Posts by Virgogirl

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The experience of a Christian elder found in todays WT study

by skin in

when we studied this para in todays watchtower i found it hard to believe that an elder would think this way, what do you think?

16 yes, no matter what dark valley we may find ourselves in, we do not have to walk through it alone.

our shepherd is with us, helping us in ways that we may.

Virgogirl

Kind of sounds like they made up the story!

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What's the word?

by bagpuss in

jw
friends

if you could sum up your time in the borg with just one word, what would it be and why?.

for me it would be guilt.

guilt about not doing enough ministry, not enough study,doing too much secular work, the list seems endless.on the odd occasions i felt i'd done quite well you can bet we'd have a talk saying more,more more!.

Virgogirl

Misery

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Announced on Monday..the "Governing Body" approved the

by What-A-Coincidence in

jw
friends

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selling 89 hicks & 67 livingston.

Virgogirl

Maybe they'll make a senior highrise /retirement condos for the elderly ones who have gone broke after all these years!

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On line wedding album

by Es in

jw
friends

for those not sick of my photos yet i have done a album on line of some more.

http://kelthorn.gallery.netspace.net.au/wedding.

enjoy.

Virgogirl

Really nice pictures, Es! Looks like it was a wonderfurl day! Thanks for sharing!

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Service Meeting Week of November 28, 2005

by TheListener in

song 7.

12 min: local announcements.

read accounts report and donation acknowledgments.

Virgogirl

Wasanelderonce, that was priceless! I almost choked myself laughing!

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Haulin to the "right" Hall

by Virgogirl in

if you had more than one kh in your town, were you assigned to one or another by the elders?

we had two congregations, t.c.

to keep the attendance even, we were handed a list of names assigned to attend one or the other when we grew too large and split.

Virgogirl

Blondie, you are awesome! So, that was their rationale... funny though, how many of these factors were brushed aside in just plain favoritism and special treatment! You could just wink and say you had special reasons to switch Halls, or even to evade the watchful eyes of the behavior police, and flipflop back and forth! "Oh, I must have turned in my time to the other Hall, nervous laugh. Yes! I was at the Sunday talk, but I went to the West congregation."

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hi I'm new

by riverofdeceit in

first time posting here for me.

i am not disfellowshipped but i have been in the past.

i was reinstated probably 4-5 years ago, and i think i've been to the kingdom hall once since then.

Virgogirl

Hey, River, hi and please tell us more of your story! You will have lots of fun here, laugh and maybe cry, but it's all good for us!

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Did your parents find you dates?

by Virgogirl in

when i hit 19, and showed no signs of interest in finding a nice,suitable brother for a marriage mate, suddenly there started appearing a few "eligible" brothers from out of town at our sunday meetings.

even stranger, they seemed to be meeting up with my parernts and sitting with us.

stranger still, they had been invited back to our house for lunch!

Virgogirl

Yes, Misspeaches, if we were 19 or 20 and not interested in the bizarros, we were under suspicion! Obviously there was a problem. We couldn't be normal, if not desiring to marry one of those odd guys and have babies in the troof, hahaha! Well to spite mine, I did try the lesbo life for a few years, clubbing and dancing in the discos in the 80's and just had a lot of fun! If she thinks I am, may as well be, I thought! My folks never said a word about my "roommates" but they are SO visibly relieved now that my husband and I got married!

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Haulin to the "right" Hall

by Virgogirl in

if you had more than one kh in your town, were you assigned to one or another by the elders?

we had two congregations, t.c.

to keep the attendance even, we were handed a list of names assigned to attend one or the other when we grew too large and split.

Virgogirl

If you had more than one KH in your town, were you assigned to one or another by the elders? We had two congregations, T.C. and M.C. To keep the attendance even, we were handed a list of names assigned to attend one or the other when we grew too large and split. There was a lot of pleading and asking to switch, usually to no avail. You were to go where instructed, even if your best friends or relatives went to the other congo now. Some quietly just showed up at the other meetings, leading to squabbling and running to the elders: "The Joneses were at our meeting but they're supposed to go to the other congo now! How come they got to switch and the Smith's didn't?" It got so, you would be approached about going to the "right meetings" and treated cooly if you didn't heed the counsel. They would let you know you were not supposed to be there, only exception being if you let the elders know you needed a favor because of your work or special circumstances. Would Jesus have turned away his followers like that, or gladly welcomed all who wished to hear his message?

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What's Your Pet Peeve At The Meetings?

by Golf in

overtime, overtime!

the thing that was a kill-joy for me was going overtime, just ask my wife and kids.

my entire day would be ruined.

Virgogirl

When the elders would take digs at each other from the platform and you could tell there was some kind of rivalry going on. Or when an obnoxious teenage boy whose voice was changing would get up on the platform all full of himself and smirking in his new suit because he was a male and therefore destined for great things, and preach at everybody including sisters his mom or grandma's age, about what they should do and how to run their lives. He always got clapping and ooh's and ahh's too!