the preaching activity worldwide. You will see interesting displays of all the various committees. The Public Relations Department has a display of the awards and even an Emmy for their outstanding public services by the way of our tapes and DVD's. Under the direction of the writing committee, material is prepared here that will be published worldwide. Considerable research is done before being put into written form, which means it must be thoroughly checked and proof read for spelling and accuracy, after which it is reviewed by the writing committee. It is then sent to branches around the world so that it can be translated into different languages for all nationalities to understand."
Anybody got $1,200 to loan me so I can take this amazing tour?