Announcements

◼ Offer for 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. May: Would You Like to Know the Truth?​—On DVD. If there is interest, demonstrate a Bible study using the What Does the Bible Really Teach?​—On DVD or Listen to God and Live Forever—​On DVD.

◼ A new Memorial talk outline has been prepared and should be used by all Memorial speakers beginning in 2013. This year, the talk has a title, namely: “Appreciate What Christ Has Done for You!”

◼ The special public talk for the 2013 Memorial season will be entitled “Does Death End It All?”

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

◼ Field Service Highlights: We are happy to report three new all-time peaks during the month of August! The total number of publishers increased to 523 in Bermuda, 332 in the Turks and Caicos Islands, and 1,203,642 in the United States. Also, when compared with the same month during the previous year, the number of regular pioneers increased by 10.4 percent in the Bahamas, 4.6 percent in Bermuda, 36.1 percent in the Turks and Caicos Islands, and 5 percent in the United States. Clearly, Jehovah’s people are “zealous for fine works.”​—Titus 2:14.