Hi, I am from Witham in Essex so we may have been to Norwich a few times together
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Looking for old mates... UK
by PaulJ inanyone from the cambridgeshire congregations of st ives, st neots or huntingdon?
or any rotherham congregations?
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KH Parking Spaces....
by Will Power inare they assigned?
are they in any way related to status?
if you usually park in the same space every meeting, then one day you arrive to find someone else there...... .
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rick1199
At our hall we had parking for about 10 cars with in the grounds, then a car park at the end of the drive. The spaces in the grounds where for any one with elderly people in the cars, all the elders parked there as they where all older.
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Like Bees that were molested !!!!!
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Isn't it strange?
by ozziepost inwell??????
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haven't you noticed that the wts is prone to contradictions.
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- Jehover will judge us on our heart condition.
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If the WT were to "reform" would you stay or go back?
by confusedjw inthis thought has sprung from recent threads and speculation over the new book.
i know many who post here are still active jw's or ones who were df'd, but may have not totally left the belief system.
many have trouble with the methods and policies of the wt concerning dfing, restrictions, blood, local elders etc.
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My Brother in law has just got reinstated, I know he doesnt believe and will only go to the meetings 2 or 3 times a month. If I could go back and dtill be Gay I think I would probably do the same thing if only to get my family back.
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Whatever happened to the pioneer-assist program?
by Goldminer in.
i remember about 5 or 6 years ago,they introduced the pioneer-assist program at one of the service meetings.the purpose of of this program was for the spiritually-strong pioneers to go out in service with an r&f member on a weekly basis for about 6 months to help build up others in the congregation.part of this was because in the mid to late 90's a large number of people had become jw's and they wanted to make good publishers with them.. anyways,my wife was quickly signed up as was another young sister down the road.my wife was excited about it and was really hoping to benefit spiritually.within a few weeks though,her pioneer partner started making up excuses why she couldn't go out with my wife until eventually their arrangement just petered out.the young sister down the road was also quickly ditched;the pioneer saying she had to care for her elderly mother(she didn't stop pioneering though).before long the pioneer clique was back to normal and the spiritually-strong pioneers were again going out in service with other spiritually-strong pioneers.i don't recall any updates or the program itself ever mentioned again at the kingdom hall,like it was just a bad experiment or a major burden on the pioneers.. does anyone have any experiences with the pioneer-assist program?
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In my congregation the pioneers ended up with the 2 elders daughters who they worked with every week any way.
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Help need a link to ...
by rick1199 ina site on geocities that had a load of essays on the watchtower.
it included items on why the trintiy was true and why the flood never happened.
if any one knows the one i mean can they post the link.
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It seems similar, but I cant be sure as it has exceeded its bandwidth :(
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Help need a link to ...
by rick1199 ina site on geocities that had a load of essays on the watchtower.
it included items on why the trintiy was true and why the flood never happened.
if any one knows the one i mean can they post the link.
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rick1199
a site on Geocities that had a load of essays on the Watchtower.
It included items on why the trintiy was true and why the flood never happened.
If any one knows the one I mean can they post the link.
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Not sure if I made a wrong move
by redskymedic ini posted here a bit a while back.
quick background- df-ed when i was 21 (10 yrs ago), left the jw's as a single mom with a 3 yr old son.
jw mom helped me raise him for the first few years, so my departure was a sticky family mess.
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I think you made the right move, but you need to make sure your Son understands, otherwise he may not understand your reasoning.
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Blondie what you say is true, but you have to realise that in Dubai about 95% of the population is non-native and so while those rules are true for the muslims they are not so strict with foriegners. It has been known for some muslims to drink out there.