When sitting in the CO meeting with Elders the average was often pitched at the congregations average or national average which could be 14 hours or more. Your spiritual character ie ability to show love to others. care for elderly, assisting single parent families etc never came into the reckoning when considering appointments. Also once you on the body - if you average dropped to say 9 hours - now problem - you were not on board. At all times the bodies entire average hours was never better than the congregations [mainly female Pubs] average.
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Appointed men & the 10 hour rule
by PlatinumFix indear all,.
could someone explain where it is written that mservants should be doing the congregation average/10 hours minimum?.
platinumfix.
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How are you South Africans enjoying the cricket Australia v the proteus
by barry inwe don't have foxtel here but this last test looks exciting from what we have seen on the internet.
play has just stopped for tea..
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Lovinng it mate ! Playing Aussies is always going to be a cracker ! Aus Batsmen were holding up well to ferocious bowling attack [body blows] but with the Steyn Remover injured its going to be a battle for Proteas.
I am from the match city but I wont be watching live - tickets were sold out.
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Back to study next week-Started reading Matthew's gospel
by fulltimestudent ini'm looking forward to next week.
even though, i'm enrolled this semester as an external student, (just to make it easier to go to china during the semester), i'm allowed to attend on-campus lectures and tutorials.. i've just downloaded the unit guides and everything fits in well with my planned china visit, this unit is at 200 level, so its an easier assignment load (just 3500 words in two asssignments) and both due before my planned dates to visit china.
and the exam will be at least two weeks after i get back.. oh!
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Actually Space Madness I thought the same of you.
Please do not infect the forum with the attitudes and demeanour that we are fleeing from in the borg.
If life is not that pleasant right now ...YOU and only YOU can be the change .....or change Tampon brands !
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BOE Letter: We want to suck three hours out of your life
by pixel into all congregations in the united states branch territory re: branch visit in november 2014 .
dear brothers: .
on february 11, 2014, the bethel family was excited to learn that a branch visit is sched- uled for the united states.
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What I dont understand is...........................
If the Big-A is so close why not hang around and take over a whole load of buildings from the leftovers. Eg the white house [dats resoived for Toni da Toid ] or Capitol Hill or the Pentagon etc
As it is some R+F have already put their tags on worldly real estate post-Big A!
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EldersÂ’ School 2013: Model Judicial Committee Videos and messages from the GB
by hildebrando infor the first time, weve accessed to audiovisual material in spanish, regarding the elders schools.
here is a video of a dramatization of a model judicial committee, in addition to letts introduction (speaking with strange gestures) and comments from anthony morris iii:.
http://hildeydesa.blogspot.com/2014/02/escuela-de-ancianos-2013-videos-de.html.
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Perhaps the Pinky ring is a "secret" membership sign to the Religous Order of Whatever - like the Masonic handshake
All the corporate plushness - the Beeg paintings the woodwork - I can just see the Christ flaunting his ego in this manner ?!
ITs so good to be off the Body and not have the pressure of playing dodgems with al this stuff.
btw Who viewing this thread is from South Africa? The Mother city??
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Just a little note now that Nelson Mandela's will is read
by TheOldHippie innelson mandela shared with his first wife, evelyn, a passionate commitment to a cause.
evelyn, who has died aged 82, was a jehovah's witness with no interest in politics.. as mandela wrote in his autobiography, long walk to freedom: "when i would tell her that i was serving the nation, she would reply that serving god was above serving the nation.
a man and woman who hold such different views of their respective roles in life cannot remain close.
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Both Winnie and Mandela attended her funeral. There was no fanfare - and he did not seemed fazed by that - He would not have been.
Evelyn loved him dearly but would not back down on her principles.
btw OutForever I am in the Mother City [Thats not Roodekrans ok ]
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My wife & I will be in the Brisbane Aust. area , the first 3 weeks in Aoril if anybodys interested .
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I trust you're a true blooded Aussie - grown up on Rugger and Cricket etc
We will be hosting you guys shortly in Cricket - Its going to be a great contest - especially after your annihilation of England.
I am over in Cape Town.
Regards Mate
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Elder and CO just dropped by....
by El_Guapo ini haven't been to a meeting in over a year, and as you know as soon as you stop attending meetings/fieldservice the "conditional" love becomes more apperant.
the coordinating elder starts off by saying how much he loves and misses me, etc.
i ask him, when was the last time you called or texted me?
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El Guapo - your story could be a ditto of mine.
I am now officially "inactive" but I still engage folk all the time - informally - speaking about and using the Bible - even following up with them. So they know I am "active" but not according to the Manual and this gets them really P---d off.
"Why dont you report the time?" the Secretary asks - "Because I dont keep track of the time - its not about the time - its about the event - the pleasure of the interchange - of hearing the other person express themselves openly" ................etc
In our household right now we are dealing with Cancer, Diabetes, Frail and bed-ridden Gran-ma and Depression and the last "shepherding call" was when the CO visited 5 months ago. The ones he schedules "cos as someone mentioned he fills in a report to the Sosatie.
I have only seen the inside of 3 of the 14 elders houses in 4 years. The only visit ie only time an elder has entered my home was with the CO. In the information age we live in - not even an SMS or E-mail - no phone calls and what we were always encouraged to do as Elders - you personally go and engage the inactive one with a visit and an invite to the meeting or out into the field.
I served as E for 15 years and enjoyed being a B+ Graded [you dont know that you get graded for DC's Talks???] DC speaker - Dramas and Manuscript talks. But I would not be able to give these new scripted 10 minute [including parroted interviews] jobs that we get fed.
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Witnesses: Why The 1/19/14 WT Lesson Is Dangerous
by Apognophos intoday's watchtower lesson touched on the history of hezekiah's reign, and then made a surprising modern-day application.
having used my time before the meeting to research the underlying material instead of highlighting my magazine, i personally found this to be an upsetting study, and decided to put this warning here in the hopes that some active witnesses read it.. the most important thing i want to say to you is that the actual flow of events in this bible account were severely misrepresented, and that there are some disturbing implications in the distortions that were made.
1. hezekiah's father ahaz makes himself a vassal to assyria out of fear of their overwhelming might (2 kings 16:7, 8).. 2. upon becoming king, hezekiah rebels against assyria (2 kings 18:7).
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I have saved this post - saved by the post - Apognophos saves !
Chelsea 3 - MUN 1 .................Great stuff ....well done Samuel and Jose
" take your meds !" Its da Afrikan sun Maaaan !
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Our Kingdom ministry March 2013 Question
by RobertT18 inis it true that the march ministry is hinting that this year will be the last memorial, someone just said that today in the service, just wanted to confirm.. .
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edit: forgot to add the month..
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tuejw,
I trust there is no obligation on anyone to attend your "dump ceremony" ?? Or pass any "emblems" around ??
Of course statements like that in the KM are interpreted as cameo prophecies and everyone spreads it around like the Plague and believes in it.
" We did not tell you to get all excited and start selling up and cashing our prior to 1975 now did we - you did not stick to the things written - you squirming little Am-ha-aret - you !"