b_ster,
I should have read your post more carefully. I see you're a half hour north of London, some distance away from the 401.
FJ
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by orbison injust wondering if any here are from the vancouver bc canada area?.
if so, drop me an email.
orbi
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by orbison injust wondering if any here are from the vancouver bc canada area?.
if so, drop me an email.
orbi
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JH,
If those distances are as the crow flies, I would place you in or around Shawinigan or Trois-Rivieres. (I can spell Trois-Rivieres correctly, but the format doesn't seem to handle the accented "e".)
b_ster,
Do you still live in the London area?
FJ
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by orbison injust wondering if any here are from the vancouver bc canada area?.
if so, drop me an email.
orbi
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Erin, Ontario, just 15 minutes from Georgetown Bethel. More interestingly, just 45 minutes NW of downtown Toronto.
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Toronto gatherings?
by RAYZORBLADE in.
just wondered, have there been any toronto gatherings for xjws from this forum?
curious, and would be interested in meeting some of the locals
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There hasn't been much support for a meeting in Toronto this winter. There was supposed to be one tonight (Feb. 1), but I think it was canceled. However, last spring, summer and fall we had great turnouts. Some came from as far away as Minnesota, Massachusettes and even Florida. Probably we'll see more activity among us starting in March. I hope so. We have great conversations, and we eat good too. Toronto has some great restaurants, and there's always somebody in the group who knows where the price is just right. If you come, be prepared to meet Bible believers and Bible haters, persons who want some peace and quiet in their lives and persons who are ready to blow up Parliament or the White House, persons who think JWs are generally okay as people and those who think all JWs ought to be locked up, etc. What a mix! But it makes for lively - and friendly - discussion.
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Fifth Estate - Powerful Quotes from Program
by reporter ini took the time this evening to come up with a word-for-word transcript of various telling quotes from the fifth estate - spiritual shepherds show.
there were so many many more, but here are some highlights as follows... .
bob mckeown, host & narrator.
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by minimus inat the district convention, the highlight was always said to be the dramas.
did you really look forward to them?
was there one that ever stood out?
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When I was a little kid, I was always glad the meetings were on Tuesday and Thursday nights. That way I didn't have to miss so many adventures of the Lone Ranger, Captain Midnight, the Green Hornet and others on radio. I've always been a fan of radio and theatre drama. If I had the money, I'd go to every Shakespearean and other play around (in Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Guelph, Cambridge, Kitchener, Stratford and London -- all great drama centres in this area).
I was involved in the earliest dramas produced at Brooklyn Bethel. At first I was into making props, and my wife helped to make the costumes. Later I became involved in transporting equipment, arranging for meals and doing a lot of other things connected with both Gilead and convention dramas and orchestras. Gilead graduations were twice a year, and often there were two dramas at each of them. So, all my spare time outside of the congregation and work at my Bethel job was focussed on dramas practically the whole year round.
I got to be a great admirer of Ulysses Glass. Others as well as I viewed him as a genius. I still think he was a special person. I remember him as fair and willing to defend the little guy. Occasionally, he showed a bit of temper, but the next day he treated you like a king. I worked in the Gilead Office, and it never ceased to amaze me how much work poured from his pen. He never used a typewriter or computer, yet his manuscripts were thick and nearly flawless week after week in preparation for classes and for dramas. I do think he could have been a great Broadway playwright or Hollywood screenwriter.
I found most convention speeches boring. So, I was one of the lucky ones, often backstage and busy with preparations for the next drama. I was glad when there was one on Sunday. After the drama, there was always something to do in the way of rounding up equipment, etc. Sitting in the audience during assemblies and conventions were the most dreaded times in the year for me. I can't sit still for long, and I remember actually praying for some speakers to finally bring their dull and repetitious messages to an end.
fjtoth
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by ESTEE inbtw, this is what i was told.
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(as my disclaimer).
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Estee,
This is positively hilarious. I've either lived or spent some time in most of those places, and I think the writer is right on. I'm giggling - almost in tears, almost in hysterics - even as I write.
fjtoth
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My Sisters response to the 5th (she is a victim)
by Beans inas some of you may know my sister was abused by an elder when she was young.
i had watched the dateline show with her and since then she has talked about it with me openly and i let her know about the 5th estate show and she watched it and this is what she had to say.. "it did make jw's look bad, at least these particular men did pay some price, according to the law.".
now these are typical jw answers!!!
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