I went to one congregation by Wallkill where a local brother and his son who had a lawn business would load up a mower on a trailer and pull it behind their truck over to the KH and mow. He did it for free though ( probably put it on his taxes as a donation)
Noticed my old KH is using a lawn care service
by Zoos 13 Replies latest jw friends
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steve2
I'm surprised grass even grows within the radius of Kingdom Hall shadows. Here in New Zealand, asphalt rules with no blade of grass to be seen. Eat your heart out Joe's Lawn Mowing business. Better luck cleaning windows.
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DesirousOfChange
Our CO positively said NOT to pay for outside lawn services.
That money could go to dedicated funds with the Society.
Shows a definitate lack of appreciation for spiritual things amongst the flock when no one will bother to care for the upkeep of Jehovah's Temple.
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Tech49
One congregation I was in fairly recently had a very nice looking lawn and flowered landscaping. I always thought it odd, since i had never seen anyone ever working on anything, especially on the typical saturday afternoons like most KHs do. Turns out one of the brothers, a daddys boy ministerial servant, owned his own landscaping business, top of the line equipment, new trucks and trailers, very posh outfit overall...., and had his worldly crew do all the work. Even though the KH was shared by 3 congregations, the brothers and sisters were just too busy to be bothered with paltry chores like mowing the grass and weeding flower beds.
All well and good, until the CO visit, he blew a gasket, and he wanted to know why the KH Maintenance Committee was writing XYZ Landscaping a full price check every month!!??? You should have heard the feeble excuses, it was truly disgusting. He told the elders to get off their lazy asses and take care of it themselves. It was the congregations responsibility and they should be happy to have a share in the upkeep of the KH.
Heres what happened next.....CO went on his way, brothers stopped writing checks, kept the lawn service, his daddy just paid him in cash from a secret collection kiddy so that no one would be able to track the paperwork.
Problem solved!