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SERVICE REPORT 2005 : WATCHTOWER FEB 1ST 2006
by BluesBrother ini have had a quick look and found no references to this, so - here goes..as in the mag we picked up on sunday.. worldwide % increase over 2004 = 1.3%.
memorial partakers 8524 (compared to 8570 in 2004).
most european and nth american lands show pretty static figs - britain 1% increase, canada 0%, germany 0%, france 1%, usa 0%... but spare a thought for the inhabitants of zambia where 1 person in 90 is a reporting witness, must be hell going down to the local market!
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1984 - special meeting for old timers - do you remember?
by Bonnie_Clyde ini felt privileged to be invited to a special meeting which was earmarked only for publishers in good standing who had been baptized at least 25 years.
i was baptized 28 years (yes i was quite young) and clyde was baptized 25, but he refused to go.
it was all organization, organization, organization.
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International Convention Scam ...
by Taylor S. inmy mom said recently that she had 'applied' to go to the international conventions.
today she reported that she'd been approved.
i asked how much it was gonna cost her.
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1 Timothy 2:6
by defd in.
i was wondering why the new world translation says corresponding ransom , where as others do not.
anyone know where i can go and get a translation from greek to english.. d.
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should we pray to jesus?
by Cordelia ini'm meeting with my dad tomorrow (prob for the last time) and i have been asking him different questions and one he has tried to answer is about praying to jesus, (as i brought up that at acts 7 stephen clearly did) id like to tell you what hes printed out for me as he wants a response tomorrow,.
basiclly its all the same old :the scrips say jesus is the mediator we go to god through jesus (john-14:16, 1 tim-2:5,6).
in answering why stephen said 'lord jesus recieve my spirit' the wt says that god had caused stephen to see a heavenly vision (acts-7:54-59) he beheld the heavens open and saw jesus standing at gods right hand' so seeing jesus in vision stephen felt free to direct his request to him as the head of the cong, .
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THE NEWS IS BIGGER THAN DATELINE, BBC, CBC, ETC.
by AndersonsInfo inif i told you that something bigger is on the horizon than dateline, bbc, cbc, sunday (australia), and all other tv programs which exposed the sexual child abuse cover-up by watchtower in 2002-2003, would you believe me?
have i ever misled you?
i'll answer that--no!
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Headship principle
by TheListener ini was talking with a good friend of mine the other day and the subject of headship came up.. i believe that the bible clearly shows that the man is the head of the family.. however, i don't believe the society portrays that headship in a correct fashion.. in my opinion the society really endorses a type of headship that doesn't really square with the teachings of the bible.. as my fade has progressed (remember we're talking several years here) my style of headship has changed very little.
i've never been a domineering head who bossed his wife around and made hard and fast rules for the family, but, before the fade started, i felt like i could if i needed to and sometimes even felt that i wasn't a very good head because i was too soft.. now, i feel like i'm a good head of the family and that pretty much the way i've been doing it does square with the bible's viewpoint.
now i can be the head i was but without the guilt.. i'm looking for what others here think the bible describes for the actions of the head of the family.
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Service Meeting for Week beginning December 5, 2005
by TheListener insong 38.
10 min: local announcements.. 15 min: local needs.. 20 min: "what our ministry accomplishes.
" * when considering paragraph 5, include comments on the february 15, 2004, watchtower, page 32.. song 32 and concluding prayer.. * limit introductory comments to less than a minute, and follow with a question-and-answer discussion.
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I may have sealed my fate - part three
by atypical ini just wanted to give a quick update to anyone who might have read my earlier posts on this subject.. tonight my wife, who is very active in the hall, has a talk in the back school.
i haven't been to a meeting in about three months, and i really don't want to be there, but i want to support my wife.
but of course, the people who supposedly have so much love are making it a difficult decision for me.
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I think I'll take a few days off to DA....
by AuldSoul insince i'm da'ing this week, i think i'd better make myself scarce around here.
my nerves are in a knot and i'm not in the most rational frame of mind to be posting in good judgement.
wish me luck!