so my girlfriends, friend has invited me to her little boy's christening.
6 months ago if you'd asked me this i'd have recoiled in horror.
in a catholic church?!!!
Diogenesister,
I agree I miss the church choirs. My church had a very large choir and a huge pipe organ. Music was a very large part of their program.
I travel a lot by car up and down the east coast and for awhile my daughter made these trips with me. Her statement to me upon departure I have my music I can only take so much of "Yours." I probably have the best collection of Gospel music on CDs at least 15 hours.
so my girlfriends, friend has invited me to her little boy's christening.
6 months ago if you'd asked me this i'd have recoiled in horror.
in a catholic church?!!!
Never a JW and even giving up on Religion I still enjoy going to churches especially some of the older ones. When the "Elder" and I would get together and we would go for long walks through old towns I would point out the churches. The first time this happened he started to give me his belief lecture and I replied look then don't look at as a church look at it as much lost ART because we sure do not have craftsmen building architecture anything like these buildings today. Even though I have given up on Religion I still enjoy seeing the inside architecture of the church and totally love listening to a wonderful choir. And there are those rare occasions I happen on a dynamic minister.
this one in avon lake ohio 25 miles west of cleveland.
only one congregation there.
average attendance was only 40..
I have been wondering if one near me has closed. In the past the gates to the parking lot were always locked during off hours now they are always open. Now there also seems to never be any cars in the lot ever ever ever.
But the other KH same distance from me has had to re-pave their property because they ran out of parking spaces and the neighborhood allows NO street parking any where in the neighborhood. They just put up over 100 NO Parking Signs in a 3 mile radius of that KH. It was cute when they installed all the No Parking signs for 2 weeks the city put one of those big flashing signs across the street that read Parking tickets $120. It was pointed facing the KH entrance.
jehovah's witnesses have never come to my door but they have come to my girlfriends door.
i have coached her as to what to say or ask but it appears that they always seem to come when she's not there.
.....just curious would you get into it with a jehovah's witness at your door especially if it was someone you did not know?.
Never a JW but dated an "Elder" for 5 years. Then I found out his religious beliefs. Since then I have had 3 encounters with JWS. Well it did not go very well for them. First one has now guaranteed that one of their popular hangouts for handing out that literature is now off limits. As the owner of one of the largest businesses there said to me recently, the JWS had been here for years till you appeared now they have been totally gone for 2 years. What did you do? Me: Just worked my majic by asking him if he knew where to find the 10 Commandments in the Bible.
Then the other to visits were at my home after the ARC. I LOVE children!!!! I posted both encounters previously. If I planted some serious seeds in these people my time was well spent especially the Elder who had the wife and stroller.
i would like to say i am not in and my wife is a marginal witness at best.
she doesn't say anything bad about the borg or live an amoral lifestyle.
she just doesn't read the bible, or even the tracts anymore and generally has no clue about anything biblical or doctorial related.. i found my wives new card yesterday.
James Mixon,
My legal separation agreement was written by a lawyer best advise ever!!!!
Before my children became of age to make decisions and because I do not trust my mother and sister my medical power of attorney was my best girlfriend. Now her is the great part and why I never filed for divorce my separation agreement said until we were divorced HE was responsible for all of the children and MY medical bills and health insurance plus it specified the type of insurance (high option). That was put in there because he was asked to leave the home because he was such a .......... when I had cancer. He did not even show up at the hospital when I had surgery and refused to take me to the hospital when I was hemorrhaging.
i would like to say i am not in and my wife is a marginal witness at best.
she doesn't say anything bad about the borg or live an amoral lifestyle.
she just doesn't read the bible, or even the tracts anymore and generally has no clue about anything biblical or doctorial related.. i found my wives new card yesterday.
James Mixon,
Never a JW but technically I am legally married but legally separated. All my medical files do specify that my son and daughter are to make all medical decisions on my behalf and absolutely no medical information is to be shared with my husband.
letter sent today to the ministry of justice... .
spain bethel sent a letter recently last oct 3 interpreting that no elder or sm should request a certificate of sexual offenses as other churches or persons in contact with kids.
again jw.org interprets the law to their behalf.. a group of elders in madrid has sent this letter to ask clarification !!.
In my line of business it is called CYA!!
i just wanted to intoroduce myself.
i have been lurking for some time and finally decided to register and hopefully contribute to this great forum.. i am in my mid 30s and have never been in the truth.
my wife became a jw several years ago and since she is a (mostly) stay at home mom my two boys are also jws.
Welcome, never a JW here. I still believe in God but do not believe in Religion.
the past few months i've been feeling really depressed and kind of hopeless.
the few people that actually were a little bit friendly to me at the hall recently moved away, and i'm feeling like more of an outcast than i already was.
every meeting i just stand by myself by the wall and nobody cares, i feel really lonely and unloved.
BlackWolf,
You appear to be one of the safest from this storm. You might be getting a little rain. I am a few hours south of you and if you would like any time to do lunch with a Grandmother just PM me it most definitely would be my pleasure. LOL, I was a much older parent and my kids tease me, my daughter is 25 and I am 65.
Your dad is probably blaming himself for you not having friends and now he feels it is all his fault. Never being a JW myself but reading a lot on this forum and other sites I have gathered being an Elder is not one of the easiest jobs. And the family has to keep up appearances for his sake. I sorta get this because of the organizations I belong to but we do not have all the crazy rules the JWS have. All the organizations I belong to love children. We just have some dress codes for some events!! LOL
the past few months i've been feeling really depressed and kind of hopeless.
the few people that actually were a little bit friendly to me at the hall recently moved away, and i'm feeling like more of an outcast than i already was.
every meeting i just stand by myself by the wall and nobody cares, i feel really lonely and unloved.
Yes she is from somewhere in Florida, I have followed her since she first started posting. Florida is a large state I am in one section and my daughter is in another but by no means do we have this state covered. We were never JW. I have worked with youth groups and my daughter is in elementary education. If by any chance either of us are anywhere near BlackWolf we would be delighted to spend some time with here.
Yes, you are right, we are under a state of emergency and my crazy daughter is hanging out over near the coast where this hurricane is about to hit.
