As has been commented on this board already, last Monday the talk "Doing Jehovah's Will" was given at Watchtower Study. Ted Jaracz and Guy Pierce handled it. The gist of it was that it is Jehovah's will for major changes to take place at
Furthermore, Leon Weaver and another heavy (Van de Wall?) discussed the need to control doing personal and congregation business on time. Too much time being spent on the phone. (Who knows maybe the Net too? Any Bethelites here? :) ) They stated that the lost man-hours amount to the productivity of approximately 470 people.
Many buildings are going to be sold down to this downsizing. I don't know if any of the larger ones are being sold but many smaller ones are. Rumor has it that the high-rises are not going up. Of course all of this is "God's Will." Are donations down? I wouldn't doubt it. There is also rumor that there will be fewer convention sites this year. It seems that it is cheaper to rent larger, centralized locations.
Expect many disapointments to come at Bethel.