i've finally turned my attentions away from anthony morris iii (just for the time being!
) and done a video about another governing body member... gerrit losch.. in this video, taken from a 2008 talk (given in sydney, australia), gerrit gives us his grim predictions for the future.... .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4bl_hzhjzm.
"The bible indicates in the prophecy that there will be groups of people, of brothers and sisters, that will for a long time do nothing else than just bury the dead."
Where does the bible indicate this? I don't recall the bible saying this. Someone help me with finding that scripture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_xiho8btyo.
it's great to see that the deaf community receiving some objective reaction in sign language to crazy jw beliefs.
cedars.
In Watchtower speak, that would be 300 "lands."
long, long time lurker and great fan of the site - first time poster.
i am not sure if i am truly a lurker since that implies i am apostate-curious.
in fact, i have been mentally out completely for a long time, but still physically in like many of you.
Yeah but did your assistant have to cover for it? I was TMS elder for about 3 years and I didn't have an assistant. When I had a no-show, I would ask for volunteers at the start of the meeting. Unless it was one of the elder/ms talks, like instruction talk, highlights, speech counsel, etc. Then I would either guilt trip another elder into covering it for me, or I'd do it myself.
Nochoice would just be the TMS assistant. I wouldn't think he'd get recruited to cover last minute no-shows.
long, long time lurker and great fan of the site - first time poster.
i am not sure if i am truly a lurker since that implies i am apostate-curious.
in fact, i have been mentally out completely for a long time, but still physically in like many of you.
I agree about Accounts. It's the worst. Although I've heard that they have software to do it now, perhaps? I don't know. When I did it, it was all on paper. And yes, I was almost always one of the last ones to leave because I had to count the money. AND you have to convince someone to stay and count with you.
Be glad Talk Coordinator isn't available. It sucks too.
Territory can be easy, or it can be a pain in the ass. It pretty much depends on your Service Overseer (or whatever he's called now.) If the SO is a hands-on guy who likes to do all kinds of different territories (phone, letter writing, business, etc.) then Territory Servant can be a pain. When I did territory, my SO was an old guy and he pretty much worked on auto pilot. All I had to do was keep the record up to date. And when the Circuit Overseer visits, he wants to see your records. He doesn't like seeing territories that haven't been worked in the past year. So you can help yourself by just doctoring the books. Find those territories that haven't been worked in a year, and check them out and then back in, using either your own name or a pioneer's name.
I was the Lit Servant for a while. It can be a pain in the ass unless you have a good helper. I had a good helper and I was always able to delegate stuff to him.
I never did Magazine Servant but it seemed like a big pain in the ass. Although now they don't actually set aside magazines for each person, correct? So maybe magazines aren't so bad now.
TMS assistant is probably a pretty good gravy train. Just give out talk slips and then call people to remind them they have a talk, right? I would think that would be the easiest job of all.
Good luck.
do you shun former members of your religion?.
those who were baptized as jehovah's witnesses but no longer preach to others, perhaps even drifting away from association with fellow believers, are not shunned.
in fact, we reach out to them and try to rekindle their spiritual interest.. .
I concur. My wife and I had only been fading for about 6 months. All we had done was stop going in field service and stop attending meetings. We hadn't done ANYTHING contrary to wt teachings. My wife was walking down a sidewalk and came face to face with two "sisters" who had previously been our "good friends." These two sisters purposefully avoided making eye contact with my wife and ignored her as she said hello to them. It was a full and complete shun, and all we had done at that point was stop attending meetings.
What about a lawyer? Has anyone attempted to have a lawyer present for their judicial committee meeting? (The elder handbook says that the accused may bring "witnesses" who would simply give their "testimony" but then leave. So I would assume that a JC wouldn't proceed if a lawyer came along and refused to leave.)
Anyone?
in flyinghighnow's wildflower page, she asked how an image could be added to another photo, and i thought to reply in a new thread.. i have noticed there are plenty of experienced photoshop users on this board who would likely have many tips to share with other users.. feel free to ask questions, or provide answers here.
my experience is limited, but i will help where i can, and i hope to learn from others.. there are many capable programs other than photoshop, so feel free to post about any of them you are familiar with.. there is often an easier way to do something, so any shortcuts are welcome!.
how to add an image to another photo.
Mask, don't delete. Never delete.
i loved reading the yearbook each year as soon as it came out....lots of encouraging experiences and they were all true of course, like this one from africa..... yearbook 1967 p.105 "a large crowd was following a man who had a talking serpent {like the muppets}...the serpent gave greetings and spoke in foreign tongues {college educated maybe}....a brother passing by went into the house, as soon as he did the serpent stopped talking.
the man cried out "a magican has entered the room.
" the brother asked the man "is that a serpent or a demon that has spoken to you?...not one serpent has ever spoken except the one in the garden of eden"...seeing that the serpent remained silent the man left the house....he was anxious later to get some literature....".
I think Haiti and the Dominican Republic have more demons per capita than Africa. Demons love that little island.
i loved reading the yearbook each year as soon as it came out....lots of encouraging experiences and they were all true of course, like this one from africa..... yearbook 1967 p.105 "a large crowd was following a man who had a talking serpent {like the muppets}...the serpent gave greetings and spoke in foreign tongues {college educated maybe}....a brother passing by went into the house, as soon as he did the serpent stopped talking.
the man cried out "a magican has entered the room.
" the brother asked the man "is that a serpent or a demon that has spoken to you?...not one serpent has ever spoken except the one in the garden of eden"...seeing that the serpent remained silent the man left the house....he was anxious later to get some literature....".
The witness walked in and yelled, "Enough is enough! I've had it with these mother f***ing talking snakes in this mother f***ing house!"
i loved reading the yearbook each year as soon as it came out....lots of encouraging experiences and they were all true of course, like this one from africa..... yearbook 1967 p.105 "a large crowd was following a man who had a talking serpent {like the muppets}...the serpent gave greetings and spoke in foreign tongues {college educated maybe}....a brother passing by went into the house, as soon as he did the serpent stopped talking.
the man cried out "a magican has entered the room.
" the brother asked the man "is that a serpent or a demon that has spoken to you?...not one serpent has ever spoken except the one in the garden of eden"...seeing that the serpent remained silent the man left the house....he was anxious later to get some literature....".
I wonder if the snake was holding a Sparlock doll, too. Snakes love Sparlock!
