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The leadership of the International Fellowship. Committee changed from Berkeley Elliott to John Lange during the General Council meeting at Lake Forest College last summer. Berkeley's tireless devotion to our international network of readers is a labor of love to this revelation rarely seen during a lifetime. Her legacy is a global network of dedicated readers nurtured through personal contact. 

The past year has been a time of planning and looking to the future for this committee. The formation of the Fellowship after the split With the Foundation has presented a challenge to the international- reader community. The problem, as I see it, is one of perception concerning these events. To overcome this our foreign friends have advised us to stay positive and to focus on our common spiritual experience and heritage in this revelation. This is best achieved for the time being at international conferences, regional meetings and by close personal contact. 

The Third International meeting of the Urantia Book readers in France will be held from August 1 through August 8, 1992 at La Maison St. Gerard in Hageunau, France. "To have - to be - to do", is the theme of this meeting. "Having" the Urantia book, "Being" the sons of God, and "Doing" the will of the Father, will altogether be discussed in workshops in an effort to find some possible solution. to the problems of our time.

Two contingents will be attending from the United States, one led by Berkeley Elliott And the other, by Dr. Richard Prince. This promises to be a grand event and a chance to fellowship with our international friends. Also, International Conference 1993 will be held next summer near Montreal, Canada. This will be the first Fellowship conference held outside the continental United States and has an appropriate theme, "Touch the World." Brent St.Denis is the program chair and during the next several months the international fellowship committee will be working with the Conference Committee to encourage attendance and participation from our international readers.

New contacts have been established in Eastern Europe, the Russian Republic, and Africa. These are exciting because they are places the Urantia book has not yet been. The big event on the horizon is the publication of the Spanish translation. I understand the editing process is now complete. This has been largely the result of the dedicated efforts of Douglas Fraser and Dr. Richard Prince. When this translation is published, we will see a major focus in international fellowship toward our Spanish speaking friends. Already conferences are being planned in anticipation of this event.  

Finally, the IFC is planning a meeting in Houston this fall of its members, adjuncts, and other interested parties. Our purpose will be to chart the course of this committee and its mission to network international readers and its goal to facilitate global spiritual community.

Respectfully submitted,

John L. Lange, M.D.

Chairman, IFC