Pardon me if I get some terms wrong, I havent attended, but my dad is the COBE now and I know he was stressed out when he talked to me about it. He basically said that the Chairman has to run the entire meeting now, and has to prepare all the parts in case someone doesnt show up, and that he gets no break.
Their meeting is on Tuesday, and he spends half the weekend working on it, and doesnt want to be bothered monday or tuesday as hes trying to get it ready. He's retired, so he has some time to work on it, but I feel awful for him and especially for the brothers that have to work for a living and do this. It sounds extremely stressful.
Isn't there some scripture about not being overly burdened or something along those lines? The freaks at bethel are so out of touch with what the average JW has to do to keep their home in order, but they just don't care about the friends anymore.
And they wonder why they have a hard time getting the young ones to reach out.
