They could “nudge” the members by charging a subscription for zoom.
2022-07-29-Announcement!
by Atlantis 35 Replies latest jw friends
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Smiles
also... WT big bellies are probably getting stuck with handling all the petty chores at the KH, such as sprinting microphones and post-meeting sanitising.
After four months (April-July) getting stuck with all the KH grunt work, the elites want the younger/fit ones back at the KH to perform those chores.
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FFGhost
Yeah, there’s a lot of grumbling by elders who now have carry the roving microphones, adjust the platform, handle the sound board, etc. due to the “lack of warm bodies” physically present at the KH.
But that has nothing to do with this divine edict. The GB don’t give a flying fig about elders having to do grunt work.
What worries them is that they said “jump” and a majority, a literal majority, of JWs have responded, not with a “how high?”, but with a “F you”.
I detect a real tone of flop sweat and near-desperation in the GB commandment letter. I’m sure their stomachs are churning as they contemplate “what do we do next, if this doesn’t work?”
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TonusOH
The elders in the congregation I was from would not have dreamed of handling microphones or anything like that. They were too important for that kind of work.
That has to be a real wake up call for some of them, if they have to stoop to doing the lowly work that the plebes are supposed to be doing.
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FedUpJW
”personal choices regarding vaccination and whether to attend in person should be respected”
Translation: WE have made a personal choice that YOU should attend in person, and YOU should RESPECT OUR CHOICE and COMPLY!
My feeling is FUGGEM!
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Atlantis
Yes, here is that 2022 March 12, Letter.
Look at number 6.Click image to enlarge.Grandpa! -
JW GoneBad
I recently got a call from an elder...two of them wanting to do a Shepherding Call no doubt due to my lack of in-person meeting attendance. "Let's just do your Shephering Call on the phone while we're talking" was my reply. I can tell he wasn't pleased with that. After a long pause he asks: "How are you doing"? I told him in no uncertain terms that I was happy and doing really great! Then suddenly he had to go..."Good-Bye"!
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Smiles
Well done. That is an effective tactic to disable the JW elder playbook... do not let them mobilise on you!
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FFGhost
Just a brief update:
Last night was the first meeting since the royal decree from the gb about “thou shalt attend at the Kingdom Hall unless you are a quadruple amputee with active tuberculosis”.
You’ll be happy to know the announcement made absolutely zero difference. In-person attendance was still about 40% of the total congregation, actually would have been even lower if not for a few visitors.
Added bonus: the announcement was read again, but the meeting was running late so it was read in a rushed bland monotone, giving it all the weight it deserves - virtually none.
The CO decreed that it be read yet again, a 3rd time, after Sunday’s WT, because “there is a real need in the circuit”.
Looking forward to the complete lack of desired response.
Hey maybe they should just read it before and after every meeting for the next 3 months?
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hoser
The governing body forgot about this scripture
Matthew 11:28-30
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”