Our booklet, “Tithing–Today?” was sent out this week to our subscribers. The booklet is also posted on the Web.

A new member letter was sent out this week. In it, Edwin Pope discusses “peace on earth” and the erroneous concepts of the Christmas tradition. You can find the letter on the Web.

A new StandingWatch program was posted on the Web, titled, “Hope for the Future?”

The new booklet on tithing, titled “Tithing Today?,” has been placed on the Web.

The Global Church of God in the UK has received 374 requests for our advertised booklet, “Angels, Demons and the Spirit World.”

We are preparing a new member letter for the month of December, addressing the erroneous concepts associated with Christmas and “Peace on Earth.” A new booklet is being written on the topics of Military Service and War; Participation in Jury Duty; and Voting in Governmental Elections.

We are preparing for our next annual conference, scheduled to be held in San Diego during the month of February, 2005. We would like to ask you to pray for God’s guidance for the preparations. Any ideas to be discussed during the conference would be welcome.

A new StandingWatch program was recorded on Wednesday. Its title is: “Allies, Enemies and You.”

The new booklet on tithing has been finalized and will be sent to the printer in the U.K. by the end of this week.

A new StandingWatch program was recorded last week and placed on the Web, titled, “Attitude!”

In the following Update, reference is made to “unique visitors,” “number of visits,” “pages” and “hits.” “Unique Visitors” are the total number of visits by a unique internet address. The “number of visits” is the total number of visits by all visitors over a given period of time. If I visit your site and then come back four more times, you should see one “unique visit” and five “visits” from me. “Pages” are the total number of pages viewed by visitors. These do not include images, java script or CSS and the like — just HTML and CGI type files. “Hits” refers to every file requested by the visitor. This includes pages and images together.

There are now 63 million registered Internet domain names. In October, we ranked in the top 7% viewed at 4,189,626. In September and October, the CEG Webpage received 49,349 and 51,621 hits, respectively.

The Sabbath is consistently the highest bandwidth use day. This would be attributed to people downloading sermons. These are presumably people outside of our fellowship, as we are listening to streaming audio off of a separate server.

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             |  Number     |        |          |

Day          |  of visits  |  Pages |  Hits    |  Bandwidth	   

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01 Sep 2004  |  69         |  322   |  636     |  11.24 MB	   

02 Sep 2004  |  70         |  318   |  1266    |  29.12 MB	   

03 Sep 2004  |  106        |  748   |  4646    |  44.64 MB	   

04 Sep 2004  |  120        |  513   |  1940    |  105.58 MB	   

05 Sep 2004  |  56         |  193   |  670     |  7.00 MB	   

06 Sep 2004  |  65         |  203   |  826     |  92.01 MB	   

07 Sep 2004  |  81         |  227   |  855     |  23.73 MB	   

08 Sep 2004  |  76         |  185   |  558     |  32.46 MB	   

09 Sep 2004  |  72         |  225   |  1167    |  63.80 MB	   

10 Sep 2004  |  108        |  745   |  4755    |  54.35 MB	   

11 Sep 2004  |  117        |  424   |  2352    |  43.38 MB	   

12 Sep 2004  |  83         |  300   |  870     |  31.60 MB	   

13 Sep 2004  |  84         |  443   |  1104    |  104.04 MB	   

14 Sep 2004  |  80         |  332   |  844     |  47.91 MB	   

15 Sep 2004  |  89         |  246   |  1028    |  19.84 MB	   

16 Sep 2004  |  160        |  539   |  1802    |  53.83 MB	   

17 Sep 2004  |  98         |  709   |  4340    |  36.51 MB	   

18 Sep 2004  |  123        |  735   |  2235    |  1.82 GB	   

19 Sep 2004  |  93         |  236   |  997     |  37.95 MB	   

20 Sep 2004  |  79         |  305   |  975     |  34.54 MB	   

21 Sep 2004  |  78         |  260   |  729     |  28.10 MB	   

22 Sep 2004  |  79         |  244   |  595     |  23.61 MB	   

23 Sep 2004  |  78         |  1111  |  1989    |  17.12 MB	   

24 Sep 2004  |  112        |  814   |  5524    |  54.46 MB	   

25 Sep 2004  |  149        |  550   |  2086    |  115.78 MB	   

26 Sep 2004  |  78         |  273   |  1170    |  12.55 MB	   

27 Sep 2004  |  80         |  298   |  1034    |  17.16 MB	   

28 Sep 2004  |  93         |  403   |  982     |  67.17 MB	   

29 Sep 2004  |  78         |  194   |  657     |  9.73 MB	   

30 Sep 2004  |  95         |  248   |  717     |  15.94 MB

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Average      |  91.63      |  411.4 |  1644.97 |  103.28 MB	   

Total        |  2749       |  12343 |  49349   |  3.03 GB	

A new member letter was sent out this week. Dave Harris discusses in it the present state of affairs of our countries, and the continued obligation of God’s Church. You can find a copy of the member letter at: Letters to the Brethren.
A new StandingWatch program was recorded last week and placed on the Web, titled, “Balanced Living.”

A new StandingWatch program was recorded last week, titled, “Christ’s Return and You.” The program discusses our individual physical and spiritual responsibilities in preparation for Christ’s return.

It is planned to record another StandingWatch program this Friday.

Ad Campaign in the UK

The recent UK advertising campaign offered two booklets, “Europe in Prophecy,” which received 1,450 responses, and “Angels, Demons and the Spirit World,” which received 1,427 responses. In addition, other booklets have been requested and so far, a further 135 have been sent out with more requests expected in the next few weeks. Requests for additional literature are still being received by telephone, post and e-mail.

Just a few comments from this latest advertising campaign:

“I would like to peruse your ‘America and Britain in Prophecy’ booklet, having found much that has troubled since schooldays, and is covered in ‘Europe in Prophecy’ which I have just read. Since schooldays are some 75 years ago, you may understand the state that applies.”

“Thank you for sending me a copy of the booklet ‘Europe in Prophecy.’ From the list on the back page, I am intrigued; would it be possible to send me ‘The Theory of Evolution’, ‘Is God a Trinity?’, ‘Baptism – A Requirement for Salvation?’ and ‘Angels, Demons and the Spirit World.’ Thank you very much. I appreciate all and everything I have and can learn from you.”

“Thank you very much for recent booklet ‘Europe in Prophecy.’ I found this very good and very informative. All I can do is thank you for this information as I find it very sad when I see the turmoil, war and hurt that is commonplace world wide at this moment in time. Once again, thank you for your publication.”

“After reading ‘Europe in Prophecy’ I am now intrigued to read your other publications. I would be delighted if you could send me a copy of each of those below.” (The writer then requests a further 14 booklets which will be sent to him over the next several weeks).

“Thank you very much for the two booklets which you have sent me, which I found informative and thought provoking. You also sent a list of what is available and so will you allow me to impose on your kindness and request further booklets.”

“Thank you for the booklet entitled ‘Europe in Prophecy’ – it’s quite fascinating to say the least. I must confess that I hadn’t heard of the Global Church of God, that is until I received the booklet. Perhaps I should throw a little light on my simple beliefs. I do not accept in any form or shape the Devil or Satan. I do not accept the Trinity or ascension into heaven. I have been baptised into the saving name of Christ my Saviour and await the judgement morning when I will alone answer for my sins. This is my simple faith as I walk towards Jehovah’s Vineyard in the sincere hope that I will be granted an abiding place in that glorious Kingdom. This I write in the hope of our Master’s quick return.”

“I have read your book ‘Europe in Prophecy’ and it is very interesting but there are a few things that I don’t agree with. I would like to read the book ‘Angels, Demons and the Spirit World’ as I belong to the Spiritualist church.”

A new Standing Watch program was recorded last week, and was posted on the Web last Friday. The program is titled, “U.S., Europe and Halloween.” It discussed, among other things, the U.S. election; the recent signing of the EU Constitution and its potential consequences for the world; and the steady rise of devil worship

A new member letter was sent out this week, showing from the Bible that the Church of God has an ongoing duty to preach the gospel as a witness into all the world. You can find the member letter at “Letters to the Brethren.”

We received the following note from the Philippines: “Thanks for the booklets. By next week we’re going to photocopy all your booklets for distribution in our area.”

Our current ad campaign in the United Kingdom has, so far, resulted in 850 responses for our booklet, “Europe in Prophecy,” and 1,400 responses for our booklet, “Angels, Demons and the Spirit World.”