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  How Did "Shepherding Calls" Go For You?

  by minimus in

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  did you loath them?

  did you feel it was a "privilege" to have the elders care deeply about your spiritual well being?

  if you were an elder or ministerial servant, did you enjoy going to the homes of the sheep?.

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  molybdenum

  According to the well known "Elders guide to the universe",

  An elder may shepherd at the publisher's home,
  at the Kingdom Hall, while in field service, over the
  telephone, or on other occasions.

  So maybe a shepherding "call" was made on you while you were at the KH or you got

  a phone call. Or maybe when you were going from door to door. I wonder when

  sherpherding will be done by a text message or by email, as this might well come under "other occasions".

  Sample shepherding template:

  Hi Brother ____________

  How are you?

  We miss you.

  Why are you not commenting/ attending meetings / going regularly on field service /

  (insert other criticism) ___________________

  Read the Bible more.

  Have a good day.

  (End of shepherding text)
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  Oh come on!!! seriously?? This weeks wt study!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm sitting here at the mtg, and i can't believe the mind numbing stupidity of this weeks wt "study"...( i use the word study loosely too by the way...).

  how many dumb repeated questions can be posed to try and make a point?.

  the opening paragraph illustration re blindness is classic!

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  molybdenum

  Don't get into a flap
  about the generation overlap
  it's just a load of c**p
  they pulled it out of a hat
  like some magic act
  and put it in gift wrap
  like some kind of trap
  but don't worry, take a nap
  it will soon be scrap
  and that's that.
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  Meeting after meeeting

  by molybdenum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just got information that there is going to be a short 10 min meeting.

  with elders and ms after the first meeting of the week during the co visit.. this is in addition to the usual elders/ms meeting.. it might just be for my congregation, but is this something new?.

  i wonder why.. .

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  molybdenum

  Probably I will hear something like...

  " blah blah blah....do more...blah blah blah..not doing enough...blah blah blah....do more return visits...blah blah blah...set the lead....blah blah blah
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  Meeting after meeeting

  by molybdenum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just got information that there is going to be a short 10 min meeting.

  with elders and ms after the first meeting of the week during the co visit.. this is in addition to the usual elders/ms meeting.. it might just be for my congregation, but is this something new?.

  i wonder why.. .

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  molybdenum

  Thanks for the reply. He is not a new CO. This is maybe the third visit so he knows all of us pretty well.

  Maybe it's just his thing, but he hasn't done it before.

  Guess I just have to wait and see. Probably nothing special.
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  Meeting after meeeting

  by molybdenum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just got information that there is going to be a short 10 min meeting.

  with elders and ms after the first meeting of the week during the co visit.. this is in addition to the usual elders/ms meeting.. it might just be for my congregation, but is this something new?.

  i wonder why.. .

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  molybdenum

  I just got information that there is going to be a short 10 min meeting

  with Elders and MS after the first meeting of the week during the CO visit.

  This is in addition to the usual Elders/MS meeting.

  It might just be for my congregation, but is this something new?

  I wonder why.
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  Is there anything you could do forever that wouln't get boring?

  by mynameislame in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure when i came to this conclusion but i can't imagine living forever.

  after a while i think i would be completly bored with everything.. not saying i wouln't like to live for a few hundred years or maybe even a few thousand if i could travel through space and discover other universes star trek style.

  but the thought of living forever sounds like it would eventually become a complete drag.. maybe i'm wrong, maybe after a thousand years or so you would foregt all the stuff that happend at the beginning and just start over in an infinite loop..

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  molybdenum

  sleep...zzzzzzz
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  So..it's not only witnesses who do this

  by molybdenum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/new-jersey-man-returns-wallet-with--4-800-in-cash-004052721.html.

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  molybdenum

  http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/new-jersey-man-returns-wallet-with--4-800-in-cash-004052721.html
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  Scriptures for brother taking field service group

  by FL_Panthers in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have recently been given the privilege of taking the field service group.. .

  can anyone give me some scriptures i can use to encourage the group?

  can you also give a reason as to why these scriptures are helpful to our ministry.. .

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  molybdenum

  Knowing that probably the last thing most of the b/s want to do is actually go from house to house,taking the field service arrangement would be a great opportunity to use scriptures like...

  Mark 6:30,31. Jesus encouraged rest. Probably this is a good opportunity to apply that encouragement.
  You could assign one group to go to a peaceful place like the library and take a nap to meditate on Jesus words.
  
  Another group could be assigned to park witnessing.
  Ecclesiastes 11:1 could be applied. Sitting by a lake and throwing the tracts and magazines in it would be very therapeutic.We never know what the result of that could be.
  
  If there are enough to make another group they could be assigned to go to the local cemetery. Ps 115:17. There they can find a lot of people resting and not praising Jehovah, so it would be a good place to practice presenting the magazines. The reaction from the those RIP would probably be about the same as the one that would be found in the the house to house work, so it would be beneficial to hone witnessing skills.
  
  Probably those scriptures would be good.
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  May 2014 Kingdom Ministry (KM - 05/2014 PDF)

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

  no virus ;-).

  km - 05/2014 pdf : http://adf.ly/fhkoa.

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  molybdenum

  Who actually writes the kingdom Ministry?

  What motivates someone to write a blanket

  condemnation of people who are not JW's?

  Para 2 page 2...

  Punctuality has become the exception
  during these last days when many peo-
  ple are lovers of themselves and without
  self-control.

  How do they know how punctual (or not) people are.

  Also it depends on the culture.

  In some cultures not being

  punctual is part of the way of life.

  No one thinks of it as being "wrong".

  How do they get to print such comments wihtout any support

  for the statement whatsoever except a loose connection with a scripture

  (2 Tim 3:1-3) which could be used to "support" any negative statement.

  Yet, I can see the heads nodding during this meeting part....

  (Yeah..people in the world are always late and it really terrible isn't

  it. I thank Jehovah I am not like that.......white noise .....ssssssssssssss)

  I wonder how the KM is put together. Anyone have any insight on this?
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  From the Governing Body

  by molybdenum in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  obey obey you have no choice .

  we are the ones who are god's voice.

  faithful and discreet we take the lead.

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  molybdenum

  Obey obey you have no choice
  we are the ones who are God's voice

  do as we say and not as we do
  or we shall soon dis-fellowship you

  Faithful and Discreet we take the lead
  the Watchtower is all you need to read

  We created JW(dot) ORG
  just to keep you in the borg

  Apostates sites don't look or see
  in case you find TTATT

  Donate to us your hard earned loot
  so we can wear a Gucchi suit

  to fly the world delivering talks
  about tight pants and lascivious walks

  We change things around from time to time
  even though there's no reason or rhyme

  Make sense of prophecy, no not us
  just read and obey and have full trust

  that what we say is straight from God
  we know its true and you should nod

  your head in agreement and give us, the slave
  your undying devotion and honor and praise.

  If you obey us you will live, not die
  and you can add that as another lie

  Yes, the Governing Body, we really are
  that fact we will broadcast near and far

  Remember, obey obey, you have no choice
  we are the ones who are God's voice.

  Humbly yours
  The GB