News at a Glance
U.S. Holy Day Offerings Up
Preliminary U.S. Holy Day offering figures showed increases of 4.8 percent for the first Holy Day of Unleavened Bread and 3.5 percent for the last Holy Day. The figures were $800,476 for the first day and $764,645 for the last day. These figures are expected to reach $815,000 and $775,000 when individually mailed offerings are all processed.
On the first day, 13,181 attended, down from 13,248 the previous year (half of a percent decrease). On the last day 12,066 attended, up from 12,026 (0.3 percent increase).