We had a CO and his wife who got involved in some telephone business and who were trying to get all the brothers and sisters they could involved with it also. The society found out about it and let them know that as a CO he was not to be doing any kind of work or job and gave him time to make a decision to give the business up. Well, he chose to keep the business and was removed as a CO. I remember one of the pioneers in the congregation saying that as soon as the CO and his wife would get into town, they would be calling up congregation members wanting to get them involved in this business. Also, there were complaints about how his wife was always trying to hit up more affluent congregation members for new suits for her husband.
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did you have CO scandals or PO scandals in your cong
by nelly1 inwe did one year we heard that our co's wife was caught doing it with a special pioneer than was staying with them, co was taken off the circuit, and our po"s daughter was having a lesbian affair with her roomate, of course i knew before she dissasociated herself i told a sister i knew they were and she told me it was slanderous, then 2 weeks later it all came out, she then ran off with a dissfellowshipped lesbian over double her age, the other lesbian was publicly reproved but i have since heard shes been disfellowshipped for lesbianism, a question?
i thought if you were a po and one of your household was found to be doing something that bad then you had to stand down, is that right?
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JW attending funerals in Catholic church
by wordlywife injust wondering, my jw husband attended a funeral at a catholic church with me, and i thought perhaps this was frowned upon?
have any of you former jw's ever gone to any service in a church before?
it totally shocked me that he went with me.. thanks-.
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There is an elder in a congregation close by whose wife, a pioneer, told me that they attended a wedding in a church of one of her family members. She had told her husband that since they never went to the holiday things her family had, she was afraid her family would think that she and her husband did not care about them at all if they did not attend the wedding. There were no repercussions over it, but I am not sure who all knew.
My experience has not been the elders saying anything about it, but people within the congregation, usually less educated and more ignorant ones. I learned to not tell anyone anything about my life, and I really did not socialize with the people in the congregation. My husband and children were not witnesses and we had our own life.
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JW attending funerals in Catholic church
by wordlywife injust wondering, my jw husband attended a funeral at a catholic church with me, and i thought perhaps this was frowned upon?
have any of you former jw's ever gone to any service in a church before?
it totally shocked me that he went with me.. thanks-.
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mimimimi
I went to many Catholic funerals and weddings over the years for my husband's family members. I attended weddings and funerals of other faiths for people I was friends with. I learned early on to keep my business to myself and not discuss it with anyone in the congregation. I received all kinds of moronic advice from people who were not in my situation, as well as being judged for what I had done, until I learned that lesson. Worrying about other people's consciences is only a way to keep control over the R&F. They can worry about their own damn consciences.
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Dirt biking
by Jeepthing inanyone here know where to go for dirt biking?
i live about 15 minutes away from st. louis, missouri.
where the whole family could go and near by campground if available.
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mimimimi
Jeepthing,
The time of the free meal is 5 to 7 today if you all want to partake. I was not sure on the time and checked with my husband this morning. Hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, soda, and a dessert like Little Debbie's or something like that. My husband sprang it on me this morning that I needed a dessert for everyone this morning and I went to Sam's Club yesterday, so I still have to run buy something today. Hope to see you there.
mimi
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Dirt biking
by Jeepthing inanyone here know where to go for dirt biking?
i live about 15 minutes away from st. louis, missouri.
where the whole family could go and near by campground if available.
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mimimimi
It is motocross, but we do sponsor at least one, sometimes two harescrambles. Also, we began last year to have races for quads as well, again motocross. Harescramble is for quads and motorcycles.
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Dirt biking
by Jeepthing inanyone here know where to go for dirt biking?
i live about 15 minutes away from st. louis, missouri.
where the whole family could go and near by campground if available.
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mimimimi
Dirt bike motorcycle racing - 125 cc, 250 cc, and then the little guys on 40 cc and 80 cc.
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Dirt biking
by Jeepthing inanyone here know where to go for dirt biking?
i live about 15 minutes away from st. louis, missouri.
where the whole family could go and near by campground if available.
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mimimimi
Tomorrow is rider appreciation day at Splinter Creek Dirt Riders in Fosterburg, IL. Free meal between 6 to 8, I believe is the time. Bonfire and band tomorrow night. Phone number is 372-4355 to call for details and directions. Then on Sunday is the last race of this season, which is a points race, so we expect a really big turnout. You can find me and my future daughters-in-law manning the concession stand, while my sons man the grill and my husband (the president of the club) is out running things.
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Dirt biking
by Jeepthing inanyone here know where to go for dirt biking?
i live about 15 minutes away from st. louis, missouri.
where the whole family could go and near by campground if available.
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mimimimi
St. Joe State Park down by Farmington, Missouri, also called Flat River. Great place to camp and ride your dirt bikes, 4 wheelers, or dune buggies. Also, swimming beach where you can pull up on your vehicle, dismount and go swimming. Warm showers.
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mimimimi
We did used to go to Springfield for the convention. I always loved it because my youngest son, though he rarely made a meeting any more, would go with me and we would have a great weekend together. We'd always go in the evenings to Knight's Action Park or White Oaks Mall. But several years ago, our circuit started going to convention in St. Charles, MO. It's not nearly as nice as the Prairie Capitol Convention Center. The seats are more narrow and the parking's a nightmare. I have heard a lot of complaints about the place. But I hear the place in Springfield will no longer rent to JW's because of issues with the food vendors.
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Yes, What You Really Wear Does Matter !
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #3e3e7b; } .style2 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {font-family: arial, sans-serif} --> yes, your clothing really does matterbeing one of jehovah's witnesses always made.
the individual conscious of the clothes you were .
the men had to wear suits and the women.
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mimimimi
Back in the 60s, my brother always wore jeans to the hall and gave his talks in jeans. The other boys, what few there were in our congregation, wore jeans as well. Nobody had money to buy their kids suits then. I was disfellowshipped in 1975, and when I came back in 1983, all the boys from toddler age up wore suits. So I dressed my kids in suits, too. But as my sons got older, they rarely went to the hall as Daddy said they did not have to, and they went so rarely that I could not see spending money on suits for them, so they went in jeans and a nice shirt. Well, then they did not want to go to the hall even more because they were given dirty looks and comments on their apparel by adults and kids alike. I would have thought everyone would be glad just to have them come, but obviously not unless they were in the Watchtower uniform.
When I was first coming back in, I was pregnant with my third son. My husband and I did not have a lot of money and I had hand-me down maternity clothes, but also some nice maternity pants suits I wore to work. I did not have any dresses, so I wore the pantsuits to the hall. Well, one of the elders on local needs gave a talk stating that women were not to wear pants to the hall. At the time, I was trying to get reinstated and would do whatever was asked, not even questioning it or feeling they were wrong. But I could not afford to buy any maternity dresses right away, so I did not attend meetings for a whole month until I could afford to buy a couple of dresses just so I would be in compliance when I went. They may have thought I did not come because I was mad at what was said from the platform, but that was not the case. I felt at that time that they were right and that I would not go until I could be in compliance. Now I look back and think how crazy that was.