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  The elderly sisters are at it again.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  awhile back, about a year and a half ago, when i was starting to wake up, i explained to my mom that when the circuit overseer is in town, they schedule shepherding calls after lunch, not because they care, but because they dont want to work door to door in the hot summer or cold winter.

  and they know that a prepared call means some nice hot chocolate and cookies or some ice cold tea and snacks.

  i remember her looking at me kind of funny so i ended the conversation and left it at that, and never brought it up again.

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  The sisters are able to contribute money and time in FS but there is little else for them to be involved in, certainly no congregational matters. The best they can hope for is to provide flowers or the finery at memorials. It's no wonder that this lack of participation in the congregation 'family' has to have its drawbacks as these sisters become older. Surely many become disengaged and disinterested and at a time when they have much that they can share after so many years of service.
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  Polish Publishers that became inactive in 2015 will be reported to Branch Office

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  per ohmyjw over at r/exjw:.

  i assume that other countries also got this letter to boe dated 1st september 2015 about sending additional information along with s-10 form (annual cong.

  report).

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  This is a manipulative way to make Elders try to find out why a person is fading. They are going to look a bit silly to put the reason for a person being inactive as 'I don't know". It's also encouraging the Elders to make guesses and basically amounts to gossip.

  Next they will want to know why people aren't donating but I guess it goes hand in hand. If their inactive, they're not going to be donating.
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  Mrs. Eden sends her regards to you all .... =)

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  mrs. eden is laying here by my side reading the forum latest posts with me and asked me to send you all her warmest regards.

  more to follow soon.... .

  eden

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  Hi Mrs Eden, hope you enjoy reading the threads. You've got a wonderful husband and I enjoy his comments.
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  I almost gave up today except for a girl her tried to throw herself infront of two cars.............

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this may sound insane but i literally have blood on my hands as i have just come home from a counselling session that went wrong...i wanted to collate all that has happened and record it...hospital policy is against it.

  i said "what am i alive for then if not to tell the truth" she tut tutted and i walked out sadly in despair.. when i got to the ground floor there was a young girl screaming her head off.

  she was afraid, that is all she was...........afraid.

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  Umbertoecho you have just been through something that is very traumatic and it is having a very huge affect on you which may be very helpful but you have been going through a very very tough time yourself. Could you please ask for another counselling session straight away. You need to talk this out with a professional and the person who has already been talking to you (although probably not the one who tut tutted you today).

  I think you are going through some very strong emotions and they will change as the trauma of this situation 'hits' you more. Talking to someone now will help you work through these emotions and let you decide that the steps you feel you want to take now that are in your best interest and what you are sure you want to do.

  As much as this has been a horrible thing to happen to the girl you were able to help, we care very much for you too and don't want to see you make decisions that you may later regret.
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  King of the North Whoohoo!!

  by GodZoo in

  1. social
  2. current

  unprecedented show of military cooperation: .

  rt witnesses russian-chinese naval drills as russia and china were staging their biggest joint maritime exercises in the history, rt correspondent daniel bushell was aboard the russian flagship to take the action in first hand.

  chinese and russian commanders coordinating the drills, which have been dubbed joint sea 2015 ii, described it as anunprecedented show of military cooperation, according to bushell.

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  It is the sort of thing the jws would get excited about.

  Time will tell if I should be frightened about it.
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  King of the North Whoohoo!!

  by GodZoo in

  1. social
  2. current

  unprecedented show of military cooperation: .

  rt witnesses russian-chinese naval drills as russia and china were staging their biggest joint maritime exercises in the history, rt correspondent daniel bushell was aboard the russian flagship to take the action in first hand.

  chinese and russian commanders coordinating the drills, which have been dubbed joint sea 2015 ii, described it as anunprecedented show of military cooperation, according to bushell.

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  Why are you excited about this?
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  Blondie's Highlights You Did Not Hear at the 8-23-2015 WT Study (PRAYER 1)

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  blondies highlights from the 08 29-2015 wt study (june 15, 2015), pages (20-25) .

  excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .

  bible translations www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible .

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  Their idea that only the annointed can refer to God as father in the truest sense is shocking.

  Thanks for the review blondie.
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  The "mis-truths" said by brothers during the Royal Commission.

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  my sister said she heard several "mis truths" or dare we say, "lies" said by the brothers on the stand during the royal commission.. 1) vin toole lied when asked about the expression "theocratic warfare".

  he said he was unaware of the term.

  2) terry obrien lied when asked whether witnesses are free to research the organisation or free to leave without any negative consequences.. 3) geoff jackson lied when he said that the organisation doesn't run a 'police state' and doesn't criticise those who want to leave.

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  Stuckinarut isn't your sister a JW?
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  What went wrong in your congregation?

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the target is converts.. why does it seem such an outrageous aim for a congregation to recruit new converts?.

  in my old congregation, the enthusiasm was there but the knocking on doors produced zero " baptisms" in my final years.. a) why so little interests?.

  b) was it the internet ?.

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  The whole process is just weird.

  First a cold call then return visits then hours in bible study then they're ready for the Kingdom Hall meeting on a Sunday, then witnessing, more study and over 100 questions before they're ready for baptism.

  Why isn't it possible just to invite persons to meetings? It would scare most people off without the in-depth indoctrination process, they wouldn't understand a word being spoken.
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  Fun with Caleb and Sophia.

  by ToesUp in

  1. social
  2. humour

  this photo was on a pro jw website!

  unbelievable!!!.

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  Here kiddy kiddy, would you like one of these?