well you must be from another planet cause where live they pay for everything
Who pays for the memorial wine ?
by JH 24 Replies latest jw friends
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Undecided
When I was PO and gave the memorial talk I always bought the vine and my mother made the bread. I drank the left over wine when I got home.
Ken P.
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mouthy
My sister-in-law used to donate it.... But I just learned last week From my excurcuit servant & his wife that after the memorial they all used to sit & drink it..... Ruddy nerve...My sister -in-law died so she dont know that -she wouldnt be happy if she had known... I made her a JW from a devoted Catholic
And she thought the wine was blessed by the BROTHERS???? -
nvrgnbk
I always bought the wine. I was going to the liquor store anyway. It was really a no-brainer.
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Scully
I wanted to try kosher wine a few years ago. It wasn't expensive and it tasted like you could strip furniture with it.
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UnConfused
In our cong there were no anointed so only one bottle was needed and one elder usually bought it. I've drunk part of it right in the hall after and also kicked a bottle over onto the carpet - (blush)
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uwishufish
Just like any bar those that drink should pay.
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OUTLAW
..Lots of Dub`s make thier own wine..It`s always been donated in my neck of the woods...OUTLAW
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blondie
My husband was a MS in various congregations, the wine was always donated by someone in the congregation. Setting up the table was many times a "privilege" given to and unofficially advertised to someone in the congregation, usually an elder and his wife. And if 2 congregations shared the hall, it was rotated...just speaking for my area. There were so many rules as to what kind of tablecloth, what kind of wine glasses, what kind of table, how many plates/glasses, how many napkins. The brothers are "trained" how to pass the "emblems," to have a napkin over their arm, to use the napkin underneath the glass and plate to pass, how to pass to each other and the speaker, who gives the prayers over the "emblems." What a game!
Blondie
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nvrgnbk
to have a napkin over their arm, to use the napkin underneath the glass
OMG Blondie! That's a fascinating regionalism. In my whole JW life, starting from conception, I've never seen a napkin used in conjunction with the memorial. Who knew?