From what I've seen the LDC seems to work like this. A team, including several permanently employed members, moves into a region for around 5 years. They have houses bought or rented for them. Others are brought in as needed and put up by the local congregations. During the 5 years they do renovations and new builds. My guess is that Kilbirnie will be on a schedule somewhere. It's all a big money making venture of course and has taken ages to get going, but as Watchtower seems to have become a property management company you can be sure they will have plans for every Kingdom Hall.
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A Kingdom Hall which is NOT up for sale! Any ideas what's going on?
by The Fall Guy inthe kilbirnie congregation in scotland was "relocated" in january 2018 - almost 2 years ago - to the nearest kingdom hall a few miles away in irvine.
the reason given by london bethel was that kilbirnie kh was "scheduled for a refurbishment.
" how long does it take to initiate a kh refurbishment, for goodness sake?.
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Thoughts on Sundays wt about persecution
by nowwhat? inso let me get this straight.
even though law enforcement has their hands full with illegal drugs and guns on the street, child traffickers, dangerous gangs and such.
they are going to now pool all their resources to confiscate bibles and religious literature?!
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"Evidently" what the writer meant was that he who is touching our corporate assets is touching my eyeball.
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7 New Files Arrived!
by Atlantis in2019-09-01--local design construction update.
all the descriptions for the files disappeared after i clicked (save).
there is the september announcements and reminders, 2020 convention dates, ldc newsletter, congregation analysis report, 2019 publications approved for discard, and congregation-convention assignments... https://docdro.id/bw85yom.
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There's an interesting little change hidden there. Item 6 has the meeting attendance being sent with the report. As far as I know, it was only checked by the CO before. Maybe they are trying to identify even more potential congs to merge.
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What’s Your Favorite Breakfast??
by minimus into me, breakfast can be served at any time of the day.
a local bar in my area serves breakfast all day long.
for 5 bucks you get 2 eggs any way you like, bacon sausage or ham with home fries and toast!!
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Breakfast of Champions for me, as defined by James Hunt. And yes, it's great at any time of the day.
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Where now for the UK Society Big Wigs?
by dozy ini see top uk jw lawyer richard cook is finally having to move out of his jw "grace & favour" house , currently for sale for a cool £2.75 million.
https://solicitors.guru/office/3466-richard-cook-solicitors/.
https://ibsaproperty.com/houses/lowood-house/.
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I knew Richard many years ago and he always seemed to be a decent guy. He is a long term Bethelite who went to Gilead a couple of years ago - he presented the class speech at the graduation shown on borg tv. My guess is that he is being groomed for "bigger" things - at least a position on the uk branch committee, maybe a move to Warwick.
Incidently, those very posh houses have had ordinary bethelites - janitors etc - also staying in them. My experience has been that system of bidding for rooms based on number of years full-time service is pretty fair.
None of which changes the fact that they are going to make loads of money from from selling the houses.
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If You Could Pick Just One Title Of A Song That Would Describe Your Life
by The Bethelite inwhat would it be?.
mine would be "rocket man" by elton john.
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2019-August Announcements and Reminders!
by Atlantis inenglish.
https://docdro.id/rzjx912.
same file as above in german.
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Just to clarify what the Global Assistance Arrangement is supposed to be - at one time congregations insured their own Halls and contents. At some point the WTS muscled in on it with the GAA and effectively forced all congregations to use it. Of course, in practice no congregation has ever made a claim as far as I'm aware, they just have to take care of repairs themselves. So in reality this is just another money making scheme.
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Do You See "The Elephant In The Room" At This JW Regional Convention?
by JW GoneBad insomeone posted this image on their facebook page of a recent jw rc showing a rather petite group of baptismal candidates.
notice there are nearly 75 seats (5 rows) reserved for the occasion.
by my count...it looks like between 17 to 19 were baptized...with total attendance of 6,000. the youngest among them looks like between 9 and 11 years old.
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2019 BOE Elders letter May 13 England - Ireland Data Protection
by Not_Culty inhttps://tinyurl.com/y2bzncu9.
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Saltheart Foamfollower
I haven't seen this mentioned yet. I'm not certain it has been official policy, but the practice is to also write disfellowshipped addresses on territory cards. Many are probably quite happy to never be called on, but it is now their decision.
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Join the Fun
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara ina monk joins an abbey ready to dedicate his life to copying ancient books by hand.
after the first day though, he reports to the head priest.
he's concerned that all the monks have been copying from copies made from still more copies.
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A hairdresser is cutting a young man's hair and asks him what he does. He tells her he sets up food banks to help the poor. She decides not to charge him.
The next morning when she gets to work there is a bunch of flowers and a thank you note from him.
Later, another young man comes in. She asks him what he does and he tells her he helps the homeless. She decides not to charge him.
The next morning when she gets to work there is a box of chocolates and a thank you note from him.
Later, another young man comes in. She asks him what he does and he tells her he is a pioneer and explains what that means. She decides not to charge him.
The next morning when she gets to work there are 20 pioneers waiting.
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