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  It is that time of year again.....

  by caspian in

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  yes my good friends it is september, elders all around the world are having their loving elders meetings, where they discuss coming to see you all to encourage you back to the fold.... hurrah!

  returning to jehovah.

  7 but may the elders themselves take any initiative in approaching a disfellowshipped person?

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  Still inactive and still waiting. Guess they're still drawing straws or flipping coins to see who gets to act like they're my friend this year.
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  Strange days at my old hall. please read

  by josephus in

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  i havent said too much here recently, mainly due to a severe lack of anything to say !, however, tonight my old hall has had a special meeting with a talk by the head of the ireland branch.

  he is visiting for a week and afterwords all present will be having snacks and drinks, in the hall.. please tell me what is happening with the world when special saterday night meetings are held with refreshments.

  i think its because about 10 people have left recently and made no secret of their reasons, but still, its unheard of for this to happen.. any thoughts.

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  In my old hall they would bring food for after hall cleaning or other projects. The bookstudy that met there would occasionally serve something. The parking lot was used to serve a meal after a funeral.
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  Are JW more depresed?

  by heianderen in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  as many of you know there are some studies that indicade thath jw have an above-average mental illness incidence.

  i know a jw doctor that , ironicaly, has confirmed this claim to me.. greets,.

  heianderen

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  Our regular pioneers would often write "depressed" or "sick" on their time slips to explain why they had not made the monthy quota. These same pioneers would recuperate to go to an out of state party or some other sort of recreation.
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  ELDER,plus,BETHEL ELDER?

  by Blueblades in

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  local brothers don't have two elder titles.what is the thinking behind this?elders have control of the cong.but if you are living in bethel,do you control other bethelites because you are also a bethel elder.a doubling of the elder title.what about the sister's,are they sister so and so in the cong.and sister so and so in bethel ?

  blueblades

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  benext

  Bethel elders get to be table heads and give permission for those finished eating to leave.

  They also get to go on those lucrative out of town speaking assignments.

  When a Bethelite needs counsel they get to give it. The actually keep lists of Bethel elders for reference.
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  Do You Enjoy Being "Part of the World"???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since before a witness gets baptized, they are told to "be no part of this world".

  that is beaten into everyone's head.

  now that you're not a jw or are on the way out, how does being part of the "world" feel?

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  The WT definition of the world as being that part of mankind alienated from God never really made any sense. Come to think of it anything the WT sought to define never really made any sense.
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  contribution boxes, speakers with x yrs of service and emotional inducement

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  at the district convention i attended, i had an excellent view of the stage.

  especially those contribution boxes.

  every so often, paticularly near the end of the morning and afternoon sessions, those sisters were doing the contribution box walk.

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  People aren't jumping into those jobs so easily these days. They have to keep pushing it as some sort of accomplishment.
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  USA JW statistics: Publishers up, Pioneeers down

  by truthseeker in

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  it is evident that publishers are growing in the us branch, but pioneers have not kept pace.. consider the km reports from january this year:.

  2002/03 service year (pubs include all pioneers).

  sep - pubs: 971,346 pioneers: 88,341. oct - pubs: 972,450 pioneers: 91,101. nov - pubs: 973,067 pioneers: 89,083. dec - pubs: 895,241 pioneers: 90,654. jan - pubs: 986,419 pioneers: 89,325. feb - pubs: 983,963 pioneers: 89,251. mar - pubs: 1,003,431 pioneers: 87,878. apr - pubs: 991,499 pioneers: 87,377. may - pubs: 992,412 pioneers: 86,884. jun - pubs: 963,000 pioneers: 84,900. figures for jun are approximates as i only glanced at the sep km and do not have it yet.. but there is a clear indication that despite all the talks to do more and pioneer, and the aug km talk on.

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  What are the average hours for publishers? The pioneers would always stand on the corner until the meeting for field service began because they were told their time would be continous if they only stopped for 15 minutes.
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  Last Meeting

  by Nosferatu in

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  for those who have been out for a while, was there anything special about the very last meeting you attended (excluding memorials)?

  was there anything incredibly memorable about it?

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  benext

  When I moved into the last cong. I attended I had made it known I did not want to be reappointed, I did not comment or go in FS with them.

  At my last meeting a young idiot elder was joking his way though his meeting part. At the conclusion, he was reading the names of newly appointed MS then made the comment: "It's a pleasure to serve in the ___________________ congregation."

  It was then I made the decision it would be a pleasure not to attend the __________________ congregation.
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  Link To Meetups With 2,590 Ex-Jehovah's Witness http://exjw.meetup.com/memb

  by jnomdeplume@yahoo in

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  http://exjw.meetup.com/members/

  friends to see

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  The last two NYC meetups were cancelled due to lack of interest. Last month 13 voted but only 3 confirmed. Puzzling.
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  Doing the wave

  by benext in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on my way home last night, just as i'd crossed the street and was on final approach here comes an elder and his son on the way to the meeting.

  as he spots me he gives me the wave, arm fully extended and moved left to right, back and forth, to and fro.

  i reciprocate with the same wave.. he looked like he wanted to come across the street and talk but didn't.

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  benext

  On my way home last night, just as I'd crossed the street and was on final approach here comes an elder and his son on the way to the meeting. As he spots me he gives me the wave, arm fully extended and moved left to right, back and forth, to and fro. I reciprocate with the same wave.

  He looked like he wanted to come across the street and talk but didn't. He was actually one of the decent ones who acknowledged my brief presence at the meetings. I'm sure he reported his sighting to the PO and maybe they'll get up the nerve to want to make a shepherding call.

  I can only hope so.