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  Meeting attendance

  by Benavidez in

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  2. experiences

  i was wondering what your guys' meeting attendance was like.

  our meetings here is like 50/50 with zoom and in person.

  the spanish has it a little "better" with it being like 30% zoom attendance with most attending in person.. i've heard of congregations in other states having attendance where most (even elders and ms) attend meeting only via zoom and even have their cameras off.

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  Gorb

  I asked my JW family and they gave no direct answer to this. They did not like the question 😁.

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  Watchtower lawyer fined for misleading the court

  by Diogenesister in

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  2. scandals

  watchtower lawyer david brumley has been fined for misleading the court during the discovery process of the montana case.

  the result was another 17 months of the courts time and the plaintiff having to produce evidence that wtpa did have a pivotal role in congregational business, which brumley had denied hoping that the courts would take his word for it.

  he will be personally responsible for reimbursing the costs accrued by the plaintiff, due to his misleading affidavit.. see mark o donnell's twitter statement here:https://twitter.com/mark_j_odonnell/status/1562205475374043136?t=emdh163jnfi8kb6zch-uga&s=19.

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  Gorb

  Lives in a big house on WT land.

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  Bring on the YOUNG elders

  by enoughisenough in

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  2. beliefs

  there seems to be a push to fast track the younger men to become elders.

  beings jesus was 30 when he took up his ministry, i would think that would sort of be an age gauge...the older men were to have their children in subjection, so some were old enough to have children that were old enough to want to rebel.

  ( that's my slant ) how will the ones who have been jw for years respond to being counseled by those younger than some of their grandchildren?

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  I became a young MS in 1990. They need new recrutes then.

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  Did you ever meet someone born in the 1800’s?

  by Fisherman in

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  2. experiences

  i met freddie franz who was born in the 1880’s and many others from the 1880’s.

  but as a very small child i remember someone very old aged 106 and that person was born around 1856 which means that he was around people from the 1700’s..

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  Gorb

  Yes, my great-grandfather, born in 1889.

  Hè told me many story's.

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  3 years in the making

  by Judgerussellford in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thursday while i was at work, a new elder stopped by the house (almost 3 years after fading) to encourage us to go back to meetings.

  said everyone misses us.

  if you did, why not stop by and say hi every now and then?

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  Gorb

  Take care I should say, old chap.

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  An aspect of dealing with my elderly, PIMI, Father

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for a bit of back ground.

  i’m a full blown pomo apostate.

  nothing would please me more to see wt burn to the ground.

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  Gorb

  Same scenario here. We have good contact with all the JW family. Of course there is an Elephant in the room. But we are happy with it.

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  Possible Complaints From WT About JWs Going To Brunches And Going On Vacations

  by HiddlesWife in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recently heard from a few pimos and saw on the exjw reddit that the above topic was discussed during a midweek meeting (clam).

  the reddit member mentioned that there were complaints from the branch that too many dubs "were posting too many vacation and brunch pictures [on social media] when that time could have been spent in service!

  if this is reality--and knowing this cultcorporation, i wouldn't be a bit surprised--they are really trying to stop the r&f/ members from enjoying normal human activities.

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  Gorb

  Al that dollars spend could be for jjw.org.

  They proof to be money grabbers and want even the money for chikdrens icecream l.

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  No pension no preparation for retirement

  by Mikejw in

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  a lot of my ex fellow servants must be now in their seventies, what can you do?.

  no children no money no home.

  it is so sad.. so many decided not to have children as the end was right around the corner and that was decades ago.

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  And you?!?

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  House-to-House Resumes Sep 1 2022

  by Smiles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  breaking news | house-to-house preaching will resume on september 1, 2022. the governing body is pleased to announce that the house-to-house preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses will resume on september 1, 2022. we pray for jehovah’s rich blessing to be with all of you as we resume our house-to-house ministry!.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/#newsalerts.

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  Covid returns in August.

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  Assembly Dramas:They were so bad.... but.... you waited for them to break away from the monotony!

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  you do remember the four day assemblies... sitting outdoors being fried in the sweltering heat,getting heat stroke in the middle of july in an outdoor baseball stadium.sitting outdoors from 9:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. was so much fun while you wore a suit,long sleeve shirt and a tie while your brain fried.

  mom's who had children to take care of,lug strollers,feed all the kids,take them for bathroom breaks and try to not faint from the heat.. the sound and audio was always breaking and barely audible from the wind,airplanes flying over and (if you attended the cicero,illinois circuit )you would smell horse manure from the horse stables next door.. you know that you are a jehovah's witness.... when the only excitement waiting for the drama... where brothers and sisters dress up in ancient cloths,fake beards,fake rocks and fake soldier uniforms and wave their hands incessantly to pretend that they are acting out a drama.the excitement was unbearable!.

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  Gorb

  I hated conventions and still do. The crowds, the silly witnesses, the overreacting applause machines, the tired feeling after the break.

  When I was teenager, watching the dumb sisters, stupid, ugly, I knew this was not my plan.

  At 28 I found a very Independed, beauty jw sister and a few years later we faded with much succes.

  Now, children, higher education and a management top position.

  Guys, take the stear in own hands and make a succes of your life!

  G.