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  Have You Ever Rejected Being Appointed an Elder/MS Before the Announcement?

  by GermanXJW in

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  when i was a jw several brothers (ms) told me in private that the elders had asked them several times if they did not want to become an elder.

  they said they rejected because it was too much responsibility for them.

  were you ever approached that the boe wanted to make you an elder but you refused?

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  freddo

  Yes defender of truth - I believe you have hit the nail on the head as regards Quendi's non-appointment!
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  Sept 1 service meeting mystery revealed

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the letter has appeared at last - just for uk.

  it is a money grab for the new bethel which has been approved.

  there is a video to be shown - just watched it - brief summary of uk bethels, why current one is too small, why we need money to build a new one.

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  freddo

  So it is about money after all, what a surprise.

  They will get their money and then they will sell the London properties and get their money again and then some. Then they will distribute it back to the congregations to give each of the publishers a nice little handout .... won't they? No?

  A "snare and a racket" indeed!
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  Service Meeting Adjustment w/c 1st September

  by konceptual99 in

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  2. friends

  probably nothing of major note but there is an adjustment to the service meeting of w/c 1st september to allow for a 15 min local needs the society have asked the elders to deliver.

  this is in uk and i've no idea if it affects other regions.. if it's uk only then i suspect it's either specifically about donations or more likely the status of the new branch facility, asking for volunteers/money.

  given that the elder delivering it in our hall is prominent on the local rbc then i suspect the latter.. .

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  freddo

  Thanks Londo - so it was about money after all. Quelle Surprise!
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  Service Meeting Adjustment w/c 1st September

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  probably nothing of major note but there is an adjustment to the service meeting of w/c 1st september to allow for a 15 min local needs the society have asked the elders to deliver.

  this is in uk and i've no idea if it affects other regions.. if it's uk only then i suspect it's either specifically about donations or more likely the status of the new branch facility, asking for volunteers/money.

  given that the elder delivering it in our hall is prominent on the local rbc then i suspect the latter.. .

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  freddo

  I suspect Saltheart might be right - only money concerns would seem to foist a change this big on the sacred service meeting.

  If it's UK only - especially England and Wales - then that would fit. We will see ...
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  List of UK Travelling Overseers in 2013

  by soiledumpling in

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  hi pepeep am attempting to get a current list of uk travelling overseers.

  left 4 years ago and have heard rumours of many new ones.

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  freddo

  Don Holley a Welshman who came off due to ill health/age in Oct 2013. One of the better ones - I think he was a coal miner on rescue work at the Aberfan disaster in 1966. He was in his seventies anyway and so would have finished this year under the new rules. Nice wife, Celia.
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  Service Meeting Adjustment w/c 1st September

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  probably nothing of major note but there is an adjustment to the service meeting of w/c 1st september to allow for a 15 min local needs the society have asked the elders to deliver.

  this is in uk and i've no idea if it affects other regions.. if it's uk only then i suspect it's either specifically about donations or more likely the status of the new branch facility, asking for volunteers/money.

  given that the elder delivering it in our hall is prominent on the local rbc then i suspect the latter.. .

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  Is this just UK only? 15 minutes is a big change for a non-headquarters branch to make.

  Sorry double post for some reason.
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  Service Meeting Adjustment w/c 1st September

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  probably nothing of major note but there is an adjustment to the service meeting of w/c 1st september to allow for a 15 min local needs the society have asked the elders to deliver.

  this is in uk and i've no idea if it affects other regions.. if it's uk only then i suspect it's either specifically about donations or more likely the status of the new branch facility, asking for volunteers/money.

  given that the elder delivering it in our hall is prominent on the local rbc then i suspect the latter.. .

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  Is this the big change?

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

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  among all of the other changes recently, there have been broad hints that the biggest change(s) are yet to come.

  an instruction has appeared on the elders only part of jw.org to set aside 15 minutes on the sept 1 service meeting with further details to follow.

  of course it could just be another load of hot air, but it seems a strange thing to do after making a fuss about all of the service meeting parts this month being focussed on the kingdom (all of the parts for wb sept 1 have material - no local needs get out) when i hear more i'll post details..

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  So is this just UK and who would see it on jworg? Do certain elders get to see more stuff than other elders?

  Is it a change from the printed KM for Sept? I can't get mine off the website - I guess only elders see it on there?
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  I now have a law degree!

  by digderidoo in

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  2. friends

  hi guys, i don't really post on here much anymore, having been on here since 2001. this site helped me out in the early days and has been a great support system for all of my past jw issues.

  like many others i was discouraged from an education so that i could window clean and pioneer in my youth during the 80's.

  having spent many years post my jw exit in alcoholism and periods of drugs, i decided to clean myself up 7 years ago by attending aa, i was still a window cleaner ... at the time i wrote extensively on here about my issues.

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  freddo

  Well done Paul I am truly pleased for you.
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  The Watchtower 11/15/2014

  by wifibandit in

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  2. bible

  http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.

  select "premium download".

  (thanks breakfast of champions).

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  freddo

  The Paradise Book started Orange and then it was more Orangey Pink ... over years it gradually faded. How sensible of it.