Announcements
◼ Literature offer for October: Individual copies of The Watchtower and Awake! Where interest is found on return visits, subscriptions may be offered. Starting October 12, Kingdom News No. 35 will be distributed. November: Distribution of Kingdom News No. 35 will continue. Congregations that complete their territory by reaching householders in each home or dwelling with a copy of Kingdom News No. 35 may offer the Knowledge book. December: New World Translation with the book The Bible—God’s Word or Man’s? January: Any 192-page book published prior to 1985 that the congregation may have in stock. Congregations that do not have a supply of such books may offer You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth.
◼ The insert in this issue of Our Kingdom Ministry is the “Theocratic Ministry School Schedule for 1998” and should be kept for reference throughout 1998.
◼ With five full weekends, the month of November may be a convenient time for many to auxiliary pioneer.
◼ The meeting times for many congregations will change January 1. So, there may be a need to order a new supply of handbills to show the adjusted meeting times.
◼ Memorial invitations for 1998 in the primary language of each congregation have been included with the annual shipment of forms. If other languages are spoken in your territory and you would like a supply of invitations in those languages, these should be requested immediately on a Literature Request Form (S-14). Memorial invitations are available in Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Croatian, English, French, Greek, Iloko, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. Please request only those languages needed for your territory.
◼ Congregations should begin requesting Examining the Scriptures Daily—1998 with their October literature request. The booklets will be available in Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Iloko, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. These booklets are special-request items and will appear as “Pending” on congregation packing lists until shipments are made.