http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20140322/biz/403220306 watchtower buys former motelgroup may also purchase site in tuxedo the former hampton inn on route 300 will provide housing for volunteers working on the watchtowers new headquarters being built in goshen.steve borland/times herald-record.
by james walshtimes herald-recordpublished: 2:00 am - 03/22/14town of newburgh the watchtower tract and bible society closed friday on the purchase of the hampton inn on route 300.. watchtower spokesman richard devine said the building will be used to provide housing for short-term volunteers working on the organization's world headquarters, which is under construction in warwick.. the sale price wasn't disclosed.. another property, sterling forest apartments in a rural area of the town of tuxedo, may also be purchased by watchtower.
that would provide housing for long-term volunteer construction workers at the headquarters.. "we talked to the owner there," devine said of the apartments, "but we're still investigating that.
Smart business decision, which is what they are...a business.
Make no mistake, no matter what they tell the adherents why they do things, all decisions are made to insure the existence of the corporation.
I do hope they plan on housing some of the older folks. I know that was an idea put forth years ago by one of the money guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dhvwhrqvbs#t=167.
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Wonderful to see you snowbird!
besides learning how to speak publicly, has the watchtower given you any benefits?
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No. And I could learn to speak publicly by being involved with school clubs/activities, joining girl scouts for canvassing.
Nope. Nothing. Nada.
how do you like at&t uverse for tv?
i was reading that i can get text messages from my cell phone on tv, thats why i might be interested to get it but i have read bad reviews about uverse and bad reviews might be planted..
I would ask your neighbors what service they use and if they are happy.
I am not happy with Uverse. The wifi is abyssmal, worse than the previous DSL. But I think it is their equipment, not the concept per se, which doesn't matter because in the end my service is THE WORST!!! Reading up on boards sometimes the wiring doens't deliver the speed it should, and then I've read their switching or equipment was not working properly. I'm getting out of it.
So find out if people are using it in your area and it they are receiving the speed/product they are paying for.
just curious..
Minimus: My mom is very ill and the congregation has been very good to her. I think she may be in a hospital soon or elsewhere. I think I will be seeing some elders who might try to love bomb me.
If I knew the person calling I would act happy and very surprised they were calling. Thank them for doing so and start asking about them, their family etc. In my case it has thrown them off course, then "Oh dear, I really have to go. It's been great catching up with you. Take care, say "hi" to the Suzie and kids."
If they sneak in a request to visit, I just say "now isn't a good time. I'll let you know."
Best thoughts to you and your mom.
pete seeger wrote songs that became the heart and soul of the civil rights movement- where have all the flowers gone, if i had a hammer, turn turn turn, waist depp in the big muddy, we shall overcome.... we traveled to the newport folk festival, which pete helped establish, and got to sing with the great man himself.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2siieqy34.
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What a sweet, recognizable voice. RIP Pete. Well done.
as a born-in, i was eager to join the ministry school.
my cousins were also born-in but lived in different states.
there was keen competition to see who could do mature things, such as baptism (my mom said when i was 35) and ministry school.
I took my assignments seriously and always tried to figure out a practical application even when some of those topics were just plain ridiculous. I the the exercise was good overall to learn something new and step outside your own box.
However, with that being said, everything I learned in the TMS I could have learned by participating in school activities. In fact I could have learned much much more.
The last talk I gave in the TMS was when the school overseer said from the platform "I had a hard time finding anything wrong with your talk." I figured I was done. About a year before I left the org, I handed the talk assignment slip back to the overseer and told him "I graduated."
so i have decided to jump in and for the first time and share some of my random memories that seem to have been floating around my mind more and more lately.
mostly if all the weird anxiety i experience from time to time is related to it.
i guess that would be a different topic to post!.
Welcome TS52 and thank you for sharing your story. Glad you made it out for yourself and now you can raise your kids to be free from the pressures we had growing up.
I went to Dodger and LB as well, still in the area. Nothing quite like those stifling, hot Sunday afternoons if you ended up in the 3rd base sections. :)
Look for ward to your posts.
i seem to remember chess was frowned upon by some jws.
is this like the oral/anal sex policy?
just ignore it and hope it goes away...
It's so abundantly clear these guys have nothing better to do for the world than take every single thing and run it through the JW filter. They can and do find something wrong with every single thing.
What a useless existence they have. So unproductive and unreasonable.
