How many of you had assembly parts?

rebel8

I was just remembering I had a part in an assembly part once. I was a fresh new pioneer (who never, ever made my time, lol) just out of high school. They gave me a brief part to say I was glad I didn't go to college and how I turned down a good job to pioneer.

The entire time I knew everything I said was a lie. I was always very, very, very angry about being prevented from going to college and prevented from working full time. I never agreed with it and hated the pioneer lifestyle. I even cringed when anyone referred to me as a pioneer. I did not want to do the part but I was not given a choice. I even told the elder I didn't want to hold myself out there as exemplary when in fact I wasn't a real pioneer. Told him I wasn't making my time, and I didn't really feel the way my script said I felt. He said to do it anyway. I went up there and said my lines, looking out and seeing a sea of gullible people with spacy smiling looks on their faces.

Anyone else have an assembly part and how did you feel?

Edited for grammar. Holy run-on sentences, Batman!

PaulJ

I went up twice.

First i went up with my family. It was part of an item on how fathers lead the family spiritually (or something).

Then I went up as a teenager to talk about the difficulties of being a JW and a teenager. Lots of 'keeping your eyes on the prize' bollocks and 'bloom of youth' nonsense. Looking back that was quite sickening....

Purza

I have been in two circuit assembly parts. Once when I was a teenager I played a householder that was just not interested (easy). That was before I was DFd.

Then fastforward 10 years later when I was reinstated and a single mom and I stood up there telling everyone how wonderful I was raising a child and making it to every meeting. My motive for that part was to find a husband (seriously) -- I thought if I "appeared" spiritual Mr. Right would find me. What a naive person I was.

Purza

GetBusyLiving

I was Josiah in a drama once. Had to play the harp and everything. Also did was interviewed at a couple of circuit assemblies.

GBL

tetrapod.sapien

when i was a pioneer, i had several assembly parts, and did the mics etc etc. it wasn't that strange. i knew what was expected of me, and i still thought it was da troof, so i experienced little dissonance. i started pioneering at 17, and was appojnted a MS at 18. i think a lot of people thought i was going places in the org. CO loved me. so, at the time of the assembly parts, i really did not have any experiences with the darker side of da troof, what with all the love-bombing and whatnot. really just a classic case of denial.

wanderlustguy

I did it, and felt like a total loser afterwards.

jaredg

i did the number 2 talk, bible reading, at the circuit assembly when i was 15. i had practiced it so many times that i knew the whole bible reading by heart. i remember being nervous but it was cool when it was over.

fleaman uk

Yes twice.

Once as an Eight year old Kid...who allegedly hated the thought of Xmas and playing in a Nativity Play!It must have been true because my Parents told me so.

Secondly,about 8 years ago.The joys of Pioneering when i was young etc.They must have been desperate for interviewees because i had long stopped Pioneering and had taken a good Job instead.Ha ha ..they left that bit out eh.

RunningMan

I had a bunch of parts in both circuit and district assemblies - demonstrations, short talks, and reading experiences from other people, mostly. I was in two dramas. In the Jeremiah drama, I made the name of "man 3" a household word. My wife and I had major roles in one of the modern dramas. I've also done stage arrangements.

The best part was making out with the groupies. Just kidding.

Vassago

At one of the district assemblies, I was in a drama.

I played the part of the daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh (yes I was a Princess) who found Moses in his reed basket, floating in the Nile.

How many of you had assembly parts?

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