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  who owns Kingdom Halls?

  by Dogpatch in

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  has there been any change in who owns the kingdom halls?.

  last i knew it was the watchtower who owned them all, but the pubs had to pay the rent and mortgage.

  are any or all of the halls in the names of local elders?

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  DaCheech

  On the day after the flood some brothers passed by, and gave me the "oooh oooh aaaah aaah". I did not hear from them

  until 1 month later when they asked me "when are you coming back to the meetings, you're a MS and the people are talking".

  No announcement was made, no help. Better yet, my mother lost all her belongings, and when she went to my sisters' house with just her bare essentials, you figure someone would donate some clothes? NAH NAH NAH

  Hypocrites.... The national guard helped me, the red cross helped me, the local christian church was giving free lunches, but where were the J.W's?

  Hey, this was floyd! Close to a 1,000 families were affected in the New York/NJ area
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  who owns Kingdom Halls?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has there been any change in who owns the kingdom halls?.

  last i knew it was the watchtower who owned them all, but the pubs had to pay the rent and mortgage.

  are any or all of the halls in the names of local elders?

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  DaCheech

  Sorry to hear that Danny!

  I caught on a little faster. They did not help me a bit during my total loss flooding of my house during Floyd 5 years ago!
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  Official - There are 6 million Bible Studies - but where are they?

  by truthseeker in

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  this was mentioned at the service meeting.. but, it should be worrying to the society, not as wonderful as it may sound.

  the number getting baptized each year is shrinking rapidly.. at one time, they boasted of baptizing 1000 dubs a day which equals to 365,000 dubs.

  this was back in 1997.. at the dc this year, it was 5,000 a week.

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  DaCheech

  Truthseeker, you are so correct in the Italian District & circuit conventions we have just had 5 baptized in the past 2 years out of 800 present.

  Seems like the only new ones we see is either bethellites, or others that think learning Italian is kool.

  We have this brother from malawi always making experiences (I will post these later) of his escape from death through prayer all the time

  we currently have about 15 african/americans in the Italian
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  who owns Kingdom Halls?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has there been any change in who owns the kingdom halls?.

  last i knew it was the watchtower who owned them all, but the pubs had to pay the rent and mortgage.

  are any or all of the halls in the names of local elders?

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  DaCheech

  Danny..... How did they get your IRA?
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  who owns Kingdom Halls?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has there been any change in who owns the kingdom halls?.

  last i knew it was the watchtower who owned them all, but the pubs had to pay the rent and mortgage.

  are any or all of the halls in the names of local elders?

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  DaCheech

  As a Congragations Accountant I have to have 2 signatures from those elders to write a check.

  Also, no accounting paperwork gets handed to goverment
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  who owns Kingdom Halls?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has there been any change in who owns the kingdom halls?.

  last i knew it was the watchtower who owned them all, but the pubs had to pay the rent and mortgage.

  are any or all of the halls in the names of local elders?

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  DaCheech

  Patrick LaFranca (the pres of the Christian Cong of JW's) does talks at my District Assy

  Seems like quite a monkey suit with a twang in his voice
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  Mountain bikers... Any Suggestions???? *fluff*

  by shamus in

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  hey all... are there any mountain bikers out there???

  what do you ride?.

  my kona just had it's derailer go on me, and i'm shopping for a new one (bike.

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  DaCheech

  If you have the money I would tell you what I did:

  I bought a hardtail Litespeed Titanium with no disk brakes.

  The full suspension I bought & like is a cannondale. They are stable & ride like a cloud

  On the litespeed I've had quite a few spills & nothing has happened to it except the derailler

  On the Cannondale since it is aluminum there are dings and pings
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  Idea for when "Beware the Voice of Strangers" is studied

  by joenobody in

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  after reading the "beware the voice of strangers" article, a thought occurred to me.

  it has been suggested in the past that a number of board members ought to attend a particular meeting all on the same day.

  why not on the sunday when this article is studied?

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  DaCheech

  They can't kick you out!

  Probably best to skip talk & come during song, so they will see this & no preparation can be made
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  Penn & Teller's BULLS*IT Show

  by Larry in

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  did anyone see penn & teller's show "bulls*it" on showtime last night?

  the topic was: the bible fact or fiction.

  i didn't need penn & teller to tell me the answer, but the show was pretty entertaining, i highly recommend you catch it next time around :).

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  DaCheech

  I loved when he quoted the bible saying "to stone to death disobedient children"

  Should we follow the bible today?
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  August 15th WT - Eliminate your unnecessary hobbies and projects

  by truthseeker in

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  the third study article in the august 15th wt is entitled "tired, but not tiring out.".

  it is of interest that the borg are further reducing the quality of life for their members by the following paragraph (pg 24, para 11).

  sometimes what complicates our lives is, not the pursuit of more things, but what we do with the things we already have.. some may experience emotional fatigue as a result of challenging health problems, the loss of loved ones, or other.

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  DaCheech

  Well you have touched on another double standard:

  Bethel worker applicants are limited to 35 years old, unless....... YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT!

  Gues what this means.....?