i'm having spaghetti and meatballs, salad with blue cheese, and cabernet.
it's the antidote to turkey dinner/leftovers..
betterdaze, he used several different fresh herbs (he did the shopping this week, so the meal was restaurant standard - I tend to be more penny pinching).
The marinade consisted of fresh thyme, basil, rosemary (we grow our own rosemary), dried oregano and then also garlic plus garlic infused olive oil. He made delicious cous cous to go with it (cous cous a first try and it was perfect) and lemon wedges, plus a medley of peas and leeks that we had in the freezer.
i'm having spaghetti and meatballs, salad with blue cheese, and cabernet.
it's the antidote to turkey dinner/leftovers..
betterdaze, how lovely
We've marinated some lamb for today - actually my husband has marinated some lamb for today. Yesterday he cooked salmon - and it was delicious.
narkissos means contemplation - and we are all contemplation.
Contemplation is unsettling, so I guess you are right BTS as you seem very unsettled by narkissos, even if humourously so
thats a lot of posts. Thanks Narkissos
He taught us many things
a local congregation is the owner.
(this hall occupies an area of 1000sq ft).
other khs to be sold too.... i don't know how many.
Sammielee
the space belongs to a housing association that provides "social housing". I think in America they are called "projects". Housing associations only ever lease space but the lease can run for a long time - often 99 years.
I wish ordinary JWs were more civic minded because if they were they could fight to keep a local KH going for the benefit of the community (that is if they really believe that they are there to benefit people with the good news through public talks). But on the other hand I'm glad all the action will be moving further away from where we live.
a local congregation is the owner.
(this hall occupies an area of 1000sq ft).
other khs to be sold too.... i don't know how many.
yes thats it wobble. In our case the local trustees have legal ownership on behalf of the congregation as I understand it.
a local congregation is the owner.
(this hall occupies an area of 1000sq ft).
other khs to be sold too.... i don't know how many.
Of couse there wll be building/consultantcy costs. But the labour will be voluntary. Misleading to the members. From my ignorant understanding, the people on each crew are volunteers but the men (does have to be men) in charge of each department who own the equipment are told to charge for their equipment. It goes beyond wear-and-tear costs, it's a full charge. There's no get-rich-quick part of this in place, but the men who work with the RBC play ball because they get to be "spiritual" and get paid. |
otwo, I didn't know that.
But personally I'd like to see local JWs asking detailed questions about how their money will be spent especially as they will be spending a lot more on fares for meetings.
a local congregation is the owner.
(this hall occupies an area of 1000sq ft).
other khs to be sold too.... i don't know how many.
One indivdual owned the floor space on which our KH stands. He donated it to one of the local congregations and yes that congregation's elders were quite possessive about their hall and had to be sorted by the CO a few years back.
Gayle, 4 congregations use our hall. But normally it is 3 congregations per hall. Travelling costs are going to hit local JWs very hard.
The new area that is to be leased has a D1 cateory rating and in this particular instance comes with a potential grant of 70% of the asking price and of the building costs. This is because the Borough wants to regenerate the area. So if JWs do win the grant, and this is very likely as they have brought in an outside negotiator, then by my reckoning the 1 and a half million price tag will be reduced to something in the region of approx half a million. Of couse there wll be building/consultantcy costs. But the labour will be voluntary.
Blondie, I too would like to find out if money can be moved out of the UK to prop up WTS headquarters.
BTW all the info I've shared is now in the public domain - service meeting item on Tuesday. But info about the grant was not announced. Google provided that info.
Below is info re D1 category institutions
Class D1. Non-residential institutionsAny use not including a residential use —
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a local congregation is the owner.
(this hall occupies an area of 1000sq ft).
other khs to be sold too.... i don't know how many.
a local congregation is the owner. (This hall occupies an area of 1000sq ft). Other KHs to be sold too...
I don't know how many
and get this - 15 congregations will be leasing 7000 sq ft of space for 1 and half million £ to build a multiplex of halls. The interesting bit is that, according to the estate agents handling the sale, if a religious organisation buys the lease they can get charitable funding for 70% of the asking price!!!!!
So if there is any money left over from the sale of the various KHs that are owned by individual congregations will it stay in this country????
from the novel 36 arguments for the existence ofgod, the work of atheist philosopher and novelist rebecca newberger goldstein.. scroll down a bit (after chapter 1) and read the (non fictional) appendix where the 36 arguments are set out and sistematically debunked:.
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/goldstein09/goldstein09_index.html.
(long but worth reading).
very interesting behemot. Rebecca Goldstein seems to debunk the debunked to foreground lived life through fiction. I think I'd like to read some of her books, particulary this one but it is currently unavailable (January 2012 hardcover and paperback in March 2012 on amazon). But thanks for bringing it to our attention.
