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  June 29, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: Branch Relocation - Newsletter (UK)

  by wifibandit in

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  june 29, 2017 to all congregations re: branch relocation - newsletter.

  britain branch relocation - newsletter ed.5 summer 2017. .

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  darkspilver

  I dunno

  This is described as 'phase one'.
  

  It's 171 residences in five blocks - with two-per-residence, that makes room for 342 people.
  

  Each block is five levels which includes a bottom level 'undercroft' (half underground) for car-parking, with four levels above with apartments.

  The full phase shows 16 residential blocks (although they're of various sizes, it would seem that they each average out to be comparable to 'phase one' which therefore comprises about 30% of the 'full phase')

  Hat tip to forum member 'dozy'

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/275665/uk-bethel-initial-planning-application-ibsa
  
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  Convention invitations

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so everyone is supposed to get all excited about the invitation work starting tomorrow, according to the announcement from the platform.. maybe this makes sense if you're giving out invitations in the city where the convention is, but what if you're many hours away?.

  a huge part of western canada is scheduled to attend edmonton alberta this july.

  so how does that go over giving out invitations in winnipeg, about a 13 hour drive(that's just driving time).. i know some are actually planning on flying there, so i can't see getting excited about getting the public to make the trek.. i was curious how this is going over in other areas?.

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  darkspilver

  The car drive from the Bracknell Kingdom Hall to Brighton Stadium is an approximate 85 minute / 72 mile one-way trip
  
  The event takes place at the Brighton & Hove Albion's Amex stadium in July
  

  Bracknell News, 29 June 2017

  Jehovah's Witnesses have promised to visit every household in the town as part of a campaign before a convention in Brighton next month.

  Six congregations worth of the Christian sect based in Bracknell are set to send out personal invitations encouraging the general public to come along to their convention.

  The meet up will take place at Brighton & Hove Albion's Amex Stadium on July 14, 15 and 16.
  

  READ MORE: http://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/15380907.Jehovah_s_Witnesses_pledge_to_visit_every_Bracknell_home_before_mass_football_stadium_convention/
  
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  UK Judge says JW videos damage children

  by krismalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/11/jehovahs-witness-agrees-not-show-son-religious-cartoons-risk/.

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  darkspilver

  thanks for posting this
  

  FWIW - the link to the full judgement from the Family Court at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court (dated 9 May 2017) is here:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5132737063157760/_post/4907739497103360
  

  in the media, it seems to have been picked up firstly by a 'local' newspaper here:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5132737063157760/_post/5942876544434176
  

  It was then picked up by the UK national Daily Telegraph on their website - as per your link in the OP

  It was then PRINTED in the paper edition of the Daily Telegraph on Monday 12 June 2017 - Page 10

  A copy of the printed version is available here:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5132737063157760/_post/6295236265377792
  

  There is also further discussion/s of the topic here:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5147967486951424/judge-acts-limit-watchtowers-influence-on-child

  and here:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5716548410933248/judge-doesnt-want-youngster-go-any-assemblies-conventions-memorial
  

  and here:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5641455739600896/uk-child-banned-from-seeing-jw-videos
  
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  Would You Outlaw Jehovah's Witnesses If You Had Your Way?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i still believe in freedom of religion even if i disagree with the beliefsof the religion.

  what about you?.

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  darkspilver

  Books wide open.
  

  JW Financial Statements for Norway
  

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/6k1qib/jw_financial_statements_for_norway/
  

  JWs receive public support and send hundreds of millions out of the country
  
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  Nursing exam question on JW blood beliefs

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  i had a similar question on my nclex exam for my nursing license.

  in the rapid changing beliefs of jws what is the correct answer?.

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  darkspilver

  Medical practice is supposed to, um, save lives.
  

  Charlie Gard.

  It's complicated, and sad.

  In some ways the more medical science advances, the more difficult it can become.
  
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  Introducing Our Rockstar Governing Body

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  isnt nice to see the governing body being so humble, meek and not seeking their own importance?.

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  stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/005df9f7e68e40cb9b013248fe7b670c.html

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  darkspilver

  We can however be critical of them autographing bibles for cuban dictators.

  Watchtower 15 May 1999, page 8

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/207117/governing-body-autographs-gift-bibles-cuban-authorities

  I believe Lloyd Barry, John Barr and Gerrit Losch:
  

  
  
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  Police cordon around Honiton's Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses after fatal stabbing

  by ShirleyW in

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  2. friends

  hey uk folks, what's going with this story?

  was it an unbelieving mate that attacked and elder or something?.

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  darkspilver

  FYI
  

  Funeral held for Devon man Philip Ryan killed in Honiton
  

  Devon Live, Wednesday June 28, 2017

  More than 900 people have attended the funeral of a Westward Ho! tradesman described a "kind, gentle and intelligent man who was killed in a stabbing in Honiton.

  A large crowd gathered at Bristol Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Saturday, June 24, to say their good byes to a Philip Ryan, 55, man who "volunteered and helped out on so many different projects that he had friends and admirers all over".

  READ MORE: http://www.devonlive.com/funeral-held-for-westward-ho-man-philip-ryan-killed-in-honiton/story-30414328-detail/story.html
  
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  Old Convention Pictures

  by Bangalore in

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  old convention pictures.. .

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  bangalore.

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  darkspilver

  FWIW this is an interesting youtube channel, if you're interested in this sort of thing
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbt7O0idQF0
  
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  Introducing Our Rockstar Governing Body

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  isnt nice to see the governing body being so humble, meek and not seeking their own importance?.

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  stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/005df9f7e68e40cb9b013248fe7b670c.html

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  darkspilver

  FWIW here's the fuller uncropped version:
  

  
  
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  Uh!oh! Serena - where to now?

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  appearing among other things that waste my time on the web today, was this vanity fair cover featuring a naked pregnant serena.

  surely evidence that she no longer sees herself as even a jw associate, what's more likely does not give a stuff what her fomer loving brothers and sisters may think.. .

  more info on the vf web-site: http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/serena-williams-cover-story.

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  darkspilver

  Oh, it's another Annie Leibovitz photo
  

  This is Annie Leibovitz's cover photo from August 1991 of Demi Moore
  

  

  Also - is Serena wearing a flesh coloured g-string in her photograph?...