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16 International Conventions in the USA not far from a congregation near you. Well, maybe far but if you don't get invited dont fret, a video link is available.
by bnybyt in
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2. beliefs
a member of the gov bod will be present or one of their personal assistants.

all district conventions will be tied in to the international locations for special.

talks via video link.. .
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Pioneer Service School Adjustment for 2014
by bnybyt in
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2. beliefs
the pioneer service school will now be only one week, monday thru saturday.. it will consist of 40 hours of instruction and illustrations/presentations.. the reasong given is that this will make it more accessible to the pioneers for due to work schedules and for congregations having to sponsor and support the school.. it will make it easier on everyone and those who haven't attended in the last five years may be able to attend this school with the new curriculum.. .

what do you feel would be included in the new curriculum.

probably more worship of the governing body and they don't need two whole weeks to get this across.. .
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Merrimack New Hampshire KH Project denied credit by WT seeks $ from others
by bnybyt in
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2. friends
the merrimack congregation in nh is seeking to buy land and build a new kh, the nh rbc has plans to build a $750,000 (that's right a three quarter million kh).

"the branch" has wanted to build a kh between the cities of concord and manchester nh for quite a few years now.

unfortunately the wt has looked into their resources, local bank account is over $100,000, and they can contribute $2,000 monthly towards a mortgage.
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Gilead School Changes to be read to all Congregations
by bnybyt in
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2. beliefs
as of this week, and to be read from a letter to all congregations to coincide with the part on wt education at the service meeting, the announcement will be made that the gilead school will no longer be open to pioneer couples, rather it will become a specialized training school for special pioneers, traveling overseers and their wives, and those the governing body deems worthy of attending.

the gilead school has, since it's beginning, always been held in high esteem by the r&f, and seen as a summit to reach for service minded young jw couples.. could the recent dissentions by 2 gilead graduates who are actively promoting apostate ideas be influencing changes at how the gb sees the role of the gilead school and felt the need to shine this noo-light on its "educational" program?.

seems like another cemented pillar of the wt religion is crumbling as the new gb 2.0 tries to keep the ceiling from coming down.. maybe kool-aid man can devote a conference call to this subject ;-) .
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January 2012 WT Study edition on PDF pulled from JW.org website
by bnybyt in
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2. beliefs
the wt study edition is getting a facelift for the new year.. the january issue had been posted on jw.org but.... the boes hadn't received notice by letter of such a change.. the wts likes to play up every opportunity to have a new release.. this time the jw.org techies jumped the gun and went on to post.

the issues for download according to their established schedule.. unfortunately, they went ahead of the fds/gb who too late .

realized the cat was out of the bag, sort of saying.. well, it got pulled off the website, for now at least.. what's so secretive about it?.
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Pig in a headlock beating its face in -- an illustration of lack of self control
by bnybyt in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i went to the last dc in amherst this summer.. on sunday the symposium part on appreciating the messianinc king's appealing personality.... the part on self-controlled opened up with an illustration that i kid you not repulsed me so much i had to get up and walk about in the concourse, go to the bathroom and splash cold water on my face.. the speaker opened up by saying a man grabbed a pig in a headlock and proceeded to punch its face, over and over as hard as he could.. just visualizing the illustration almost made me throw up.. there was no way i could sit through that talk.. the speaker went on as if the illustration was an excellent example of how some people lack self-control.. how about showing some self-control in choosing illustrations that don't make people cringe or gag, brother?.

was that really in the outline?.

was that illustration used in other dc's?.
@ Toscalive
by bnybyt in
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2. friends
toscalive: "i'm going to the assembly on sat...".

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welcome to the board, i'll see you there..
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Crisis of Confidence
by bnybyt in
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the new awake!

for oct. 2010 has articles on trust.. one article is amusingly entitled:.

"a widespread crisis of confidence".