Announcements

◼ Offer for April: Jesus​—Where He Came From, How He Lived, Why He Died—​On DVD. May and June: Five Questions Answered in the Bible​—On DVD, What Does the Bible Really Teach?​—On DVD, or Would You Like to Know the Truth?​—On DVD. If the congregation places its entire supply of Five Questions Answered in the Bible​—On DVD, publishers should offer Questions Answered in the Bible—​On DVD. July: Good News From God!​—On DVD or one of the following: Listen to God and Live Forever—​On DVD, The Bible​—What Is Its Message?​—On DVD, or You Can Be God’s Friend!​—On DVD.

◼ The meeting schedule for the week preceding your district or international convention should be adjusted in order to review counsel and reminders from the insert in this issue of Our Kingdom Ministry and the letter to all congregations dated August 3, 2013, regarding safety precautions when attending spiritual programs. A month or two following your convention, a local needs part may be used to review specific convention points that the publishers have found to be helpful in the ministry.

◼ Field Service Highlights: We are pleased to report three new all-time peaks in regular pioneers during the month of October 2013. The United States reported 161,892, Puerto Rico had 3,198, and the Turks and Caicos Islands reported 57 pioneers. What a fine example these pioneers display in focusing on Kingdom interests.​—Matt. 6:22.