Excerpt from July 2013 KM article "New Initiatives for Public Witnessing"
4 How the Witnessing Is Done: Those
involved in special metropolitan public
witnessing usually wait for someone to
come to the table or mobile display. When
someone approaches, he is invited to take
any literature that interests him. The pioneers
gladly answer from the Scriptures
any questions he may have. If he takes literature,
the pioneers do not mention the
donation arrangement. But if he inquires
about how our work is funded, they may
explain that donations can be sent to the
address listed in the literature. When possible,
they ask: “Would you like someone to
visit your home?” or “Are you aware that
a free Bible study comes with that publication?”
5 Sharing in this initiative has been very
rewarding. One couple wrote: “Standing
at the table and seeing thousands of people
go by each day has impressed upon our
hearts the vast work that is being done to
reach people all around the world. Seeing
these masses of people and thinking about
how Jehovah truly cares for each person
has strengthened our resolve to continue
putting the preaching work at the center
of our lives. We imagine Jehovah scanning
the hearts of all those who pass by the
table, searching for those who are worthy.
We have rarely felt so close to our angelic
coworkers.”
1. I didn't realize that this was targeted specifically to pioneers. Hopefully that means no one will try to get me to ever do this (not that I would).
2. The highlighted sentence brings very Orwellian images to mind...crowds of expressionless drones walking in a mindless haze with some otherworldly mind/heart scan and mysteriously re-routing their feet to the table full of WTS literature.