has anyone ever attended any ex-jw conventions?
like the one in new ringgold, pa where joan cetnar who is a former jw that hosts the convention every year?.
what about support groups?
I do not think Dan Hall has a web site yet but the one in CA will be in August 2003 somewhere around San Francisco. You can reach Dan at 916-776-4705.
Sometime before the CA convention, Lori and Keith MacGregor will put the information on their web site.
has anyone ever attended any ex-jw conventions?
like the one in new ringgold, pa where joan cetnar who is a former jw that hosts the convention every year?.
what about support groups?
This is Duane Magnani's site, he sponsors the one in Oregon.
has anyone ever attended any ex-jw conventions?
like the one in new ringgold, pa where joan cetnar who is a former jw that hosts the convention every year?.
what about support groups?
Waiting,
You can get all of the information on Joan Cetnar's convention in Pennsylvania at this site.
I will try to find the links to CA and OR.
Borgfree
received this email this morning:.
good day,.
with warm heart i offer my friendship, and greetings, and i hope this mail meets you in good time.
TR,
Just minutes ago I received that same e-mail. I deleted it. I had received, by regular mail, several years ago the one from Nigeria, so I knew this was a similar scam.
Thanks for posting it, others will probably get it also.
Borgfree
has anyone ever attended any ex-jw conventions?
like the one in new ringgold, pa where joan cetnar who is a former jw that hosts the convention every year?.
what about support groups?
Hi Yizuman,
I have attended the New Ringgold convention every year for the past ten years. I will try to never miss it. There are so many wonderful ex-jws at the conventions, I consider them my family. I also attended the convention in Portland, Or. (just outside Portland) three or four years and Dan Halls convention in California the past two years. I have met a lot of really great people. I highly recommend the conventions
Our group, in this area, sponsored a support group every month for about five years. We have taken a break for the last two years but intend to start having them again soon, probably about every three months. I think the support groups can be very helpful, especially for ones who have just left or are thinking of leaving.
Borgfree
my friend and i went to rent a movie from blockbuster video and they charged us a late fee for a movie i rented 3 months ago.
i have rented dozens of movies since then and they never said anything and i am positive i got it back on time.
this has happeded before.. soooo...to make a long story short....i went home and got on line and did a search on blockbuster....nothing but locations and stuff on new releases...blah blah blah...so i started to think ...hmmm maybe they just made a mistake with me...thats cool.. on a whim i typed in blockbuster ripoff and poof!!
I went into Blockbuster last winter to rent a movie. I was told to fill out their application, it looked like something you would submit to buy a house. I told them I didn't need their movies that much and left. They will not be getting my business either.
Borgfree
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my two favorites are a toss up between john lennon's "so this is christmas" and the "little drummer boy" - the one where bing crosby and david bowie are singing together.. love, scully
I like to hear Handels "Messiah" at least once during the Christmas season. I like all of the ones already mentioned, in fact I like almost all Christmas songs.
The first Christmas CD I bought after leaving the Borg was Mariah Carey's, sorry Scully and Kaethra, I love her Christmas CD.
Manheim Steamroller is good, I have about four of their Christmas CDs.
Borgfree
Edited by - borgfree on 2 December 2002 20:56:52
well, it is 32 minutes into my second year of posting here.
when i came here, i knew nothing of h2o, kent's place or freeminds site, though i did get his newsletter.
when i came here, i certainly did know the jw experience.
Merry Christmas Larc, and, a Happy and prosperous New Year!!!!
Borgfree
hello everyone..... just registered and want to know what type of folks here are?
are there are jws still in the so called "truth" lurking or posting here?.
are there any "born again" believers here who used to be a jw?.
Hi Yizuman and welcome,
I am an ex-jw, (birth to 54 yrs.) born again Christian and in that over 60 class.
Borgfree
sunday my brother-in-law, loyd gardiner, died.
he was an elder in the richmond, indiana congregation for about 50 years.. my son and i are having real problems deciding what to do.
we had decided not to go to the services because almost everyone there will be jws and we do not see the need to expose ourselves to the rude treatment by them.. i got a phone message last night from someone, not baptized jw, who thought we should go to the viewing today, to show "our respects".
Grace,
Thank you for the very kind words, you are always so encouraging. Thats why so many people on both sides of the world love you.
LB,
Thank you. It was interesting to see the different reactions from the JWs there. One Nephew, by marriage, came over where we were standing and shook my hand, then stood there for about ten minutes talking to me. Another one talked and laughed with us for about a half hour, (laughing is not unusual with my family at funerals) then he said I better not push this too far and we said our good-byes. On the other hand some went out of their way to pretend we did not exist, including three of my daughters. Really strange.
Garybuss,
As you probably noticed in my earlier posts, I had mixed feelings about going. I have been hurt very badly in the past when around JWs, especially my family. Once, at a reunion, with a half-brother I had never met, I was asked to leave, so that my JW family would come into the building. They refused to be in the same building with me. I never saw the brother again, he returned to California and a few months later died.
I have decided not to let them hurt me like that again, but, I also want my family to see through the deception of the WTS, so, I try to do what I can to, as Grace said, plant seeds. The viewing for my brother-in-law turned out very well, I think. I did not go to the funeral this morning; I thought I should quit, while I was ahead. I do think, by some of the reactions, we may have planted some seeds.
Borgfree
