Announcements

◼ Literature offer for April: Jesus​—Where He Came From, How He Lived, Why He Died—​On DVD. May: New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures​—On DVD. Direct attention to Jesus’ life and ministry by featuring Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. If interest is shown on the return visit, additional Bible books may be offered. June: What Does the Bible Really Teach?​—On DVD. July: The Bible​—What Is Its Message?​—On DVD; Would You Like to Know the Truth?​—On DVD; or depending on circumstances offer You Can Be God’s Friend!​—On DVD or When Someone You Love Dies—​On DVD. When making return visits, introduce What Does the Bible Really Teach​—On DVD or, if more appropriate to the person’s needs, the Listen to God and Live Forever—​On DVD, and try to start a Bible study.

◼ The meeting schedule for the week preceding your district convention may be adjusted to review counsel and reminders about attending the convention. A month or two following your convention, a local needs part may be used to review convention points that the publishers have found to be helpful in the ministry.

◼ Whenever personal travel plans include attending a district convention in another land, helpful information may be found on the jw.org Web site by selecting the Conventions link under the Lookup tab.

◼ Field Service Highlights: We are happy to report a new peak of 176 regular pioneers in the Bahamas during November 2011, an increase of 6 over the previous peak in September 2011. Also, when compared to the same month last year, the following increases in hours were reported: 5.8 percent in the Bahamas, 15.9 percent in Bermuda, 2.8 percent in the United States, and 2.6 percent in the Turks and Caicos Islands. These consistent increases reflect our heart’s desire to remain ‘steadfast and unmovable’ in the Lord’s work.​—1 Cor. 15:58.