is there a way?
these madmen go into soft areas knowing they only will have firepower to inflict their damage.
i think people better start thinking ahead about what they can do to protect themselves..
Zing,
"never to announce/advertise special events to the general public but should be privately shared to members only." But that's the opposite of WTS public preaching and open invitation policy. There must be a real tension in the minds of the "Holy Eight" (GB) between wanting to protect the faithful and keeping an open (meeting-wise) organization. Hmmm...
i think this is such a cute commercial!
(link below) however, if venus and serena's mother is a loyal witness, i am surprised that she would consent to do a mother's day commercial.
we all know what they teach about celebrating this and so many other holidays.
"she be pulled into the back room for a little talk"—not to mention the bit o' cleavage! If anything, that would merit some "counsel", at least back in the days I was in. Maybe that's changed now too?
2,259 in attendance .
9 baptized.
$21,000 to operate one day assembly.
So HP did they sell the comfy Salisbury NC AH? If so, was it worth more $ than the Orangeburg one? Loved your current description that now "you eat at your seat"!
2019 professional-clinical-volunteers needed.. .
to assist in our disaster preparedness, hlcs’ have been asked to produce a list of, any brothers or sisters (in good standing) who currently have any degree of professional, clinical expertise (this would be over and above any first-aid qualifications).. hlc2019-april-15--sensitive data redacted.https://docdro.id/mwifeuu a-19 and dc-50 forms mentioned in letter.a-19https://docdro.id/b2gyc2ddc-50https://docdro.id/w3t8lhvthe dc-50 form has a box in the grey area that can be checked for disaster relief.atlantis!.
The link I provided above seems to indicate a very recent change on this matter, that is, from the 2011 reference you mention. Can you get any of the letters to the HLCs regarding this? It's supposed to be in the last couple of months, and evidently the local BOEs are not (yet?) privy to it.
2,259 in attendance .
9 baptized.
$21,000 to operate one day assembly.
A straight shot down I-26, eh? How long does it take? Thanks for the further non-growth, really, as you say, shrinkage, info. I'm sure it can be duplicated in other Western lands, especially if this 15-yo girl from the Czech Republic is any indication. That's a pretty part of NC. Do you get to the mountains at all? There are some nice drives and trails up there.
2019 professional-clinical-volunteers needed.. .
to assist in our disaster preparedness, hlcs’ have been asked to produce a list of, any brothers or sisters (in good standing) who currently have any degree of professional, clinical expertise (this would be over and above any first-aid qualifications).. hlc2019-april-15--sensitive data redacted.https://docdro.id/mwifeuu a-19 and dc-50 forms mentioned in letter.a-19https://docdro.id/b2gyc2ddc-50https://docdro.id/w3t8lhvthe dc-50 form has a box in the grey area that can be checked for disaster relief.atlantis!.
So they are soliciting help from the very Witness health care professionals whose lives they have just make more difficult by changing long-held WT policy and now forbidding them from giving blood transfusions to non-JWs?
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4886305889583104/new-blood-policy-jw-medical-professionals
Sounds like a brilliant move!
BTW, Atlantis, can you rustle up an documentation for this change?
2,259 in attendance .
9 baptized.
$21,000 to operate one day assembly.
HP, thanks for the post.
The GB and other higher ups seem to have the idea that they can just go on fooling themselves and everyone else. I esp. appreciated your estimated age analysis. How telling! No wonder only 2% of the audience were under 18. Today this post appeared here of a 15-year-old who wants out:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6002598961217536/im-15-want-break-free
If she is any indication of what is going on among the Witness youth, they will come to sites like this one already in doubt about God, the org, etc., learn about the many secrets the org is hiding and lying about, and it will just fuel their desire to leave. The org can't control that!
Interesting that your dad is waking up to their money shenanigans. South Carolina is nice this time of year, eh? No bad heat yet, but your storms have been nasty this spring. So do you have to go from NC to Orangeburg, SC for the assembly (I saw your NC 21 note)?
a must read update to darkspilvers subpeona.
reddit has joined the eff's effort to fight the jehovah's witness organization, watchtower bible & tract society, who subpoenaed redditor darkspilver's identity using tenuous claims of copyright infringement.. set to go live in 5 hours!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsyvcy0pkok.
Thanks. I must wonder i this legal move by the WTS is going to backfire. They really are desperate to find their internal leaks.
http://www.fox5ny.com/news/jehovahs-witnesses-headquarters.
iliana says "i can do what every normal person can.".
sorry dear, but no you cannot.
This is REALLY public relations BS. Too bad Dana Arschin, the writer/interviewer, didn't ask the spokesman Bryce Hemmelgarn, "So then you don't take Matt. 28:19-20 very seriously?" when the latter said "Our primary purpose is not to convert." It would have been fun to watch the backtracking reaction!
Did anyone else notice how young all the Witnesses were in the brief video?
i think a lot these days about people who train you to be obedient without telling you that's what they're doing.
the thought occurred to me that that could be part of the idea of regional conventions.
it's not like they present much of anything new to the audience, it's the same old talks year after year, the same old information, yeah, repackaged a little, different themes, different illustrations, but the same information, obey the faithful slave, armageddon is imminent, go door-to-door, the usual.
"It's not like they present much of anything new to the audience, it's the same old talks year after year, the same old information." That's why they're called yawn-fests.
"And they used to be worse, I mean nine-day conventions." I disagree. Back in those days there was sooooo much more legitimate activity to take you away from the boring talks: making food for the meals, taking down a stage or building a new one for the next day, moving big stuff around with a forklift, practicing on your instrument for the live music, hanging out with various bros and sisters behind the scenes. You used to be able to stay with them if you were from out-of-town without feeling guilty that you had "special needs." We'd go to movies, parks, hiking, drinking, or on dates. That's where you could meet those of the opposite sex, and make interesting, new friends of all ages and backgrounds. It was truly "widening out" from your own congregation. It was a genuine escape from the doldrums of everyday Witness life in your local congo. Those assemblies had depth. I loved it. It was far better than these prepackaged, slick, slap-dab, TV dinners they've got now, however "shorter" they may be.
