On the back of the October 1, 1997 WT, there is a piece on charity Dub style. The title promises a lot, but sentence number 1 immediately qualifies the concept - Dub charity is for Dubs. The rest is a testimony by an un-named brother about congregational kindness shown him and his wife while she was dying and after her death.
Two weeks before my wife's death, our circuit overseer paid us an encouraging visit. He even showed the slides that the congregation would see at the end of the week. We were able to listen to the meetings over the telephone - including the meetings for field service conducted by the circuit overseer. At one of these, he had all those present say "hello" as a group, to my wife. Thus, even though she was isolated physically, she never felt alone.
I must say I'm touched! Imagine, that lady could have been left to peacefully rest as she got sicker, but the Dubs rang her up, even before field service to remind her that she's a Dub until her corpse is cold!
Here is the title of the piece with the accompanying photo:
This pic cracks me up. Don't you love the expression on the old bloke's face, and the clenched fists! He must know all about Dub "charity".
I invite your captions or comments.
Edited by - Stephanus on 10 September 2002 17:51:46