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  Geoffrey Jackson's father

  by One_day in

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  hi everybody, does anybody know if geof jacksons father is still alive?.

  i wonder if he would dare return to australia again, maybe for his funeral?.

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  freddo

  So did Geoffrey stay in Oz throughout? As in July through until now? So Ron Jackson suffered from Motor Neurone Disease? - I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
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  Latest about Chelmsford H.Q.

  by Prefect in

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  2. current

  just received this google alert this morning.. http://www.chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk/news/13800813.plans_for_huge_jehovah_s_witnesses_hq_continue/.

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  freddo

  Wasn't that some sort of rebuttal because someone leaked to the local paper it was being stopped? I think you will find it may continue but at a much reduced size and pace.
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  Mass disassociation pact...

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  any takers?

  we can pick a date and pull the plug?

  lol .

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  freddo

  If you are staying anonymous you need to send five letters - real letters - not emails.

  1 letter to an elder - any elder. Saying you disassociate/don't play by their rules and why etc.

  4 letters to rank and file members of yours and/or a nearby congregation adding the sentences "hundreds of these letters are being sent in the area. (Don't tell them "the area" is the whole country!) Do not pass them to the elders."

  They likely will immediately show one of their elders who will contact fellow elders, the branch or CO.

  So only 4 or 5 letters will likely be handed in but they will think that there are loads of letters still out there not being handed in. It will send them crazy. They may even announce that if you have received a letter then hand it in.

  If you are really cool post a letter to yourself and hand it in saying you received it in the mail - which of course you did!
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  KM - another evidence for the leaked letter

  by fastJehu in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the december kingdom ministry (km) is online.

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  no schedule for the first week in january 2016 - as in previous december kms.. so another evidence, that beginning with january 2016 the org will change the mid-week-meeting.. -----> download link: http://download.jw.org/files/media_publickm/72/km_e_201512.pdf.

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  freddo

  Regarding December KM there is no "Offer the Magazines During ... (January)" item in it either unlike all the previous months.
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  Are Circuit Overseers next?

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  last year saw the elimination of the district overseer...and circuit overseers now must retire at 70. how long until the circuit overseer is no more?

  of course, the role might still exist, they would simply not get paid.

  they would have to care for their own expenses.

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  freddo

  Take two circuits and make it one. So now 40 congs. Lose 10/20% in amalgamations and KH sales and you are down to 32 - 36. Let's say 34. So 40 - 34 = 6 congs less. So 6 x 2 visits per year saved = 12 weeks of CO time.

  Now ... CO visits one a year and a sub-co (from a pool of say half a dozen) does the other visit. The saved 12 weeks can be used for extra circuit assemblies as the new super-circuit won't fit into the assembly hall so easily. They can also be used for trouble shooting so that the CO might make two visits per year to "trouble-making" congs that need "specialised shepherding" (tm).

  So CO's halved, CO apartments halved, CO cars halved, CO wives halved, CO wages and medical halved.
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  Let's Consolidate World Branch Layoff Threads - Oct 2015

  by TheListener in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there has been many threads from various posters around the world about recent bethel layoffs.. so far i remember threads about:.

  south africa.

  united states.

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  freddo

  Steady ... the layoffs aren't all immediate. Some now, some by the end of December, all by the end of August.
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  Remember when you could wear casual clothes to the congregation book study?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would get home from work,eat dinner,shower and put on jeans,a shirt and gym shoes to the book study.

  then,one day a letter was read where men would need to wear a suit and tie and the woman would have to wear dresses.

  it was stated in a letter that the change was due to, '' giving a better witness to anyone who would watch us walking into our local congregation or a neighbor's house.''.

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  freddo

  UK - large town with half a dozen congregations.

  I attended book study from 60's until it ended.

  Brothers always wore a tie and never jeans.

  Hot summer (UK - 25 degrees C and above) dress shirt, tie, meeting trousers.

  Cold winter (UK zero and below) suit or sports jacket, sometimes a sweater. Always a tie.

  Sisters always had skirts or dresses.

  Exceptions - snow on ground, unable to drive and so might walk in jeans, walking boots. Sisters too.
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  Let's Consolidate World Branch Layoff Threads - Oct 2015

  by TheListener in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there has been many threads from various posters around the world about recent bethel layoffs.. so far i remember threads about:.

  south africa.

  united states.

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  freddo

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  Why expand printing facilities if all their literature can be downloaded from the web?

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  why did the gb direct the expansion of printing facilities if their literature is already online?.

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  freddo

  It is/was a "Vanity" project. The GB retirement home and lakeside villa.
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  Again, where is the WTBTS letter in Spanish??

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i started a post to inquire about it, then my post disappeared.

  will this one disappear too?

  dd.

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  freddo

  If your meetings are a Saturday it will likely be read later in the week at the service meeting. If a Sunday probably after the Watchtower. If you are USA.