Weekly Update Library

August 22, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, Carol and I returned from a trip to New England, where we had a Tomorrow’s World Presentation in Auburn, Massachusetts, and a Regional Ministerial Conference at Mount Snow, Vermont. Attendance at the TWP was lower than expected, but several individuals…

August 15, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Cristian Orrego lives in Charlotte, but pastors congregations in Mexico City and Guatemala. He returned this week from profitable visits in both locations. Our congregation in Mexico City is among our fastest growing. Mr. Etienne Duval gave a Tomorrow’s World…

August 8, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, Summer is still here, but it is rapidly coming to an end. Students are preparing to go back to school and this includes our Charlotte Living Education students, who will be arriving this week. The North American Adventure Camp and the Preteen Camp in West…

August 1, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte! Mr. Gerald Weston gave the sermon in Minneapolis last Sabbath. He is canoeing in the beautiful Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, with the adventurous campers and staff. We wish them all an inspiring Sabbath in the park wilderness. The West Virginia Preteen Camp…

July 25, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, Approximately 700 new subscribers to Tomorrow’s World magazine are added each week as a result of our telecasts. This is in addition to people responding to the telecast who are already on our mailing list. Several Tomorrow’s World Presentations…

July 18, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Peter Nathan is visiting congregations in Africa and is scheduled to travel from Kenya to Johannesburg today (Thursday). He will then fly to Cape Town where he will attend the Sabbath service and give a follow-up Tomorrow’s World Presentation Sabbath…

July 11, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, Our summer camp for teens began this past week in Texas. Many members volunteer their time and resources to make all our camps successful, and for this we are extremely grateful. Thank you to all who serve in this manner. Carol and I returned from an…

July 3, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, This week, Canadians and Americans celebrated their Independence Days (July 1 and July 4). Sadly, both nations have been incredibly blessed by God, but they are drifting further and further away from biblical values that were part of their foundations—and they are…

June 27, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Weston were at the Saratoga Family Weekend last weekend (see report below), and this Sabbath will be visiting the Spokane, Washington congregation.  Mr. Wallace Smith reports that the Living Education trip to the archeological dig in Israel is…

June 20, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, On Wednesday, Mr. Ames, Dr. Douglas Winnail, and I held a 90-minute teleconference with our worldwide ministry to update everyone on developments in the Work and discuss topics that are relevant to the ministry and how we can serve more effectively. Mr. Ames announced…

June 13, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, The Work continues to grow in South Africa, where the political situation remains unstable. Pentecost attendance for the country totaled 275, with offerings for the day up 5.24 percent over last year. Mr. Lawdi Ferreira will travel to Zimbabwe and Zambia to give …

June 6, 2019

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Armando Orrego and his lovely wife were in town from Colombia this week to take care of business. Messrs. Mario Hernandez, Cristian Orrego, Armando Orrego, and several of us met to sort out problems in getting mail to a few Central and South American countries where…