what happens at funerals?????
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Wedding Rules of the Oct. 15th Watchtower
by minimus 44 Replies latest jw friends
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Double Edge
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gaiagirl
I once knew a sister who selected "Pieces of April" as her wedding music...I suppose that wouldn't be allowed now.
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misspeaches
gross. i hope that my mum doesn't read this and get any ideas about MY wedding!!! (In november)
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jaguarbass
The devils in the details.
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TresHappy
For the reasons above, I got married in the Caribbean. I came back and had a reception. My JW parents came to it (surpisingly!)
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ronin1
This is nothing new.
Back in 1994 when my husband and I got married, the elders wanted to know what type of wedding we were having, the music, where the reception was, etc.
We still look at some of our wedding pictures and laugh. Some of the pics show elders together- it looked like an elders meeting instead of an reception.
Micromanaging a JW wedding is nothing new.
We let the elders have their fun...after we got married I told the Bethelite elder ( a good friend of my husband) who performed our marriage talk that the elders were to stay out of our business. I let him know that they (elders) were not going to be in our business. He laughed, a nervous laugh, because he could not believe I, a publisher, would say such a thing. Needless to say, they stayed out of our business.
Ronin1
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Finally-Free
what happens at funerals?????
The executor of the deceased's estate is responsible to turn in the final field service report on time. Also, if the deceased was a pioneer™ the executor must make up for any shortfall in the hour requirement for the remainder of the service year™. W
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lovelylil
WOW, the WT really is mico-managing everything aren't they? First the new rules on "gatherings" and now weddings.
BTW - did the "brothers" really need more control over their wives? Now they are in total charge of all wedding arrangements? That is crazy as it is the WOMAN who always dreams of her wedding day not the man. All he usually does is show up and say "I Do".
Wonder what the parents of the bride will say? Lilly
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free2beme
Sounds about the same, although it depended on the elders and the congregation ... oh, and the family, as to determine how strict someone took it. They come out with reminders of these type of rules all the time. If you ask me, weddings are a waste of money. We have been programmed by the commercial society to believe what a good wedding is and not by tradition. Weddings should be simple, to the point and with the ones you love. The whole $20,000 wedding thing, with all the rules and etiquette is a joke.
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Sheri
Amen to that!
I like to keep up with subject and use it when I run into a dub as well as family members this in capitivity. Had one tell me she was thinking of me and I asked her if it was because the WT article that Sunday was on apostates, she was speechless.
Peace & Love,
Sheri