so i am reading some older posts from those in area and this is what i understand:.
1)brattleboro, bellows falls, & bennington congregations - stagnat growth for at least 20 years.
2)wilmington & north adams ma congreations - disolved.
Hi Londo, thanks for the "thumbs up".
Are you a New Englander (go Patriots !)? Hehe we are weird bunch. If you ever see someone wearing a parka & shorts combo & eating kayle chips they are probably also Red Sox fans !
Anyway, I forgot to also ask, what ever happened to the Natic MA assembly hall ? Did it get sold? My folks were going to circuit assemblies there all through the 80's. Then sometime in the 90's they started going to UMASS (Amherst campus).
so i am reading some older posts from those in area and this is what i understand:.
1)brattleboro, bellows falls, & bennington congregations - stagnat growth for at least 20 years.
2)wilmington & north adams ma congreations - disolved.
So I am reading some older posts from those in area and this is what I understand:
1)Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, & Bennington congregations - Stagnat growth for at least 20 years
2)Wilmington & North Adams MA congreations - disolved
3)Claremont NH north & south congreations - merged
4)Keene & Swanzey NH congreations - talk of merging for years, but I don't think this has happened. According to a recent post by Oppostate the Keene congreation is down to 60 publishers (mostly older folks)
I am leaving some congreations out because I just don't know the recent status. Does anyone here know.
Also it would seem like the circuit itself is about to be merged with another circuit. Could this possibly happen ?
Thanks in advance.
miss k and her friend miss w arrived promptly today.
our scheduled topic of discussion: jesus' claim to be "the way, the truth and the life..." john 14:6 since she was basing this topic choice on the fact that i had quoted that verse, i'm not sure why... she spent what seemed like a very long time, hopping through scriptures that all said that jesus was the truth, the way, or the life.
ok, so we agreed... i kept waiting for her to get to a point, or sway from this principle.. of course, she summed up with scriptures that show how jesus submits to the father, and what does that mean we should do?
Hey, next time you see her, tell her the flock book is now set to music (its a good laugh anyway): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMfPyCcpZVY
the following is from a post that pixel started, and it reminded me of something.
"we request your continued prayers on our behalf as the preaching work is speeding up and more and more people are beginning to worship god by going to the mountain of the house of je- hovah.
(isa.
This is not an "expanding religion". Its "growth" can bearly keep up with normal population growth.
For further reading on this subject, please visit: http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php
i was on this board a lot when i faded and left 6 years ago but not been on much since.
is there any thread/s in particular to read showing the changes in the past 5 years?
or any kind willing person who has time to summarise them as a reply below??
And also, District Conventions now called "Regional Conventions"
i was on this board a lot when i faded and left 6 years ago but not been on much since.
is there any thread/s in particular to read showing the changes in the past 5 years?
or any kind willing person who has time to summarise them as a reply below??
No more District Overseers
No more Special Assembly Day
Circuit Assembly no reduced to 1 day
All Circuit Overseers must retire at 70
Change in contributions, Congregations must plege an amount every month to the Society.
Those are a few that come to mind.
there have been a few posts in the past about watchtower inc. at 100 henry street, but i do not see the answer i'm hoping for.. can anyone confirm or provide details linking watchtower inc. to the wbts?
they are across the street, and one can easily assume that they are connected, but i don't see any definite links.. the closest i have come is this link: http://www.insideview.com/directory/watchtower-inc which lists watchtower.org as the website.
this could have been posted like this in error however.. according to 2014 sec filings watchtower inc. has a ceo named sholom drizin ( a man worth possibly 2 billion.).
smells like Enron or something similar, what is being uncovered here is big.
there have been a few posts in the past about watchtower inc. at 100 henry street, but i do not see the answer i'm hoping for.. can anyone confirm or provide details linking watchtower inc. to the wbts?
they are across the street, and one can easily assume that they are connected, but i don't see any definite links.. the closest i have come is this link: http://www.insideview.com/directory/watchtower-inc which lists watchtower.org as the website.
this could have been posted like this in error however.. according to 2014 sec filings watchtower inc. has a ceo named sholom drizin ( a man worth possibly 2 billion.).
wow ! we need to get more folks involved with this research.
Anyway that name from manta business directory - "Menachem M Schneerson" produced something very interesting. It seems there is a famous rabbi named Menachem Mendel Schneerson (check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Mendel_Schneerson). So, is this a false name or what, very weird !!
Anyway, we need to get more folks involved with this thread.
I get the feeling, this is Big !!
there have been a few posts in the past about watchtower inc. at 100 henry street, but i do not see the answer i'm hoping for.. can anyone confirm or provide details linking watchtower inc. to the wbts?
they are across the street, and one can easily assume that they are connected, but i don't see any definite links.. the closest i have come is this link: http://www.insideview.com/directory/watchtower-inc which lists watchtower.org as the website.
this could have been posted like this in error however.. according to 2014 sec filings watchtower inc. has a ceo named sholom drizin ( a man worth possibly 2 billion.).
Hello Objectivetruth,
This is really interesting !! I honestly don't know the connection between Watchtower Inc. and WTBS but would like to find out. This seems like the tip of a giant giant iceberg !
Not sure what I can contribute, but I would like to share that Watchtower Inc does show up on Manta here: http://www.manta.com/c/mm01n9r/watchtower-inc
It shows Menachem M Schneerson as the contact for the company. It needs to be asked if there is a connection between this Schneerson and the WTBS Executive office (Don Adams).
who can know whats at the bottom of this rabbit hole !!!
any of you guys remember memorial invitations from the 80s?
it seemed like a lot of them had a picture of a glass of wine and a plate of bread.
this year's invite and at least 2 years prior, no emblems are shown in the invite.
Hello,
Any of you guys remember memorial invitations from the 80s?
It seemed like a lot of them had a picture of a glass of wine and a plate of bread. This year's invite and at least 2 years prior, no emblems are shown in the invite. Also, in the prior song book the 3rd verse was all about the wine and bread. The mention of wine and bread is missing from the current memorial song.
Add to this is the fact that over 13,000 and growing are drinking wine on memorial night (much to the displeasure of the society).
Me thinks the wine and bread are going soon............
Your thoughs -
