Sorry Martin,
I guess ozzie has it right, but many congregations handled matters as yours did, to facilitate things.
So the new light at this years' KMS was nothing really new.
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What org rules were stupid to you?
by MARTINLEYSHON inwhen i was in the truth i thought that the most ludicrous and petty ruling they ever introduced and still practiced is that congregation book study conductors were and are responsible for collecting every group members report.
surely every member ought to be responsible for his/her own actions.
at the beginning of the following month and certainly before the 5th i would always receive the stupid telephone call from the secretary are you aware that 3 publishers havent reported?
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Why Are JWs Allowed To Ignore Immigration Laws?
by ErieGuy inwe all know how the wts loves to toot their own horn about how jws are the most law abidding citizens in the world.
so then, why does the wts tolerate (encourage by its own inaction) the continuous ignorance of immigration laws?.
i have personally observed a whole host of illegal former canadians, mexicans, and central/south americans in congregations scatttered throughout the u.s. is the withholding of "privileges" sufficient conduct by those god told to obey all laws not conflicting wih his own?
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LoyalLeon
The change in policy came also to Europe 10 yrs ago.
But by communication via COs the former rules are now applied again.
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Isaiah's Prophecy
by BIBLE BASHER indose any else find this study book boreing?.
the last 12 months at the book study has been very hard work for me.
i have found the isaiah book boreing and very hard to follow.
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Oh, volume II really gears matters up!
607 - 1919 - 607 - 1919 - 607 - 1919
with these numbers it's so easy to give always the correct answers
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Theocratic Ministry School 2003
by LoyalLeon insome excerpts from the october 2002 our kingdom ministry insert regarding the new schedule for the tms:.
introductory remarks.
5min study point several paragraphs of one of the 53 studies in the new benefit from tms education (to be handled by the school overseer, his helper or perhaps another qualified elder).
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LoyalLeon
Some excerpts from the October 2002 Our Kingdom Ministry insert regarding the new schedule for the TMS:
Introductory remarks
5min Study Point Several paragraphs of one of the 53 studies in the new Benefit from TMS Education (to be handled by the School overseer, his helper or perhaps another qualified elder)
10min No. 1 - Instruction Talk As usual from w, si or one of the introductory chapters of the new be (qualified e or ms)
10min Bible Highlights 6min as usual, then 2 audience questions: 1) how has the material benefited you personally 2) how can you use material to help others (qualified e or ms)
4min No. 2 Reading assignment - no commentary; once a month from the Watchtower, otherwise from the bible (brother)
5min No. 3 A discussion from the Reasoning book or a discussion of a certain theme (no references given), the latter is to be assigned to advanced students only (two sisters)
5min No. 4 as No. 3, but can be assigned to a brother, who delivers a talk
Counsel by the TMSO has been limited to one minute per talk and has to be positive
the Written Review will be replaced by a Oral Review of 30 min (after Study point and Bible Highlights) every two months (as we were used, as with some other aspects of this "new" schedule)
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LoyalLeon
LT, the secrets in the km-E Us 10/02 are the following:
Convention Release No. 1- 23 languages
Convention Release No. 2- 17 languagesImagine anybody were to read this before attending their convention!
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Copyright changes
by LoyalLeon init seems to be a minor change, but interesting is the date it went into effect:.
although it is known for long that the kingdom ministry is not prepared by the writing dept.
but by the service dept.
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It seems to be a minor change, but interesting is the date it went into effect:
Although it is known for long that the Kingdom Ministry is not prepared by the Writing Dept. but by the Service Dept. this has only recently been officially acknowledged by a change of copyrights. The copyright for the km is no longer hold by the WTBTS of Pennsylvania but by the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Guess which issue of Our Kingdom Ministry is the first to bear the new copyright? Exactly, the nice August 2002 issue. This fine insert is the first issued under the new copyright.
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Next year's intl conventions - for PR?
by Aaac innext year, jw's have international conventions at least in switzerland, spain, s africa, japan and australia.
they usually have their big conventions in countries where they desperately need some positive pr, so what is going on in these countries?.
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Years ago ICs were held worldwide with NHK and FWF attending mostly all of them. As the GB cannot attend conventions in all countries in one summer, they split it up nowadays.
In Europe they had ICs in 98 in Germany and the BI (as they call the UK), in 02 in France and Italy now it's the turn for Denmark, Spain and Switzerland. Next time perhaps Portugal and the Netherlands and than they start from the beginning.
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7/30/02 CO Visit - Summarization of his Talk
by Mister Biggs inany words that are in italics or caps are used to stress that particular word the way the co stressed it.
i have this talk on audio tape.
the quotes are exact!
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LoyalLeon
Seems to me your CO must be in his mid 80s.
Since the Service Dept. provides them with outlines for all their talks they usually stick to that without going into too many details about the local cong.
And comparisons are usually not made - except your CO is doing his job for 40 or more yrs and is simply sticking to his good old routine of publisher bashing.
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Facial Hair Poll
by LittleToe inthe background to this thread is that i love wearing (?
) a beard, but my wife hates it.
i've changed my profile pic to reflect four states of facial hairiness (if it doesn't show, hit "refresh" on your browser).. i'm interested in your opinions.
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btw, did you start growing your facial hair before your stepping down or only afterwards?
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Facial Hair Poll
by LittleToe inthe background to this thread is that i love wearing (?
) a beard, but my wife hates it.
i've changed my profile pic to reflect four states of facial hairiness (if it doesn't show, hit "refresh" on your browser).. i'm interested in your opinions.
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