Posts by konceptual99

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CO Disfellowshipped in UK

by konceptual99 in

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so, i have it on very good authority that a co has recently been disfellowshipped in the uk.

he has just finished serving the north west london area.

i don't know any details but perhaps there is someone who does know what happened.

I don't have any updates on this and to be honest, please don't hold your breath waiting for anything as I don't have enough contact with people who would know first hand info to be able to do any digging without it seeming odd. The time will come however. Just to reiterate that I don't know a name and have no details on the circumstances. Speculation is pointless and it does not really matter anyway.

What I have already mentioned is 100% accurate and as soon as I have the opportunity to get any further facts that are worth sharing then I will do so. The matter is really only of interest in as much it is very unusual for something like this to happen and it proves that organisational heavies are people like the rest of us and deserve no special treatment. Please let's not get swept along by the apparent scandal of it all as it is really only of long term import if the reasons are due to some kind of organisational corruption or doctrinal issue. If the guy just wanted to be with someone else then that's his business and simply proves that holy spirit has very little to do with the appointment and actions of anyone with any kind of privileges in the org. The fact that I am still an MS in good standing is proof of that!

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CO Disfellowshipped in UK

by konceptual99 in

jw
friends

so, i have it on very good authority that a co has recently been disfellowshipped in the uk.

he has just finished serving the north west london area.

i don't know any details but perhaps there is someone who does know what happened.

konceptual99

Just to clarify, this is NOT a rumour. It is true but since I was speaking with an elder from the circuit he had been in I was conscious about being too concerned about details. I don't know the name of the ex CO but I may be able to find out more over the next few weeks. I'll keep you posted.

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CO Disfellowshipped in UK

by konceptual99 in

jw
friends

so, i have it on very good authority that a co has recently been disfellowshipped in the uk.

he has just finished serving the north west london area.

i don't know any details but perhaps there is someone who does know what happened.

konceptual99

So, I have it on very good authority that a CO has recently been disfellowshipped in the UK. He has just finished serving the north west London area. I don't know any details but perhaps there is someone who does know what happened. Big rumblings apparently...

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France : no more local bank accounts for congregations

by fifth.column in

i just joined a few days ago.

still in (physically, not mentally...) for family reasons... how many attendees at the kh in the same situation ?

currently living in france, wont say more on me for the moment.... .

konceptual99

When I was accounts servant there were several that had monthly BACS transfers and that was several years ago now. After I changed jobs the new elder responsible for the new brother looking after the accounts came up to me and asked if there was a reason why I did not have a BACS transfer set up or at the very least a Gift Aid certificate as this would enable more tax efficient donation. I told him that (a) it was none of his business and also (b) what I donated (which happened to be nothing and still is) was private and that filling in a gift aid declaration would mean my donations were no longer private. He was really miffed but there was nothing he could do or say.

Glossary....

BACS is a UK banking automated electronic payment method.

Gift Aid is a mechanism where UK tax payers can have the taxable portion of a donation reclaimed by a non tax paying charity. So if I give £10 and tell the society then they can claim 20% (£2.50) back from the Revenue.

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If you are fader, how do you handle assignments etc.

by Slidin Fast in

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konceptual99

I am finding it very difficult to handle assignments right now and just doing the minimum. I am not answering, am regularly missing meetings and field service so am finding assignments very frustrating. I have no problem delivering them, just a problem trying find a way of not being a hypocrite. I am amazed the elders have not approached me to remove me as a MS but I am sure the day is coming. I want to come off myself but my it would upset my wife so I think i will have to be pushed rather than jump.

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Teaching committee

by IMHO in

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a friend told me something recently that i thought was a bit strange.. aprrarently at a recent circuit assembly it was sai:.

"we have an announcement from the 'teaching commitee'; you don't have to stay in your seats during the baptism".

two strange points actually the reference to the "teaching commitee" and the change of "policy" in not having to sit and watch the baptisms.. any thoughts?.

konceptual99

Erm I mean compulsion witnessing the baptism. Damn iPad predictive text...

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Teaching committee

by IMHO in

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friends

a friend told me something recently that i thought was a bit strange.. aprrarently at a recent circuit assembly it was sai:.

"we have an announcement from the 'teaching commitee'; you don't have to stay in your seats during the baptism".

two strange points actually the reference to the "teaching commitee" and the change of "policy" in not having to sit and watch the baptisms.. any thoughts?.

konceptual99

Never heard any kind of announcement as you describe however it was noted that at our recent CA they made a point of saying that the morning sessions were over and when to be back in our seats once the song had been sung agent the baptism talk. The implication was that there was no complaints storing the baptism. Lots of people mentioned it during lunch but no one had a direct idea about why that was the case.

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What is up with the influx of electronic readers at the Kingdom Hall

by wannabefree in

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crazy!.

the local publishers seem to be jumping on the e-reader bandwagon.. sisters even in their 70's are showing up at the hall with ipads loaded with publications for the meetings for crying out loud!.

a couple of these elderly sisters are having me get theirs ready ... should i add coc and captives of a concept ... perhaps studies vol vii ... to the library for them.

konceptual99

Take a look at the Dec KM. whole insert on JW.org and how to use it. Includes a section on the ministry and showing people content online or downloading pubs. Emailing a whole downloaded publication can be counted as a placement. No mail shots though...

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"There will be earthquakes..." Show this site to JW's and watch their faces

by Terry in

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/.

http://earthquakes.tafoni.net/.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/epic/.

konceptual99

Wouldn't make a blind bit of difference to most. The only ones who can see it are the ones who want to. That's why trying to fade and take family with you is such a hard task.

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2014 - an interesting year

by alfredjones100 in

for me, i'm awaiting for october 2014.. and i'm interested to see how the brothers will react; both in print and in the kingdom hall.. have others thought that it's a bit odd that the eartly christian era was only 74 years in length ( from the baptizm of jesus in 26 ce to the death of the last of the apostals in 100 ad); but the last days are 100 years long?.

konceptual99

To most dubs it will meaningless. There has never been anything to raise expectations about 2014 as a special year. Yup, there may be some chatter but the society have done enough to defuse issues over timescales and make most dubs think Armageddon is coming imminently yet not worry about any passing of time. I've been under the spell for years and always been on the cynical and thinking side. Goodness only knows what hope there is for the majority who keep on sucking it in with no thought.

The only way that the WTBTS will fail is if the money runs out.