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  How will field service be organised under the new book study arrangement?

  by truthseeker in

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  does anyone know how field service will be organised now that book studies in private homes have ended?.

  will there be field service groups?

  will there be elders assigned to each group?

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  Iwonder17

  There are field service groups that are about the same size as the old book study groups and an elder is in charge of each group. From what I understand, they don't want any groups meeting at the khall, just homes.
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  First "Big Meeting" for our hall was tonight

  by Iwonder17 in

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  so we hadour first big meeting tonigh ( bookstudy, ministry school and service meeting ) here are my observations:.

  1) even though it is the same amount of time, it seemed verrrrry long.

  2) it seemed like a circus.....too many parts that did not relate to the others....seemed like a crossword puzzel with 6 different languages.

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  Iwonder17

  So we hadour first big meeting tonigh ( Bookstudy, ministry school and service meeting ) Here are my observations:

  1) Even though it is the same amount of time, it seemed verrrrry long

  2) It seemed like a circus.....too many parts that did not relate to the others....seemed like a crossword puzzel with 6 different languages

  3) I'm sure it will get more fluid in time, but the whole meeting was awkward and the elduhs giving the parts kept saying things like, " With the new arrangment, we need to keep our comments short" or "with the new arrangment, we only have time for xxxx"......It just seemed rushed

  4) During the bookstudy I noticed that very few kids were called on. After the meeting I talked with the one conducting the study and he said the the Org gave them instructions on how to handle the meeting, he seemed kind of uncomfortable talking about it. It seemed like he was trying to say, "Yeah, we can't call on too many kids since we don't have a lot of time"

  4b) Talking about the kids, I think this will be very bad for young ones and shy ones since now they will never want to comment

  I just sat back with a smile on my face watching the madness unfold
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  Can someone explain--I feel lost

  by wannaexit in

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  is this our new jwd home?.

  is simon still our fearless leader?.

  why the effort of a new site when there was one in place?.

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  Thank you Simon. I appreciate your hard work. This site ( and the new one ) have really been of help to me!
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  In which year were publishers allowed to report only 15 minutes?

  by jwfacts in

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  i am trying to account for some of the growth trends of jw's and was trying to find out when jw's were first allowed to report only 15 minutes field service in one month.

  i think it was early 2000's but can not be sure.. .

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  Are you putting new excel spreadshhets together with this info in mind? I would love to see what effect this had on th enumbers even though there is no real way to know how many counted their time this way
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  No more book study nights !!!!!

  by Iwonder17 in

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  2. beliefs

  so i went to our "last" book study night last night.

  there were actually people crying during the last prayer !!!!

  omg.

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  Iwonder17

  I had a similar thought. If you skip one, then you are just "going to church on Sunday" like the rest of the "world"

  Now the big thing is, "If you miss Tuesday, then your missing 1/2 of the meetings, you wouldn't want to do that"

  I'm sure there will be TONS of parts on the Ministry school, assemblies and CO visits about this
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  No more book study nights !!!!!

  by Iwonder17 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i went to our "last" book study night last night.

  there were actually people crying during the last prayer !!!!

  omg.

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  Iwonder17

  Oompa...

  I did forget to mention that I also go the the KH for my BS and not someone's home, so my viewpoint is a little slanted. I agree, growing up, we always had one in my house and it was nice when our friends would stay for a while afterwards. The KH BS's are just plain boring...
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  No more book study nights !!!!!

  by Iwonder17 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i went to our "last" book study night last night.

  there were actually people crying during the last prayer !!!!

  omg.

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  Iwonder17

  So I went to our "last" book study night last night. There were actually people crying during the last prayer !!!! OMG

  What's funny is that we had the biggest "goodie night" afterwards that we have ever had. What a joke, you know that everyone is loving the fact that they get a night off now going forward.

  Also, both prayers were full of things like " what a kind provision" and "the GB knows best and they are helpingus by doing this"
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  Noah and the flood

  by Iwonder17 in

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  ok, so i have been watching a show on the discovery channel about noah and it got me thinking....let's say that the whole world was covered in a floor about 6000 years ago.

  is it even possible to have the earth populate itself in just 6000 years?

  also, and more interesting, how can all of the different breads of animals get to all of the contenants and repopulate themselves in that short amount of time as well???

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  Ok, so I have been watching a show on the Discovery channel about Noah and it got me thinking....Let's say that the whole world was covered in a floor about 6000 years ago. Is it even possible to have the earth populate itself in just 6000 years? Also, and more interesting, how can all of the different breads of animals get to all of the contenants and repopulate themselves in that short amount of time as well????
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  Meetings canceled and double standard

  by Iwonder17 in

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  i live ina cold area where meetings are canceled from time to time.

  i find it very funny that even the most "faithful" dubs sit in anticipation by the phone waiting for the call that the mtg has been canceled.

  you would think that they would be disappointed since one of their meals is being cut off ( or one of their fingers as the old illustration goes )

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  Iwonder17

  Crazycate...YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD !!!!!!!! I never though of that but you are 100% correct
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  Meetings canceled and double standard

  by Iwonder17 in

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  i live ina cold area where meetings are canceled from time to time.

  i find it very funny that even the most "faithful" dubs sit in anticipation by the phone waiting for the call that the mtg has been canceled.

  you would think that they would be disappointed since one of their meals is being cut off ( or one of their fingers as the old illustration goes )

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  Iwonder17

  I live ina cold area where meetings are canceled from time to time. I find it very funny that even the most "faithful" dubs sit in anticipation by the phone waiting for the call that the mtg has been canceled. you would think that they would be disappointed since one of their meals is being cut off ( or one of their fingers as the old illustration goes )