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None... I seen it both ways in my 50 plus years.

Our policy is that as long as they behave they are welcome. Our meetings are public and if someone wishes to be anonymous they can absolutely be that. We had no problems so far with that. Also we have many elderly and it can be challenging from time to time with the technology. So we are just happy that they try to attend best they can.

It would be unusual, but there isn't a stipulation against it. IS there a reason that the chairman can't offer the prayer? Or would it be better to have the one the elders want offering the opening pray be the chairman?

Can the chairman ask another Elder to give the opening prayer for the memorial? https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1976083?q=memorial+chairman&p=par

Keep us posted, and don't forget to send pictures when you can. Does this mean your congregation is currently sharing a hall with another congregation?

If anyone is interested, please send me a private message with a resume and job ID, or let me know what kind of jobs you are looking for with compensation requirements.

I made one about attending the Memorial We Remember

It was about 18 years ago a decision was made to have a new kingdom hall. A search was launched to find suitable land for a hall. Nothing! A few years later and the RBC became the LDC. The LDC agreed that we needed a new place, and took over the project and the search. Still Nothing! About 10 years in, and we received news from the LDC. It was not what we expected and a little disappointing. After years of searching and failing, they decided to, rather than relocated o a new hall, they would refurb the existing one. It was disappointing because we had high hopes for a new building in a better location. Plans were drawn up. It was to be a major refurb with big structural changes, taking 8 months to complete. We were put on the list, waiting for a date. 2020, and in lockdown. The project on hold. Unbeknownst to us at the time, the LDC started to reinvestigate the possibility of a new build. Casting their nets wider and searching every pocket of land. But sadly, nothing. Back to plan B. 2022 and the project is back on. 2023 and planning permission was sought and granted. 2024 and we got a start date - March 2025. The date was postponed until August 2025 and to be completed by March 2026. July 2025, we had our last meeting at the Kingdom Hall. It was a sad and happy occasion. Within the next week, the place was cleared and stripped. Ceilings, lights, av system, carpets and chairs all removed. All ready for the project team to move in and begin. No going back now! August 2025. The project was been put on hold because of a "development". The LDC team move on to other projects, leaving us with no Kingdom Hall. March 2026. Good news! A building has been purchased! It is only 20 years old. Built by, and until recently used by, the Plymouth Brethren. Its a really nice building by the looks of it and only needs minor works doing to it. Plenty of parking spaces too. As it is already a place of worship, we are good on that front too - no seeking a change of use. Soon we hear more about the building and the new project.

Ah yes, Brother Ipad and Sister Samsung are regular attendees on Zoom.

We don't really worry about unrecognized identities. Even some of our regulars inadvertantly lose their name, and all we see is their device name. Many of our friends are "computer challenged" - they are doing well just to log on to Zoom at all!) Of course, if a Zoom participant was disruptive somehow, the Zoom host would immediately remove them. But in all our years of using Zoom, there has not been a single problem of this sort. We view it just as we would strangers walking in the door in person. Everyone is welcome (after passing scrutiny of our entrance attendant, of course).

so I guess he’s retiring all chaplains?

Arigato 😁

I like doing puzzles as well. I am currently stuck on one it is a elephant's head 700 pieces I think? This is the first poster sized one I've done with the puzzles pieces being so large, so it's difficult to spread them out and find pieces to put them together like I usually do. What do you do with your puzzles once you're done completing them?

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Thanks, I'll have a look. edit : すごい！

All the friends in my cong are properly using it. Probably because the brothers and sisters went to the place of the old members of the cong who aren't used to ZOOM and set it up for them so they don't have to do it again all the time.

So, after the last workout I posted about I went hiking to Sweetwater Creek State Park outside of Atlanta. 4.34 miles, and over 10k steps. Was very tired but felt good. The only issue I had was a portion of the trail that went uphill where my heart rate soared to about 150 bpm, and I had to sit down on a log. Otherwise, I felt pretty good. I didn't workout this past week due to issues with sleep (thanks sleep apnea!) but I am getting back on the wagon next week.

Still no update available here - Current version on my PC

Videoconference, like Zoom, attendance is steady at our hall. The issue is some of the friends get new devices and at other times ones we do not recognize try to join with obscure identities, like device names or verbs, seriously. We have tried to educate the friends, with a high success rate. The ones with obscure identities, we send a message and ask them to change their identity to a recognizable one. If they do not change their identity, then it's a struggle whether to let them join. Is your Hall successful in this difficulty? What are some ways your hall handles this in a firm and loving manner?

Not just him; many people are growing tired of evangelical Christianity in the US. Religion hasn't been banned yet, but it's not hard to see how and why it could happen.

Jehovah can notice that these so called religions promote wars.. As a result, he will get rid of it first.

Yeah so for those who wants to keep the old icon, may more likely should not install the newest installer from the website. But we won't know until the next catalog update if that update will also have the new icon.

New Watchtower Library Update Bug fixes