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CO visit
by thedog1 in
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2. beliefs
it's the co visit in our hall this week.

last night he gave a talk about all the changes that have taken place in the last few years, like the change in the book study arrangement and the changes in public forms of witnessing, the rise and importance of jw.org.

he then emphasised what our reaction to these should be.
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Higher Education
by thedog1 in
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2. beliefs
my wife told me today that during a conversation with a relative on the phone recently, the relative said that someone in their congregation had been invited to take part in a branch extension in a foreign country.

this young woman who had been asked to take part is a solid witness, though not a pioneer, but guess what?

she is an architect!
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Lots of campaigns this year
by thedog1 in
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2. beliefs
lots of leaflet campaigns this year.. 1. leaflet campaign to invite people to the memorial.

2. district convention invitations.. 3. campaign to advertise jw.org in august.. .

doesn't leave much time for conversations..
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Schizophrenia
by thedog1 in
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2. friends
that is what it feels like at the moment.

i am leading a field service group tomorrow morning.

taking the wt study on saturday.
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Had a strange moment last night.
by thedog1 in
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2. friends
in my line of work i have to deal with a lot of different people each day in a teaching capacity.

sometimes, with adults that i teach, we have some informal discussions not directly related to the subject being taught, but still important as far as developing a friendly relationship in the classroom.

anyway, yesterday i noticed that in one class the students had been given a little religious calendar in a diary form, quite a popular thing for people to do in the country i live in.
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New congregation accounting system
by thedog1 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm sure i read a thread here about the new congregation accounting procedures.

i ask because i handle the accounts in our cong and in our part of the world the new accounting system has just arrived whereby local congs do not have their own account any longer, but all funds outside of basic monthly costs is forwarded to an account controlled by the org.

this is causing huge confusion in our cong as we have to work out how much we need to keep back for monthly costs and the new idea is that you send all your extra cash to the org and if you need it back you can ask for it but we don't know how easy or hard it would be to do that.
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Ray Franz
by thedog1 in
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2. friends
am reading coc at the moment, about half way through.

just finished reading some of the details of what happened in malawi and mexico years ago.

which reminded me that in the early 80's a very well known elder in the country i was then living in went to new york as he had discovered all the discrepencies between what had happened in malawi and in mexico and wanted to know what the gb had to say about it.
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this week's wt study
by thedog1 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i conducted the wt study tonight on higher education.

i wondered what the reaction of the bros and sis would be.

there was no deviation from the idea that a university education is not a good idea.
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Musings
by thedog1 in
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2. friends
apropo of nothing, i just wanted to share some thoughts.

i have started reading and posting here recently.

i have previously mentioned that i am an active jw, an elder who conducts the wt study.
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First post
by thedog1 in
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2. friends
this is a very strange thing for me to do.

i have been an active witness for over 25 years.

i currently serve as an elder and i conduct the watchtower study.