Not that my post means anything in this thread, but reading about the Memorial brought to my mind a time when I attended a Memorial in 1986. I had been disfellowshipped (from a congregation in another city...of which I had moved out of but never really was informed "officially" by the elders. I only knew i was disfellowshipped from what I heard on the "JW street")...anyway...a few years passed and I wanted "back in" so I voluntarily went to the(new congregatin in another city) elders and told them I was disfellowshipped in xxx city but wanted to get "back in"....(of course they had to get my "papers" from the other city).
yada, yada, yada....I attended meetings for months in this new congregation and accepted the "shunning" as part of my probation...ANYWAY...
I attended The Memorial with my then five month old son and being the really good baby that he was, he never cried during the service or anything. After the talk was over and the prayer was given just before the "emblems" were passed there was this silence...and my lovely son gave the most precious and loud burp that only a five month old can...and low and behold there was a slight chuckling within the congregation and people turned to look to see where it came from...and the elder on the platform said, "well, without anymore being said...." they passed the emblems (don't think I am spelling that right). Needless to say, within a couple of months I was reinstated. That lasted for four years....and why I have "fallen" since then is another story itself and to this day (since 1989) I don't know if I am disfellowshipped or what!