Weekly Update Library

Greetings from Charlotte, Carol and I returned home this week after a wonderful visit to Mexico City. We very much appreciate the work of Mr. and Mrs. Cristian Orrego and others serving in that part of the world. Sabbath morning began with the baptism of a young woman. This was followed by Sabbath…

Greetings from Charlotte, God willing, Carol and I, Mr. and Mrs. Cristian Orrego, and Mr. Hernandez will be in Mexico City for Sabbath services and a short leadership conference this weekend. Carol and I are looking forward to meeting our brethren in one of our fastest growing congregations. Also…

Greetings from Charlotte, More statistics come in as we evaluate last year’s progress in the Living Church of God. Regular income and offerings for each Holy Day in the United States were up over the previous year and we ended the year with income over budget. We are hearing similar reports from…

Greetings from Charlotte, By all accounts, the Charlotte Family Weekend was a great success. We heard many comments about the change in seminars format. Messrs. Wallace Smith, Richard Ames, and Dr. Douglas Winnail each gave 45-minute presentations to all attendees. Then on Friday night, they sat…

Greetings from Charlotte, Another year has come and gone, and we look forward to giving you some statistics in coming weeks demonstrating the growth in the Work. The Living Youth Program camp in Mexico is complete and the one in South Africa is wrapping up this Tuesday. Applications will soon be…

Greetings from Charlotte, The United Kingdom and the United States are heading into uncharted territory. It looks as though Brexit will go through, with the landslide victory of Boris Johnson, and no one can say for sure what this means for the U.K. or for Europe. We know the endgame, but not all…

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Cristian Orrego reported this week that 30 of our 34 booklets are now translated into Portuguese, and the last four are in the editorial process. Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, Portugal, and several other nations. We began airing the Tomorrow’s…

Greetings from Charlotte, A lot of what is done in our offices around the world is not always obvious. For example, here in Charlotte, we monitor how each television station is performing and drop stations with poor responses and add others that look promising. This way we keep our cost-per-…

Greetings from Charlotte, This week, Mr. and Mrs. Weston are out of town, spending time with family. Other staff members are also taking time off, to celebrate American Thanksgiving with family and friends. The tradition goes back to those hardy, adventurous souls who came to the “New World” in…

Greetings from Charlotte, This past Wednesday, we held an online Ministerial Conference with ministers from around the world. Mr. Ames focused on the growth of the Work and Dr. Winnail and I spoke about our responsibility as ministers to care for the members.  Mr. Gabriel Bais’ company provides…