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  UK Kingdom Halls for sale

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  " and a mighty cry went out over all the land: "sell !

  sell !

  sell !

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  RHONDDA PENYGRAIG

  This is from their charity commission accounts. Note the bold print I have added. A nice old sum to the branch from where they were saving for a Kingdom Hall. Don't forget the old one is still to be sold with an asking price of £47,500 ...

  RHONDDA CONGREGATION FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2014-2015 £27,585.13

  CONGREGATION RECEIPTS: Donations for local congregation expenses £3,010.50 Gift Aid donations for congregation expenses £2,494.00 Gift Aid Small Donations £3,705.31 Donations for new kingdom hall £399.80 Gift Aid donations for new kingdom hall £171.00 Congregation coach £1,026.00 Gift Aid reclaimed from HMRC £0.00

  Deposit with Branch from Tylorstown £71,097.

  15 Other receipts Unpaid Cheque £713.14 From KHOC £912.17 Total Receipts £83,529.07

  CONGREGATION EXPENDITURES: Donations to Watch Tower for WW (Resolution) £119.05 Donations to Watch Tower for KHAHCW (Resolution)

  £96,446.84 Donations to Watch Tower for KHAA (Resolution)

  £0.00 Donations to Watch Tower for TOAA (Resolution) £375.00 Kingdom Hall operation and maintenance. £4,235.16 Hire of coach for convention £1,900.00 Circuit overseer and visiting speaker expenses £341.78 Donations to circuit accommodation committee £0.00 Donations to hospital liaison committee £0.00 Donations to Mid-Glam No. 1 circuit £1,065.00
  
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  Reasoned With A JW Yesterday

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  had a great chat with a jw on my door yesterday.

  girl 1: .... i dont think you would.

  me: ________, and say hi to my uncle ________ for me.. girl 1: i will.

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  Fantastic P.E. Really well done.
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  UK Kingdom Halls for sale

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  " and a mighty cry went out over all the land: "sell !

  sell !

  sell !

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  freddo

  And of course Penygraig (above) - when closed and converted to a KH - was trumpeted in the Awake! article below as evidence of Babylon's waters drying up.

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  *** g96 9/8 p. 31 Why the Chapels Are Closing ***

  One [chapel] that was not listed, in Penygraig, was converted many years ago into a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses for the flourishing Rhondda Congregation.

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  What Irony! Another Hall Closure!

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  note these excerpts from awake!

  articles: (bold italics mine).

  *** g93 9/8 pp.

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  freddo

  Note these excerpts from Awake! articles: (Bold italics mine)

  *** g93 9/8 pp. 10-11 Religious Crisis in the Netherlands ***

  [Pictures on page 10, 11]

  Many churches in Europe are now used for secular purposes. Page 10: A garage in the Netherlands. Page 11: Pensioners’ hall, workshop, boys’ club, and abandoned church in Penygraig, Wales

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  *** g96 9/8 p. 31 Why the Chapels Are Closing ***

  ” One that was not listed, in Penygraig, was converted many years ago into a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses for the flourishing Rhondda Congregation.

  As the Bible foretold regarding “Babylon the Great,” the world empire of false religion, its symbolic waters, the support of the peoples, are drying up in many parts of the world. Soon the political elements of the world will turn against religion as they “carry out [God’s] thought” to devastate false religion, which has universally blasphemed Jehovah God’s name and purpose.—Revelation 17:5, 15-17.

  
  NOW LOOK AT THIS!
  

  MIXED USE PROPERTY - KINGDOM HALL, REAR OF FIELD STREET, PENYGRAIG

  Rhondda (CF40)
  
  This property is to buy with a guide price of ...
  
  £47500
  
  and is Currently Available
  
  Bedrooms: 0
  
  
  
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  Bless Me, For I Have Sinned

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just finished eating a slice of delicious birthday cake!.

  depart from me, for i am a sinful person.. tee hee hee.. sylvia.

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  Stuck said: "Did anyone get their head cut off because of this birthday cake incident?"

  Heads will certainly roll when the local elders get on the case.
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  ARC - Case Study 54 - All Exhibits have been released

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  all exhibits for case study 54, jehovah's witnesses and watchtower, have been released by the arc.. http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/exhibits/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

  exhibit list.

  joint statement of o'brien and spinks.

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  freddo

  If RO is a gay non-JW and yet supporting their policies then isn't he a bit like a Trurkey voting for Xmas?

  Is EdenOne Dolly Parton? And if so is it only between the hours of 9 til 5?
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  Words for the Day; please share

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  flammable and inflammable

  Why two different words that mean the same thing?
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  Something in the air this season...

  by babygirl30 in

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  2. friends

  i have had some ultra weird exchanges with some existing jws these past 2 months that have me caught off guard (which is rare for me) - but overall just odd.. 1. i was out at a happy hour with some coworkers, and a woman whom i used to be friends with in another congregation came in with her husband.

  background: her kids, myself, and her best friends son - were all close friends!

  so we all were around this woman and her bff on a regular basis.

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  freddo

  Well these people have wonderful David as their given example of someone who Jehovah "loves" and "forgives" in a large way.

  If the murdering, adulterating, census taking David gets a free pass then why can't they?

  
  
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  BRITAIN ZONE VISIT - 18th March 2017

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a. llewellyn – wt summary (“why modesty still matters”).

  i won’t go into this much as an individual can read it for themselves and conclude as s(he) sees fit.

  what i would say however, is that i remember llewellyn using phrases like “knowing your place in jehovah’s organisation” and “taking care not to act presumptuously”.

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  As for the real reason they (Corkern and co.) are there and other branches - it's inspection and cost saving - aka hatchet men. I'm sure more heads will roll and more contributions will be diverted to USA.
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  BRITAIN ZONE VISIT - 18th March 2017

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a. llewellyn – wt summary (“why modesty still matters”).

  i won’t go into this much as an individual can read it for themselves and conclude as s(he) sees fit.

  what i would say however, is that i remember llewellyn using phrases like “knowing your place in jehovah’s organisation” and “taking care not to act presumptuously”.

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  Old Papps gave a load of pap didn't he? Froth and bubble, spit and spume. No substance.

  Look at the hours (stood by a cart), look at the extra pioneers (30 hrs for most auxiliaries), more bible studies (yapping on a doorstep twice in a month and "showing" a video).

  Didn't see any baptism figures, did you? And as mentioned minimal increase.

  And I notice how some of those interested by the carts were "returners" - we all know how they are going to be zealous productive jw's from here on in don't we?