So this is how the meeting went in its entirety:
Brother opens with prayer and says "Please bless the governing body as they are writing this information for us we are about to cover"
{my mind says - not according to Geoffrey Jacksons testimony in Australia - he says the writing committee writes it and they just sign off on it}
Bible Highlights - bland
Bible reading - bland; no comments - just read and sit down.
The book study as commented on above in everyones posts.
The Service Meeting:
Fakey presentation of a tract
Announcement - Outdoor work at Assembly Hall- no shorts, no plunging necklines, no T-shirts with logos or symbols, no children except in certain areas accompanied by a parent
(serving as tribute in the Hunger Games sounds more fun actually)
Then a sound drama from headquarters to be played over the sound system. It was about Jonah. I had to look at the material to see what the application was supposed to be and it was supposed to be that we are not to mind if we get corrected.(by Jehovah of course)
It was very poorly done. I havent heard many others so maybe this was a fluke
(I doubt it)
One brother commented that we need to "like" the new mid meeting program even if we dont really think we do NOW because the change means the end is coming and we want to keep up with the chariot and not expect us to let the chariot drag us because the chariot doesnt drag people....its their own responsibility to keep up."
{my mind - what???? like it even if you dont and change means the end is coming.... what if they hadnt changed the program? Would that mean the end wasnt coming?}
The concluding song 113 was disconcerting because it was music from an old song (something about virgins and lamp oil maybe?) but it was sung with new words.
Weird.
The End
dont you just feel all kinds of encouraged and up-built now? :smirk: