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  ANNUAL MEETING LETTER - To Zimbabwe congregations

  by The Fall Guy in

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  a nonprofit corporation .

  watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania .

  private bag wg-5001, westgate, zimbabwe telephone 08677 004 012; 0772 472 403/4 .

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  freddo

  I hope it's not so much an exciting decision as an exiting decision.
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  JW Rumor: End of the Traveling Overseer

  by Edison Trent in

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  2. scandals

  a friend of mine has contacts to a family with several circuit overseers and special pioneers.

  they have good connections to bethel.. he told me that the latest rumor from bethel states that the cos should be abolished in their present form.

  they have also recently begun to take cos back to bethel.. over the same channel i have already heard of the car fleet program and that the dos should be abolished.. has anyone else already heard of it?

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  freddo

  SBF - The regular CO change (under the three year system) isn't until Sept 2018 for the UK.
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  Simplified study watchtower

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

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  2. beliefs

  there seems to be some confusion over what is happening with the study edition of the watchtower - i notice it isn't mentioned in the letter to be read out.

  if, as seems likely, it is going to be dumbed down even further then i think this could be the first step to shortening the watchtower study (to 30 mins?

  ) - it is the only meeting not to have been reduced in recent years.

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  freddo

  SF said ... I think this could be the first step to shortening the watchtower study (to 30 mins?) ...

  Oh please God, yes!
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  happy people.

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have opened thesite to relate this part of my day.. yes the jw are such happy people.

  yeah right... my wife has come home after an extended sunday meeting in a foul mood.

  to be around her is like feeling your way through barbed wire.

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  freddo

  You can probably offer him better assistance than me Xanthippe.
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  happy people.

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have opened thesite to relate this part of my day.. yes the jw are such happy people.

  yeah right... my wife has come home after an extended sunday meeting in a foul mood.

  to be around her is like feeling your way through barbed wire.

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  freddo

  Hi zeb,

  I haven't read through your back posts so forgive me for asking but is her "cold shoulder" due to her being a jw and you being anti-jw?

  How about saying "I was going to watch a film at the cinema (nice light non-controversial film) do you want to join me?"

  She doesn't have to join in conversation much and nor do you but you are doing something together.

  Baby steps.
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  2017 Annual Meeting

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. social
  2. current

  this just in from the 2017 annual meeting:.

  1. watchtowers and awakes won't be released regularly, at least three watchtower and awakes per year.

  6 magazines a year.. 2. a new book is being released: remain in god's love, more of an update like how they did for the what does the bible really teach book.

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  freddo

  No more Yearbooks - with those pesky charts which would be showing "negative" down-turns in baptisms and growth.

  They are as transparent as to their true motives as looking through a window pane.

  And all that saved loot too. More sackings once the paint is dry on War-wick and Chelmsford methinks.
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  How Often Do You Come Here?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i regularly check in to see what's happening but i'm not here like i used to be.. are you here every day?

  are you here as much as before?.

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  freddo

  Most days.
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  For ELDERS: Kingdom Ministry School for the 2018 Service Year (Picture)

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know wifibandit will post the pdf soon, this is just a snack for you guys and girls.... .

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  freddo

  "Any one have the shepherding book handy? What's chapter 3 about?"

  CH3 is APPOINTMENT and DELETION of ELDERS and MINISTERIAL SERVANTS
  
  
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  Grocery Store conversation with an elder

  by problemaddict 2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm inactive here to the local jw's as i have faded.

  i've been slandered and all that, shunned by some but not all, but the elders basically leave me alone.

  i still run into to people all over though.

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  freddo

  I still almost wet myself laughing when I read this. Superb.
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  Do not think the end will come?

  by Akid48 in

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  2. beliefs

  thats somthing i see thats asked in my kingdom hall if you want to go get more than 2 years in collage.thing in some one asking that to me or etc i cant say any thing or that would show that i dont believe.. i hate when some one askes me that when i try to plan ahead when it comes to what job i want.what job would help me hold my own but no god will give if you put him first.i dont believe in god even when i did i never buyed into that.. it seems you cant get away from the question im only 13 and i get that question theres no getting away from it..

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  freddo

  The Watchtower magazine has been predicting the end (or at least telling us we are very deep in the time of the end) for 138 years ...

  Just remind them (and yourself) of Acts 1 v 7 and Luke 21 v 8 ...