30 minute talks start this weekend.

by OnTheWayOut 36 Replies latest jw friends

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  OnTheWayOut

  For those of you attending Kingdom Hell meetings, let us know how this
  (yawn) exciting change goes over. Let us know how many speakers went
  overtime. Let us know if the vital 15 minutes was used in the preaching so
  that they could make at least one more convert in 2008.
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  Zico

  My Dad's doing the first one in my Congregation, so I may go this week.
  
  I think everybody's quite excited about this, 15 minutes less will make a big difference to how boring meetings are.
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  XOCO

  will do, okely dokely

  XOCO
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  MissingLink

  Material will now be 100% outline and 0% independent research and entertaining anecdotes. So much better. Only way to improve it would be to go to manuscripts on the sunday talks like the DC parts. OR even pre-recorded talks distributed on CDs with the local elder just going up to the platform to do the gestures.
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  BluesBrother

  If we get to the meeting tomorrow I will report back.

  Local elders have seemed pretty disinterested in the change "I'll bet they still go to normal time" one said.. When asked why it was being changed, nobody knew. "Perhaps people today have a limited attention span" one elder suggested.
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  changeling

  I am happy to report that I cannot help you with this task!!!!!!!

  changeling
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  watson

  OR even pre-recorded talks distributed on CDs with the local elder just going up to the platform to do the gestures.

  Because of "control" issues, it won't be long before the org has satellite hook ups from the mother ship to all KHalls. Public Talks, Instruction Talks, and Special Announcements. Hopefully they will avoid having the Governing Body give the presentations.....get some charismatic guys that are "reaching out for a higher office" to deliver the light.

  By the way, there will be no problem raising the funds for this new satellite process. The overworked elders and their wives will gladly fork over the dough.
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  blondie

  Or you could spend 15 minutes not talking to the same people you don't talk to now. The elders can ignore even more rank and file and run around and do the administrative things that are so necessary.
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  carla

  I told my non jw child that the meetings will be shorter this year. Response of child? 'no!!!!! they can't do that! that means he will be home earlier!'

  Kind of funny but kind of sad too. When this first all started they bemoaned his abandonment now they look forward to him being gone! jw's sure hang themselves.
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  Frequent_Fader_Miles

  Material will now be 100% outline and 0% independent research and entertaining anecdotes

  Yeh, nothing tastier than spiritual food with no seasonings.