Weekly Update Library

September 19, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, The Fall (Spring in the Southern hemisphere) Festival season is here. Many members and ministers will be traveling in the coming days to various Festival sites. Slow news days seem to be a thing of the past. As I write, another massive category 5 hurricane…

September 14, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, It will be a long time before everything is back to a state that we might refer to as normal in parts of Texas, Louisiana, Florida and a number of Caribbean islands. We thank God that, as far as we know now, none of our members were killed or seriously injured, and…

September 07, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, Tomorrow's World Presentations are scheduled this Sabbath for St. Louis, Missouri and Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Feast fever is in the air and we are waking up to how rapidly these special days are approaching. We are thankful that, while the planned…

August 31, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, Weather events made news this week, with fires in southwestern Canada and the western United States, and Hurricane Harvey devastating the gulf coasts of Texas and Louisiana—and more hurricanes are coming in the next week. Reports from Texas indicate that our brethren…

August 24, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Rod McNair recorded a Tomorrow's World telecast on the subject of Christmas this week, and I recorded the third in a series of telecasts titled, "Stone of Destiny," "Why Britain Became Great," and "Sunset on Britain and America." We held a Council of…

August 17, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, Last Sabbath we held Tomorrow's World Presentations in Binghamton, New York; Charleston, West Virginia; and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; with a combined total of 57 guests and 79 members. A follow-up to a presentation given a week earlier was held in…

August 10, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, Tomorrow's World Presentations were conducted in four cities last weekend. Messrs. Richard Ames and James Sweat held one in the Raleigh, North Carolina area with 26 guests attending, along with 35 members. Mr. Daniel Friz and I conducted Presentations…

August 03, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, Last weekend we had a Tomorrow's World Presentation in Austin, Texas where 36 guests, in addition to 39 members, attended while another one in St. John's, Newfoundland had 8 guests.   TWPs will be held this Sabbath in Monroe, Louisiana and in…

July 27, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, The Texas Teen Camp finished last Sunday and most of our Charlotte personnel who worked there have now returned safely. Reports have been very positive regarding the camp and we appreciate the work Mr. Sheldon Monson, Mr. Jason Fritts, and all our staff put into…

July 20, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, We had a couple very helpful meetings this week regarding how to improve our Tomorrow's World Presentations, enlisting the help of Mr. Jonathan McNair by teleconference, as he never lacks for good ideas and insight. Several of us, including two of our…

July 13, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Mario Hernandez has returned from a productive trip to Europe where he met with French- and Spanish-speaking members and prospective members and conducted a Tomorrow's World Presentation in Charleroi, Belgium. Mr. Rees Ellis is back in Belgium after an…

July 06, 2017

Greetings from Charlotte, This has been a shortened work week here in Charlotte with the United States celebration of Independence Day, but much has been accomplished here and abroad. The Teen camp in Texas begins Monday and a number of personnel are traveling there to work at the camp and…