The First Circuit Assembly in the Conyers, GA Assembly Hall

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  • What-A-Coincidence
    What-A-Coincidence

    Gag alert!!!

    The First Circuit Assembly in the Conyers, GA Assembly Hall
    All the meeting rooms have LCD televisions so the brothers doing
    volunteer work don't have to miss so much of the program. Even the "baby
    lounge" has an LCD for mothers. Also every part of the facility is wired
    for sound
    , so no matter where you are, you can enjoy the program. (No
    more brothers walking around with portable radios.) The Scriptural Text
    (either the year text or the theme text for assemblies) is displayed on
    the back wall of the platform via projectors and can be changed
    instantly with a click on a computer in the back. Also, there is a
    camera directly over the baptism pool so everyone, even people at their
    seats, can see the baptism projected on the back wall of the platform.

    Along with our new facility came some ground rules: NO chewing gum
    anywhere on the property. The attendants will gently remind us of this.
    Also, drinks other than water are allowed, but use extreme caution not
    to spill any. All drink containers have to be emptied completely before
    being put in any trash can to prevent leaks from the bags as they are
    emptied. Everyone was most willing to cooperate with these directions.
    Most simply drank their coffee, tea, sodas outside and came back in. And
    the brothers were very serious about keeping everything clean. Before
    any of the brothers responsible for cleaning the various areas left,
    Brother Humbert (the caretaker) and a brother from the assembly hall
    committee did a "walkthrough" to ensure near perfection. This will keep
    our assembly hall nice for a very long time.

    CULT 101 - NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AT...WE WILL CONTROL YOUR MIND

    JWD: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the BORG. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind -- driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
    WAC: The BORG?
    JWD: Do you want to know what it is?
    (WAC nods his head.)
    JWD: The BORG is everywhere, it is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, or when go to church or when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
    WAC: What truth?
    JWD: That you are a slave, WAC. ... A prison for your mind. (long pause, sighs) Unfortunately, no one can be told what the BORG is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back.
    (In his left hand, JWD shows a blue pill.)
    JWD: You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. (a red pill is shown in his other hand) You take the red pill and you stay in BORGland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. (Long pause; WAC begins to reach for the red pill) Remember -- all I am offering is the truth, nothing more.
    (WAC takes the red pill and swallows it with a glass of water)

    I OWE YOU JWD.

  • mariposa
    mariposa

    OMG! I remember when this was a plan in the works. I would be going there if I was still in....lucky me...

    How exciting that no one has to miss ANY part of the program..I think I'm going to be ill

  • Honesty
    Honesty
    Even the "baby lounge" has an LCD for mothers.

    Depending on local ordinances, this may be a violation. Not that it would matter to those under "Theocratic Law."

  • BluesBrother
    BluesBrother
    Along with our new facility came some ground rules: NO chewing gum
    anywhere on the property. The attendants will gently remind us of this.
    Also, drinks other than water are allowed, but use extreme caution not
    to spill any.

    We may not have the high tech equipment, but every new K Hall or Assembly Hall have attended came with the same kind of high minded and strict rules that made you feel that you dare not do anything in case it might spoil their new temple...It made the places unwelcoming.

  • Junction-Guy
    Junction-Guy

    So were there any public sidewalks around the facility. Is it in a highly visible public area? Would it be picket-friendly-LOL

  • No Apologies
    No Apologies
    Even the "baby lounge" has an LCD for mothers.

    Depending on local ordinances, this may be a violation. Not that it would matter to those under "Theocratic Law."

    Honesty, how would this be a violation? No Apologies

  • Honesty
    Honesty
    Even the "baby lounge" has an LCD for mothers.

    Depending on local ordinances, this may be a violation. Not that it would matter to those under "Theocratic Law."

    Honesty, how would this be a violation? No Apologies

    The churches in this area aren't allowed to have monitors in their nurseries due to liability issues if a child suffers harm due to a caregiver's inattention because he/she was viewing the program.

  • kitten whiskers
    kitten whiskers

    Hey! thanks for the update WAC! We would be going there too! I remember the many talks I heard of its being built while attending the k.h.

    Looks like we might have enough of us around here for a little get together! It's nice to know I'm not alone in this area of Georgia!

    Where we used to live, the convention hall had a television monitor in the mother's room too. Even better, THEY HAD GLIDING ROCKING CHAIRS! Yeah! You didn't have to nurse your little one on a folding chair next to a urinal like at the district convention! Ugh! The disgusting things we put up with! At least in the rocker with the warmth of the baby, the droning of the brothers let us mothers catch a few minutes of unguily shuteye! Hated going back out to the auditorium!!

    Kitten Whiskers

  • lawrence
    lawrence

    Great news! That's where we record our music, in Conyers, sometimes -- Dogwood Studios. I'll have to visit the Hall - seeing that I am a born spiller. Man, that purple Jesus (grape hi-c and moonshine) shouldn't have been dropped, oh darn, imagine mustard squirting from the sandwich I wasn't supposed to be eating, and the pomegranate just got squished. White washed graves -- all pretty on the outside, and full of rotten crud inside to the core. I'll bring a few deranged musicians with me for a purple Jesus outing. I'm willing to share with the breathren - hey brother caretaker, what did I say to make you mad this time babe? How about a tract?

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