The very model of a modern Ministerial.

by philo 11 Replies latest jw friends

  • philo
    philo

    I wrote this when I was a hardWORKing pioneer being passed over for Ministerial servantship year after year.

    The circuit servant's coming soon, and when he asks I'll have to say
    There's a creditable brother here the others are on holiday
    He's eminently eligible as a ministerial
    I think, with me, you will agree that he's the right material

    He's neat and smart and organised, he's even cleaned the kingdom hall
    He's amicable, tollerable, neither short, nor fat, nor tall
    His gracious smile and spectacles portray him immaterial
    He's just the sort of fellow who could be a ministerial

    He knows that kings invaded things, approximately BCE
    That Paul in Acts was quite relaxed while being shipwrecked in the sea
    He's never had a thought about a matter inetherial
    He's just the sort of fellow who could be a ministerial

    To illustrate his pliant state in taking to the present truth
    He told me that he gave it back: an organ transplant from his youth
    In matters of opinion when a man might be inscrutable
    He'll hold the floor declaring "they are justly executable"

    He needs to count the magazines transcribing it upon a form
    The brothers late he must collate efficiently each Sunday morn
    He needs to hold a microphone without arousing wrong desire
    The recommended underwear will complement his fine attire

    Pre-eminent in modesty, or so I overheard him claim,
    No weird genes or oddities associated with his name
    And so in matters theocratic spiritual and filial
    He's just the sort of fellow who could be a ministerial

    His ministry is regular he does a little every year
    So marvellous a scheduler, he once began to pioneer
    He never wastes his time upon the context of the scriptural
    He doesn't deviate from our interpretations literal
    He balances his diet with skimmed milk upon his cereal
    He's just the sort of fellow who could be a ministerial

  • Duncan
    Duncan

    Philo,

    Bravo!

    [applauding, Standing Ovation]

    Simply excellent stuff.

    Duncan

  • Englishman
    Englishman

    Philo,

    You obviously missed your vocation, click on this link for the melody: http://www.melodylane.net/general.html

    Englishman.

  • philo
    philo

    Duncan, thanks for the applause. I had a chuckle myself when I picked it out of the archives.

    Englishman, thanks for the link. I've only heard, not read, the words (libretto, is it?) before, its hillarious.

    philo

  • COMF
    COMF

    Excellent! Encore!

    COMF

  • outnfree
    outnfree

    VERY nice!

    Add my BRAVO! to those others who are standing in salute!

    outnfree

  • Prisca
    Prisca

    BRAVO! BRAVO!

  • TR
    TR

    Excellent!

    Now apply this to the hardworking fellow in the "recent snapshot of Fred in service" post.

    TR

  • MuzicmanCa
    MuzicmanCa

    STANDING OVATION...

    I totally know what you mean. It reminds me of all the times I was talking to the elders in the back of the hall so they could tell me of all the ways I needed to change so maybe next time God's holy spirit would see fit to use and appoint me; back when that actually mattered to me of course. I think it was the last time I was passed over that I began to realize that I was just way too non-conformist to be a JW with any level of success and that any efforts made were just futile.

    Muzicman

  • Flip
    Flip
    I wrote this when I was a hardWORKing pioneer being passed over for Ministerial servantship year after year.

    Philo, there are two kinds of Jehovah’s Witnesses, those who buy at the literature counter and those who are WTBTS trained to “motivate” other Witnesses to buy copious amounts of literature at the Kingdom Hall counters.

    It’s obvious you were successful as a “purchaser” of “their” publications. Why on earth would “they” turn you into a ministerial servant…it wouldn’t make business sense.

    Enjoyed reading your subtly humorous but poignant poem. Obviously an “apostate” in the making and who knows, the WTBTS is pretty good at highlighting “shady” characters within their ranks, maybe they did have it in for you after all.

    Flip

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