Many of the congs in my area did this (my cong didn't) and have had to find £1000 for projection equipment. There have been lots of murmerings from elders wishing they hadn't sent all of their money and planning to keep hold of it in the future. I suspect that circuit visits will try to enforce this - I'm looking forward to a showdown if he tries it in my cong (I'm a signatory of our savings account and I wont be allowing it)
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More Money For JW.ORG
by The Searcher inmy apologies if this topic has previously been spotlighted.. the following is a portion of the the recent money-grabbing letter from jw.org.
it's on page 4 - one of the three pages which only the elders were allowed to read.. "surplus funds: is it necessary to save congregation funds for future construction or major renovation projects?
what should be done with excess congregation funds that are currently being held or that may accumulate in the future?
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Headquarters representatives visit to UK 2015
by Saltheart Foamfollower ina letter is to be read out at service meetings this week in the uk saying that sam herd & john larson are visiting next april.
on sat 25th there will be a 3 hour programme streamed to all congs.
the postscript (not to be read out) instructs congs that haven't already done so, to order the necessary equipment.
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Saltheart Foamfollower
A letter is to be read out at service meetings this week in the UK saying that Sam Herd & John Larson are visiting next April. On Sat 25th there will be a 3 hour programme streamed to all congs. The postscript (not to be read out) instructs congs that haven't already done so, to order the necessary equipment. Around here there is already a 2 month wait for equipment and then everyone is trying to find someone to fit it. I envision a nice bit of chaos next April.
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So its the Elders School this Weekend.......
by Slidin Fast inwhat is the focus for this one.
is it "well lads ring the legal department but if anything goes wrong, you are on your own.
the cs deals with all that".
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Saltheart Foamfollower
I was on a JC a few years ago and had the same thing - reinstated after 6 months and got letter from branch questioning us why. Funnily enough, the only bible example they can ever point to is the "df" in 1 Corinthians followed by the "reinstatement" in 2 Corinthians. Guess how long they reckon there was inbetween the two letters? 6 months or so!
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So its the Elders School this Weekend.......
by Slidin Fast inwhat is the focus for this one.
is it "well lads ring the legal department but if anything goes wrong, you are on your own.
the cs deals with all that".
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Saltheart Foamfollower
From what I remember, the cong that the brother moved to thought he was great because he went to all the meetings - didn't ask him any in depth questions. The original committee makes the decision though, so they reckoned that 6 months was too little as he had been devious and had repeatedly sinned. It was all a bit exagerated to make a point. Other aspects of appeals were then discussed. They could have used an example where the committee were too strict and still covered every point, but that would have sent out the wrong message.
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So its the Elders School this Weekend.......
by Slidin Fast inwhat is the focus for this one.
is it "well lads ring the legal department but if anything goes wrong, you are on your own.
the cs deals with all that".
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Saltheart Foamfollower
The previous KMS (and repeated at CO visits) was a video of a JC with a brother getting a "worldly" girl pregnant. The decision was to disfellowship. This KMS picks up the story (same "actors") with an appeal committee going through the case and upholding the decision. Fast forward 6 months and there is an reinstatement application (he has moved to the other side of the US). This is rejected. Two points - what message do you think they are trying to put across (BE STRICTER, LESS MERCIFUL). More importantly, can you guess which issue was never mentioned once in any of the 3 videos. The fact that he had responsibilities towards the girl and child never even registered as being worthy of a mention. Says it all about how the GB really view people.
The video about conducting the watchtower was fairly basic (is it normal to have comfy chairs like you'd find in a living room for the reader to sit on?) - nothing that hasn't been covered in recent circuit visits, so pointless.
There was no mention of tight pants, but NPGs (non practicing gays - I'd never heard the term before) were condemned - have to be transformed not just wear a mask. Wonder if they'll ever publish that one.
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If You Don't Believe In God Anymore, Do You Still Say God Bless You or Thank God, etc.?
by minimus inhonestly, do you??
and if you do, isn't that hypocritical!.
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Saltheart Foamfollower
I can't remember where I heard it, but I think Richard Dawkins often signs his books "God bless", presumably in an ironic way.
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Caleb & Sofia have Mormon cousins
by wifibandit inthis was pointed out by throwingawayjehovah.
http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2lnkst/this_was_in_a_mormon_catalog_that_got_sent_to_us/.
http://www.coreyegbert.com/blog/i-want-to-be-baptized.
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Saltheart Foamfollower
Maybe Kate's found what the big test of faith is going to be - JWs and Mormons to merge!
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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"
by breakfast of champions inthis is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.
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Saltheart Foamfollower
Starting Jan 1st all JWs will have to imitate a member of the GB instead of Jesus. Starting with Stephen Lett. This will test your faith, your acting ability and your sanity.
Anyone come up with a sillier idea (GB members not eligible - they've had too much practice)
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What Kingdom Halls do you know of that have been closed down recently?
by 4thgen inrecently, we drove by the kingdom hall in galena, il, the sign was removed and it was closed down.
a while back, the hall in taylor mo was also closed.
one congregation in peoria, il was dissolved last year.
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Saltheart Foamfollower
The rumours I have started hearing from a usually reliable source suggest that the society are going to aim for having 4 congs sharing Kingdom Halls from now on, with unused ones sold to raise money. So much for the new fund which everyone sent money to.
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This weeks service meeting! More craziness.....
by stuckinarut2 inso this weeks service meeting is so full of "crazy".
a whole 15 min part devoted to trying to indoctrinate everyone on how to "explain our beliefs on 1914".
then another 15 min part called "a tool to help us explain our beliefs about 1914".
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Saltheart Foamfollower
OneEyedJoe - those ones dont really bother me. It's the few who dont come to see me who might just be thinking, that I'm really interested in