'58 to Yankee Stadium from California. Nobody I knew had a/c then (that started I guess in a Cadillac out that year). Stayed on a ship from Europe docked for the week that brought over European JWs who had hotels to stay. On ship, in lower decks the air ventilation wasn't very good on it, especially first day.
Posts by Gayle
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What is the longest distance you drove to attend a summer Convention?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inhere is a photo of the milwaukee brewers ( american baseball team) county stadium.
for some reason, we were assigned this outdoor stadium for our 1975 four-day summer convention.
our congregation was located 90 miles away on the north side of chicago.. some congregation members stayed at milwaukee hotels for the four-day convention.
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2019--June--8--Weekend Meeting--Video--WTBTS-PA
by Atlantis inwatchtower bible and tract society of pa.. weekend meeting-june--8th--2019 speaker announced song at 4 minutes 30 seconds: public talk--is the trinity a scriptural teaching?at 31 minutes 12 seconds--the holy spirit is described as a finger and not on the same plain as jesus and his father.. at 34 minutes 20 seconds--jesus is superior to the holy spirit and jehovah is superior to both.at 35 minutes 20 seconds--public talk ends.. at 35 minutes 40 seconds--song.at 38 minutes 43 seconds--watchtower study.https://we.tl/t-idbbuwjlzi atlantis!
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Gayle
What?!!! The holy spirit is like Jehovah's "finger"?, and Jehovah is giving his "finger" to all his people!!! Woop-de-doo!! (Can't resist!)
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"Educated" a memoir by Tara Westover
by Gayle ini recommend this book by a gal raised mormon.
but her father was more offshoot, more anti-government, anti-medicine, anti-institutional education ( list goes on) .
she never was in classroom till 17 years old.
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Gayle
I recommend this book by a gal raised Mormon. but her father was more offshoot, more anti-government, anti-medicine, anti-institutional education ( list goes on) . She never was in classroom till 17 years old. She went to BYU and Cambridge, awarded PhD.
Parts of her experiences, most exJWs raised in will relate.
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Gayle
Spiraling stats since last year. Greece 2018 peak pubs decreased 1.8%, decreased also in ratio pubs per population, decreased pioneers 3.4%, congs. decreased 3%.
No wonder the org not gonna publish much of their numbers anymore!!
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Have You Been Invited To This Year’s Memorial ?
by minimus inlast year was the first time i didn’t get an invitation to the lord’s evening meal.
i think they finally gave up on me..
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Gayle
According to WT. 2018 Yearbook?report about 50% of listed "Lands" showed a decrease in Memorial Attendance.
I expect at least that again this next year. (If WT. dares to report any decrease numbers in future.)
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Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch
by UnshackleTheChains ini was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).
you can't write this stuff.
right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..
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Gayle
Maybe Morris got 'new light' to start 'giving gifts' at their one and only annual "holy day" coming up. He's starting with 8 bottles of real "holy water" spirits, with one bottle for him and 7 bottles for his 'Holy' compadres! After all, they are getting ready for their 'great persecution' with all these increasing court bombardments coming in from all the world. After all, he already sounds so depressed.
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New Upcoming Changes - No More Publisher Record Cards & Reporting Hours
by thedepressedsoul inpublisher record cards and reporting hours will be going away.
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coming soon.. made this post 4 years ago, it happened - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/24020002/kingdom-consolidation-sales-coming-reliable-source.
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Gayle
Seems would be likely to stop publishing annual "Grand Totals." Especially, when Numbers on Branches down, Total Congregations down, Memorial Attendance, flat - almost half countries decreasing, Partakers increasing (WT admits many nut cases), the WT. ridiculously plays on 'Peak' & 'Average' Pubs., baptisms decreased, Hours in Field so meaningless at 2 Billion (half just driving around & @McD), Bible studies no doubt going down (now that there is a limit of up to 2 yrs. length). Reporting time or Bible Study on their children is ridiculous. This report would discourage any JW with a half-brain.
Perhaps no 'paper' reporting, but by computer, for elders, COs, and Headquarters eyes and controls only.
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report from vomitville and financials
by jonahstourguide ini attended a circuit arsesemblancey today.
melbourne, melton arsembley hall.
western suburbs area.. 1. re hearing negative reports in the media about jws.
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Gayle
" would you entertain a negative report about your spouse?" You love your spouse so you know it's wrong"
See how the GB twist such things!!! They turn on anyone who question them (GB); as suggesting if the spouse "loves" their spouse they would not have to be concerned about any accusation. Crazy illustration when there have been millions of lying, unfaithful marriage partners who have needed to be questioned!
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Discontinue unproductive bible study - jw broadcasting
by Gorbatchov inhttps://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-ism_2_video.
interesting video explaining how to end a bible study.. watch the kind of uber behaviour of the witnesses: make a choice or we leave.... so hard, so not christian.
no love for the person.. g..
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Gayle
2018 Average Bible Studies Each Month: 10,079,709. Only less than 3% on average graduated to baptism (281,744) Extremely poor production and any real school/schooling would shutter at such a record of graduates.
Yes, it's mostly only JW kids already that are even boosting this record at all and many JW kids are putting baptism off as long as possible or at all.
The GB leadership seem to acknowledge these 'empty' hours and 'empty' Bible Study (b***s***) reports.
It seems to me this 're-visited' restriction to discontinuing those long-term Bible Studies is a form of an organizational 'whipping' to many and especially pioneers.
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2018 Service Year Report - Released on jw.org
by Drearyweather in2018 service year report of jehovah’s witnesses worldwide.
see details of the global preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses from september 2017 to august 2018.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2018-service-year-report/.
average publishers preaching each month: 8,360,594 (2017 - 8,248,982).
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Gayle
Near half of their JW "Lands Reporting" had 'decreases' in Memorial Attendance last year (2018)! "58%" of attenders are of the 'non-publishing' group/class :) ! Hopefully, many more of these 'non-publishers' do not attend this year!