30 minutes....during the public talk.
How fast can you "prepare" a Watchtower lesson?
by Open mind 57 Replies latest jw friends
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Casper
10 minutes flat...
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Aussie Oz
Got down to about 5 mins
then i just couldn't be bothered to do even a token underline
Hah! they call that STUDY!
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Finally-Free
I prepared when I first joined the cult but soon stopped, and was often harassed about it. Watchtower articles are written at about an eighth grade level so I didn't need to read them three times before I knew what they said. I didn't need to hightlight main points to know what they were or where to find them later, especially in view of the watchtower's predictability in their writing style.
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Gregor
Not exactly the NY Times crossword. I conducted many cong WT Studies with 10 mins. prep. I really enjoyed that job.
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Finally-Free
I conducted many cong WT Studies with 10 mins.
I never did that but I assumed it was an easy job. All you do is ask the questions and everyone else gives you the answers. Hell, you don't even need to read it.
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OnTheWayOut
In a hurry, I could prepare for a WT lesson with most paragraphs underlined some, all the main thoughts covered, and some idea where I will comment during the meeting in about 12 to 14 minutes.
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White Dove
I'd whip out the ol' red marker and get 'er done in about 2 minutes marking just anything.
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Open mind
Sam Whiskey, I had a similar panic-stricken situation myself when assigned to read at the last minute. I went to the bathroom, entered the stall, and two minutes later emerged with a "studied" WT using White Dove's technique. Then it dawned on me that the WT conductor couldn't see my WT and, if I just held my WT wide open with the front and back covers facing the audience, no one could see anything! (Except Jehobie, of course.) DOH!
From then on, if I was assigned to read, I knew I didn't need to underline that day.
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DrJohnStMark
Three minutes is enough, random underlining of 1/4 of the text using a screaming-colored highlighter pen so that everyone can see. Bonus: Your apparently "wrong" markings will make those sitting beside you feel very intelligent... so it's the good deed of the day.