wfn.org | ‘Red-hot' Reds could mean hotel room shortage

["Disciples Off. of Communication"<wshuffit@oc.disciples.org>]

Date: July 30, 1999
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Clifford L. Willis
E-mail: CWillis@oc.disciples.org
on the Web: http://www.disciples.org

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	INDIANAPOLIS (DNS) -- The Cincinnati Reds baseball team is 
"red-hot." While that's good news for Reds fans, it could complicate 
accommodations for attendees of the Christian Church (Disciples of 
Christ) General Assembly.

	If the Cincinnati team makes the playoffs, the home game stands 
could create a shortage of hotel rooms during the Oct. 8-12 biennial 
session, according to the Rev. Donald B. Manworren, associate general 
minister for administration. He's urging Disciples members to make 
housing reservations for the assembly as soon as possible.

	Slow-arriving assembly registrations, which could result in a 
last-minute flood of housing requests may also complicate matters. 
Registrations for the ‘99 assembly currently are behind the pace of 
the previous fall gathering, Manworren said. The 1995 Pittsburgh 
assembly drew the fewest number of participants ever -- 5,696 -- 
since the denomination moved to every-two-year gatherings in 1968.

	Cincinnati hotels will be free to sell rooms blocked for General 
Assembly on or about Sept. 6, said Manworren. Those rooms will sell 
quickly and at higher rates, meaning Disciples members will want to 
make reservations now to guarantee accommodations at the convention 
rate.

	Housing forms may be obtained from the Christian Church (Disciples 
of Christ) website (www.disciples.org/ga99/housing.htm), General 
Assembly mailings to local congregations, and by fax from the Office 
of Communication. Reservation requests may be returned by fax machine 
to the Cincinnati Housing Bureau (Fax: 513-621-2156).

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