Weekly Update Library

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Rod McNair conducted meetings this week with the U.S. and International Festival Coordinators. We are grateful to our Creator for granting us favor in the 90 locations where we held the Feast around the world. All regions were able to give very positive reports,…

Greetings from Charlotte, What wonderful Feasts we just celebrated! I hope all of you enjoyed the Feast of Tabernacles and Last Great Day as much as Carol and I did. While some areas were still in various stages of lockdown, preventing some members from meeting together in person, other areas…

Greetings from Charlotte, One great blessing of God’s Festivals is that they teach us lessons in the use of money. We learn budgeting from faithfully saving a second tithe, but there are other lessons. A lesson I learned early on was that it is okay to spend money. My parents came through the…

Greetings from Charlotte, Let all of us be thankful if we are able to attend the Feast in person this year. The United Kingdom, Europe, and Africa are expected to have 24 Festival sites, as members are not able to freely cross some borders due to COVID-19. Vaccine mandates are forcing some members…

Greetings from Charlotte, Numerous countries around the world are locking down as a result of the rapid spread of the Delta and other COVID variants, making Festival planning very difficult as governments and venues impose restrictions. Mr. Rob Tyler wrote, “Much of the region is now quite…

Greetings from Charlotte, We are now less than two weeks away from the Feast of Trumpets, and while the Trumpets are yet to blow, our world is hurtling toward oblivion, as anyone with eyes to see can see. It should be obvious by now that too many people in government, academia, and the media do…

Greetings from Charlotte, We held a productive online Council of Elders meeting on Wednesday. I mentioned a few encouraging trends that came out of it on this week’s video update, including two new congregations in Mexico. At the same time, even during the Council meeting, we learned of the death…

Greetings from Charlotte, First of all, I want to thank all of you for your prayers, cards of encouragement, and concern for Carol and me after we contracted COVID-19. Please be assured that we are feeling much better and are getting back to our normal routines. Many others have fully recovered or…

Greetings from Charlotte, We are thankful to have received the keys to the new Canadian office this last week, and our staff is now moving in. By the time you see this, the Adventure Camp will be underway in the spectacular Bob Marshall Wilderness Area of northwest Montana and the West Virginia…

Greetings from Charlotte, As Mr. Weston reported last week, both he and his wife have contracted the coronavirus. Be sure to pray fervently for their healing as well as others who became ill at or after the Living Youth Teen Camp. Several have already recovered, but the global danger has not…