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  Memories of Maryland Conventions!

  by Atlantis in

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  posting for brother x. petra!.

  if you were a child during the years of 1960 to 1970, the question isn't; do you remember these conventions?

  the question is; how could you forget?

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  SadElder

  Maryland is hot and muggy in the summer, just in time for those famed conventions. I was baptized in 1962 at the Timonium convention. Baltimore in 1966, Washington D.C. in 1968 they were big events. I miss the camaraderie of my friends back then, but conventions and assemblies became a bore and a chore in later years. Everything about conventions is just business now with every movement scripted by Crooklyn right down to exactly how to position a contribution box. Gotta be sure you get that last bit of ice cream money.

  I would have been at that Laurel Circuit Assembly it brings back some great memories of people I knew.

  DO Pete D'Mura used to say when knocking on doors in service "twice during the week and only once on Sunday... let them sleep in a bit"

  I think Norman Swift was still a CO then, he later moved to Florida. I think he faded out. Son Mark was one of the writers of the Freddy Vs Jason movie.
  

  Chuck Leibensperger of Mighty Distributing fame was at Patterson or one those places involved in Watchtower financial business. He was at a planned giving event I attended some years ago.

  I'm surprised Dick Wallace wasn't on the program.
  

  Wayne Schafer is the father of David Schafer of GB Helper fame.

  Dick Brandenburg and Wayne Schafer were both from the Glen Burnie Congregation one of the early days age old congregations. Their first Hall was an old quonset hut building.

  Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
  
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  May 2020 Watchtower They Admit, they don't know

  by Listener in

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  2. bible

  they'll write pages and pages of stuff and yet they don't have any idea.. here's a paragraph from their latest speculations on future events, bolding is mine.. a prophecy recorded by ezekiel gives some insight into what may happen during the last days of the king of the north and the king of the south.

  if we view the prophecies of ezekiel 38:10-23; daniel 2:43-45; 11:44–12:1; and revelation 16:13-16, 21 as speaking about the same time period and events, it appears that we can expect the following developments.. that's an awful lot of assumptions to make.

  what they've done is picked out various scriptures from different parts of the bible and now state that they may or may not be talking about the same events.

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  Evidently they haven't a clue, likely they are speculating again. Seems to me they have counseled again and again about wild speculations. Surely a judicial meeting is in order here.
  
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  Nicholas King interview

  by neat blue dog in

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  https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/bww-feature-nicolas-king-concentrated-awesome-20200117.

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  Is he still singing at Bethell with the Crooklyn chorus?
  
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  the watchtower will keep on selling more kingdom halls

  by pepperheart in

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  in the latest edition of jw boradcasting they were telling you of a huge new complex they will be building these next few years.it will be as big as warwick and only a few miles away,they will make a lot of the films and videos there and 100s of people will live there as well .

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  I would not be surprised to see them sell one of the big projects like Wallkill or Patterson. Probably Warwick is too new.
  
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  If You Had The Choice To Live Anywhere In The World or Any State Where Would You Be?

  by minimus in

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  i do like the usa but winters suck!

  florida has some charm but it gets brutal with heat and humidity.

  california is too looney.

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  We live in N Central Florida near Ocala and Gainesville. The winters are great but come May the heat starts and doesn't give us a break until October. I hate the heat.
  
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  Advertising and the Melbourne International Convention

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
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  they keep confirming that religion is big business.the melbourne international convention is this weekend and i wish all the best to the activists who will be present.i came across this website set up for jws in attendence with comprehensive guides and information.

  it's obvious that it has been created by the jws since they write this under the rooming tab.

  we are all now free to book accommodation using the recommended lodging list (rll) which is provided on the rooming website!.

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  "Likely" they will collect some revenue via clicks or reservations made through the page. They've hooked on to another way to make money.
  
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  The jw builders choir omg

  by Gorbatchov in

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  seems like the genesis song jesus he knows me.. g.. https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/?applanguage=e#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-jwb_201910_12_video.

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  Every time I see David Splane conduct the choir I can't help but smile at his same old grammar school movements. I wonder if someone else conducts and then they dub him in a time or two to stroke his ego?
  
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  I am thinking about visiting Washington DC!

  by Iamallcool in

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  i have never been there!

  where should i visit in washington dc while i am there?

  thank you in advance for your recommendations!

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  National Air & Space, Museum of Natural History, Library of Congress, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, Washington Monument (check to see if it's closed for tours still), White House, Capital, Holocaust Museum, on and on. So many things to see. Some things require advance preparation and tickets.

  How long you stay will dictate your itinerary. We went again 2 years ago for a week and with a well planned daily schedule still didn't get to everything on our list. When you go will dictate the kind of crowds you'll encounter.

  Enjoy your trip.
  
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  Blondie's Food For Thought 10 6 2019 WT Study, Let Your Love Abound (August 2019 issue)

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  blondie’s food for thought, 10/06/2019 wt study article, let your love abound (august 2019).

  opening comments:.

  i have been trying to condense my previous comments/highlights format.

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  My 90 something mother who is a lifelong dub hasn't had a visit or phone call from any of the eldubs in months and months. Maybe during the last circuit serpent's visit. One lone sister who has been her friend for many years does come by now and then. No one checks to see if she has the latest blather either. I guess there is a limit to their abounding love if there is no public glory in it.

  A pock on all their houses.
  
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  New Study Bible Photos!

  by Atlantis in

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  new study bible photos from reddit if you want them.

  these are a bit larger photos.

  see first page for info.. .

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  Not to insult the nameless artist, but the two "images" shown seem a bit infantile to me. Is that the best they can do these days? Must be more cut backs in the art department.