Weekly Update Library

Greetings from Charlotte, Most of us do very simple accounting. We keep records of money deposited in and withdrawn from the bank to find the bottom line of what we have. However, when it comes to business accounting for non-profits like Living Church of God, things are not so straightforward.…

Greetings from Charlotte, The online Living Education courses have been popular among our members, with 2,346 people enrolling in them. The number studying them is no doubt higher, as oftentimes more than one person sits down at a computer to go through the lessons. With Passover only ten weeks…

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Michael Heykoop mentioned in the Canadian weekly bulletin last week that it is inspiring to reflect on how God has blessed His Work and His people despite the challenges faced throughout the year 2020. Television responses were up, attendance increased, and many other…

Greetings from Charlotte, Dr. Winnail, Mr. Rick Stafford, and I were online yesterday with Dr. Wilner Pierre and several others who serve about 200 people in Haiti. Some of our members there have been in the Body of Christ for decades, even going back to the days of Mr. Herbert Armstrong. Over…

Greetings from Charlotte, The year 2020 will be history by this time next week and it cannot end soon enough for most of us. However, it is hardly a given that 2021 will be any better. Health officials report from the U.K. that two new coronavirus mutations have been detected and at least one is…

Greetings from Charlotte, This week’s telecast is by Mr. Wallace Smith, “Just What Is the Kingdom of God?” It is so easy to take for granted this wonderful truth God has opened our minds to understand, whether we are new in the Body of Christ or whether we have been around for many years. I…

Greetings from Charlotte, Following the breakup of the Worldwide Church about 25 years ago, there were those who said the Work of preaching the Gospel to the world had been completed and that all we needed to do was get the Church ready for Christ’s return. However, in a report out of Canada, we…

Greetings from Charlotte, Responses to the semiannual letter advertising the DVD “Has the World Gone Mad?” are coming in at a strong pace. Mr. DeSimone passed along a couple of charts showing the dramatic uptick in responses in the German language. As I mentioned in this week’s video update, the…

Greetings from Charlotte, I received a very interesting letter in response to my mention of Thanksgiving celebrations. Who would have guessed a North American-style Thanksgiving is celebrated on a remote island in the South Pacific? Our lone member there wrote: “I read with great interest the…

Greetings from Charlotte, Americans and Canadians share a common holiday each year, although on different calendar days. Canadians celebrate a day of Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October and Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. While these are national days…