Weekly Update Library

October 22, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, Human tragedies continue to make news. A powerful typhoon, the 12th this year, pounded the Philippines with 80 mph winds and drenching rains that destroyed crops, drowned animals, submerged villages, destroyed homes and claimed the lives of nearly 60 people. More than…

October 15, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, All of our "world travelers" from Headquarters have returned to Charlotte safely, with very positive comments about the Feast sites they attended. As we settle into our normal routines following the Feast, it is sobering to watch the violence spreading in the Middle East…

October 08, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, The Feast of Tabernacles 2015 appears to have gone extremely well. Reports coming into Charlotte contain very positive comments about sermons, sermonettes, music, activities and warm fellowship. There have also been many positive comments on the "Behind the Work" film…

September 22, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, This coming Sunday evening, God's people will gather together at dozens of Feast sites around the world to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles and the Last Great Day. The Feast pictures the soon-coming Kingdom of God that Jesus Christ will establish at His return to this…

September 17, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, Reports coming in about the Feast of Trumpets are very positive. Mr. and Mrs. Ames had a very encouraging visit with the Kansas City congregation. I was able to visit congregations in Akron and Columbus, Ohio and spend time with several other ministers along the way. A…

September 10, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, We are certainly living in a changing world. This past week an American judge temporarily jailed a clerk who refused to issue a marriage license to two homosexuals because it was against her religious convictions. America has a long history of guaranteeing religious…

September 03, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, The Fall Holy Days will begin in just over a week! Please pray that God will bless and inspire the messages on these special days that outline climactic events that will bring the end of this present age with all its strife and suffering and usher in the glorious Kingdom…

August 28, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, This week, food shortages have caused riots in Venezuela, tropical storms are opening the hurricane season in the Caribbean and growing financial concerns are unsettling economies in our globalized world. Here in Charlotte, Dr. Meredith chaired a Council of Elders…

August 20, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, Many today sense things are not right in the world. Winds of war are stirring again in Europe. Millions of migrants are fleeing strife-torn countries and heading to northern Europe and North America. Corruption plagues the governments of this world. Meanwhile here in the…

August 13, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, World events continue to align with end-time Bible prophecies. Arab nations are taking more initiative toward building their own alliances, China's surprise weakening of its currency will have a rippling impact on neighboring countries (and potentially the world economy…

August 06, 2015

Dear brethren, Dr. Winnail has been at the LYC Teen Camp in Ohio this week and he reports that morale is improving as campers come to terms with the tragic death of one of our staff, Morgan Montgomery, in a boating accident. He states that this event has brought the campers and staff…

July 30, 2015

Greetings from Charlotte, Religious and moral issues continue to generate conflicts and stir emotions around the world—not just in the Middle East. In Mississippi, a federal judge fined a high school for allowing a minister to pray before a voluntary event (in spite of the fact that Congress is…