In the first half of July, brethren from the Asheboro, Charlotte, Kinston and Raleigh, North Carolina, congregations participated in putting together mailing packages for Good News subscribers. The packages contained invitations to attend Sabbath services in their areas or to return a request card for an audiotape of the sermon message, "Holidays or Holy Days—Does It Matter Which Days We Keep?"

A total of 3,300 letters were mailed in the region, the largest mailing effort to date. Near the end of August, there were 381 responses, an 11.5 percent response. The final response should be a little over 12 percent. This is the fifth annual summer mailing to the subscribers.