I don't think being an introvert means being a bad elder. My husband is an introvert but he's one of the best. Always there, reliable, caring, responsible. The one everybody wants to go to because he's non judgemental and reasonable and genuinely cares about the brothers and sisters. You can't bag everyone up under a label like that.
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Why Do Introvert Elders Even Bother, What's Their Game?
by Bubblegum Apotheosis insomething that has troubled me for some time, why do introvert personalities reach out for the office of overseer?.
this personality does not help with shepherding the flock (other brothers pick up their slack, their too shy for judicial committes), they are not upbuidling for the brothers and sisters (their long lost stuttering problem resurfaces when asked to call m.i.a.
congregation memebers) and they are useless for widows and orphans (i can't help little father-less davie, my online role playing games are all time consuming!
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Where is Outlaw?
by Iamallcool inhe is one of my favorite posters, i look him up from time to time.
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and his laughing dog....
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LOL! Cantleave!
FS! look at you!! Love what you've done... (true and unconditional)
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The best and worst Travelling Overseers in the UK
by usualusername inmy fave was roy renouf - district overseer.
always had time for me and seemed to keep thigs real.. heard that on a zone vist he told the governing body the branch was told old and grumpy or something like that!.
worst was michael purbrick.
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I was a reg pio. when we had David and Jean Algar. Spent quite a bit of time in the min with her. She was very sweet, very very young back then. Loveliest CO's wife ever.
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The best and worst Travelling Overseers in the UK
by usualusername inmy fave was roy renouf - district overseer.
always had time for me and seemed to keep thigs real.. heard that on a zone vist he told the governing body the branch was told old and grumpy or something like that!.
worst was michael purbrick.
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I remember John Blaney when I was a kid. He used to sit on the steps of the platform after the meeting with a huge bag of sweets for all the kids. We loved him! LOL
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Blantant coitridiction in todays wt
by elderelite inthis isnt news worthy of course, but i thought i would point it out anyway... apologies to blondie, i dont see the normal wt thread yet.... .
para 2 states that "the other sheep should never forget their salvation depends on their active support of christs anointed "brothers" [gb] still on earth".
para 13 says "he [peter] pointed out that their hope is not founded on their works, but on [the deserts gods] undeserved kindness".
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I noticed that today too EE
Btw.. did you doodle 'I worship Thor now' all over your WT in the margins?
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If you were a Witness, when did you realize the Governing Body was apostate?
by matt2414 infor more than 30 years i believed everything that came from the watchtower society, especially since i lived at bethel for a while and i knew a lot of the gb members, who to me seemed intelligent and personable.
at the beginning, the emphasis was on the bible, the kingdom, jehovah and jesus.
but gradually over time, there would appear an elephant in the room that no one seemed to talk about, such as the change in the understanding of "generation.
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Before I read CoC I believed that although there were things I couldn't agree with, I still believed they were being used by God. 3 days later after having read CoC I no longer did.
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Hope my American friends won't hate me for this.. LOL
by tornapart into the citizens of the united states of america from her sovereign majesty queen elizabeth ii.
in light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for president of the usa and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give ...notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.. .
(you should look up 'revocation' in the oxford english dictionary.).
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Actually they still do it in some areas of Scotland.... seems very strange...
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Hope my American friends won't hate me for this.. LOL
by tornapart into the citizens of the united states of america from her sovereign majesty queen elizabeth ii.
in light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for president of the usa and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give ...notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.. .
(you should look up 'revocation' in the oxford english dictionary.).
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MrsJ.. it wasn't me that wrote it....... honest!
Love you guys really...
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Hope my American friends won't hate me for this.. LOL
by tornapart into the citizens of the united states of america from her sovereign majesty queen elizabeth ii.
in light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for president of the usa and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give ...notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.. .
(you should look up 'revocation' in the oxford english dictionary.).
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James... we were here before you...