Weekly Update Library

March 14, 2002

Greetings, We are now very near to Passover (Tuesday evening, March 26) and the Feast of Unleavened Bread March 28 through April 3rd). Some of you Pastors may have members who cannot keep the Passover on the 14th of Nisan due to circumstances beyond their control. I have consulted Joseph Kohn's…

March 07, 2002

Greetings everyone: My profound apology! For some unknown reason (unknown to me at least) the system failed to mail the Update last Friday. Debbie "sent it" Friday afternoon, but the machinery just did not cooperate, and we were not aware of the problem until Monday morning. I will add to it…

February 21, 2002

Greetings! Most Americans took last Monday off to celebrate Presidents' Day. Assuming that some of our International readers don't quite know the meaning of this special Day, I asked one of the "historians" in our office to furnish a brief explanation. Here it is: "Before 1971, Americans…

February 15, 2002

Greetings everyone: The southern California area is suffering from drought right now—San Diego County currently stands at about 28% of normal rainfall. You may have heard of the wildfires in this part of California. All members in San Diego are safe as I write, but the Fallbrook fire seriously…

February 08, 2002

Greetings everyone: I will be very brief as my time has been totally consumed with the ministerial conference and related meetings this week. Our general conference meetings were Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday was meeting day for the International Regional Directors and members of their…

February 01, 2002

Greetings everyone: My wife and I will be visiting Albuquerque, New Mexico this Sabbath. Mr. Glen Gilchrist moved his family to Albuquerque last summer to assume responsibility to oversee New Mexico and Colorado. It has been a struggle for Glen and Dianne, selling their home in Wisconsin and…

January 31, 2002

Greetings everyone, Dorothy and I had a very and reasonably comfortable flight to Anchorage, Alaska and back. While in Anchorage we tried to touch base with all of our members in the area before flying down to Soldotna (on the Kenai peninsula) for Friday night and Sabbath meetings. Shane and Kim…

January 24, 2002

Greetings Everyone, Some like it hot, some like it cold. Those who know Mr. Carl McNair's preference would easily understand why, at this time of the year, he left for Alaska. Personally, I would have chosen Hawaii. But one has to be where one is most needed at all times, n'est-ce pas?…

January 18, 2002

Greetings Everyone,   Last week I neglected to mention the obvious—my experimentation with a format change for The World Ahead. I appreciate your feedback on the format, as some of you had difficulty reading it. Your constructive suggestions are appreciated.…

January 11, 2002

Greetings Everyone, From time to time we receive a message from some of you informing us of a change in address or of difficulties you have had or are having due to computer problems of one sort or another. Well, I have had my share of computer troubles as well! Recently I replaced my notebook…

January 03, 2002

Greetings Everyone: I hope that you all had a very good Sabbath. My wife and I had a nice visit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We visited a short while with Mr. and Mrs. Randy Gregory in their home in Chicago last Friday evening. Mr. Gregory is recovering from repair of a torn retina (his right eye).…

December 27, 2001

Greetings Everyone: My wife and I arrived home Tuesday night after six days to and from Louisiana for the family weekend at Chicot State Park. What a wonderful visit we had! Approximately 150 folks enjoyed the gracious hospitality of many who devoted lots of time and energy to host the event.…