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  My mother has nervous breakdown because we missed the memorial.

  by cookiemaster in

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  my parents insisted that i'd take them to the memorial.

  my cousin said he'd come too and another brother who doesn't have a car begged to join.

  i was dreading having to go through exactly the same thing again.

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  You were better off staying home, wasn't your fault a blizzard hit. I had a friend killed a month ago while going home from meeting during a blizzard, pretty sure you would have felt worse if something like that would have happened, had you gone to the memorial.
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  Did the Brother giving the Memorial talk mention Nisan 14 ???

  by RubaDub in

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  in our congregation, the brother mentioned nisan 14 a dozen times.. i thought, with the fact the jewish calendar has nisan 14 in april this year (april 22 i believe) that the nisan 14 thing would be hushed up.. was it mentioned where you attended?.

  rub a dub .

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  Not that i remember, i did hear born again also. The 4 prayers get a little old by the end. Who am i kidding, the whole memorial gets old.
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  To those who attended, attendance up or down at your memorial?

  by Crazyguy in

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  interesting to see if there's a noticeable trend in memorial attendance.

  also did they talk more then usual about ones not to partake?

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  Couldn't tell if ours was up or down, but pretty much all the inactive/kids of those who are in are the only new ones. No new blood that i noticed. Talk was by a bethelite and we didn't applaud afterwards.

  A funny little lie i gathered from his talk was that this was the 1,984th memeorial celebrated since Jesus instituted it. Ummm, i'm pretty sure witnesses haven't been around that long.
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  New Movie: Blood, dealing with Blood Transfusions. Coming to a theater near you soon!

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=b-tcy86as6i.

  omg i cannot believe that someone is making a hollywood-like movie based on the topic of blood transfusions and jehovah's witnesses!

  here is the trailer..

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  And hopefully it'll hit Netflix eventually, then witnesses can watch it in the privacy of their own home without worrying about someone seeing them go into the theater to watch it.
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  ELDERS STEPPING DOWN

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

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  between two congregations that i know of four elders have stepped down in the last two months!

  there is something really going on in this mandmade organization!

  it's busting at the seams!.

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  I'm hoping we lose some soon. Out of the 5 elders, 3 are 60+, and the other two are pushing 60. One they rarely use because he is too old and his talks are terrible as well as his reading.
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  Missionary suicide..

  by fulano in

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  i just read this.... http://avoidjw.org/2014/12/suicide-jehovahs-witness-missionary/.

  does anybody know if this was a "real", missionary, or a need greater and who was it?

  if you don't want to mention it here please a pm..

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  That is sad, and only a few weeks ago at the meeting they were suggesting how to help depressed ones.....invite them to work in service with you, have them over for a meal, include them in family worship......umm how about getting some real help? That was never mentioned.
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  Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

  by OrphanCrow in

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  dbq407

  This is just crazy "get her coin where it needs to go!"

  How could anyone think this is ok? Her coin does not "need" to go there, but the terminology they use is just crazy.
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  New Movie: Blood, dealing with Blood Transfusions. Coming to a theater near you soon!

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=b-tcy86as6i.

  omg i cannot believe that someone is making a hollywood-like movie based on the topic of blood transfusions and jehovah's witnesses!

  here is the trailer..

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  I think it's great. If it helps a few leave the religion or helps a few decide not to join, then its a success in my book!
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  Circuit visit elders meeting

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

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  first some context to this post.

  historically the elders meeting with the circuit overseer has had the following format : outline for meeting including ministerial servants then, after they have been dismissed, discussion of local issues.

  the last visit there was an additional outline for the elders only, the notorious "gender blurring" discussion.. you might wonder what is being discussed this time round, so here you are:.

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  dbq407

  I always wondered what was discussed at these meetings. The elders locally always seemed scared of the c.o. and dreaded when he visited. But that probably depends on the c.o. also.
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  For fun: What should JW stand for?

  by dbq407 in

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  judged worthless was one i thought of today.

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  because anyone that isn't giving 100% all the time is judged by other witnesses as worthless..

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  Judged Worthless was one i thought of today.

  Because anyone that isn't giving 100% all the time is judged by other witnesses as worthless.