Announcements
◼ Literature to be used during September: You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth. October: Mankind’s Search for God or copies of Awake! and The Watchtower. Subscriptions may be offered on return visits. November: New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures with the book The Bible—God’s Word or Man’s? December: The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived. NOTE: Congregations that will need the above-mentioned campaign items should request them on their next monthly Literature Request Form (S(d)-14). Please request needed extra magazines for October distribution.
◼ The presiding overseer or someone designated by him should audit the congregation’s accounts on September 1 or as soon as possible thereafter. Make an announcement to the congregation when this has been done.
◼ Beginning November 8, 1993, and running through May 2, 1994, the book Making Your Family Life Happy will be considered at the Congregation Book Study.
◼ It is important that groups of 30 or more persons planning to visit the Society’s facilities first correspond by mail with the Central Tour Desk at 124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11201. This includes those groups that will be visiting Brooklyn Bethel, Watchtower Farms, the Watchtower Educational Center project site in Patterson, or the Jersey City Assembly Hall. Please provide information on the number coming and the date and time for each location. The Society will provide a description of the tours that are available as well as a map giving directions to each location. ANY PUBLISHER NEEDING ACCOMMODATIONS MAY OBTAIN LODGING INFORMATION THROUGH THE CONGREGATION ELDERS.
◼ Publishers planning to auxiliary pioneer in October should turn in their application early. This will allow the elders to make necessary arrangements for literature and territory.
◼ The elders are reminded to follow through on instructions given on pages 21-3 of the April 15, 1991, Watchtower regarding any disfellowshipped or disassociated persons who may be inclined toward becoming reinstated.
◼ A new Watchtower Publications List has been prepared and four copies are being sent to each congregation. They should be distributed to the secretary and the brothers caring for literature, magazines, and accounts.
◼ The Society is now producing English bound volumes of The Watchtower for the years 1970 to 1979 as permanent stock items. Any interested in obtaining these bound volumes should request them through the congregation. Please bear in mind that bound volumes are special-request items.
◼ New Publications Available:
Albanian: Will This World Survive? (Tract No. 19); Comfort for the Depressed (Tract No. 20); Enjoy Family Life (Tract No. 21); Who Really Rules the World? (Tract No. 22). English: Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom (Book); What Is the Purpose of Life—How Can You Find It? (Brochure). English for the Deaf: Why You Can Trust the Bible (Tract No. 13); Comfort for the Depressed (Tract No. 20); Enjoy Family Life (Tract No. 21); Who Really Rules the World? (Tract No. 22). French: Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom (Book); What Is the Purpose of Life—How Can You Find It? (Brochure). Portuguese: What Is the Purpose of Life—How Can You Find It? (Brochure). Russian: You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth (Small size). Spanish: Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom (Book); What Is the Purpose of Life—How Can You Find It? (Brochure).
◼ New Audiocassette Available:
English: Doing What Is Right in Jehovah’s Eyes (Drama; single cassette).
◼ New Videocassettes Available:
Arabic: Jehovah’s Witnesses—The Organization Behind the Name.