It's all totally back handed. When our assembly hall was being built in the late 80s they proposed a particular carpet and gave the price. One elder who was in the trade said "Hey that's way overpriced. I can get you that at a very good price maybe even trade." He was told very clearly that the carpet was coming from an already agreed source and they weren't interested in his price. Later we had a small refurb (really a redecorate) in our KH. The cong was small (50 publishers) (doesn't that sound awful now - not friends or members but publishers!) and didn't have much money. The building committee wanted to come. The charge for their consultation was more than our budget for the redecorating. I was actually proud of our local elders because they told them to take a running jump!! On quick builds there were always paid people - usually bigwigs. How come the elder who was an archetect and loaded couldn't donate his time and draw up some plans for a hall but the rest of us did? And I'll name names. Chris Scholes, Penistone Cong (pronounced penny stone not penis tone! although this guy was a head shaking knob)
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building commitee
by logic inis anyone familiar with the building commitee?
it appears that alot of hanky panky is going on here.
for instance, i know for a fact that some contractors have arrangements to be paid.
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BREAKING NEWS: 16:.02: FOSTER MOTHER GUILTY OF ABUSE
by fokyc inhttp://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/displaynode.jsp?nodeid=139760&command=displaycontent&sourcenode=139586&contentpk=16917608&folderpk=80785&pnodeid=139317.
date : 20.03.07. foster mother eunice spry has been found guilty of subjecting children in her care to two decades of horrific abuse.. the 62-year-old, from tewkesbury, beat them, fed them rat droppings, stopped them sleeping and rubbed their faces with sandpaper.
she thrust sticks down their throats when they misbehaved and made them eat dog food.. one daughter was forced to use a wheelchair for four years even though she was perfectly able to walk.. doctors, teachers and neighbours raised constant concerns about spry's treatment of the children but nothing was ever done by social services.. the catalogue of abuse only came to light when one of the children went to the jehovah's witness elders at the church the family attended.. spry, from tewkesbury, was found guilty of 26 charges of cruelty after a three week trial at bristol crown court.
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Fokyc.
Are you going to spill the beans then?
I don't know her but I do know some JWs in Tewkesbury
PS. Are you really 74?
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What's your culinary specialty?
by pmouse inreading hortensia's topic "menu" made my mouth water.
i remember in the 70's (when we used to be able to have lots of jw social get-togethers like picnics and parties) some of the friends would bring pot-luck specialties that were to die for!.
everyone has a dish they consider their "specialty" which gets high praise and generally requests for the recipe.
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The Lord's prayer, why JW's never say it
by moomanchu inwe all know it's not an issue if people say the lord's prayer or not, but except for the fact that jw's make it an issue.
to them it's kinda like the boogie man and to say it makes you part of christendom, ripe for destruction.. this thread is in response to another thread.i finally took some time to look into information to make a reply.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/130602/2.ashx.
a jw commented on that thread.
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If you say the "model prayer" over and over again then what does it mean? Where is the heartfelt expression?
Bit of a generalisation there. Repetion equals insincere?? I'll remember that the next time my wife and kids tell me they love me. Hey they've told me ONCE so they must just be patronising me now
When you thank a friend, collegue, family member who does somethign for you on a regular basis do you say the exact same thing each time? Of course not.
Er . . . pretty much yes. How many different ways can you think of saying thank you without repetition? But that means it's insincere just because you've said it before?
Of course some people may be cold and token as you say.
But can you honestly say that it is TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE to use the Lord's Prayer repeatedly in a meaningful way over a prolonged amount of time?
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Whats the strangest thing you've seen someone get in trouble for?
by LaniB ini remember one windy summer day, after a meeting on sunday morning, i walked out of the hall behind a sister who was part of the church congregation with her two teenage children.
her husband did not attend.
the wind caught her dress unexpectedly and blew it up a'la marilyn monroe and revealed that she was wearing (shock, horror) french knickers...... there were a few murmers behind me which i at the time put down to things like "oh poor girl, so embarrassing".
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Star Wars promotes the occult
Maybe they should have councelled Jesus for his "Rich Man and Lazarus" parable because that was promoting a literal hell
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Your Favorite Music this stage in your life? (Right NOW!)
by restrangled ini am enjoying john mayer's "heavier things".....my boys keep me up to date!.
we had so many exceptional artist for those of us growing up in the 70's,...i am curious as to what you enjoy now?what are some of the latest artists you enjoy?.
any younger posters feel free to clue us in as to your favorites!.
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Oh Gill.
I prefer Scootch to the Scissor Sisters
Dolly has a great pair of . . .
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Your Favorite Music this stage in your life? (Right NOW!)
by restrangled ini am enjoying john mayer's "heavier things".....my boys keep me up to date!.
we had so many exceptional artist for those of us growing up in the 70's,...i am curious as to what you enjoy now?what are some of the latest artists you enjoy?.
any younger posters feel free to clue us in as to your favorites!.
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Eurovision Song Contest
by Crumpet ini am sure i am the only one who will be posting on this thread given america doesn't have the contest and no one else is likely to own up to watching such a shameful debacle!!!.
i am only slightly ashamed to say i have only ever missed one contest in 31 years and that was because i was in canada.
i love it - terry wogan is brilliantly funny - and so are most of the acts.. tonight the voting for the british entry begins on bbc1 - given the new enthusiasm for reality/talent shows its getting prime time treatement for the first time in years.
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Keep the noise down in that cave of yours.
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Your Favorite Music this stage in your life? (Right NOW!)
by restrangled ini am enjoying john mayer's "heavier things".....my boys keep me up to date!.
we had so many exceptional artist for those of us growing up in the 70's,...i am curious as to what you enjoy now?what are some of the latest artists you enjoy?.
any younger posters feel free to clue us in as to your favorites!.
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Current faves.
Willy Mason, Seth Lakeman, Sufjan Stevens and Ryan Adams
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Eurovision Song Contest
by Crumpet ini am sure i am the only one who will be posting on this thread given america doesn't have the contest and no one else is likely to own up to watching such a shameful debacle!!!.
i am only slightly ashamed to say i have only ever missed one contest in 31 years and that was because i was in canada.
i love it - terry wogan is brilliantly funny - and so are most of the acts.. tonight the voting for the british entry begins on bbc1 - given the new enthusiasm for reality/talent shows its getting prime time treatement for the first time in years.
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GermanXJW - Very classy act by Germany.
Gill are you smoking something!!??