Weekly Update Library

January 16, 2025

Greetings from Charlotte,South African members are excited by the results of e.tv, where Tomorrow’s World is now airing and garnering an average of more than 168 responses over the last three months.Mr. Adam West announced last week to the congregations he serves in the Northeast that he…

January 9, 2025

Greetings from Charlotte,The first few days of this new year have been unusual—even traumatic for many. We woke up here in the U.S. to the news of a terrorist vehicular attack in New Orleans that killed 14, while leaving three dozen injured—some no doubt for life. The longest living U.S. President…

January 2, 2025

Greetings from Charlotte,I want to update you this week on the Work of God in Germany. Mr. Adrian Käfer, our minister there, is a one-man machine. When I first met him in 2015, he had translated most of our booklets into German and was printing them on a copy machine where he had to individually…

December 26, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,This has been a sad week for many as a prominent member of the Church has gone to sleep to await the resurrection. Renee Strain, wife of the Charlotte congregation’s Pastor, John Strain, died last Sabbath from a brain tumor. Renee attended Ambassador College in the mid-to-…

December 19, 2024

Dear Brethren,Several family weekends are coming up, and I thought it would be good to address this subject with everyone. Some have thought that these get-togethers are akin to keeping Christmas and New Year’s, but nothing could be further from the truth. Business is much reduced during the last…

December 12, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,Mr. Gerald Weston has been in Canada all week recording telecasts, recording Viewpoint videos, and conducting meetings, and he will be presenting an online Tomorrow’s World Presentation on Friday night. Dr. Scott Winnail is in Kendu Bay, Kenya, for a…

December 5, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,Carol and I, along with the DeSimone family, were in Kansas City for Thanksgiving and traveled through the Asheville, North Carolina, area on our return. While most of the city looks normal, anything close to the French Broad River or its tributaries was devastated. Where…

November 27, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Weston and a number of others in the Headquarters office are traveling to be with family this week for Thanksgiving. It will be a short week here, with the office closed on Thursday and Friday for the American national holiday. Our final attendance…

November 21, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,We held an online ministers’ meeting on Wednesday to share what was discussed in the Council of Elders meetings the week before. In this meeting, we related trends, both positive and negative, that our Council members have noticed, and we answered questions from the…

November 14, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,Members of the Living Church of God Council of Elders met for three days of meetings this week. Many topics were covered, but there was much discussion on how we can reach a broader audience. We are probably reaching more people than is evident from those who respond by…

November 7, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,The majority of the United States electorate felt that the country is on the wrong track, and many turned to Donald Trump to lead the nation out of its troubles for the next four years. It was a resounding rebuff of “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” social policies, a…

October 31, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,By this time next week, we may know who is going to be President of the United States. There is no doubt that some leaders are better than others, but no matter who wins, he or she cannot reverse the moral slide that is at the heart of our problems. It also remains to be…