My brother's congregation is doing a remodeling including a small addition and he tells me the RBC takes care of everything. The local congregation just pay the bill. Purchasing and accounting is done by the RBC...that's quite different from back when I was involved in building our hall. Everything was purchased locally by the local elders and we knew exactly how much everything cost...where we saved money over the estimated cost enabled us to upgrade the seating and pave the parking lot...with this new process I wouldn't be surprised if any savings or a defined % of the cost is sent to the WTS...
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34Cost of new Kingdom Halls?
by Blttex ini have been told that the cost to build a new kingdom hall is $500k +.
i have a background in commercial construction and this seems pretty high to me, considering all the free labor.
that is just the cost of the building, excluding the lot price.
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I am going to buy 1st Lottery ticket tonight!
by BU2B inthis is yet another baby step in my exit from the watchtowers control over my life.
in the us the mega-millions jackpot is up to 587 million $.
tickets are a dollar.
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NVR2L8
Good luck. I won 50k with a free ticket from McD when I was still in and a MS. I did some research in the publications to get "Jéhovah's" view on the matter. The oldest articles stated that it was left to your conscience to accept or not since technically you hadn't wagered any money to acquire the ticket. The most recent article reversed "Jehovah's" view by saying the money was raised through a disaproved activity and accepting the prize money would be like accepting diamonds as a gift knowing they were stolen. I seriously considered not claiming the prize not to lose my service privilèges. This got me thinking ot the situation where it is OK to accept blood fractions acquired through blood donation...an activity disaproved by God...
One year after I found TTATT and left the cult and I occasionally buy tickets...you never know what may happen.
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Today I received my first ever birthday gift!
by NVR2L8 ini received a parcel at work from my daughter and her boyfriend.
it contained a birthday card in the shape of a motorcycle leather jacket and a book on rides you can take using the back roads in my part of the world!
my eyes filled with tears as i was reading the card.
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NVR2L8
Great idea NSupply. She wants a new tablet...so it will be a Samsung Note 10.1 for Christmas!
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Today I received my first ever birthday gift!
by NVR2L8 ini received a parcel at work from my daughter and her boyfriend.
it contained a birthday card in the shape of a motorcycle leather jacket and a book on rides you can take using the back roads in my part of the world!
my eyes filled with tears as i was reading the card.
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NVR2L8
Thanks Jake...I'm am few years older than you and I no feel the need for speed...of course you have little control on how others drive...this is why I love the back roads.
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Today I received my first ever birthday gift!
by NVR2L8 ini received a parcel at work from my daughter and her boyfriend.
it contained a birthday card in the shape of a motorcycle leather jacket and a book on rides you can take using the back roads in my part of the world!
my eyes filled with tears as i was reading the card.
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NVR2L8
My b day was yesterday....12-12
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Walk into your Kingdom Hall and tell us what you saw !
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthis was me driving into the parking lot and into the kingdom hall:.
every week the same brothers and sisters are late getting to the meeting.
elders are talking with other elders ( who always have notes and folders in their hands).
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NVR2L8
Island Man...in our congregation we had a kissing-hugging elder that never called or visited after I stopped attending meetings. As you said it was all a plastic display of affection.
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Walk into your Kingdom Hall and tell us what you saw !
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthis was me driving into the parking lot and into the kingdom hall:.
every week the same brothers and sisters are late getting to the meeting.
elders are talking with other elders ( who always have notes and folders in their hands).
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NVR2L8
Losingit...does it matter how your spouse looks like, is much older or in poor health today when you believe that soon in the new system he or she will be perfect in every way? Then soon turn into decades of putting up with a mismatched spouse...that would be worst than remaining single.
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Today I received my first ever birthday gift!
by NVR2L8 ini received a parcel at work from my daughter and her boyfriend.
it contained a birthday card in the shape of a motorcycle leather jacket and a book on rides you can take using the back roads in my part of the world!
my eyes filled with tears as i was reading the card.
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NVR2L8
Thank you all for your wishes. Beers and wings after my Friday night hockey game.
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Walk into your Kingdom Hall and tell us what you saw !
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthis was me driving into the parking lot and into the kingdom hall:.
every week the same brothers and sisters are late getting to the meeting.
elders are talking with other elders ( who always have notes and folders in their hands).
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NVR2L8
SFPW if you want to see hater's comments read over the WT study on apostates or review your personal notes from last summer's DC.
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Happy Friday the 13th!
by wearewatchingyouman inanybody have any plans to chase black cats under ladders while breaking mirrors and spilling salt?.
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NVR2L8
Every Friday the 13th there is a massive motorcycle gathering about one hour away from home. Tens of thousands ride to Port Dover. Today it is minus 8 and the roads are greasy so I doubt anyone braved the un-luckiest day of the year although in past years we had milder weather in January or February and riders made the trip...