A kingdom fit for Fallon Jehovah's Witness congregation builds together
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BURKE WASSON ,
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November 28, 2005
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While the kingdom hasn't been built yet by the group more commonly known as Jehovah's Witness, its members say that it will be done very shortly - Dec. 4 to be exact.
That date is the expected completion time for a new Kingdom Hall to be built in Fallon at 1055 McLean Road.
In the meantime, a group of followers of the Jehovah's Witness faith have been readying the necessary tools and supplies they will need to construct the hall in Fallon.
One of the group members, Jim Lafton, said they have maintained a 24-hour, continuous watch on the site to make sure everything goes according to plan.
With a little warmth from a small fire and one singular goal in mind, Lafton said the effort is well worth the amount of time involved and can be best summarized with one word - cooperation.
"It's because of the cooperation that we can do all this," Lafton said. "It's just a combination of lots of people putting in their efforts. This is like a whole different realm of cooperation. Everybody does what they're asked and they all do it willingly. It's something special. I like to say that it gets done in spite of us. But that's the kind of cooperation we have."
Lafton, who is a native of Forest Hill, Calif., has helped erect numerous Kingdom Halls across the northern parts of both Nevada and California. His experience as a building contractor - a position from which he has retired - has made him an ideal candidate for the construction.
"Since I retired, my wife and I go out and volunteer our efforts to build Kingdom Halls around the area," Lafton said. "We've been doing this for quite a few years."
Some other towns they have helped build Kingdom Halls in are Fernley and several in the Northern California area, including Burney, Anderson, Auburn and others in the greater Sacramento area.
Lafton said that people of the Jehovah's Witness faith have 90 regional building committees across the country.
Fallon fell within the scope of his region's committee, so he and more than 150 others will have worked toward the hall's completion before it is finished by its Dec. 4 target date.
"We're in the process of getting all the materials we need now," Lafton said. "Hopefully, a week from Sunday, we'll be finished."
Lafton said this hall would be a bit more spacious than the previous Kingdom Hall that had been in Fallon.
Its congregation will also be a little more expansive, as there will be room for both an English and Spanish speaking congregation.
Despite the anticipated increase in numbers at the hall, Lafton and the other members of the group said it is not necessarily a good thing among Jehovah's Witness followers to have a congregation that is too large.
"We hardly ever have a group over 150 or 200 people," Lafton said. "When it gets to be more than that, people start losing personal attention. We like to stay close together and not make it too big."
Lafton said the "real building" to the hall would begin Wednesday, when more than 100 people of the Jehovah's Witness faith from the northern parts of Nevada and California will arrive in Fallon to finish the job.
Even though he is a retired building contractor, Lafton said it was amazing even to him that the hall can be built in such a short amount of time.
Of course, he said, that all goes back to the people involved.
"It really is amazing even to me," he said with a laugh. "It just goes to show how dedicated everybody's been."
Burke Wasson can be contacted at
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""We hardly ever have a group over 150 or 200 people," Lafton said. "When it gets to be more than that, people start losing personal attention. We like to stay close together and not make it too big.""
Read..."It's hard to keep tabs on everyone's personal business when the congregation gets too big."
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"We hardly ever have a group over 150 or 200 people," Lafton said. "When it gets to be more than that, people start losing personal attention. We like to stay close together and not make it too big."
I can't help it! I know this was already commented on but this was the first thing that caught my eye as well, LOL! (and for the very same reasons!!) Bigger groups are harder to keep tabs on and makes more work for the elders and the busybodies.
I also had to snicker just a bit when I saw the caption---FALLON Jehovah's Witnesses....I was hoping it was a typo for "fallen JWs"..........
As for the "co-operation in building" aspect, this is no big deal.......bees, ants and beavers have been accomplishing this since time began AND with no blueprints!
Sorry.......I am no longer impressed.