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  Congregation average

  by dothemath in

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  a while back at our co visit, he commended the cong.

  because our average hours had gone up.. we went from around 7.3 to about 7.5. i recall the days when anything less than 10 was considered awful.. of course now, they don't even print the hours in the km or anywhere.. i was wondering how these numbers compared to other congregations?.

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  The best one is the body I was on many years ago. They would take the hours of fathers of children and deduct 4-5 hrs depending on the month. The reason: those hours are the weekly study with his children so the remainder is his actual support for the ministrySeriously!?! WTF?

  How times have changed. There's brother in my hall who I'm close with who has never been seen out in service in the last 3 years, and who hands in reports 6 months at a time just before the C.O.'s visit. He admitted to me that he only reports 2-4 hours a month, yet they approached him just a few weeks ago and asked him if he'd be interested in running mics and being an attendant because "they really need the help".
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  LOL! Saw this and had to laugh...

  by respectful_observer in

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  JW reaction to just about anything!

  Haha! Good point!
  
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  LOL! Saw this and had to laugh...

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  Watchtower properties for sale website

  by NewYork44M in

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  here is a great site in case anyone is interested in acquiring wt property in brooklyn heights.

  https://www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/.

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  The girl used as a model is wearing denim!!! That is not up to the dress code!

  The the guy with her are dangerously close to stereotypical Brooklyn hipster "tight pants" (as ToMoIII would refer to them as).

  (I don't think it's an accident that their faces are obscured in both images.)
  
  
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  A Seal Ring bearing King Hezekiah's found in Jerusalem excavation, with ankh symbol and winged sun

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from a story in the jewish press:.

  quote: "the city of david excavations of the jerusalem hebrew university on mount ophel, at the foot of the southern wall of the temple mount compound, have yielded a sensational discovery: a seal (bulla) with the name of king hezekiah (727-698 bce).".

  "king hezekiahs bulla was discovered in a garbage heap that was dumped during or shortly after hezekiahs time, from a royal building that was used to store food.

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  Can't wait to see the excitement of the discovery over on jwtalk, followed quickly with the excuses and rationalization of presence of the Ankh symbol...best running theory?: Some apostate palace worker carved the symbol on his seal, Hezekiah found out and had it thrown away in the trash. See? That's why it was found in the trash, and it's further evidence of King Hezekiah's zeal for pure worship!!
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  The most widely distributed magazine in the US !!!

  by Calebs Airplane in

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  1. watchtower & awake - under review as these is now a 16-page anorexic pamphlets (not magazines) .

  2. espn: 42.9 million 3. people: 28 million 4. allrecipes: 24.5 million 5. forbes: 21.6 million 6. time: 18.1 million 7. entertainment weekly: 14.3 million 8. cosmopolitan: 13.7 million 9. bloomberg businessweek: 11.2 million 10. new york: 9.8 million .

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  under review as these is now a 16-page anorexic pamphlets (not magazines)

  Under review by whom?
  
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  Warwick Project Update Email

  by wifibandit in

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  fwd from anon:.

  dear brothers,.

  we are happy to provide you with a brief progress update on the warwick project and explain how you can assist with a major adjustment recently approved in our construction schedule.

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  Latest construction pics from Warwick..."More bricks, less straw!"

  

  Sorry, couldn't help it.
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  Warwick Project Update Email

  by wifibandit in

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  fwd from anon:.

  dear brothers,.

  we are happy to provide you with a brief progress update on the warwick project and explain how you can assist with a major adjustment recently approved in our construction schedule.

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  It could be due to any number of reasons. As others have cited, it could be costs associated with permitting issues, etc.

  My best guess is that they may have been offered some new incentive by the buyers of the Brooklyn properties to move out 4 months earlier than planned. Those new Brooklyn developers may be looking at some benefit to them to get started earlier than planned (permitting, project financing, any myriad of NYC building restrictions, regulations, etc.)
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  No more printing of WT and Awake in my country.. Shit just got real

  by cognitivedizzy in

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  guys .

  a letter was just read in out kh stating that all printing of wt and awake is ceased for the coming year and we will just place tracts on fs, countries which were cared by our branch will be cared by other countries...along with this they read the new fs form and stuff about reporting links of videos wtf..lol.

  i can't tell which country perhaps that will give away a lot, any one with a similar information.

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  Years ago the Government of India through the finance ministry withdrew the license that the WBTS had to receive foreign funds. It was commonly acknowledge that the funds were stopped because WBTS did not carry out any charitable works, as listed by the government to claim tax exemption. As a result WBTS stopped shipment of Bibles, bound volumes, cassettes, and a huge list of publications. Several hundred bethelites and special pioneers were dismissed.
  The opening post seems to be an extension of what has already been taking place.

  Just so I understand this correctly, the WTB&TS was faced with a decision...start carrying out charitable works, or be forced to pull the plug on supplying huge amounts of "spiritual food" to the masses in India.

  Hmmm....let me think. WWJD?

  Yeah, let's just pull the plug on 17% of the world's population.
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  Cooperate Members of the Watchtower Society

  by James Jack in

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  2. scandals

  a older sister in miami florida has told me that the special pioneer couple who got their walking papers last week said they are also voting members of the watchtower society.

  also his stock share is valued at $800,000!.

  i did some research and spoke to some longtime witnesses and found out that there are 500 voting members of the society and they are also called shareholders.. has anyone ever of someone selling his share?.

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  Pretty sure they don't have any value.

  There is someone I know that is a decades-long shareholder. The only "benefit" I am aware of is that they are required to be invited to attend the Annual Meeting because they're a shareholder. Isn't that really what the Annual Meeting was originally for-- a shareholder meeting?

  Haha....I wonder what would happen if a shareholder DA'd or got DF'd!