Posts by JWdaughter

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Kingdom Consolidation and Sales are coming – Reliable Source

by thedepressedsoul in

i heard form a reliable source that a kingdom hall consolidation is going to be happening in the us.

currently they are looking at every kingdom hall to see if they could and should sell it.

any kingdom hall that has not been updated and is in a bad location (long driveway, not in a visible location etc...) will be sold.

JWdaughter

One interesting thing to note, on the JW.borg home page, there is a link to information about how they are financed. Here is something of interest to local congregations

"Any donations that are forwarded to the branch offices of Jehovah’s Witnesses are used to relieve victims of natural disasters, to support our missionaries and traveling ministers, to help construct our houses of worship in developing countries, and to print and ship Bibles and other Christian publications."

I wonder if there is soon to be a clarification on the new arrangement regarding loan forgiveness and the building committee. We know that there was a recent letter about "proportional" contributions relating to new KH construction. How will all this shake out? I am curious.

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Where's Mouthy?

by Village Idiot in

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it's been a while since she's posted.

i'm hoping she's ok.. for those who are new here mouthy (grace) is our forum's adopted grandma.

she has been posting here since the beginning.

JWdaughter

Well, in case she sees this, she knows we all love and miss her. She's earned a break from all this nonsense though, don'tcha think?

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"The Calendar of Jehovah God" - a historical tidbit

by OrphanCrow in

in 1935, clayton woodworth (editor of the golden age - later the awake!

magazine) devised a 'new' calendar that he proposed was far superior to the pagan calendars that have been used in human history.he wrote a three part series for the golden age (i am not sure if these were actually published) that laid out his justifications for how this new calendar was more accurate and of course, was right in line with the divine plan.

the calendar was published in the 1935 yearbook, but the watchtower magazine later published a retraction to the calendar.

JWdaughter

A retraction in WT literature. Was that a one off? How was it phrased?

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So do the baptised JW call themselves "Ordained Ministers"?

by nonjwspouse in

in resent my search for the possible construction ( which i see no evidence of in building permits, etc) of a new kh that my mil has been claiming for almost 3 years now, i ran across this local linkedin profile.. at the end it states this:.

volunteer experience & causes.

ordained minister.

JWdaughter

They have always referred to themselves as ordained ministers. Which makes trying to claim persecution for being IDd as JWs or ministers extra ridiculous. Anyone claiming to be a minister gets extra scrutiny when convicted or accused of a crime. They set themselves apart.

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Is Prince still a Jehovah Witness?

by Greybeard in

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is prince still a jehovah witness?

from the look of his new album, i think he has different ideas.

it will be interesting to see how they deal with this.

JWdaughter

If DFd we would know. Probably just faded like many of us. Or has better lawyers.

I wish him only the best. He is human and got sucked in while vulnerable.

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Kingdom Consolidation and Sales are coming – Reliable Source

by thedepressedsoul in

i heard form a reliable source that a kingdom hall consolidation is going to be happening in the us.

currently they are looking at every kingdom hall to see if they could and should sell it.

any kingdom hall that has not been updated and is in a bad location (long driveway, not in a visible location etc...) will be sold.

JWdaughter

I know that most local congregations are immigrant. We have 2 hall's with 7 congregations very close to me. Two are English. The rest are Spanish, Korean, Cambodian, and Vietnamese(smaller congregations). My mom lives in the country, 30-40 minutes away. Both hall's in the sticks, hidden in 2 smaller towns. 5 congregations, all English-speaking, over a much larger area. I figure the one in the rich area (2 congregations, lots of rich retired folks) will be relocated soon. Residential property is $. The other one is in a depressed area and has 3 congregations. I think they will stay put. The ones right near me are both on main drag-one is a brand new retail style hall (relatively small, btw)The other is right next door to a pot store (no prescription required). Not new style

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5 Steps to be a good cop inside the congregation...

by hardtobeme in

how many of you did this steps to keep the congo clean?.

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JWdaughter

So, getting caught at a J. Rutherford memorial convocation is enough to get you disciplined. Who knew? I could have turned my mom, aunts and uncles in with a little ammo from our camping/hunting/fishing trips as a child. Man, give kids some power, why don'tcha??

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