Announcements

◼ Offer for February: 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. March and April: Jesus​—Where He Came From, How He Lived, Why He Died—​On DVD. May: Five Questions Answered in the Bible​—On DVD, What Does the Bible Really Teach?​—On DVD, or Would You Like to Know the Truth?​—On DVD. If the congregation places its entire supply of Five Questions Answered in the Bible​—On DVD, publishers should offer Questions Answered in the Bible—​On DVD.

◼ The special public talk for the 2014 Memorial season is entitled “Why Would a Loving God Permit Wickedness?”

◼ When engaging in public witnessing using a table or a cart, publishers should not display Bibles. However, they may have Bibles available to offer to individuals who request one or who demonstrate sincere interest in the truth.

◼ The branch facilities in Brooklyn, Patterson, and Wallkill, New York, will be closed for spring cleaning on Friday, May 9, 2014. 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, Monday, April 14, 2014.

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

◼ Field Service Highlights: We are thrilled to report two new peaks during the month of August 2013! In the United States there was a new peak of 1,219,931 publishers. This is an increase of 16,289 over the previous peak in August 2012. Additionally, the Bahamas reported a peak of 205 regular pioneers. These figures show that many are willingly making sacrifices for Jehovah.​—Ps. 54:6.