When our coordinator suggested that he had badges we could wear for the zoom convention, I thought at first that he had lost his marbles. Reading some of the very tolerant posts on this thread got me thinking that even if I don’t want to do it, others might. Whatever floats your boat!
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And this isn't a cult? Wife put on name tag for zoom assembly
by goingthruthemotions inand this isn't a cult?
just saw my wife put on her name tag for the zoom assembly.... what the what?
i thought these things werent even live.
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Mandatory Donations??? Is This Accurate?
by Atlantis indoes the information about mandatory donations in this post sound accurate to you?.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/i1gews/new_letter_1000_donations_are_mandatory_now/ petra!
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We had this too some years ago but only to get a ballpark figure of how much the cong could afford, not a solemn pledge.
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How about this from a recent wt.
by New day inhttps://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=e&prefer=lang&docid=2020600.
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Revisionist, anybody?
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How about this from a recent wt.
by New day inhttps://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=e&prefer=lang&docid=2020600.
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The Bible Students became well-known for proclaiming that “millions now living will never die.” At the time, they did not understand that the Kingdom message had to be proclaimed more extensively. Still, their zeal was remarkable. Ida Olmstead, who began attending meetings in 1902, recalled, “We knew that for all mankind great blessings were in store, and we never failed to tell this good news to those we met in the ministry.”
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How about this from a recent wt.
by New day inhttps://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=e&prefer=lang&docid=2020600.
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And this was stressed in the article.
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How about this from a recent wt.
by New day inhttps://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=e&prefer=lang&docid=2020600.
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The article quotes the “millions now living will never die” talk and then says this.
Jehovah’s loyal people were enjoying renewed activity and fellowship. However, some Bible Students had left the organization during the troubled times from 1917 to 1919. What could be done to help them?
The Watch Tower of April 1, 1920, contained the article “Let Us Dwell in Peace.” It made this warm appeal: “We feel sure . . . that everyone possessing the spirit of the Lord . . . is willing to forget the things that are behind, . . . to dwell together in unity and proceed as one harmonious body.”
Many responded to these kind words. One married couple wrote: “We are satisfied that the past year and more has been a mistake in standing idly by while others did the [preaching] work. . . . We hope that we may never more be led astray.” These reactivated workers had plenty of work ahead of them.
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How about this from a recent wt.
by New day inhttps://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=e&prefer=lang&docid=2020600.
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Did You Have Good Relationships With The Elders?
by minimus inmy experience was that most jws wanted to have an elder “friend” just in case they got into any “trouble “.kinda like knowing that certain cop who might get you out of a jam.
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of course there was another group who did everything they could to either kiss the elders’ ass or stonewall them anytime they came snooping around.. how did you and the “older men” get along?.
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I was one of the “older men” for twenty years. Now I just stonewall them when they get too close.
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Did you enjoy some of these back then?
by Mandrake ini was bored to death this sunday, and suddenly i remembered that it could be worse if having to attend the public meeting on a sunday, even worse, not being assigned to the sound department, accomodating, being the mic guy, or reading the wt at the platform... then i realized that i hated just "attending" and sitting at meetings, those "privileges" were the only thing i enjoyed and made my last months inside bearable.... did you enjoy these assignments?
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Blues brother I get it. I was also secretary for a while. Taking on a velociraptor role at the end of the month, hunting people down for reports. Having so many crap things to do after the meeting while your wife seethed in the car waiting for you to finish. Other elders pontificating endlessly or the coordinator suddenly calling an emergency elders meeting to discuss some infringement of the rules which meant you got home at silly o’ clock.
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I Got Messed Up on My Medications ... I Knew I Had to Watch the Assembly On-Line This Weekend
by RubaDub inwhat a weekend.
i have my normal medications to take; one white pill, one purple pill, one blue pill, one yellow pill ... you get the idea.. but having to watch the regional assembly on-line had me stressed.
i now realized i accidentally took too many of those big purple pills.
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Our Coordinator of the elders just asked our WhatsApp group if we wanted badge cards to wear to watch next week’s installment of the convention online! As we live in a hot country I asked my wife how on earth could I do that without drawing blood as I watched the first session topless (gasp) in my oldest shorts!