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  Field Service Reporting To Book Study

  by Coqui in

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  about three or four months ago the organization changed the way field service time is reported... they decided that everyone would not drop their time card in a box in the kingdumb hall but rather leave the report with their book study conductor.

  i liked the fact before that i could leave the report with someone i seldom saw.

  with the change i realized that with this change the elders had even more control and influence on me.

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  good news for you .... you don't have to turn in a report to the cbs conductor. the letter to the cong and to the boe in feb outlining the new arrangement clearly stated that the box for the time slips WILL STILL BE USED. in our hall i just turn mine in to the box a few days or a week before the end of the month (sometimes i estimate) so when my conductor bothers me i just say " it is taken care of"...

  btw ,,,, i did drop a note in the box asking for the elders to STOP asking for the slips, and it has seemed to kind of work..

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  So, how was that weekend elders meeting?

  by surferdude in

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  i know a few people were going to have their mini-elders school this weekend.... anything new, or interesting to tell?.

  sd

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  surferdude

  I know a few people were going to have their mini-elders school this weekend.... anything new, or interesting to tell?

  sd
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  Elder's School Review This Weekend

  by minimus in

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  2 full days will be given to the elders for a review of the school that the elders already attended last year.

  any idea of what else they could possibly say??

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  a recording of these meetings would be awesome... the ones kent got and posted gave great insight into these meetings and their true purpose

  sd
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  THIS SITE BY FAR HAS THE WORST...

  by surferdude in

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  and yes this post is a joke,,, but the content is not,,, i know i am not perfect, but come on!!!!!!

  usually ,i look over at the profile and i can let it slide if the person is from sweden or something and english is a second language.

  but too many of the times that is not the case

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  ok you got me,,, it was the fact that i had to go back and edit some of MY post and correct my own spelling that i noticed others....

  again you got me....

  sd
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  THIS SITE BY FAR HAS THE WORST...

  by surferdude in

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  and yes this post is a joke,,, but the content is not,,, i know i am not perfect, but come on!!!!!!

  usually ,i look over at the profile and i can let it slide if the person is from sweden or something and english is a second language.

  but too many of the times that is not the case

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  SO, I TYPE IN CAPS????? i can type in lower case too!!!!
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  THIS SITE BY FAR HAS THE WORST...

  by surferdude in

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  and yes this post is a joke,,, but the content is not,,, i know i am not perfect, but come on!!!!!!

  usually ,i look over at the profile and i can let it slide if the person is from sweden or something and english is a second language.

  but too many of the times that is not the case

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  SPELING..

  AND YES THIS POST IS A JOKE,,, BUT THE CONTENT IS NOT,,, I KNOW I AM NOT PERFECT, BUT COME ON!!!!!! USUALLY ,I LOOK OVER AT THE PROFILE AND I CAN LET IT SLIDE IF THE PERSON IS FROM SWEDEN OR SOMETHING AND ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE. BUT TOO MANY OF THE TIMES THAT IS NOT THE CASE
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  WATCHTOWER'S Alternative Military Service CHANGES

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  the watchtower reprints, april 15th, 1903 (when russell was president), page 3,180:.

  the watch tower september 1st 1915 issue [page 5,755 of the watchtower reprints 1915] (when russell was president).

  the watch tower july 15th 1916 issue [page 5,929 of the watchtower reprints 1916] (when russell was president):.

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  i think you missed one of the main points.... the wt has differentiated between MILITARY SERVICE, AND CIVILIAN SERVICE. anything that helps the military or with wars is bad,,,, but you can do regular work(build roads, regular volunteer service, other, non-military help is ok,, from what i have read......
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  new TMS talks... i think i am going to....

  by surferdude in

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  tell the overseer,.

  a. take me off the list for talks, .

  b. only give me the number 4 talks(develop your own talk).. .... how do you think that will go over?

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  Elders, or former ones should i say,,,,,,, what is the official protocol for the WT reader and such,,,,, or did you have people that just did not like giving talks,, but were otherwise "strong" witnesses? did the c.o. give specific instruction on such cases? i know that is not written down anywhere, or is it one of those "unwritten laws"? i remember in the recording of the kms/elder school there were alot of instructions that involved "beating around the bushes" and veiled instructions, BUT not giving specific , written commands for the elders to follow,,, they were just "understood"

  You think the "take me off for now, i just need a break" excuse will work? i give a talk like every 7 weeks

  sd

  Edited by - surferdude on 26 September 2002 14:21:39
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  new TMS talks... i think i am going to....

  by surferdude in

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  tell the overseer,.

  a. take me off the list for talks, .

  b. only give me the number 4 talks(develop your own talk).. .... how do you think that will go over?

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  tell the overseer,

  A. take me off the list for talks,

  B. only give me the number 4 talks(develop your own talk).

  .... how do you think that will go over? right now i read for the WT on sundays, but i think it will be very weird to just go up on stage for 4 minutes with no intro and conclusion and just read the scriptures and then just step down. and i really think that going up and reading a WT article (again) is very unnecessary, we already do a review of last years articles everyday in the text. i think i have one more talk with the old book,,, but i think i will bow out for the 2003 year... IT IS A "VOLUNTARY" SCHOOL, RIGHT????? i think i deserve some time off after a few decades..

  sd
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  where is all the secret letters and private info?

  by surferdude in

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  just wondering if there is a lull in the correspondence of the society to the body of elders?

  or have we lost some of our contacts on this board?

  it seems a few months ago there would always be a new boe letter posted every few weeks.

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  unfortuanately i just was asking what happened to others voluntarily giving up those letters,,, not badgering people to do so.... and just because i have only 10 posts (now 11) ; doesnt mean a thing except i dont have to post 10 times a day like some people who have be "registered" less than a month----- hint, hint;-----

  i have been around long enough to know the rules, written and unwritten; fortunately i dont have to type my thoughts on EVERY topic just to have people notice me

  sd