Great first installment!
cobaltcupcake
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My Story - Part 1 - by 88JM
by 88JM inintroduction.
so here is the first part of my story as promised.
i apologise in advance because i know this is going to be much longer than it needs to be.
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humour--UK style
by bigmac intwo young pioneers in the congregation decided to get married.. all the congregation were overjoyed with this--and they all clubbed together and bought the young couple a toaster..
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cobaltcupcake
You guys are cracking me up. I'm not from the UK, but I think this joke works no matter which side of the pond you're on.
A publisher, a pioneer, and a Bethelite walk into a bar and order a beer.
Just as they're about to start drinking a fly lands in each of their glasses.
The publisher snorts, "That's disgusting! " and orders another beer.
The pioneer picks the fly out of his beer and drinks it anyway.
The Bethelite picks up the fly and yells, "Spit it out! Spit it out!"
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cobaltcupcake
LOL!
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If the GB really were.......
by pontoon in........ really interested in preaching and teaching the "truth" they would divide themselves up and move to parts of the world where the truth is supposedly taking hold.
don't think it would help increase too much but just think what a motivation and inspiritation it would be to the witnesses in those places.
like jesus pounding dirt with his apostles.
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cobaltcupcake
That's a great observation!
From what I've read I don't think those guys ever go out in field service. They don't fend off dogs, stand on freezing cold doorsteps, beat their cars to death on back roads, cram themselves into uncomfortable cars with irritating people for hours, or get doors slammed in their faces. It's an ivory tower existence for them.
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You are flying low...
by usualusername inhow many ways do know how to tell a gent that his zip is too low?.
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cobaltcupcake
The barn door is open.
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Public WT magazines - Some stats
by Splash inon their website, the soc explains why they are halving the size of the public wt and awake!
magazines:.
and this is the wt only, not the awake!.
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cobaltcupcake
Jeez, you guys! Don't you know that America is, like, totally the center of the universe? It's not even 9 a.m. on the 21st here! Duh!
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'No Announcements' - Big Mistake!
by The Searcher inwe are only a few short months into the "no more announcements - let them read the notice board" at the meetings, and now the effects of that new directive are beginning to reveal themselves: no information being given out regarding someone's loss of a relative, no information about someone who is ill or been admitted to hospital, and definitely no information about families moving out of the area and going to other congregations!!.
however, announcements about "special" christmas day field service must be made!!.
the import of the apostle paul's words really seem to have gone over the "decision-makers'" heads - (galatians 6:10) really, then, as long as we have time favorable for it, let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those related to [us] in the faith.. coupled with the removal of the weekly group book study, the detrimental consequences of eliminating fellow-feeling and closer contact with one another can only lead to one eventuality - alienating one another!.
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cobaltcupcake
I find it very curious that they've made the meetings shorter and eliminated the bookstudy. Even district conventions are shorter now than they used to be.
The magazines have shrunk and gone from bi-monthly to monthly.
How can they spin all of this to mean "the work is speeding up as we get closer to the end" and "God's army is advancing?"
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Mayan Callender: End of the 13th Baktun. 1 Baktun = 144,000 Days
by BroMac inooh what could it mean!
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Volunteering in your community
by noni1974 inhow do you feel about it after the jw's??
personally, i was never much of a fan of volunteering for anything.
i just didn't understand what people got out of it.
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cobaltcupcake
It's the one thing that I always wanted to do when I was a JW, and it infuriated me that they kept telling us that field circus was the best way to "serve" the community.
I got a chance to help out at a GED-preparation program for a few months, working with the students (who were doing self-study) on whatever they were learning.
If you can get involved with a "Hands On" program in your city, they have tons of projects that you can help with.
