Announcements

◼ Offer for August: Good News From God!​—On DVD or one of the following: Listen to God and Live Forever—​On DVD, The Bible​—What Is Its Message?​—On DVD, or You Can Be God’s Friend!​—On DVD. September and October: New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures​—On DVD. Feature one of the Bible books from the Christian Greek Scriptures or the book of Genesis. If further interest is shown, additional Bible books or the complete set may be offered. November: Special campaign distribution of Kingdom News No. 38, “Can the Dead Really Live Again?” If the congregation works all of its territory or places its entire supply of Kingdom News, publishers should offer What Does the Bible Really Teach?​—On DVD or Would You Like to Know the Truth?​—On DVD.

◼ Starting in September, the circuit overseers will give the public talk entitled “How Love and Faith Conquer the World.”

◼ Field Service Highlights: When comparing the first six months of this service year with the same period of the previous year, the number of regular pioneers increased by 8.8 percent in the Bahamas and 7.3 percent in the United States. Also during this period, the number of return visits increased by 6.8 percent in Bermuda and 13.4 percent in the Turks and Caicos Islands. We rejoice that Jehovah’s servants take seriously their responsibility of ‘watering’ seeds of Kingdom truth.​—1 Cor. 3:6.