Weekly Update Library

November 13, 2014

Greetings from Charlotte, This week Dr. Meredith presided over a very profitable Council of Elders meeting. He cited progress in the Work so far this year: an 8.3 percent increase in Feast attendance (10,289) over last year, a 5 percent increase in income, a Tomorrow's World magazine…

November 06, 2014

Greetings from Charlotte, In a politically-divided America, mid-term elections revealed a swing away from the President and his policies and a resurgence of support for more conservative values. In Jerusalem, turmoil continues to erupt over the issue of Jews praying on the Temple Mount, and in…

October 30, 2014

Greetings from Charlotte, Unfortunately, the world did not stop turning while we were observing the Feast. Concerns about the spread of Ebola and the turbulence in Eastern Europe remain in the news. Some observers wonder if Russia and China will take advantage of America's focus on ISIS in the…

October 23, 2014

Greetings from Charlotte, Reports coming in from around the world indicate that the Feast of Tabernacles 2014 was a very positive experience for close to 10,000 brethren. We should have complete attendance figures in the next week or so. It was exciting to see hundreds of new people at the Feast…

October 02, 2014

Greetings from Charlotte, This year, while God's people travel to the Feast, fighting rages across the Middle East as Islamic extremists strive to expand their recently declared caliphate, and a deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa now appears ready to threaten Europe and America. While Russia…

September 18, 2014

Greetings from Charlotte, This week, many will be watching to see if voters in Scotland decide to declare independence and leave the UK—after 300 years in the Union! If the Scots depart, this could have serious effects on Britain's role in the world and its role as a key ally of the United States…

September 11, 2014

Greetings from Charlotte, It has been interesting to see how the most powerful man in the world (the President of the United States) cannot control "the tides of history" that have succeeded in "upending" his political agenda (see The Wall Street Journal, September 9, 2014). These "tides…

August 04, 2014

Greetings from Charlotte, World events continue to move in a sobering direction with the brutal violence in the Middle East and new efforts to fan Islamic insurrections across India and North Africa, while the Western world is pondering and debating how to deal with ever-increasing problems. As…

August 28, 2014

Greetings from Charlotte, World events continue to jolt the senses! News reports detail the abuse of children in the UK, a deadly disease epidemic and the kidnapping of hundreds of girls in Africa, Russian invasions in Eastern Europe, civil wars and brutal killings in the Middle East and…

August 21, 2014

Dear brethren, This week the world was shocked by the brutal killing of a captured American reporter by ISIS radicals.  What a horrific world we live in!  As God's people, we pray "Thy Kingdom come!" and yearn for the time when men will no longer behave like ravenous beasts.  What…

August 14, 2014

Greetings from Charlotte, Weather-related catastrophes are again making news in various parts of the globe, including torrential rains that caused heavy flooding in Detroit, Baltimore and Long Island—while in the turbulent Middle East, humanitarian tragedies continue to unfold. Dr. Meredith has…

August 07, 2014

This week, the world's attention has been focused on a major earthquake that heavily damaged a village in southwestern China, killing nearly 500 people and displacing more than 200,000. In West Africa, the Ebola epidemic continues to spread, and infected individuals have returned to the United…