Weekly Update Library

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…

September 17, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Richard Ames recorded a Tomorrow’s World telecast titled “What Happened to the Christianity of Christ?,” offering one of the late Dr. Roderick C. Meredith’s strongest booklets, Restoring Original Christianity. I recorded a…

September 10, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, The Council of Elders had a virtual meeting this past Wednesday and reported that Festival plans have been a major challenge this year. At this moment, we have 104 sites planned, so that as many members as possible can attend in person, but this is a fluid situation…

September 3, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, A lot of work is being done in all our offices around the world as the Feast approaches. As I mentioned in my video update for this week, we recorded three telecasts here in Charlotte, and last week the Canadian office recorded four French-language telecasts, along…

August 27, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, I am pleased to let you know that Mr. Ames’ telecast dubbed into Spanish, “Who Changed the Sabbath to Sunday?,” just surpassed a million views and produced well over 11,000 subscribers to the Spanish YouTube channel! Another of Mr. Ames’ videos, “Seven Signs of the Second…