Book study 2013-2014

by pixel 12 years ago 29 Replies latest 12 years ago watchtower bible

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  LostGeneration 12 years ago

  Someone told me once they used to have a "smoking break"! Can anyone cofirm that one?

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  punkofnice 12 years ago

  therevealer -

  what about way back when - when they had a 10 -15 minute intermission.

  I remember this just after a public talk and before the watchtower(R) study(TM).

  My dad would use this as an excuse to go for a walk and come back late during the watchtower(R) study(TM)

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  therevealer 12 years ago

  punkofnice - it is a long time ago, but my memory is of a short break between the ministry school and service meeting as well. Was always a push to get everyone back to their seats to continue. Don't know why that might of been. LOL

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  St George of England 12 years ago

  Someone told me once they used to have a "smoking break"! Can anyone cofirm that one?

  In the 1950's we had a short break between the Public Talk and the WT. A sister used to go out before the talk was finished, and put the kettles on. We had a cup of tea and homemade cakes then back in for the WT study.

  The talk was a 1 hr talk, (the speaker also counted this on his FS report), and the WT often ran to 28 paragraphs so it was a long old meeting in those days. We also had just plain wooden seats like church pews to sit on; you couldn't sleep on those!

  George

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  blondie 12 years ago

  George, I can remember when articles ran into 42 paragraphs (Fred Franz product) and the congregation had to stop on paragraph on paragraph 28 and have to wait until the next week for the exciting end...and then move onto the next article. I was glad when someone starting keep the articles shorter, 19 to 20 paragraphs. Blondie likes that too.

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  whathappened 12 years ago

  Both of those publications are old light, right? Why study old light?

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  Shador 12 years ago

  Both of those publications are old light, right? Why study old light?

  Oooh, maybe we'll get little stickers to put in our books again? That was fun.

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  DATA-DOG 12 years ago

  Off topic a bit, but remember when they had no prayers in Mexico until they could buy some land? Jesus loved the way they stood up for the truth despite persecution. Oh, wait. The locals had to be persecuted. There is no persecution in the GB ivory tower.

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  caliber 12 years ago

  Someone told me once they used to have a "smoking break"! Can anyone confirm that one?

  absolutely there was some who smoked during "the break" in the 50's & 60's

  ....not there myself but have heard this a few times over the years from Elders who were there

  

  One elder once even mentioned as we were driving by a building (that Jw's rented in the late fifties)(very few actual KH's around then ), that he could

  remember some of the brothers out there smoking.... this was right on Main Street for goodness sakes!!

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  clarity 12 years ago

  Hey ...I was there, I can confirm that it was a smoking break for those

  who had em! Then came the 70's .......you had 6 months to quit

  or else Df!

  clarity

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