Announcements

◼ Literature offer for June: Life​—How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? July and August: Any of the following 32-page brochures may be used: Does God Really Care About Us?, Enjoy Life on Earth Forever!, “Look! I Am Making All Things New,” Should You Believe in the Trinity?, The Divine Name That Will Endure Forever, The Government That Will Bring Paradise, What Is the Purpose of Life​—How Can You Find It?, and When Someone You Love Dies. September: The Live Forever book will be used, and efforts should be made to start home Bible studies. NOTE: Congregations that have not yet requested the above-mentioned campaign items should do so on their next monthly Literature Request Form (S-14).

◼ The presiding overseer or someone designated by him should audit the congregation’s accounts on June 1 or as soon as possible thereafter. Make announcement to the congregation when this has been done.

◼ If it is necessary to telephone the Society’s Service Department, please use the following telephone number as of June 1, 1995: (914) 878-7000.

◼ New Publications Available:

“All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial”​—Romanian

Does God Really Care About Us?​—Georgian, Welsh

Elementary Bible Teachings​—Punjabi

How Can Blood Save Your Life?​—Russian

How to Find the Road to Paradise (for Muslims)​—Croatian, Spanish

Is There a God Who Cares?​—Bengali

Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Twentieth Century​—Tamil

Jehovah’s Witnesses​—Unitedly Doing God’s Will Worldwide—​Macedonian

My Book of Bible Stories (Large size)​—Estonian, Gujarati

Questions Young People Ask​—Answers That Work—​Polish

Revelation​—Its Grand Climax At Hand!​—Thai

School and Jehovah’s Witnesses​—Amharic

United in Worship of the Only True God​—Gujarati, Marathi, Nepali, Samoan

Watch Tower Publications Index 1991-1993​—French, Swedish

Watch Tower Publications Scripture Index 1986-1990​—Croatian

When Someone You Love Dies ​—Cebuano, Norwegian, Iloko, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai

Will There Ever Be a World Without War? (for Jews)​—Japanese

◼ New Audiocassettes Available:

Doing God’s Will With Zeal​—Arabic

◼ New Videocassettes Available:

The Bible​—Accurate History, Reliable Prophecy—​American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin)

To the Ends of the Earth​—English

Make Good Use of Your Time

¹ Jehovah is time conscious. He wants us to be aware of time too. Through his organization he helps us to be time conscious. We are urged always to have “plenty to do in the work of the Lord.” (1 Cor. 15:58) In this way, we can be more effective in Jehovah’s service.

² Each of us has the same amount of time each week​—168 hours. How well do we use our time? Do we show that we really know what time it is from Jehovah’s standpoint? Are we being distracted by nonessential activities?

³ It is important that we be well organized. Many try to maintain a priority list. Each item is put on the list according to its importance. How can that be determined? The Bible says that a man should “see good for all his hard work.” (Eccl. 3:13) Some tasks yield better results than others. Consider the results that each one will bring. Will finishing the job produce significant benefits? Will you “see good” for your hard work? If not, it may not be a high-priority task.

⁴ In Our Ministry: We appreciate it when others arrive at meetings for service on time, listen carefully to instructions, and leave promptly for the territory. We would rather be busy preaching than waiting. Paul obviously felt strongly about the need for good order when he wrote: “Let all things take place decently and by arrangement.”​—1 Cor. 14:40.

⁵ When we are out in field service, we can lose valuable time on coffee breaks. However, when weather conditions are severe, a break will refresh us and help us to keep going. Many, though, prefer to keep busy witnessing to people and forgo socializing with the brothers on coffee breaks during the time that has been set aside for the ministry. Balance is needed.

⁶ “Even the stork . . . well knows its appointed times” to migrate, and the ant “prepares its food even in the summer” in order to be ready for the winter, says the Bible. (Jer. 8:7; Prov. 6:6-8) Therein lies the secret of making good use of time. We too must ‘know our appointed times.’ Without being overly rigid, we should be time conscious. We need to know not only what we have to do but also when it needs to be done. We should get into the habit of thinking ahead, making allowances for possible delays. And we should also be willing to cut short some activities to make time for something more important, such as preparation for our meetings, field ministry, and other theocratic activities.

⁷ We want to be like our heavenly Father, Jehovah God, who teaches us that “for everything there is an appointed time.” (Eccl. 3:1) By making good use of our time, we can ‘fully accomplish our ministry.’​—2 Tim. 4:5.

Congregation Book Study

Schedule for congregation studies in the book Revelation​—Its Grand Climax At Hand!

From: To:

June 5: p. 134, ¶21 p. 138, ¶35

June 12: p. 138, ¶36 p. 142, ¶4*

June 19: Entire page 139

June 26: p. 143, ¶5 p. 146, ¶17

* Except for page 139.

March Service Report

Av. Av. Av. Av.

Number of: Hrs. Mags. R.V. Bi.St.

Sp’l Pios. 199 124.6 75.7 53.8 5.6

Pios. 75,147 79.8 36.4 25.4 2.6

Aux.Pios. 28,875 59.0 27.7 15.8 1.4

Pubs. 806,295 9.9 5.9 3.7 0.4

TOTAL 910,516 Baptized: 3,235