Will the Watchtower form a football team

by jaffacake 4 Replies latest jw friends

  • jaffacake
    jaffacake

    Below is an article I found on an adventist website. The Watchtower stole most of the adventists other ideas...maybe next year?

    ADVENTIST FOOTBALL LEAGUE BEGINS A NEW YEAR - Trevor and Andrene Young

    Established in the year 2003, the Adventist Football League is now well into its fourth season and things are looking good. As one would expect from a new organisation, we had our baptism of fire, struggled with discipline and organisational efficiency, but through our collective efforts and the abiding grace of God, we have weathered the early storms and are now poised for great things.

    As we start the new year, the League wishes to thank all its well-wishers and supporters for their prayers, hard work, dedication, participation and general support that enabled us to progress this far. We hope that with God's continued guidance and blessings, and your continued support, we will make greater strides towards achieving our stated aims. These are as follows:

    · To enhance inter-church communication and interaction.

    · To improve fellowship, establish and develop new friendships between church members.

    · To equip the youth of the Church with sporting skills, while assisting with their social and spiritual development.

    · To encourage and facilitate greater interaction between the Church and the community, effectively bridging the Church/community gap, and thereby developing a more balanced community.

    · To develop more effective role models by setting good standards, both on and off the football field by adhering to true Christian morals and principles.

    · To draw people closer to Christ by demonstrating genuine Christian values and morals in all our endeavours

  • Gopher
    Gopher

    If they do form a Watchtower football league, they'll have to have special Watchtower rules.

    1. No games are allowed on Saturday mornings. You should be out "placing" magazines with the public.

    2. Only qualified elders can be the main referees. Ministerial servants can serve in other officiating and scorekeeping capacities, and will be expected to bring water for the referees.

    3. No scorekeeping, as this would violate the rule in the book of Galatians about 'not stirring up competition amongst each other'.

    4. You are awarded one extra day of everlasting life each time you score.

    5. Any repeated offsides infractions, and you will be reproved, or even worse, depending on the referee's judgement. Poor sportsmanship will result in being 'disfellowshipped' from that day's game.

  • FairMind
    FairMind

    Also if they form a team the theme song will be “Drop Kick Me Jesus Through The Goalposts Of Life.

  • delilah
    delilah
    They've not formed a hockey team yet, so I really cannot see them forming a football team. They've been pi$$y about organized sports anyways,( the brothers who play hockey late Fri. and Sat. nites) it interferes with service and meeting attendance, yadda, yadda. Can you just see the Bethelites playing football? They wouldn't even know how to play, LOL. They'd look just plain silly out in the field, with a pigskin in hand.
  • Poztate
    Poztate

    They could never form a team. They don't have the balls to play with.

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