Announcements

◼ Offer for January and February: The Bible​—What Is Its Message?​—On DVD, Would You Like to Know the Truth?​—On DVD, or depending on circumstances, offer When Someone You Love Dies—​On DVD or You Can Be God’s Friend!​—On DVD. When making return visits, introduce What Does the Bible Really Teach?​—On DVD or if more appropriate to the person’s needs, offer Listen to God and Live Forever—​On DVD, and try to start a Bible study. March and April: Jesus​—Where He Came From, How He Lived, Why He Died—​On DVD. When making return visits, introduce What Does the Bible Really Teach?​—On DVD or if more appropriate to the person’s needs, offer Listen to God and Live Forever—​On DVD, and try to start a Bible study.

◼ The title of the public talk to be given by the circuit overseer during the second half of the 2013 service year is “Good News . . . to Every Nation and Tribe and Tongue.”

◼ The branch facilities in Brooklyn, Patterson, and Wallkill, New York, will be closed for spring cleaning on Friday, May 10, 2013. There will be no arrangements for tours or for congregations to pick up literature on this day. Also, there will be no arrangement for tours on the day of the Memorial, Tuesday, March 26, 2013.

◼ Since March has five full weekends, it would be an excellent month to auxiliary pioneer.