excuse if there is AATOT , but wondering if any feed back/snippets and releases have been obtained by anyone, also of interest is the symposium on the 2nd day in particular the warnings of Apostasy talk?
Have The Summer Conventions Started Yet?
by jookbeard 7 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Caminante
Yes, jookbeard, the district conventions in the United States have started on the third weekend in May, so there are some threads here on the board with audio recordings of the talks, scanned PDFs of the brochures released on Friday and a link to the English edition of the Faith in Action DVD, part 2.
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jookbeard
thanks Cam
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carla
Why do they have the 3 day convention and then shortly after have another 1 day-er? I have forgotten, can someone fill me in please? What more can they possibly have to say especially after the riveting convention about the toes?!
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Quendi
Carla:
The reason for the sometimes poor timing of conventions, assemblies, and such has to do with local circumstances many times. While the Society makes arrangements for the time and place of district conventions, it is up to local Witnesses to do this for circuit assemblies and special assembly days. The local events are more difficult to schedule because of the heavy demand for facilities and their limited availability.
I remember an elder explaining this to me when I criticized the timing of a circuit assembly being held only three weeks before a district convention. The circuit assembly was being held in western Colorado whereas the district convention was in Denver. That placed a hardship on Witnesses who had to attend both at considerable expense. This elder explained that the reason for the circuit assembly being held so close to the district convention dates was that was the only time the facility was available to Witnesses. The chosen city was one that was centrally located to make it easier for Witnesses to attend. Sometimes there is method to the madness behind WTS actions.
The solution to scheduling problems is for Witnesses to have their own assembly halls. Then the arranging of conventions, et cetera, can be done in a more evenly spread way, thus reducing economic stress on attending Witnesses as well as avoiding "burnout" from too much indoctrination too frequently.
The last time I attended a district convention was in 2005. I have been amazed at how easily I was able to cut the district convention, circuit assembly, and special assembly day out of my life. My summers are wide open now, and I have enjoyed them more than I ever have before. It is also nice not to have to slog through snowstorms and the like just to get to a circuit assembly when I would rather have spent that weekend in the comfort of my own home. I used to go to district conventions hoping we would get some real information about when we could expect the end of the world. When those hopes weren't realized, my reason for going was the association since I got to see Witnesses who lived some distance away. Now I'm glad that my time is my own once more.
Quendi
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gutted
Yes... and it's the first one I'm missing! I'm actually "supposed" to be there today, but alas I'm working... YAY!
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wobble
I think the one in Gillingham, Kent is at the end of next week,
I last attended a D.C in 2006.
I shall have a great weekend next week, no chance of running in to JW's !
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WTWizard
They start the week before Memorial Day (which, by the way, means children have to cut school to make the Friday session of the Grand Boasting Session) and run into September (again, many children have to cut a day of school to attend).
As for me, I am waiting for my 10th consecutive fully missed Grand Boasting Session this summer. I had gone to parts of the previous 5, but missed at least one day in 1997-2001. And nothing beyond that.