Desert Rat
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Special Blue Envelopes
by Marvin Shilmer inspecial blue envelopes.
watchtower has elders communicate judicial matters in writing to its headquarters (or designated branch office).
elders are instructed to send this written communication in what watchtower terms special blue envelopes.
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WARNING for active JW's
by Anony Mous inas you may have heard if you attended recently, social networking is of the devil and many have been 'lead astray' by website supposedly set up for jw.
whatever, you heard it before about rock, hard rock, hip hop, rap, gangsta rap, tv, werewolves .... anyway you may have heard of the recent elder school where basically there were the proverbial tongue lashings about not having social networking sites.
here is the skinny on recent developments:.
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UK Grandparents will get legal right to see grandchildren after divorce battles
by Black Sheep ingrandparents will get legal right to see grandchildren after divorce battlesfor the first time, separating parents will be expected to ensure grandparents continue to have a role in the lives of their children after they split up.. parenting agreements will be drawn up that explicitly set out contact arrangements for grandparents.
these can then be used as evidence in court if a mother or father goes back on the deal.. the recommendation is part of a sweeping review of the family justice regime commissioned by the government and led by david norgrove, a former civil servant.. the government is likely to accept the recommendations after nick clegg, the deputy prime minister, said last year that it was crazy that millions of grandparents lost contact after separation and divorce.
he said that they played a vital role if relationships broke down.. in 2009, 113,949 divorces were registered in england and wales.
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CO was asking for money in his talk last night
by life is to short inok i listened in on the phone last night to the co's talk after the book study.
i am truly starting to realize that otwo is right and it is just making me more depressed and mad.
but my husband still goes and it is helpful to be able to bring things up with him.. so i was half listening when he starts to go on about where the money goes that we put into the world wide work box at the back of the hall.. i started to tune in more and he was going on and on about how the ones in the full time service do not have any money and how what we give is what keeps them going and how we need to give.
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This gave me the rage
by Marmite inpicture the situation:.
a jw sister, let's call her marjorie, has a non jw father who died.
she arranges for an elder to take the funeral at a crematorium and marjorie's non-jw husband pays for a reception at a pub afterwards.. marjorie has a disassociated son.
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Most embarassing JW moment
by mamalove inmine will surely give me away, but i don't care.
when i was preggers, i was supposed to have a c-section the first week of the new month.
so i knew i needed to go out in service so i would not be irregular that month.
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I feel so guilty for refusing to help the sister of an elder who DF'd me years ago.
by african GB Member ini recently moved to another province/state, after i got a job there.
the sister of one of the elders who were on my jc (about 8 years ago) also got the job around the same area about two weeks ago.
i could'nt believe my ears when i got the call from that elder asking me to accomodate her sister in my spare bedroom, until she finds her own place.
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Did You Ever Fink On Another Witness?
by minimus indid you ever tell the elders that you knew of "wrongdoing" or that you knew a certain person wasn't adhering to the rules?.