Announcements
◼ Literature offer for June: Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life. July and August: Any of the following 32-page brochures may be used: Does God Really Care About Us?, Enjoy Life on Earth Forever!, Should You Believe in the Trinity?, The Government That Will Bring Paradise, What Happens to Us When We Die?, What Is the Purpose of Life—How Can You Find It?, and When Someone You Love Dies. The brochures A Book for All People, Our Problems—Who Will Help Us Solve Them?, Spirits of the Dead—Can They Help You or Harm You? Do They Really Exist?, and Will There Ever Be a World Without War? may be offered where appropriate. September: Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life.
◼ The presiding overseer or someone designated by him should audit the congregation’s accounts on June 1 or as soon as possible thereafter. When this has been done, make an announcement to the congregation after the next accounts report is read.
◼ Since the Gilead graduation will be held on Saturday, September 11, 1999, no tours will be conducted that day at the Society’s facilities at Brooklyn, Patterson, and Wallkill, New York. Any who have planned to visit on that Saturday should reschedule their visit to another convenient time. No congregation literature requests will be processed for shipment or for pickup that day.
◼ The Society has a supply of ENGLISH bound volumes of The Watchtower for the years 1951 to 1955, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1989, 1995 to 1997, and the Awake! for the years 1989 and 1994 to 1997. Also, ENGLISH editions of the Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses for 1987 as well as for the years 1992 to 1998 are available. Featured in the 1987 Yearbook are such countries as Puerto Rico, Switzerland, and Trinidad; in the 1992 Yearbook, Kenya, along with other East African countries, and the Solomon Islands; in the 1993 Yearbook, Denmark, Honduras, and Malaysia. Any publishers or new congregations that desire these publications may now request them through the congregation literature servant. (See Our Kingdom Ministry, April 1997, Question Box; The Watchtower, November 1, 1994, pages 28-31.)
◼ Beginning with the June 1, 1999, issue, The Watchtower will be available in the Tiv language as a monthly edition.
◼ New Publications Available:
Apply Yourself to Reading and Writing—Spanish
Comfort for the Depressed (Tract No. 20)—Armenian
Enjoy Family Life (Tract No. 21)—Armenian
Jehovah—Who Is He? (Tract No. 23)—Armenian, Croatian
Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life—Cambodian, Tatar
The Secret of Family Happiness—Armenian
Watch Tower Publications Index 1996—Italian, Swedish
What Does God Require of Us?—Hausa, Kazakh
Who Really Rules the World? (Tract No. 22)—Armenian
◼ New Audiocassettes Available:
Why Respect Theocratic Arrangements? (Drama, single cassette)—Japanese
◼ New Videocassettes Available:
Jehovah’s Witnesses Stand Firm Against Nazi Assault—Portuguese
Noah—He Walked With God—Japanese
The Bible—Its Power in Your Life—German