Nick Saban and crew should have lost to the Razorbacks a couple of weeks ago. Wooo pig sooie!
doinmypart
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Magazine Distribution--Your Area?
by blondie ini found out that in a local congregation the service overseer has directed that magazines not be given by jws to:.
a) inactive jws.
b) return visits that are not coming to the meetings after 6 months.
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doinmypart
WTS & JWs are synonymous with magazine distribution. Now the magazines are an EPIC FAIL for the WTS.
- It costs the Branch money to print and ship magazines no one wants to read.
- Individual publishers are no longer accountable for a set number of magazines to pay for, pick-up, handout, and report.
- The Branch is further restricting who can get a magazine while they pile up behind the counter.
Throw in congregation members out of work (which puts a strain on the rest of the congregation), monthly congregation expenses, and an Org sitting on thousands of properties & equipment yet little cash flow...they must be looking for ways to further cut expenses. But then, again, as I type this I think about the current District Conventions. They're handing out books and brochures like they're going out of style. I don't know.
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Wireless Microphone Ban & JWs
by doinmypart inon june 12th in the u.s. the fcc banned wireless equipment that operates in the 700 mhz band.
churches and other groups had to switch their wireless systems to make room for emergency services.. have the khs in the u.s. made these changes or are they still using 700 mhz wireless systems?
are they outlaws or complying with caesar's law?
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doinmypart
At one KH in close proximity to a fire station, three congregations have meetings on Sun (3x), Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat. Any of these meetings can interfere with emergency services. Anyone know how to report a violation to the FCC? Can't find anything on the FCC site.
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Magazine Distribution--Your Area?
by blondie ini found out that in a local congregation the service overseer has directed that magazines not be given by jws to:.
a) inactive jws.
b) return visits that are not coming to the meetings after 6 months.
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doinmypart
Interesting. At the KH my mother attends she said the public edition mags have been piling up since the new arrangement a few weeks ago. An elder made an announcement last week for the publishers to pick up mags after the meeting, too many mags in stock between the three congregations that share the KH.
WTS knew the publishers weren't placing all of the mags that were ordered by the congregations. The field service reports gave them a good idea of how many mags were going into the trash. With the new arrangement plus this new directive (probably came down through BOE letter) I believe WTS will begin cutting back on number of mags printed.
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Wireless Microphone Ban & JWs
by doinmypart inon june 12th in the u.s. the fcc banned wireless equipment that operates in the 700 mhz band.
churches and other groups had to switch their wireless systems to make room for emergency services.. have the khs in the u.s. made these changes or are they still using 700 mhz wireless systems?
are they outlaws or complying with caesar's law?
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doinmypart
On June 12th in the U.S. the FCC banned wireless equipment that operates in the 700 MHz band. Churches and other groups had to switch their wireless systems to make room for emergency services.
Have the KHs in the U.S. made these changes or are they still using 700 MHz wireless systems? Are they outlaws or complying with Caesar's law? Any necessary upgrades will be another financial hardship in these tough economic times.
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Let the "Tithing" begin!
by The Berean inlast night during the service meeting a letter was read indicating that more money was needed by jehovah's witnesses in order to expand the world-wide work .
it was suggested that each publisher take a piece of paper and write down the amount of money they would be willing to give and hand it to the elders.
it seems to be a cleverway to gather "seed money" by the organization while not calling it a "tithe.
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doinmypart
A letter was sent to U.S. congregations a couple of weeks ago.
The gist of the letter...due to the economy some congregations may have a problem repaying KH Bldg Fund loans to Society. Beginning this year and continuing annually, the BOE will ask the publishers to turn in a slip of paper indicating how much they can donate towards payment of current loan. Based on the publishers' responses the BOE may decrease or increase the monthly payment. If the monthly payment is decreased the difference in the loan balance will be added to the end of the loan. If the monthly payment increased the "extra" money will be used as an equalizing across the brotherhood.
Again, this is for KH Building Fund loans, not local congregation expenses.
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Extra Extra read all about it. Study Article PDF to be posted on www.jw.org
by jah1914 injust got this excerpt from a friend who is an elder all excited about how jah's people are using technology.
guess we won't have to provide links anymore.. excerpt:.
we are pleased to inform you that the study articles in the english edition of the watch-tower will be made available as pdf files in the public area of the jw.org web site.
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doinmypart
Publishers' info in header probably refers to a place for Name, Cong, City; or something along those lines. In the front of some of the new publications there is a page that says "This copy belongs to..." and space for the person (Cong Publisher) to write their name and congregation info. A bit juvenile, reminds me of grade school.
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I made it!!!
by purplesofa into fifty!!.
never dreamed life would be as it is now, .
there are times i did not think i would make it.
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doinmypart
Happy b-day to you Purps. Congrats!
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District Convention ruminations
by sir82 inif y'all can stand one more dc thread, i thought i'd post some miscellaneous rumbling ramblings about this year's edition.. to protect my privacy, i'd prefer not to disclose the location - pm me if interested.. ***** attendance, as in all other years i can remember, was much lower on friday than the other days.
in fact, the attendance was 22% lower on friday than on sunday.
so, as usual, they hammered home the point about the importance of attending all 3 days....on friday!
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doinmypart
My sister told me about the interviews re. animals in the new system. One interviewee was a child, spoke about wanting some wild animal as a pet. The other interviewee was a middle aged woman, looked forward to not having fear of snakes and petting one in the new system. My sister was surprised, she thought the interviews were rather silly.
She also mentioned a resolution was read on Sunday. Did anyone else catch this.
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Will the switch to DTV affect WTS in U.S.
by doinmypart inin feb 2009 digital television (dtv) will be introduced in the u.s. i've read this will have an affect on wireless microphone users at certain frequencies.. will this change/impact congregations that use wireless microphones during the meetings?
what about district conventions and assemblies that broadcast their programs on the radio for the hard of hearing?.
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doinmypart
Google is my friend. I should have searched before asking the questions.
The FCC approved use of "white space" and this has theater groups, churches, sport franchises, and others upset.
I hope this becomes a major expense for the WTS...having to convert back to wired microphones. I hope, too, they won't be able to broadcast their assembly and convention programs over the airwaves.