Weekly Update Library

May 26, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, We were all deeply saddened by the tragedy that took place in Uvalde, Texas, this week. This is the second senseless mass murder here in the United States in as many weeks. While politicians and pundits argue over the causes, we understand that this is the result of a…

May 19, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, Dr. Douglas Winnail, Mr. Rod McNair, and I conducted a three-day Regional Conference last week in South Bend, Indiana. On the Sabbath prior to the conference, we had a “packed house” with 44 guests and 17 members for the Tomorrow’s World Presentation in Fort…

May 12, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it will, and it has. Elections in Sri Lanka have brought violence to the country. Our minister there, Mr. Kuma DeSilva, requests immediate prayers for our members: “We are moving into a bad phase as there is anarchy right…

May 5, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, This week we held online Council of Elders meetings. Several Council members had recently contracted the COVID virus, but all the men (and their wives) had either recovered or were well on their way to full recovery, and the men were able to participate in the two days of…

April 28, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, A week ago Tuesday, we posted a new French-language YouTube whiteboard titled “The Three Heavens Explained.” It has already generated over 19,000 views in nine days, and our Le Monde de Demain YouTube Page has gained more than 600 new subscribers from…

April 20, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, Next month we will be resuming in-person meetings that have been on hold since March of 2020. The Council of Elders will meet here in Charlotte for three days during the first week in May, and we will hold the first of four Regional Ministerial Conferences scheduled here…

April 14, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, Weather can be a problem at this time of year. Heavy snowfall and high wind conditions are affecting our brethren in Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada, and parts of the Northwestern United States, leading up to and including Passover in some locations. On the…

April 7, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, Infrastructures in many Central and South American countries have deteriorated to the point where we are unable to send magazines and literature to our members and subscribers. To solve the problem, the Spanish Department embarked on a digital alternative, and on…

March 31, 2022

Dear Brethren, We held an online ministerial conference this Wednesday, and one of the topics I discussed was Living Education. Many parents are unaware of how much education has changed in the last decade. Too many young people go off to college or university and do not come back to Church. This…

March 24, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, The Tomorrow’s World Presentations last weekend brought more than 165 guests, along with members, to the initial presentations in Charlotte, North Carolina; Memphis, Tennessee; and Arcadia and San Louis Obispo in California. Follow-up presentations…

March 17, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, We were very encouraged by the Tomorrow’s World Presentations given by Mr. Ames last weekend. There were 52 guests in Columbia, the capital of South Carolina. We began the congregation there several years ago in large part due to a TWP, but it has…

March 10, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Gerald Weston is in Nashville this week with Mr. Wallace Smith and Mr. Mike DeSimone to attend the annual National Religious Broadcasters Christian Media Convention, which is “the world’s largest gathering of Christian communicators.” Last week, we had 54 guests…