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  Has anyone here been a 'chairman' for an assembly? Question with regard to the script for introductions

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  does anyone know if the chairman's introductions and announcements are completely scripted?

  particularly with the use of adjectives and adverbs when introducing talks and speakers.. 'as we listen intentedly....'.

  'we eagerly look forward to bro so and so's talk'.

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  Remain Close to the Governing Body DC

  by gutted in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just finished all 3 days of the dc and, for what it's worth, wanted to get down some of the highlights i enjoyed.

  i went with family and i only did it for them, and hope to never attend another assembly ever again.. .

  the whole thing was pretty boring and uncomfortable due to the stadium style seating which doesn't favour my long legs and ac being blasted too high.. .

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  2010 District Convention - Some Thoughts on the Sunday Afternoon Session

  by Olin Moyles Ghost in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  out of a sense of morbid curiosity, i recently attended the sunday afternoon session of the district convention.

  the session consisted of a drama and the infamous "remain in the secret place of the most high" talk.

  overall, i got a sense that the wts is in damage control mode because the end hasn't come yet.

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  "You Would Make a Good Pioneer!" - May 2010 Our Kingdom Ministry

  by pirata in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "you would make a good pioneer!".

  1. how did one sister feel about her pioneer ministry?.

  1 "i could not have found any other work that could have brought me as much contentment or could have been so spiritually rewarding.

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  July 15th WT Study Article - Generation PR Fallout to Keep JW's Alert !

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after perusing through this article sent to us by our lurking jw friend- that's what i took away from this study article entitled " what jehovah's day will reveal " .

  this article was printed to keep jw's alert to the alleged urgency of the times - just in case some get puzzled by the new extended overlapping generation theory and lose their sense of urgency.

  i think the wt society is covering their backside here , doing possible damage control , and are very nervous about negative fallout in regards to how some jw's may respond to this extended " overlapping generation " theory being pushed.

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  Were you told by JC that God will no longer listen to your prayers?

  by Hortenzie in

  1. social
  2. family

  i was df-ed 3 years ago.

  during the process nothing extraordinary happened.

  everything proceeded as if according to a script.

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  Elders who step down for little or no reason?

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  within the past decade, two elders stepped down in my old congregation.

  actually one was taken off for commiting adultery and therefore reproved, but the other one simply stepped down for no apparent reason.

  also, in another congregation i used to attend for a short time, i was shocked to hear of another elder stepping down, again for no apparent reason.. i am wondering if there has been an increase in the number of elders stepping down for no obvious reason and to see if this is a worrying trend causing alarm for the society.. i am thinking the past 10 years, particularly with the internet being available to so many people around the world today; but have you experienced many elders stepping down in your congregation or past congregation?

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  Priceless gems from JW Match

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  highdose is still putting in the preaching hours so to speak;) and had come accross these little beauties on the above website, read em and weep.... .

  baboushka: i need help with learning the new songs, please help me please help me please help me... i was considering that the best person looks wise could be a soloman lookalike but with the nature of peter.. chogg84:heys jehovahs!

  want some chogg in your life?.

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  My mom got stumbled by today's Watchtower

  by JerkhovahsWitless in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the photo on page 26. she noticed it and was wondering before i even brought it to her attention.. why is it ok for the jw posing as the "worldly person" to wear a cross necklace?

  aren't jws suppose to destroy their crosses prior to becoming a jw no matter the monetary or sentimental value?

  why can the watchtower keep cross necklaces on hand as props?

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  Does anybody else feel relieved that they won't be tortured during the great tribulation?

  by doublelife in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i grew up hearing about different ways people have been tortured in the past and was always scared of going through that during the gt.

  it was always an unhealthy obsession of mine.

  i always thought that i was more worried about it than other jws and that i would end up renouncing my faith to get out of it.

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