In the UK the number of Elders & Servants is on the rise we were told.
AnonJW
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WTBTS Elder & Ministerial Servant Problems
by JW GoneBad ini attended a recent ministerial servant k m school on the east coast and the main school instructor mentioned among other things (part entitled: 'objective of the km school course') that the total number of ministerial servants is seriously less than it should be.
in times past the ratio of m ss to elders was much more than it is today.. in the u.s. apparently the total number of elders is 88,500+ as opposed to m ss 65,000. the numbers show & numbers don't lie: the society is running out of spiritual men.
the instructor stated that this is a new downward trend that has (in so many words) the society worried.. the next speaker (part entitled: 'why we must be spiritual men') added that in his years as a traveling servant the pool of m ss has always been much, much larger than it is today.
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What's Your Favorite TV Show Right Now?
by minimus ini love criminal minds and the newest criminal minds that was showcased last night.
and i love law & order svu!.
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AnonJW
Shameless!
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Is Job 1:4 regarding a birthday party
by jwfacts ini have heard it stated before that job 1:4 is referring to job celebrating his children's birthdays.
others have claimed this is not the case.
does anyone have a good explanation of what this scripture is referring to?.
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AnonJW
Here is the c.d rom explanation (if your interested) ? I have this issue as well, I have never understood the ban on birthdays.
*** w06 3/15 p. 13 Highlights From the Book of Job ***
Scriptural Questions Answered:
1:4—Did Job’s children observe birthdays? No, they did not. The original-language words for “day” and “birthday” are different, each having its own meaning. (Genesis 40:20) At Job 1:4, the word “day” is used, denoting an interval of time from sunrise to sunset. The seven sons of Job apparently held a seven-day family gathering once a year. As they made the circuit, each son was the host of the banquet held at his house on “his own day.”*** it-1 p. 319 Birthday ***
When Job’s sons “held a banquet at the house of each one on his own day” it should not be supposed that they were celebrating their birthdays. (Job 1:4) “Day” in this verse translates the Hebrew word yohm and refers to a period of time from sunrise to sunset. On the other hand, “birthday” is a compound of the two Hebrew words yohm (day) and hul?le′dheth. The distinction between “day” and one’s birthday may be noted in Genesis 40:20, where both expressions appear: “Now on the third day [yohm] it turned out to be Pharaoh’s birthday [literally, “the day (yohm) of the birth (hul?le′dheth) of Pharaoh”].” So it is certain that Job 1:4 does not refer to a birthday, as is unquestionably the case at Genesis 40:20. It would seem that Job’s seven sons held a family gathering (possibly a spring or harvest festival) and as the feasting made the week-long circuit, each son hosted the banquet in his own house “on his own day.” -
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wheres Yknot
by im stuck in ini haven't seen yknot here lately does anyone know whats up?
i have enjoyed the posts very much.
stuck in.
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AnonJW
Fed info and betrayed?
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Dear God . . . .
by mimimimi indear god, my prayer for 2011 is for a fat bank account & a thin body.
please don't mix these up like you did last year.
amen.
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AnonJW
sorry, don't kno how to embed that
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Dear God . . . .
by mimimimi indear god, my prayer for 2011 is for a fat bank account & a thin body.
please don't mix these up like you did last year.
amen.
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Dear God . . . .
by mimimimi indear god, my prayer for 2011 is for a fat bank account & a thin body.
please don't mix these up like you did last year.
amen.
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AnonJW
Dear God, I wasn't that bothered with Niel Diamond but thanks a bunch for Niel Young.
As a side point, please help me to sift through the quagmire of crap, lies, falsehood so that I get to know the real you - it's of great importance to me.
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JWs Celebrating Brithdays
by Franklin Massey ini keep hearing of more and more jws that are celebrating their birthdays or, doing "special days" for their children on the day of their birth.
i'm sure this has always been done but what interests me is that many people aren't ashamed to admit it since they have used their own fully functioning minds to figure out that the society's birthday ban doesn't hold up.
one young couple with two kids (he's an ms, she's an ex-pioneer who dropped off the list to tend to the kids) explained it to me this way.... "the happiest days of our lives include the births of our children.
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AnonJW
It's a very close member of my family's birthday today. I am not in a position to celebrate it at present. Sadly, I can't even let them know how I feel about it (not sure how they would respond) but every piece of me wants to. The birthday thing is a total heap of crap.
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Child Safeguarding Policy
by AnonJW inanybody know the details of this 7page 2011 document?
or have i missed the thread?.
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AnonJW
I would add that it's a UK & Ireland policy, and is to be made available to any in the cong that request to see it.
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Child Safeguarding Policy
by AnonJW inanybody know the details of this 7page 2011 document?
or have i missed the thread?.
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AnonJW
Anybody know the details of this 7page 2011 document? Or have I missed the thread?