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  Mini Shephearding Call!!! Nice!

  by tresdecu in

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  ...while i was on the couch drinking coffee and surfing jwd..;-) it was an elder and ms, trying to 'encourage' us to be a little more regular.

  (i told him i'm fine, i get enough fiber in my diet...haha ok dumb joke).

  i chatted with them for a few, exchanged some pleasantries, told them i've been havining some "medical" issues lately and that i appreciated their concern.

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  ex360shipper

  LOL! I live out of the territory so all I get is a text message! Plus if anyone steps on my property they have a big ass dog running their way real fast and if he doesnt bite but if you don't know him he is intimidating enough to make you jump back in the car fast.
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  Starting to read Crisis of Conscience....

  by confuzzled777 in

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  2. friends

  after almost 2 years of being wrongfully disfellowshipped and over a year after finding this site....i am starting to read crisis of conscience.

  i will not lie....i am a bit nervous as to what information i will find in the book.

  i have a strong feeling that i will end up crying through most of it as i will start to see the truth about the "truth".

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  I'm on page 100 of CoC. I have to hide it from my JW housekeeper. Which means I hide it from myself and forget to go read it. But it has been interesting so far.
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  Former CO Willis Bentley

  by Rejected in

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  is he on this board?

  does anyone know the reason he left?

  what denomination is his church?.

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  ex360shipper

  Did he do the pizza parties for you too Charlie Brown?
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  Very tiny change to Service Meeting Announcements protocol.

  by Open mind in

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  2. beliefs

  for those who want to keep up with the "pure language", i found out this week that at the most recent elder's school, they were told that the announcements should no longer include the following:.

  1. name of public talk and speaker for sunday.

  2. synopsis of all the parts that are coming up on the rest of the service meeting.

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  ex360shipper

  The announcements are to allow time for REPROOF/DISFELLOWSHIPPING. The rest is just filler.
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  Baptism Questions??

  by lepermessiah in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this forum tends to get me thinking about things from the past and then roll my eyes.. i was recalling a particular pharasee in the congregation who used to love showing everyone how "smart" he was.. when i would go over the questions with someone, we would fly through them because it was usually with kids who were raised as jw's and could answer then in their sleep.

  (besides the fact it was an "open book" quiz.).

  well, mr pharasee used to always make it into a marathon session and take 2-3 hours to go over one section of the questions with someone.. he could take a simple question like "what is god's name?

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  ex360shipper

  Is that assembly hall stage from the video literally a three ring circus?!?
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  Warwick Construction-New Headquarters

  by Purza in

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  2. current

  you don't see me posting very often, but i do read the site frequently.

  my husband (who is an urban planner) came across a "blurb" in an engineering magazine.

  i have a scan of the blurb, but have no idea how to post.

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  ex360shipper

  Maybe now they can afford to build some KH's in the third world countries that can't afford them.
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  Bethel Memories Good and Bad

  by joelbear in

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  2. friends

  dave inspired me with his story of his week at bethel.

  the fish in the pond outside the e building at the watchtower farm would eat out of your hand, very cool.

  the fall colors of the mountains with the morning sunshine on them outside the dining hall at the farm were spectacular.

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  ex360shipper

  When I left, people asked why I would ever leave the closest thing we have to Paradise in this imperfect world. If Bethel is Paradise, I'd look for alternatives.
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  Former CO Willis Bentley

  by Rejected in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is he on this board?

  does anyone know the reason he left?

  what denomination is his church?.

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  ex360shipper

  Kinda bumping this to see if anyone knows if its true. He was one of the kindest, most down to earth CO's that ever existed.
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  Kingdom Melodies songwriters - Who wrote which songs?

  by Black Man in

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  2. friends

  so can we get a directory going of who wrote various kingdom melodies songs?

  i know frank kavelin (who has happily since left the cult) had a hand in writing "make the truth your own," and "make sure of the more important things.

  " but who were some of the writers that penned the rest of the tunes?.

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  ex360shipper

  The harshest and most unloving C.O. I ever met, Alonzo Hawkins, claimed to have written a few. I didn't care enough to ask which ones.
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  True Bethel Story

  by drahcir yarrum in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i arrived at bethel in december of 1968 on a cold night.

  i had the taxi drop me off at the old columbia heights building.

  the door was locked so i knocked and was reluctantly allowed in by another bethelite.

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  ex360shipper

  Shepherd,

  It was 1968. That was a pretty big deal at the time depending on what part of the county you were from. I know of brothers in the 70's who performed mixed race weddings and got threats from the brothers in the hall.