2016 Memorial Done & Dusted

steve2

Well on this side of the planet, the Southern Hemisphere/ New Zealand, the 2016 Memorial service in local kingdom halls will be over for another year. Another great big anticlimax.

Some family and relatives will have gone - but unless I ask my sister, I generally have no idea about attendance and partaker numbers.

If any on this forum have attended - or plan to do so in other parts of the world - could you briefly tell us how attendances and partakers compared with last year.

Many thanks, Steve.

bohm

The first memorial where I did not get an invitation.

Anders Andersen

The first memorial I did get an invitation :-D

Bonsai

Last year i did the memorial at my house with my family. This year I can't even be bothered to do that. I wash my hands of all deaths and blood spilled in the name of religion.

Amelia Ashton

I missed it. I am normally aware of when it is but this year I was oblivious even though I use the memorial as the anniversary of being "clean" as it was the last meeting I ever went to. :)

Well I will not be going so unable to be of any help. I hate the lead up to this every year, I get bombarded by my husband. He has left leaflets lying around which went in re-cycling immediately. And just put a lot of pressure on me to go. He said half an hour ago on his way out to invite strangers to it. Did your mum invite you to memorial? I said no. Can I invite you then? You already did, I said. Can I invite you again? You can, but the answer is no I'm not going! Big sigh from him! Well as you say, it will soon be all over for another year.

punkofnice

My first year of no invite. I won't be going but if I get any feedback from my spies I will let you know.

ToesUp

We received no invite this year. We're heart broken. My spouse is not attending for the 1st year. Decided not to add to their #'s.

wannaexit

I will be going tonight and report back. The congregation places 14,000 memorial tracts. I wonder how many will come?

DATA-DOG

This a special year for me as regards the memorial. Two or three years ago, I baked my own unleavened bread and bought some Kosher wine. I celebrated on my own as a secret partaker. I told some persons, including my wife, and it sent my life into the rabbit hole.

This year I did not even realize that it is happening tonight in my part of the world! I didn't put out one invitation, or go in field circus. I was thinking the memorial was next month or something. I also didn't worry about "coming out."

Realizing that I completely forgot about the JW meh-mori-hell is awesome! You cannot buy that kind of mental and emotional freedom.

DD