may have missed this somewhere, but if bethel not providing meals anymore , what is point of the farms?.
or are meals still provided with simple self service now, without the waiter service of decades?.
seem to recall uk farm disposed of years ago as it cheaper to purchase requirements rather than sustain farm and its workers, was that the case?.
it seemed to me they could streamline the whole organization by hiring the printing out to a printing company and save themselves the need to house and feed people who could be "spreading the urgent message" not to mention eliminate the need to purchase and maintain factories and machinery.
PZ, now you're thinking like the GB—better be careful! Next you'll be partaking of the emblems...
who finally wants the cubs to win a world series for the first time in 108 years?!.
shout out the love, peeps!.
jk.
It doesn't look good for them now... They'd have to take 3 in a row. Did you sacrifice your pet billy goat or not? You'd better hurry up and do that!
i suppose it was just a matter of time till it happened.
i've faded, not been dfed or daed, for years now.
once they tracked me down and tried to reactivate me, but then i moved, and hopefully lost them.
Thanks for the comments. I'd forgotten about the DNC lists. Ding, that's funny!
PZ, that's my hope. I didn't know the sis and I tried hard to look like the typical ignorant householder in his bathrobe. It's hard to play the role as I have nothing against the average R&F Witness and I really do feel for them, trusting implicitly as they do in their leadership. The CO must be in town since she told me, "Our speaker is from out of town" and she invited me to both the Tuesday and Sunday meetings. The colorful tract she gave me was small but had the local cong's meeting times and location, the electronic connections (cell barcode, webpage URL), and options for a "Bible" study, a RV, or a visit to the local KH. The only Bethels listed were in Canada and the US.
One funny thing: she told me, "the meetings are free and there's no collection" and the tract said the same thing. Little does she know that she and her cong's net worth has already been tabulated and filed away!
Maybe I should have said, "I've been reading Luke's gospel. What are these 'Gentile Times'? And what is this generation that will not pass away?" That would have insured an elder visit— LOL!
i suppose it was just a matter of time till it happened.
i've faded, not been dfed or daed, for years now.
once they tracked me down and tried to reactivate me, but then i moved, and hopefully lost them.
I suppose it was just a matter of time till it happened. I've faded, not been DFed or DAed, for years now. Once they tracked me down and tried to reactivate me, but then I moved, and hopefully lost them. Then today there was that knock...
I really am thankful for the folks here who have informed me of the methods used today. If I had not been, I would have ignorantly asked about her tablet and then there would probably have been the RV. It really IS a return to the JFR phonographs, just modernized. One doesn't even get a biblical passage read any more. Maybe I should have asked for one of the GB's autographs—oops, no, THAT would have assured a RV!
circuit organization guidelines english (s-330-e us) 03/13.
Thanks for the upload. I guess this 2013 book is already out-of-date since it talks about the role of the district overseer, now defunct (chapter 1 paragraph 4).
wifib: should you notify the Service Department and let them know that they are not keeping up with Jah's chariot?
august 30, 2016 to all circuit overseers in the united states branch territory re: securing rental facilities for circuit assemblies.
In this letter the CO handbook Circuit Organization Guidelines is mentioned. Now THAT would be a real prize to pirate! Anyone got a copy to share?
i am curious as to what current religion is similar in beliefs and organization to jw's.
i've only come as far as christadelphians.
are there any others you know of?.
There was an interesting WT or AW article on this group back in the 60s, I think. Good on the WT perspective of them.
the oldest hebrew mention of jerusalem has been found on a rare papyrus from the 7th century bce, as reported in the times of israel of october 26, 2016.. a reference to a consignment of wineskins 'to jerusalem' appears on a 2,700-year-old first temple-era scrap believed to have been plundered from a judean desert cave..
Earnest, thanks for the link.
seen a few discussions asking if the wts are hurting for $$ or still sitting on a mountain of gold.. regardless of their child abuse legal fees and ongoing broadcasting for more dough, i believe they have piles and piles of cash.. talked with a diff'd accountant who sat in the accounting dept.
at the conventions for years.. a football stadium (or the like) costs them about $70 - 90,000 to rent for a 3 day dub show.
they take in $400,000 in donations from the r&f.
DOC, thank you for your insightful input!
seen a few discussions asking if the wts are hurting for $$ or still sitting on a mountain of gold.. regardless of their child abuse legal fees and ongoing broadcasting for more dough, i believe they have piles and piles of cash.. talked with a diff'd accountant who sat in the accounting dept.
at the conventions for years.. a football stadium (or the like) costs them about $70 - 90,000 to rent for a 3 day dub show.
they take in $400,000 in donations from the r&f.
Z-E, thanks for the link. It indeed looks like they are focusing on just one or two bethels on each continent. Two in Europe and N. America, one in Asia (?--Japan?), one in Africa (S. Africa?). If someone could correct these numbers and locations, I'd appreciate it.
