Posts by St George of England

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Have you ever been on a congregation picnic?

by LostintheFog1999 in

were you ever on a congregation picnic?

i was on several occasions.. the arrangements were often announced from the platform after the closing song and prayer by the last elder up on the platform.. sometimes it was included in the service meeting announcements as "on saturday we're meeting at 10.00am at the kingdom hall for field service, and after field service for anyone who wishes, especially for the younger ones, we will be having a congregation picnic meeting at the beach carpark on seaview road.".

well, according to the new elders manual you won't be hearing those words again.

St George of England

Nowadays it's all done on WhatsApp.

George

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2023-01-S-147-Announcements And Reminders!

by Atlantis in

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2023-01-s-147-announcements and reminders.. click image to enlarge.. .

page 1. https://postimg.cc/mfwxd5rv.

page 2. https://postimg.cc/5hbxtvfv .

St George of England

Thank you very much for that.

One small detail I noticed is that to use the HLC you ask an elder for the contact information and then contact the HLC yourself. Previously all contact was made via the elder. At least that is how it was some years ago when I was in hospital.

George

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How come the old boys on the GB don't get kicked out at 70?

by eyeslice in

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it would appear that circuit overseers (no dos these days i guess) are taken off at 70 years old.

even older ones in bethels are disposed (sorry 're-assigned to the field) of before they get too past it.. how come though the old boys on the gb aren't shown the door at 70 and replaced by younger men - obviously of the recently anointed type?

they don't look a particularly fit bunch so they can't claim special mightiness because of doing 'the lord's work'.

St George of England

There is a new article on their website, aimed at youngsters but just what they need:-

How Can I Lose Weight? | Young People Ask (jw.org)

George

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Are the statistics out yet?

by slimboyfat in

isn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?

or have they stopped publishing it?

did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?

St George of England

I just checked last year's report and note that I downloaded it on 29th December 2021. So maybe tomorrow.

George

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New School for overseers.

by Hellothere in

saw new video watchtower put out.

they gonna open new school for overseers.

they gonna train this men too be "loving, wise and accept they don't know everything".

St George of England

I likewise could only find Lloyd Evans video. However, it appears from that video this is a course for "Bethel Overseers" (I thought that position had been scrapped years ago!) and the content of his video seems to confirm it's not for congregation overseers but for Bethel departments.

I used to go on courses like that when I was working, a few days away in a posh hotel watching yet another bunch of PowerPoint presentations. Let's face it the WT Society is just another business.

George

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UKRAINE: are things SO bad......

by BoogerMan in

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....that fighting-fit young ukrainian men are having to be evacuated - to accommodation in dublin city centre?.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqq2aj0lohu.

beats the rubber dinghies, i suppose..

St George of England

As kramer points out, this is the total number of immigrants and is no indication of illegal immigration.

I don't care if they are legal or illegal immigrants. I just don't want the UK population to keep expanding. We have an NHS system that is unable to cope, we have traffic congestion, power shortages, lack of dentists, the list goes on. Whenever I see crime reports I notice that the names of the criminals are usually unpronounceable!!

George

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Jehovah's Witnesses lose registration as a religious community in Norway

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/oslo-og-viken/folk-og-samfunn/tros--og-livssynssamfunn/jehovas-vitner-taper-registrering-som-trossamfunn/.

published december 22, 2022. the state manager in oslo and viken has decided to withdraw jehovah's witnesses registration as a religious community under the religious society act.. .

we sent a notice to jehovah's witnesses about possible loss of registration on october 25 this year.