Yes, I did notice that about half of our visiting speakers would leave after the meeting was over. I guess how could you blame them, they in many cases, were an hour away, had to get up early, and give a talk in unfamiliar settings. The last thing I would want to do is hang around another 2 to 4 hours at someone's house or maybe go out to some crapy eatery.
Did your congregation show hospitality to visiting speakers?
by truthseeker 11 Replies latest jw friends
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CountryGuy
On the listing of our speakers, there was a spot for anyone to sign up. And, true to the term "Southern Hospitality" it was always full.
Most of the time, it was filled first by the familes who were "well off." But, sometimes two and three families would get together and feed the speaker "potluck style." Since my family was "poor," we usually teamed up with another family and did the potluck thing. But, I have to say... we usually got the brothers that were just a little of kilter... you know... they had a full six-pack, but didn't have that plastic thingy to keep it all together.
CountryGuy