Weekly Update Library

December 24, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, The year 2020 will be history by this time next week and it cannot end soon enough for most of us. However, it is hardly a given that 2021 will be any better. Health officials report from the U.K. that two new coronavirus mutations have been detected and at…

December 17, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, This week’s telecast is by Mr. Wallace Smith, “Just What Is the Kingdom of God?” It is so easy to take for granted this wonderful truth God has opened our minds to understand, whether we are new in the Body of Christ or whether we have been around for many years.…

December 10, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, Following the breakup of the Worldwide Church about 25 years ago, there were those who said the Work of preaching the Gospel to the world had been completed and that all we needed to do was get the Church ready for Christ’s return. However, in a report out of Canada…

December 3, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, Responses to the semiannual letter advertising the DVD “Has the World Gone Mad?” are coming in at a strong pace. Mr. DeSimone passed along a couple of charts showing the dramatic uptick in responses in the German language. As I mentioned in this week’s video…

November 25, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, I received a very interesting letter in response to my mention of Thanksgiving celebrations. Who would have guessed a North American-style Thanksgiving is celebrated on a remote island in the South Pacific? Our lone member there wrote: “I read with great interest the…

November 19, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, Americans and Canadians share a common holiday each year, although on different calendar days. Canadians celebrate a day of Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October and Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. While these are…

November 12, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, We are pleased to announce that last week we added 3,159 new Tomorrow’s World subscribers. Mr. Michael Heykoop reports from Canada: “The French-language Viewpoints are on pace to reach 150,000 views by the end of next week, and the…

November 5, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, Not since the Civil War has America been so divided, and we know what Jesus said about a house divided against itself. We may very well be witnessing the destruction of America, and even though many around the world may cheer America’s fall, it will not be good in…

October 29, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, I had a very profitable and enjoyable visit to Texas last weekend, where I announced the hire of Mr. Alex Celan to the full-time ministry. We had over 110 attending in person, plus a number of individuals and outlying congregations livestreaming services. As…

October 22, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, God has greatly blessed His Church this year and has opened doors that were not previously available. We have significant personnel needs and are working to fill some of those positions in the field ministry and in understaffed departments here in Charlotte. And…

October 15, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, Keeping the Feast of Tabernacles was a significant challenge for many this year with all the uncertainty created by national and local governments and how venues implemented regulations. Nevertheless, the majority of our members were able to attend a Festival site in…

September 24, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, This year has been like no other for Festival planning. I hope everyone appreciates the massive amount of work put in by Church Administration, the Festival Site Coordinators, and our faithful Church pastors and elders who went above and beyond to make it possible for the…