Don't get too excited, the letter doesn't have any ground-breaking information. Merely the Society rehashing why publishers need to contact HLC, carry DPA, etc. It is lengthy letter, though, 6 pages. Thanks for helping me Elsewhere, that was quick.
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WTS Letter to Congregations re. HLC
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the christian congregation of jw sent a letter to all congregations regarding hospital liaison committees.
this letter will be read the week of january 30, 2006. i can email a pdf of the letter to someone willing to post it here.
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WTS Letter to Congregations re. HLC
by doinmypart in.
the christian congregation of jw sent a letter to all congregations regarding hospital liaison committees.
this letter will be read the week of january 30, 2006. i can email a pdf of the letter to someone willing to post it here.
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The Christian Congregation of JW sent a letter to all congregations regarding Hospital Liaison Committees. This letter will be read the week of January 30, 2006. I can email a PDF of the letter to someone willing to post it here.
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Nov KM: Hospital Visits and Disaster Relief Donations
by doinmypart in.
a couple of points from the u.s. branch november 2005 km.. in the u.s. there is a federal law (hipaa) protecting a patient's privacy.
the km announces what a publisher must do when admitted to a hospital, if he/she wants to receive elders visits.. a question box discussing donations made to the worldwide work rather than specific disaster relief.. see the attachments.. .
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Tophat - Thanks! I scanned the KM and saved as a jpg (picture) file. Uploaded sections of the scanned KM to this website. And then used the attach tool (paper clip icon) when creating the original post.
I'd like to post the entire KM every month, but don't want to get anyone in trouble for violating copyrights.
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December KM
by TheListener insomebody who has received their december km please post the publisher figures.
i would like to add them to my chart.
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I mis-read your request. You only wanted the numbers for the U.S. I posted the worldwide numbers. The WT CD only gives worldwide totals, for country totals it refers to the bound volume/publication. -
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December KM
by TheListener insomebody who has received their december km please post the publisher figures.
i would like to add them to my chart.
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For 2001:
Worldwide
Report 2001 Grand TotalsBranches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 111
Number of Lands Reporting: 235
Total Congregations: 93,154
Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 15,374,986
Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 8,730
Peak of Publishers in Kingdom Service: 6,117,666
Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 5,881,776
Percentage of Increase Over 2000: 1.7
Total Number Baptized: 263,431
Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 787,439
Total Hours Spent in Field: 1,169,082,225
Average Home Bible Studies Each Month: 4,921,702
During the 2001 service year, Jehovah’s Witnesses spent over $70.9 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers in their field service assignments.
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December KM
by TheListener insomebody who has received their december km please post the publisher figures.
i would like to add them to my chart.
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doinmypart
For 2002:
Worldwide
Report 2002 Grand TotalsBranches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 109
Number of Lands Reporting: 234
Total Congregations: 94,600
Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 15,597,746
Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 8,760
Peak of Publishers in Kingdom Service: 6,304,645
Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 6,048,600
Percentage of Increase Over 2001: 2.8
Total Number Baptized: 265,469
Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 798,938
Total Hours Spent in Field: 1,202,381,302
Average Home Bible Studies Each Month: 5,309,289
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December KM
by TheListener insomebody who has received their december km please post the publisher figures.
i would like to add them to my chart.
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doinmypart
For 2003:
Worldwide Report 2003 Grand Totals
Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 109
Number of Lands Reporting: 235
Total Congregations: 95,919
Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 16,097,622
Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 8,565
Peak of Publishers in Kingdom Service: 6,429,351
Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 6,184,046
Percentage of Increase Over 2002: 2.2
Total Number Baptized: 258,845
Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 825,185
Total Hours Spent in Field: 1,234,796,477
Average Home Bible Studies Each Month: 5,726,509
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Nov KM: Hospital Visits and Disaster Relief Donations
by doinmypart in.
a couple of points from the u.s. branch november 2005 km.. in the u.s. there is a federal law (hipaa) protecting a patient's privacy.
the km announces what a publisher must do when admitted to a hospital, if he/she wants to receive elders visits.. a question box discussing donations made to the worldwide work rather than specific disaster relief.. see the attachments.. .
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doinmypart
A couple of points from the U.S. Branch November 2005 KM.
In the U.S. there is a federal law (HIPAA) protecting a patient's privacy. The KM announces what a publisher must do when admitted to a hospital, if he/she wants to receive elders visits.
A question box discussing donations made to the worldwide work rather than specific disaster relief.
See the attachments.
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WTS Emergency Meeting
by doinmypart inthe disaster relief committee at patterson organized 3 meetings this past memorial day, monday september 5, 2005. the meetings were held in lake charles, louisiana; bossier city, louisiana; and ball, louisiana.
over 1,200 elders were in attendance from louisiana, missouri, arkansas, and texas.
i took horrible notes, but want to share a few things.. the elder opening the meeting emphasized the importance of confidentiality.
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In my original post I wrote the meeting was on Memorial Day, of course it was Labor Day. What can I say, after a lifetime of not celebrating holidays I sometimes get them confused.
A few points that made me raise my eyebrows...they want all congregations to "cooperate for Jehovah's glory". In other words don't go off volunteering to unload a Salvation Army truck of supplies, don't any of you rogue elders setup any volunteer efforts apart from what we tell you to do...cooperate i.e. obey our direction and glorify god.
Yep the RBC brothers checked property first, the day after. Talk about mixed up priorities. And even now the WTS' concern for humans is to retain/regain membership. Any JW that was predisposed to fade or become irregular/inactive, this is the opportunity to do just that. And even a middle-of-the-road JW has more pressing things on their mind other than attending a meeting. Patterson emphasized several times to find out where displaced JWs are...get their name, home congregation, and forward that information to them.
There was no mention about handling "donations" from JWs that had their homes repaired by the RBC or even how they would be approached. I'll keep my ears open. And mention anything I find out.
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WTS Emergency Meeting
by doinmypart inthe disaster relief committee at patterson organized 3 meetings this past memorial day, monday september 5, 2005. the meetings were held in lake charles, louisiana; bossier city, louisiana; and ball, louisiana.
over 1,200 elders were in attendance from louisiana, missouri, arkansas, and texas.
i took horrible notes, but want to share a few things.. the elder opening the meeting emphasized the importance of confidentiality.
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doinmypart
The Disaster Relief Committee at Patterson organized 3 meetings this past Memorial Day, Monday September 5, 2005. The meetings were held in Lake Charles, Louisiana; Bossier City, Louisiana; and Ball, Louisiana. Over 1,200 elders were in attendance from Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. I took horrible notes, but want to share a few things.
The elder opening the meeting emphasized the importance of confidentiality. All cell phones were to be turned off, except their's in case they received a call from Patterson. Confidentiality was stressed, they don't want family members or publishers to know the details of this meeting. WTS will release reports later through the proper channel.
WTS Disaster Relief called the meeting to inform local elders of what the current situation is and what will be happening in the future.
8 Regional Building Committees (RBCs) are working together as a Hurricane Katrina Relief Committee (HKRC). Patterson is in contact with this group at least twice a day every day planning and organizing.
Day one after the hurricane a few brothers from the HKRC went into New Orleans/Slidell area and began assessing damage to Kingdom Halls. The elders divided parts of southeast Louisiana into zones, my notes are sketchy and memory missing a few points, but in one zone 5 KHs are gone, 2 heavily damaged. Around Lake Pontchartrain 7 KHs are gone, 7 moderate damage, and some with light damage. On day two the brothers did more assessments, but martial law was put in place and they had to leave.
The elder handling one of the parts was very critical of Red Cross. He said the HKRC was going into shelters in Louisiana and Mississippi to identify and get JWs out. At Red Cross shelters they encountered problems, Red Cross officials wouldn't let them in. The brother said Red Cross gets money for every person they shelter so they didn't want JWs leaving the shelter. The elders dressed as if they were evacuees in order to gain entrance into the shelters and then once inside they put on their district convention lapel badges and walked around the shelters. The elder was very proud of this deception, and several elders in attendance seemed satisfied with the ploy. All of the JWs that were in shelters are now in JW homes. There are 3,000 - 4,000 displaced JWs, there are 8 missing from New Orleans. Patterson wants elders to get the name and home congregation of displaced JWs that begin attending KHs in new locations. This point was stressed. My thoughts are that WTS can't afford to let any JWs use this as an opportunity to fade or stop attending meetings. From the way the point was made to get publisher information and report it to WTS, methinks they are more concerned with losing members than members' welfare.
100% of Spanish JWs are accounted for because they were at their district convention, while only 90% of English JWs are accounted for...no doubt because they weren't at their convention. I don't see how those percentages match up to the numbers of missing they gave. Again, I think they are just trying to use this as another means to guilt people into going to the meetings and assemblies/conventions.
WTS says this is the biggest thing they have had to deal with. They need the cooperation of all congregations for Jehovah's glory. The HKRC will organize 40 departments working out of Kenner and Metairie. Patterson has a Communication Center setup in Tulane and 5 satellite offices (30-35 people per office) around the gulf area. These 40 departments will have a total staff of 500 personnel. There is a wireless computer hub being setup in Houston. At this hub, they are developing software just for Katrina relief, and they also have a dedicated line to Patterson. When construction begins on KHs and JW homes there will be approximately 5,000 - 7,000 construction volunteers used. No mention of where these volunteers will come from. My guess is perhaps workers from KH construction and Branch construction.
They concluded by telling us to prepare, offer, and wait for direction. They repeated getting names and congregation info of displaced JWs. And they told us to tell know one of the details of the meeting, and reports will be released through the proper channel.
And so there you have it.