A friend from Miami is going there also, it's an International Convention.
James Jack
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Dressed up five days ahead of special assembly in Puerto Rico!!
by never a jw inan hour ago i went to bid good bye my two brothers in law and their wives (all elders/elderettes).
they were invited to the special assembly in puerto rico this coming weekend.
they are boarding the plane in about three hours (leaves at 1:00 am pacific.
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Rumor: Discouraging news from GB at upcoming CA?
by bohm inthis is on the reddit frontpage and sounds super weird.
can it be confirmed in any way by anyone here?.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/4u72dk/what_kind_of_announcement_could_cause_jws_to/.
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James Jack
I did a little adding; Our little congregation of 70 pubs sends $1200 a month to the Branch. There are some 118,000 congregations Worldwide, some smaller, some larger than us. Take us as the norm, that would equal $141.6 million per month, 1.7 Billion a year to the Organization, not including Assemblies, Conventions,Properties being sold, etc.
That's a lot to spend!
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Calling Frank Toth (fjtoth) -- we need your Bethel expertise, please!!!
by FatFreek 2005 infrank,.
we are trying to complete the names of those folks from bethel who are on the cover of the infamous 1984 watchtower.
some people who know you have the feeling you may know them.
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James Jack
We need these reminders, just to rein-force our resolve.
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Calling Frank Toth (fjtoth) -- we need your Bethel expertise, please!!!
by FatFreek 2005 infrank,.
we are trying to complete the names of those folks from bethel who are on the cover of the infamous 1984 watchtower.
some people who know you have the feeling you may know them.
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James Jack
Thanks Blondie
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Calling Frank Toth (fjtoth) -- we need your Bethel expertise, please!!!
by FatFreek 2005 infrank,.
we are trying to complete the names of those folks from bethel who are on the cover of the infamous 1984 watchtower.
some people who know you have the feeling you may know them.
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James Jack
I am just curious about his current status and what "privileges" he had in the BORG.
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Calling Frank Toth (fjtoth) -- we need your Bethel expertise, please!!!
by FatFreek 2005 infrank,.
we are trying to complete the names of those folks from bethel who are on the cover of the infamous 1984 watchtower.
some people who know you have the feeling you may know them.
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James Jack
Does Frank Toth post here.
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Rank & file are seeing the money-grubbing
by Zoos inspoke with a fellow apostate from my own area.
she and i bailed out about the same time and kept in touch.. she used to do secular work with one of the local elders in his cleaning business until she got dfed.
this same elder was one of the more profound dickheads on my reinstatement committee, before i turned around two years later and daed.. business required her to contact the elder on behalf of an old client.
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James Jack
WOW
I had to think on this and there is a trend toward less giving in our Hall(I'm the Account Servant).
Our Accounts went from $6000 a year ago and now around the $1000 mark. One Elder(he is the biggest contributor) asked me any trends I have noticed. I told him" Everyone pays by check and yet only 2 Elders out of 7, and 2 MS's out of 6 and 1 Pioneer out of 14 give on a regular basis. Most of them I have never seen a check from them in 3 years! He paused and said:" The example of those taking the lead shows by the results, and I don't know how to fix it".
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Elders ,Ego Trips ,Personality Clashes ,and bringing down the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
by smiddy inhow often did you see / witness anything relating to these traits with the elders.?.
personally i have known an elder who was taken down by other elders in his circuit because they thought he was getting to big for his boots , and was enjoying his popularity in the circuit and it was in their opinion going to his head.. he had speaking parts on ca`s and was enjoying his popularity.
the other elders in the circuit obviously didn`t like the attention he was receiving or his inflated ego , and as a collective group cut him down to size.. simply by removing him from the " in " crowd of elders dealing with ca`s and not giving him any more talks or parts at assembly`s .. at the congregational level i have seen the same sort of thing , where an elder gets puffed up with pride / thinks more of himself than he ought to , and gets cut down by the rest of the body of elders.. last but not least , is the elder who has a very strong domineering nature who rides all over the rest of the elder arrangement , simply because he is a bully and always gets his own way on doing things in the congregation.. so is this religion .jw , an arrangement by god ?
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James Jack
Sounds like my story!!!
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Midweek meeting
by loneranger inalmost two months into the change in format of the mid week meeting from the school and service meeting format to the christian life and ministry (clam) format.
in my congregation, seems attendance is down 10-15% over the normally low attendance for the mid week meeting before the change.
some indicate that the meeting under the clam format is very "intense"...you really need to study and research to be able to participate or get anything out of the meetings.
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James Jack
Some Elders are starving for attention. The Bible Study went 10 minutes over and the Brother didn't even finish the lesson! Everyone was out of the Hall within minutes after the Meeting.
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James Jack
Former Elder, 21 years, 7 years as a MS.