Announcements

◼ Literature to be used during September: You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth. October: Mankind’s Search for God or copies of Awake! and The Watchtower. Subscriptions may be offered on return visits. November: New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures with the book The Bible​—God’s Word or Man’s? December: The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived. NOTE: Congregations that will need the above-​mentioned campaign items should request them on their next monthly Literature Request Form (S(d)-14). Please request needed extra magazines for October distribution.

◼ The presiding overseer or someone designated by him should audit the congregation’s accounts on September 1 or as soon as possible thereafter. Make an announcement to the congregation when this has been done.

◼ Beginning November 8, 1993, and running through May 2, 1994, the book Making Your Family Life Happy will be considered at the Congregation Book Study.

◼ It is important that groups of 30 or more persons planning to visit the Society’s facilities first correspond by mail with the Central Tour Desk at 124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11201. This includes those groups that will be visiting Brooklyn Bethel, Watchtower Farms, the Watchtower Educational Center project site in Patterson, or the Jersey City Assembly Hall. Please provide information on the number coming and the date and time for each location. The Society will provide a description of the tours that are available as well as a map giving directions to each location. ANY PUBLISHER NEEDING ACCOMMODATIONS MAY OBTAIN LODGING INFORMATION THROUGH THE CONGREGATION ELDERS.

◼ Publishers planning to auxiliary pioneer in October should turn in their application early. This will allow the elders to make necessary arrangements for literature and territory.

◼ The elders are reminded to follow through on instructions given on pages 21-3 of the April 15, 1991, Watchtower regarding any disfellowshipped or disassociated persons who may be inclined toward becoming reinstated.

◼ A new Watchtower Publications List has been prepared and four copies are being sent to each congregation. They should be distributed to the secretary and the brothers caring for literature, magazines, and accounts.

◼ The Society is now producing English bound volumes of The Watchtower for the years 1970 to 1979 as permanent stock items. Any interested in obtaining these bound volumes should request them through the congregation. Please bear in mind that bound volumes are special-​request items.

◼ New Publications Available:

Albanian: Will This World Survive? (Tract No. 19); Comfort for the Depressed (Tract No. 20); Enjoy Family Life (Tract No. 21); Who Really Rules the World? (Tract No. 22). English: Jehovah’s Witnesses​—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom (Book); What Is the Purpose of Life​—How Can You Find It? (Brochure). English for the Deaf: Why You Can Trust the Bible (Tract No. 13); Comfort for the Depressed (Tract No. 20); Enjoy Family Life (Tract No. 21); Who Really Rules the World? (Tract No. 22). French: Jehovah’s Witnesses​—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom (Book); What Is the Purpose of Life​—How Can You Find It? (Brochure). Portuguese: What Is the Purpose of Life​—How Can You Find It? (Brochure). Russian: You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth (Small size). Spanish: Jehovah’s Witnesses​—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom (Book); What Is the Purpose of Life​—How Can You Find It? (Brochure).

◼ New Audiocassette Available:

English: Doing What Is Right in Jehovah’s Eyes (Drama; single cassette).

◼ New Videocassettes Available:

Arabic: Jehovah’s Witnesses​—The Organization Behind the Name.

Benefit Others by Using Magazines

¹ How happy we are to receive the latest issues of The Watchtower and Awake! We cherish the opportunity to read them as soon as possible so that we may benefit from the information that is presented. In addition to looking for material that may help us personally, it is a good idea to look for points that can be used in offering the magazines to others. We may wish to mark portions that would be especially appealing to those in our congregation’s territory or even make notes in the margins of our copy to remind ourselves of talking points and how the article could be presented locally.

² Our journals have enduring value. Although we may primarily give attention to presenting the current magazines, there is no need to discard older issues, since the information itself does not go out of date. Keep back issues in your book bag so that they will be available when witnessing. These may be especially useful when a specific need of the householder becomes known. When an older magazine is left, it is all right to mention briefly to the householder his opportunity to contribute to the worldwide work.

Study Live Forever and United in Worship Books

¹ Tracts, brochures, magazines, and books​—all can be used to initiate home Bible studies with interested people. Because of its widespread distribution and appeal, the book The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived has been used to start studies. Certainly, everyone should be encouraged to read and study it. We have done this by preparing for and attending the Congregation Book Study regularly.

² However, there are two books in particular that should be studied with new ones to help them understand basic doctrines of the Bible as well as Christian standards for living. They are: You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth and United in Worship of the Only True God. It is recommended that as soon as reasonably possible, those conducting home Bible studies in other publications change over to one of these books. If a study was being conducted in the Greatest Man book, encourage the student to continue reading it on his own. A Bible study should be continued until the Live Forever and the United in Worship books have been completed, even though a person may get baptized before the second book is finished. This procedure will give an added measure of depth and spiritual stability to the Bible student.