Weekly Update Library

February 07, 2008

Greetings from Charlotte! Dr. Doug Winnail is successfully continuing his world tour. From South Africa, he wrote, "Mr. and Mrs. King and Simon Muthama arrived in Johannesburg yesterday morning. We drove to Harrismith yesterday afternoon and toured the office. We held a board meeting for…

January 31, 2008

Greetings from Charlotte! Early this week we received the following report from Dr. Doug Winnail about the regional ministerial conference he conducted in Australia, "We have had two days of very positive meetings at the regional conference here in Clarendon, where the office is located—a beautiful…

January 24, 2008

Greetings from Charlotte! Today, during a Headquarters staff meeting here in Charlotte, Mr. Meredith encouraged all of us to work with increased zeal, with love and compassion for one another in performing our daily duties to fulfill our mission so that the more than 6 ½ billion people on the earth…

January 17, 2008

Greetings from Charlotte, This week, Mr. Meredith finished a co-worker letter that is now in the mail, and he and Mr. Ames also recorded television programs. Mr. Apartian recorded his weekly French sermon today in defiance of Charlotte's first wintery weather! Dr. Germano was here for several days…

January 10, 2008

Greetings from Charlotte, This week we are working on plans for the Feast of Tabernacles in 2008 and beyond, preparing course outlines and lectures for the second semester of Living University, and planning budgets for the coming year. Last weekend I visited congregations in Jacksonville and Live…

January 03, 2008

Greetings from Charlotte, While heavy snow and freezing temperatures have settled over much of the northern United States and Canada, and deadly riots have broken out after a disputed election in Kenya (East Africa), we are very grateful for the peaceful gathering and fine turnout at the 15th…

December 27, 2007

Greetings from Charlotte, This is a busy week as we prepare for the 15th Anniversary activities planned for this weekend. It appears that we will have about 500 people attending Sabbath services here in Charlotte. We will also be conducting a Married Couples Seminar on Friday afternoon and a…

December 20, 2007

Greetings from Charlotte, Last Sabbath a number of speakers traveled out of Charlotte.  Mr. and Mrs. Meredith were in Atlanta, Georgia; Mr. and Mrs. Crockett were in Bristol, Virginia; and Mr. and Mrs. Rod McNair were in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Mr. and Mrs. Ehman and Mr. and Mrs.…

December 13, 2007

Greetings from Charlotte, The year 2007 is rapidly drawing to a close. It has been an eventful year—with droughts, floods, a looming world financial crisis and storm clouds of war rising in the Middle East. It is certainly a time when we need to be drawing closer to God and really putting our…

December 06, 2007

Greetings from Charlotte, It is hard to believe, but we are winding up our first semester of Living University classes. The final lectures and assignments of the semester will be given in the next week or so. It has been exciting and rewarding for Mr. Meredith, Mr. Ames and me to get back into the…

November 29, 2007

Greetings from Charlotte, All but a few staff members have returned to Charlotte from trips to visit family over the Thanksgiving weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Meredith arrived back in Charlotte from a short trip to the UK and Belgium. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shumway visited the office for several days on their…

November 11, 2007

Greetings from Charlotte, This has been a week to catch up after our series of meetings last week.  Mr. Ames and I have been recording lectures for Living University classes.  Mr. and Mrs. Meredith are on a short trip to the UK.  A number of people from the office are heading off to…