whether they go back to door-to-door or not, what will be different?
do you think there will be a noticeable drop-off in attendance as we have read on here that many have left or faded?
will there be a mass selling of halls?
I don't expect a return to D2D ministry any time soon. I think the cart witnessing will return however, after all it's up to the public if they want to approach the witnesses, a safer situation than calling at people's doors.
Many witnesses I know are dreading having to go back to the KH. Not just the Covid problem but not fancying turning out on a cold wet night and then having all the problems of finding a parking space reasonably near to the KH.
George
i know there were prior kicking out of watchtower's bethelites by the higher ups under the guise of down sizing.
now with the covid-19 thing, are these guys going to be kicked to the curb again?.
for everyone who will fill me in, thank you in advance..
They must still be working in Germany. We have all our Study WT's up to the end of August, plus our workbooks and plenty of the new publication Lessons 1-3 ready for when preaching is up and running again.
George
i love r&b music, funk and soul, even some disco.
i’ve been listening to retro soul radio out of london lately and the music is without commercial interruptions 24 hours a day.
mostly 70s and 80s music.. i love everything from elvis presley to tom jones too.
i remember that jehovah's witnesses used to have a 2-hour, 2-part mid-week meeting which included a 1-hour "ministry school" followed by a 1-hour "service meeting".
please correct me if i am wrong in any respect but to the best of my memory the ministry school was composed of 4 parts, as follows:.
part 1: an "instruction talk".
Counsel is based on the booklet "Apply Yourself to Reading and Teaching". Take a look at that and you will see just how dumbed down the whole process is.
You will probably be more conversant with "Qualified to be Ministers" or "Theocratic Ministry School Guidebook". It's a whole new game now. Anyone with an an IQ in double digits will be bored rigid.
George
so are individual witnesses being told to prepare bread and have wine on hand for the zoom memorial?
are they saying it’s “vital” or is it just a “suggestion?” .
A letter was read last week at the midweek meeting that said there was no need to go to "extraordinary lengths" to obtain the emblems if there would be no partakers in the household.
The chairman then said that if anyone had problems they could contact their group overseer for assistance.
As has been said, it's not obligatory but you would be looked upon as very unspiritual if you didn't!
George
so yesterday while i was doing some work for a customer, i noticed the wt mags on the sofa.
and i asked the elderly man if he was a jehovah witness?.
he said that he and his wife and all his children were raised in the religion, but only he and his wife attend the meetings or zoom.
I understand this guy very well. I was a "born in" and realised about 14 years ago it is all a big con. However I just couldn't walk away and leave my wife and family. Too much to lose. I still have some brothers who work for me part time and it just isn't worth the hassle of leaving. I will probably die before my wife and I wouldn't want to leave her all alone. There is so little I could do that I cannot do now.
I just wish I was 18 again, knowing what I know now.........
George
can it get any weirder?
here is a demonstration of a midweek meeting demonstration, showing a sister out in field service talking to a householder.
they are both wearing masks due to covid.
"Apply yourself to the field ministry" is the just name of that section of the Midweek meeting. It follows "Treasures from God's Word" and precedes "Living as Christians". This is the same every week and has been so for a long time now.
You need to keep up with the chariot R & R. Learn the new TheoSpeak!!
George
can it get any weirder?
here is a demonstration of a midweek meeting demonstration, showing a sister out in field service talking to a householder.
they are both wearing masks due to covid.
I got the impression that this is not formal field service but informally seeing someone wearing a mask and commending her for that. From there she went on to say she is a JW and not currently going from door to door but they exchanged telephone numbers to keep in contact.
I would have thought that informal witnessing still comes under the heading of "public witnessing" and is currently banned by the WT Society.
These videos, as I understand it are also streamed for those with no ZOOM access.
George
any f1 fan of a certain vintage will shed a tear for murray.
the embodiment of enthusiasm..
Not just F1. He was the best ever motorcycle commentator. TT, Superbikes, MotoGP, he covered them all.
George
apparently , some bright spark has created a new sexuality - super-straight - and posted it on twitter.
it's a new sexuality that means people who are exclusively attracted to cisgender males or females.
it was made because some people are saying you aren't straight if you don't date transgender people.
( I hate that label " straight" as opposed to what, narrow ?)
I thought the opposite of straight was "bent". As in "bent as a nine bob note"!
George
