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  microphone duty

  by praiseband in

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  2. beliefs

  ok, for those of us non-, and never before-jw's, will someone please explain what the big deal is about having responsibility for microphones is all about?

  we do use microphones in our church, but ....i mean whoever is in charge of any technology that day sets up microphones.

  it could be anyone in the church, male or female, young or old, the pastor, the janitor.

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  Also did you know that when your at bethel There is a class and application process to carry the special bethel mikes?

  You're kidding, right?
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  Snippet of a JW letter.

  by jeeprube in

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  here's a snippet from a letter my sister in law recently wrote my wife.

  enjoy:.

  hope you two are doing well!.

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  The preaching work, at Matthew 24:14, is strongly felt to be nearing fulfillment if not fulfilled already! That's where it says that the good news will be preached everywhere before the end comes.

  I've had a feeling for a while now that this will be the WTS's loophole in exiting from their red ink bleeding business of printing. They have already scaled back so much as it is. I think it's just a matter of time before they pretty much stop the actual "preaching work" and focus only on keeping the ones already in. All they need to do is print a book every couple of years and maybe a brochure, but at the very least stop the magazines altogether - at least in the form as we know it today. What I mean is, dump the Awake and print only enough WT's to supply the r&f for Sunday meetings. So in other words, instead of printing over a 100 million copies, scale it back to only ~7 million.

  Since it's always about the money, this is a prime excuse to offer the r&f. They have been waiting for the preaching work to end for decades - this is the perfect time to use it to save money even further.
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  Whoops!!

  by Gill in

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  I believe the scenario goes like this in many countries:

  Son/daughter graduates from high school and is not sure what to do with their lives. They toss around going to college but their parents say NO. On the other hand, if they would like to pioneer, mommy and daddy would be more than happy to continue to let them live at home rent free. They will let them borrow the car for pioneering and even pay for the gas. This of course makes mommy and daddy look like the model family in the hall. They have always aspired to be like one of those families that appear on stage at the conventions that everyone in the audience drools over.

  In the meantime, the young bro or sis is having a hard time landing that part time job due to most employers laughing at their "field service" and "public speaking" experience gained from the kh. Once the bro or sis decides they want to move out, they find that living on their own practically requires that you work full time just to make ends meet. This is what happens when your choices only pay at or just barely above minimum wage. They have to stop pioneering just to pay rent. Mommy and daddy lose their special status in the hall for "supporting a full time pioneer." The bro or sis are now just a regular schmuck like everyone else. Only now, they are trying to land a partner of the opposite sex that makes a little more than they do in hopes that they "can pioneer again."

  Uggh. I'm making myself ill just writing about this. But you know how it goes...
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  What has happened to America? Stop Bush, Stop The Ignorance.

  by Morocco in

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  2. friends

  i'm pissed today and i'm about to let it out.

  i hope nobody gets offended because these are only opinions.

  is anyone else outraged by our president?

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  Be careful what you say. Some here might accuse you of feeling rather than thinking.
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  microphone duty

  by praiseband in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, for those of us non-, and never before-jw's, will someone please explain what the big deal is about having responsibility for microphones is all about?

  we do use microphones in our church, but ....i mean whoever is in charge of any technology that day sets up microphones.

  it could be anyone in the church, male or female, young or old, the pastor, the janitor.

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  Oh, and if your hall was like mine, you couldn't rove the aisles without your WT in hand. We would normally sit in a chair at the back of the hall and then get up for the questions. At first, we would just leave our WT on our chair and do our job. But then one day the PO told all of us that we had to keep our WT in hand while doing the mic's. I think he said something about having the appearance of paying attention - I don't know, I wasn't listening very closely to him. But it sucked because everytime we had to reach way in to hold out the mic for a long talker, we would have to wrap our WT around the pole to hold it with two hands. I hated the bros or sisters that would sit in the middle of the row but would never help hold the end of the mic/pole. It was a balancing act - one where you tried not to get the shakes and hit them on the lip.
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  microphone duty

  by praiseband in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, for those of us non-, and never before-jw's, will someone please explain what the big deal is about having responsibility for microphones is all about?

  we do use microphones in our church, but ....i mean whoever is in charge of any technology that day sets up microphones.

  it could be anyone in the church, male or female, young or old, the pastor, the janitor.

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  An easy way to lose that priv is by hosting a few drunken parties at your apartment which included roughly half the kids from the hall -- of age or not. Funny, the elders never spoke to me directly about the parties - they just took my name off the list.
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  Sold to the highest bidder...............

  by ButtLight in

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  http://cgi.ebay.com/jehovahs-witness-necklace-gold-plated_w0qqitemz120071460155qqihz002qqcategoryz10298qqrdz1qqcmdzviewitem#ebayphotohosting.

  lol, it looks like it says jwd on it!!

  now dont ya all go out bidding me, its mine ya hear, mine!.

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  What is that next to the "w"?

  It sure looks like a "$" to me...which would actually be quite fitting.
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  My Kingdom Hall is near extinction!!

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  our kingdom hall was started in 1973 with only 3 families totaling 13 people.it grew to 85 members in the early 90's and that's because many were related to these 3 families.with older members dying,the young leaving when they reach 18, 5 divorces and many disfellowshipped,the congregation is down to 26 members.talk about low morale.

  where is jehovah's blessing now?

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  Where is Jehovah's blessing now?

  The more obvious question would be, "Who said it was there in the first place?"
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  What's up with Islam?

  by Tyrone van leyen in

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  this is a religion i am not too familiar with.

  so forgive me where i err.

  it seems that this religion accepts jesus, but only as a minor prophet.

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  If that's the case I would deem it a mistake to allow the swearing in of Keith Ellison on a Koran.

  If an athiest wanted to become a public official and they refused to place their hand on any religious book, would it matter? I wouldn't care if they wanted to place an oath on the Origin of Species. Once each and every country finds a way to separate religion from politics, the better off we all will be.

  btw, it's not just islam - we seem to have a judeo-christian problem right here in the USA as well. our wise pres feels that god is telling him how to run the world.
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  Watchtower Angelphone Phonograph, get it while its HOT!

  by Apostate Kate in

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  ebay: watchtower angelophone phonograph the real thing (item 220066239863 end time jan-04-07 11:32:37 pst).

  it is over $1000 and an hour to go.

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  Holy crap! It says only 4 are known to be in existence. I'm pretty sure I know where another one is located. It's at the Fairfield, IA kh. A good friend of mine(well, ex friend now and it's also where my parents attend) from there turned his hall into a mini-museum of sorts with old WT memorabilia scattered around the hall. They even have a COMPLETE WT library going all the way back to the original 1879 WT's(I believe those particular WT's were reprints though). I remember taking pictures inside the last time I was there - I'll have to find them and take a look again.