Barrold Bonds

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  where was this quote made?

  by Truth and Justice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my parents and i are discussing a quote that was made many years ago.

  we know for a fact that it was made.

  i have exhausted all of my resources to find it, and so i come here to this fine group to ask you about this quote.. the subject is about money.

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  anyone have a pdf of the letter?
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  where was this quote made?

  by Truth and Justice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my parents and i are discussing a quote that was made many years ago.

  we know for a fact that it was made.

  i have exhausted all of my resources to find it, and so i come here to this fine group to ask you about this quote.. the subject is about money.

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  I've read a few posts mentioning a letter read this week on the topic of donations (begging for money). what's up with that?
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  Governing Body at Bethel and their daily routine

  by Tenacious in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i never had the privilege to serve at bethel .. therefore, community help is greatly appreciated friends.. do the gb members have their own living quarters separate from the average jw?.

  does their "busy" schedule permit field service, if yes, how many hours a month?.

  how long are their weekly wednesday meetings?.

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  pbrow: I should have said national average which is 9-10 hours. They turn their reports in to their cong. like everyone else.
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  Governing Body at Bethel and their daily routine

  by Tenacious in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i never had the privilege to serve at bethel .. therefore, community help is greatly appreciated friends.. do the gb members have their own living quarters separate from the average jw?.

  does their "busy" schedule permit field service, if yes, how many hours a month?.

  how long are their weekly wednesday meetings?.

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  separate quarters? No. In Brooklyn they lived in the same buildings as everyone else. They did get some of the nicer rooms though.

  field service? They're expected to meet the publisher average as are all bethelites. basically they are 'supposed' to go out every saturday with their congregation. the infirm ones are sort of exempt from this but they still go out a little. i knew a brother whose job was to take one of them out in service which was driving him around to a few RVs

  -wednesday meeting? No idea but I figure it takes up most of the work day

  -special privileges? They can pretty do whatever they want. However in their congregations they serve as regular elders
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  Could a JW be DF for celebrating Festivus?

  by Stealth in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after all, it's a secular holiday not a religious holiday.. if i was still an active member, i think i would start a new tradition of celebrating festivus.

  most likely no jws would come, but that's okay, it's a famiily holiday anyway.. what grounds would the elders have to disfellowship you?.

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  wait do people actually unironically celebrate Festivus?

  if so count me in. I want to air some grievances.
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  ROKU INVASION!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife bought a roku device!!

  lol!!!!

  hahahahahahah!!!!.

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  Never heard of it? Roku boxes have been around for a long time and are by a far margin the best selling internet box thing for TVs. It's free to make a channel for it so that's why tv.jw.org uses it.
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  jw.org says "be your own person"

  by hoser in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  on jw.org.

  http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/stand-up-to-peer-pressure/.

  it says be your own person at 0:53. .

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  The YPA articles and other stuff for youth have such a different tone than the 'real JW teachings' it's not even funny. Go check out the last set of YPA articles on homosexuality.
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  Are Today's Elders The Same As The Elders of the Last Century?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was 24 when i was first appointed as an elder.

  i very much respected the old timers, the elders that were basically good guys, family men and who tried to be good examples, although they knew they were far from perfect.

  i haven't been to a meeting in about a decade and i wonder if the elders of today are that much different than those of yesteryear.

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  well given how few men are reaching out to become an elder, the dudes from 10 years ago are still the bulk of the elder body today.
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  Elders: Born-Ins vs Recruits

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is an unofficial survey.. was curious as to the number of currently serving elders who were born-in and/or raised as jw versus those who were "recruited"( i.e, not born in or raised as jw.).

  for instance, right now in the hall i am assigned to:.

  2 elders were born-in and/or raised as jws.. 5 were not (recruited as adults).

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  at my old hall, there was one recruit and the rest were born-in
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  OMG: WT legislating about fragances and common sense

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do they have to tell the r&f every little detail???.

  from the new wt:.

  what can be done to assist brothers and sisters who suffer from adverse reactions to fragrances?any who are sensitive to fragrances face a difficult challenge.

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  Blondie, you're pretty smart and you're my favorite person on this board, so don't take this as me being my usual asshole self, but how can someone be diagnosed with something that isn't recognized by anyone? The AMA, WHO, OSHA, and others don't recognize it.