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  Have schools in your area done away with Holidays ??

  by troubled mind in

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  the local public grade schools in our town are doing away with halloween and christmas as a way to appease religions that don't celebrate them !

  now they will have fall changing of seasons celebration and winter celebration .

  instead of halloween costumes students are being asked to wear their school name t-shirts ......

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  Have schools in your area done away with Holidays ??

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the local public grade schools in our town are doing away with halloween and christmas as a way to appease religions that don't celebrate them !

  now they will have fall changing of seasons celebration and winter celebration .

  instead of halloween costumes students are being asked to wear their school name t-shirts ......

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  Have schools in your area done away with Holidays ??

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the local public grade schools in our town are doing away with halloween and christmas as a way to appease religions that don't celebrate them !

  now they will have fall changing of seasons celebration and winter celebration .

  instead of halloween costumes students are being asked to wear their school name t-shirts ......

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  troubled mind

  http://www.wqad.com/news/wqad-geneseo-halloween-holidays-millikin-100210,0,5713360.story?ref=nf I don't know how to link to the story .....
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  Have schools in your area done away with Holidays ??

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the local public grade schools in our town are doing away with halloween and christmas as a way to appease religions that don't celebrate them !

  now they will have fall changing of seasons celebration and winter celebration .

  instead of halloween costumes students are being asked to wear their school name t-shirts ......

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  troubled mind

  The local public grade schools in our town are doing away with Halloween and Christmas as a way to appease Religions that don't celebrate them ! Now they will have Fall changing of seasons celebration and Winter celebration . Instead of Halloween costumes students are being asked to wear their school name t-shirts ...... I wonder if this is happening all over or just our area ?
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  I just got a phone call from the branch office....

  by ex-witness in

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  i just received a phone call from the local branch office.

  the person on the phone asked me if i was serious about my letter of disassociation and if i knew what that implied.

  my response.

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  WOW this thread reminds me about the time way back five yrs ago.... when I let my JW show .........I was so thankful someone pointed it out to me back then so I could improve my thinking ability and social skills .
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  To Christmas or Not to Christmas (inspired by Watersprout's DA thread)

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  my wife and kid want to do christmas but i don't.

  i am not against it but i have no reason to celebrate the holiday.

  i'll get the kid some presents, and maybe my wife, but is that alone really "celebrating christmas?

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  "How is ANYTHING that makes us more loving a bad thing ??"

  EXACTLY !! That's how I feel about holidays and birthdays .
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  Do you give out free stuff where you work at?

  by asilentone in

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  i just like free stuff/samples.

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  We give out free samples of FUDGE everyday, and sample size cups of flavored coffee . THe fudge is made fresh in our store every Monday ,it really smells gooood in there on Mondays . During the holidays we have samples of dips and soups . Right now the featured fudge is Pumpkin made with pumpkin pie filling .....sounds weird but it very good . October is also fudge covered apple drizzeled with carmel month .

  You have to actually be in the store for your free sample though We do mail fudge for a price though
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  Why wasn't there anyone as nice as you guys in my KH?

  by Little Imp in

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  when i first started attending the kh i was newly married and had moved to a new area over an hour away from my nearest family and friends.

  i was excited about going (believing it would be similar to churches i had attended in the past) and thought it would be a good way to make new friends.. how wrong was i, no-one seemed to have any personality or sense of humour.. i tried inviting people round for a meal, boy that was an uphill struggle and i lived to regret it.. now, though i haven't met any of you, i feel as i though i know you and would feel totally comfortable in your company and would have got on like a house on fire if we had had a meal together.

  the strange thing is all of you have or still do attend a kh and are sooooooooooo different.. discuss.

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  The KH I grew up in was full of a bunch of stuffed shirts ! It could have been because my Mom was married to an unbeliever ,but we never were invited to others homes or out to do much . So there were no close bonds with anyone in that hall .

  When I got married at 18 I moved away to my husbands hall . What a huge difference ! Lots of other young couples plus both his parents were witnesses . We had people over all the time and were invited out to do lots of things . I felt I had real friends for the first time as a witness . However the judgemental attitudes could prevail . There was tons of pressure to do and say what others expected you to do .

  Especially after we started having children I noticed the pressure to conform or else be excluded ,cliques formed as people obtained positions in the hall . One example I'll never forget is when my brother in law became an Elder . We use to have lots of fun getting together for dinners and cards ,but after their first child was born he came over and asked if I would pioneer with his wife . I also had just had a baby and i told him "NO" I did not want to drag my newborn door to door in the cold winter air . That was it for them I did not have the pioneer spirit so then I was not good association for them anymore ! And the cliques began.......

  When we left after 30 yrs in the same hall ......I can not think of one true companion in a group of over 100 . Lots of associates ,but not one true friend that would come to my home and ask " What happened ??? Why did you leave ?"

  I think it is correct to say I feel like I have my real personality back along with my heart and soul (maybe a few brain cells survived too !) . My friends now are comfortable to be around open ,and honest, and not afraid to offend or step on anyones toes .
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  copies of wt

  by ssn587 in

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  i lost the info on how to get copies of the current and upcoming watchtowers any can help?

  would surely appreciate it and thank you in advance..

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  local laundry mat usually works I stop by there just to throw them away
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  long time lurker

  by BigE in

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  Still Lurking I see incognito style . A lurker that wants everyone to know they are lurking