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  When do new one year regular pioneers attend the pioneer school every year? What month?

  by Iamallcool in

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  @blondie: I have no idea why its at the end of the year/beginning of next year in Canada. one theory i have made myself is that its to "encourage" the pioneers because they only have to be out for about 6 hours during those two weeks, which are pretty cold during that time of year (Especially january), so they get to stay inside during that time instead. also, its easier to take time off during this time with christmas/new years.

  for eligibility, you still need 1 year experience befor being invited, but i believe if you start in january you might still be eligible. so you need to start before or during January 2013 to be eligible for December 2013/January 2014 school, before or during January 2014 for December 2014/JAnuary 2015, etc. so those who start in february have the longest wait.
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  When do new one year regular pioneers attend the pioneer school every year? What month?

  by Iamallcool in

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  August in the U.S., end of December/beginning of January in Canada. All Pioneer schools start today in Canada.

  pretty sure you can get the book they study if you search around the net for it.
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  Not on JW.ORG ; Jehovah's Witness mother shot on way to meeting, dies refusing transfusion. No angelic protection for meeting attendance.

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  in march 2000, residents of virginia, maryland, and washington d.c. watched continuous, often live, news reports about an ongoing manhunt for a police fugitive on the loose.

  on march 8, 2000, that career criminal, named joseph palczynski, attempted to carjack a jehovah's witness family on their way to the kingdom hall in joppa, maryland.

  palczynski twice shot jennifer mcdonel, 37, who was driving the family auto.

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  wow never heard of this before. the guy actually has his own wikipedia article, too. trying to find the awake article right now

  found it, g00 10/12 p. 26-27 "It Helped Save His Life" and you're in luck! the awake! article is on jw.org!
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  How old are you?

  by sooner7nc in

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  post your age...only if you want to.

  do it anyway.. i'm 42..

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  damn this forum is full of old people.

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  The privileged Bethel speakers and the rest of us Jamokes.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  cicero,illinois 1970's.

  our four day assemblies in the 1970's through the 1980's were pure torture.. they were held at a horse race track in cicero,il in the smoking hot and humid month of july.

  they charged around $2 for parking.

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  from find a grave:

  "William Lloyd Barry, a long time member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, died suddenly on July 2, 1999, while giving a public address at a district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses in Hawaii."

  Did anyone here happen to see that happen ? i dunno how they could continue the program knowing that a speaker dropped dead in front of thousands of people... would be very unsettling/scary/disturbing.
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  Link for the Bethel Dwelling Manual

  by greenhornet in

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  i guess this is what the new system will be like.

  enjoy the link every one.

  and buy the way it is my birthday today.

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  anyone got the 2004 version, preferably in .pdf format? or, if nobody has it, would a bethelite be kind enough to scan it and upload it to a file hosting site?

  wish i scanned mine when i had it. they force you to return it and your key/ID to the home office when you leave
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  the dumbest thing a CO ever said

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  "if it was'nt for the preaching work there would be millions more witnesses" - he was saying jehovah wants quality not quantity.. si i'm thinking, what's the difference as long as he has a people that live by bible standards and are moral.

  maybe sharing their hope and faith with friends and relatives on a casual basis?

  how backwards is that?.

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  Not a CO, but Canadian DO Wayne Johnson said this from the platform during a circuit convention that's pretty dumb: "I don't expect this system to last another 6 months at the most." He said this a few years ago, wonder how he feels today.
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  You can get disfellowshipped for attempted suicide

  by solomon in

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  yep, you can face a judicial committee if you try to kill yourself.

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  "Chapter 5 - Determining Whether a Judicial Committee Should Be Formed

  Offenses Requiring Judicial Decisions

  4. Attempted suicide may be the result of deep despair major depression. Deal carefully and compassionately with such a person. In most a judicial hearing is not required.-Ps. 88:3, 17J 18; Provo 15:13; Eccl. 7:7; w90 3/1 pp. 5-9; 3/15 pp. 26-30; g90 9/8 pp. 22-23; w83 8/1 pp. 3-11."

  Doesn't say anything about being DF'ed over it, that would be kind of stupid if it was the case, reminds me of how around Shakespeare's time, if you got caught committing suicide, you would be stopped, put on trial, and sentenced... to death.
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  "Lazy Jehovah's Witness" memes

  by JimmyPage in

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  i actually found these already made:.

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  ha never seen that one before.
  "scumbag circuit overseer" is also pretty good.
  
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  JWs in China?

  by crochunter in

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  does anyone have any info about jw in china?

  i've never heard about this topic?

  since everyone is supposed to be witnessed to, china is obviously important.. thanks.. croc.

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  Damn its weird to post in such old threads. but i have been hearing of jw's and china a lot recently.

  Anyway, some peeps i know mention other witnesses who have gone to China to "preach". However, they say they can't reveal what is going on in china with regards to JWs, but that "amazing" things are happening over there, and that the newest brochures, the ones with like 2 sentences on each page, were made specificially for the Chinese.

  AFAIK jw's aren't banned in china, right? so why the secrecy? and china has been relaxing its grip on religion in the last few years.

  but i seriously doubt much is happening over there.