we all know the sort of thing..... in many congregations, specific "rules" creep in...introduced by the local elders that become set in stone.. years ago, i heard of a congregation that sat down during the first song of the evening but stood for all others (the co changed that very soon after).
then there were the older accounts of congs that had rules to make the public speakers wear only white shirts.... in one cong now, i heard that brothers can only be used for sound or microphones if they do a minimum of 5 hours per month in the ministry!.
another cong has ruled that all appointed men must pioneer for at least one month each year in order to remain qualified.. .
There was one neighboring congregation to ours that had implemented a "no-slow dance" unless you're 16 years old rule. Ever hear of anything along those lines? And, oh yeah, there was a lot of chatter about colored dress shirts, especially being worn on the assembly platform. One nice elder used to get a lot of pushback for all his colored dress shirts then he got his comeuppance when the younger new CO came to town and NEVER wore a white dress shirt! How sad......
NR
i found this interesting!
the jw's are very,very busy trying to keep a hold on the real information regarding the group's ugly underbelly!.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html.
I found this interesting! The JW's are very,very busy trying to keep a hold on the real information regarding the group's ugly underbelly!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html
i'm not talking about a individual, but a congregation as a whole.. i'm talking about a brother or sister that really hit hard times.. have there ever been an occasion where the brothers (elders).
decided to dip into the kh funds and help one in need????.
example, brother loose his job, get evicted, family of four or.
Quite the opposite experience here! My wife's aunt and uncle fell on hard times. He had a huge pile of medical bills and a very meager income. They were both in very good standing (he was an elder and she had been a pioneer. The congregation decided to have a sort of benefit for them which was going to basically be a get-together where people could give them a little something if they wished. No auction or fundraiser or anything of the sort and certainly no congregation funds would be used. Yet, when one of their sons decided to run it by the CO, he said absolutely NOT! We were floored and couldn't understand the harm. The party was quickly rebranded as strictly a congregation party, but most of us still handed them cards with money as we saw fit. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
NR
we have a version with our commentary: http://youtu.be/yn17rj_pyd4.
we also have an un-cut, un-edited version of the audio: http://youtu.be/pihfucr38sw.
asl version: http://youtu.be/dd635pqpdle.
Highly ironic that this was given in Salem Massachusetts, home of the Salem Witch Trials! This sounds like a witchhunt if I ever heard one!
so who's from wisconsin and the midwest usa.
Minneapolis suburbs now. Grew up in rural northern MN. DC's in Rochester MN for us, too. We had a family from Sheyboagan move to our northern MN. PM me for anymore names, towns, or memories!
i remember reading a thread when my exit was starting, about inspirational songs.
someone posted a link to the "shins" for a fool.
this was a surprising help to me.
Walk On by U2!
Walk On! Walk On!
What you got they can't steal it,
no way can even feel it.
Walk On!
You're packing a suitcase for a place,
none of us has been.
A place that has to be believed,
to be seen.
You could have flown away,
a singing bird in an open cage,
but we'll only fly, only fly,
FOR FREEDOM!!!
is it really true that jw children get gifts 'all through the year', not just for christmas and birthdays like non- jw kids?
as stingy as most jws are, i find that very hard to believe.
plus the childhood magic of christmas and birthdays is totally absent in jw households.
It is a canned lie that was probably pantomimed in many a drama, plus inserted in the lines of many a talk outline. It's funny that the phrase is almost word for word amongst us all. It was a definite scripted catchphrase straight from headquarters to branches all over the world!!! How sinister!!!
john graeff a co in north fla (1999-2002), northwest ga (2003-2006), northeast al (2007-2010), then houston tx just left the "traveling work", anyone know why?.
he was a great teacher and fiercely loyal to the organisation.
he taught my pioneer school and elders school.
Anyone ever encounter a CO named Campagna?
hey guys !
i've stopped believing the watchtower crap a few years ago.
i achieved this on my own, despite being raised as one.
We are very pleased to have you here Cookiemaster! Are you a baker or just a cookielover?
"we should be mindful".
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
It was such a good movie but I "can't recommend it"! (Said about some more risque PG-13 movies!)
