Announcements
◼ Literature offer for August: Any of the following 32-page brochures may be used: Does God Really Care About Us?, Enjoy Life on Earth Forever!, “Look! I Am Making All Things New,” Should You Believe in the Trinity?, The Government That Will Bring Paradise, What Happens to Us When We Die?, What Is the Purpose of Life—How Can You Find It?, and When Someone You Love Dies. The brochures A Book for All People, Our Problems—Who Will Help Us Solve Them?, Spirits of the Dead—Can They Help You or Harm You? Do They Really Exist?, and Will There Ever Be a World Without War? may be offered where appropriate. September: Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life. October: Individual copies of The Watchtower and Awake! Where interest is found on return visits, subscriptions may be offered. November: What Does God Require of Us? or Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life.
◼ In every community at various times during the year, there are secular holidays for which children are excused from school and employees are given time off from work. These are excellent opportunities for the congregation to have an increased share in the field ministry. The elders should plan ahead for these occasions and notify the congregation well in advance of the arrangements that are being made for group witnessing during holiday periods.
◼ Congregations should begin requesting the 2000 Calendar of Jehovah’s Witnesses with their September literature request. The calendars will be available in Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.
◼ From August 27, 1999, to August 31, 1999, the Society will be taking an inventory of all literature on hand at Brooklyn Bethel. Because of this inventory, no congregation literature requests will be processed for shipment or for pickup during those days.
◼ Adjustments have been made to the telephone numbers for the Society’s facilities in Brooklyn and Patterson, New York. The new telephone numbers are as follows: Brooklyn (718) 560-5000 and Patterson (914) 306-1000. The telephone number for Wallkill, New York, (914) 744-6000, remains the same. As a reminder, correspondence with the Society regarding congregation matters should be handled through the local body of elders.
◼ An adequate supply of forms for use during the 2000 service year is being sent to each congregation. These forms should not be wasted. They should be used only for their intended purpose.
◼ New Publications Available:
A Peaceful New World—Will It Come? (Tract No. 17)—Kazakh
Does Fate Rule Our Lives?—Or Does God Hold Us Responsible?—Russian
Hellfire—Is It Part of Divine Justice? (Tract No. 74)—Russian
How to Find the Road to Paradise (for Muslims)—Bengali
How to Improve Your Speaking and Teaching Ability—Hindi
Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?—Arabic
Jehovah—Who Is He? (Tract No. 23)—German, Polish, Russian
Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Work—Hindi
Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-1995—Spanish
What Happens to Us When We Die?—Danish, Dutch, Faeroese, Norwegian, Slovenian, Swedish
What Hope for Dead Loved Ones? (Tract No. 16)—Kazakh
Who Are Jehovah’s Witnesses? (Tract No. 73)—Russian