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It's a good question, Erin, and the answer is that zoom meetings for the congregation are set up under security conditions (personal passwords etc.), so that an attendant can confirm your entitlement. It may be possible to get permission from your Branch office, through your local elders. This would appear to be the right way to find out. You can record family or other private zoom meetings, by asking the zoom host to set it up.

There are some villages with Bible students in Poland too. One support group feom our congregation encountered them 2 years ago while doing rarely worked territory. Our friends witnessed to them as any other denomination.

Also we don't travel back and forth. We lodge mostly at hotels on Thursday and sign off on Sunday morning before the program starts. You can imagine how much time and resources family members put in to make conventions here memorable. Just like during Jesus time when they have to travel to Jerusalem and spend some days. Unfortunately everyone counts their children before the big bus carrying the congregation leaves so we don't have any little child disturbing the convention chairman with questions. Sent from my moto g stylus 5G - 2024 using Tapatalk

These meals are cooked in the evening in between the days. Brothers arrive Thursday and cook Friday meals on Thursday evening. Saturday meals on Friday evening after day's closing. Sunday meals on Saturday evening. So even the sisters get to enjoy the program. Sent from my moto g stylus 5G - 2024 using Tapatalk

Yeah it's not AI that's the problem it's that many people don't know how or when to use it. Important things you need to check the source directly. In things like chat gpt it tells you that right next to the chat input box. The handy thing is you can ask it to provide the source of it's information and click it and check yourself. You need to have a human in the loop especially for important information. However say you want to brainstorm ideas, for instance ask it to give you 5 common relatable illustrations that would drive home a scriptural point. You then get presented with 5 illustrations to choose from. Again human in the loop. It all depends how and what you are trying to use AI for. If you tell it to explain the legal basis for something you had better check it as it will sometimes produce an answer based on incorrect or outdated information. People need to know this.

I love this new feature for JW Library!!! Here is a screenshot below. This is just 1 way a person can set up their iPad to study the WT Lesson. (Left Side) WT Lesson (MIddle) English NWT (Right Side) Spanish NWT

Because I was asked to prove that BS still have meetings today

I will start off. Boraxo. Use it in your wash, and it’s almost like bleaching your wash, but it’s wonderful for colored clothes. Sparkles white clothing. Also, do your recycle? I have this thing I got from Amazon. Like a wash cloth made of chain! Cans. Especially dog food cans. Put a bit of soap, water, and this little metal wash cloth, flat out cleans it. I use it for jars, too. I think this will be fun!

Gardening tips...l am planning to start a roof top garden for vegetables

I’m thinking of household tips, gardening tips. Pet care. Little experiences. How to make sure you exercise, drink enough water. A little visit, and a share!

There are Cacti (cactus) that can work for your area Outdoor Varieties (Can stay out year-round with strict drainage) These specific varieties can tolerate freezing winter temperatures, provided their roots are kept bone-dry: Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa): The absolute best outdoor choice for the UK. It is seriously tough, handles the damp better than any other cactus, and multiplies rapidly by dropping flat pads that easily root into new plants. It even produces beautiful yellow summer flowers. Tree Cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata): A highly architectural, frost-hardy upright cactus. It branches out rapidly into a miniature shrub-like structure when given maximum sun. Indoor Varieties (Best for quick multiplication) If kept on a bright, south-facing windowsill, these varieties will multiply quickly by throwing off "pups" (baby offshoots) around their base, which you can easily detach and repot: Rebutia (Crown Cactus): Extremely beginner-friendly, free-flowering, and clusters incredibly fast into low mounded clumps. Echinopsis (Hedgehog Cactus): Fills out containers rapidly by clustering heavily at the base and produces massive, fragrant flowers in the summer. The Strict Rules for Sussex Cactus Success The Soil Mixture: Standard UK multi-purpose compost retains too much water and will cause root rot. You must mix your soil to be at least 50% sharp sand, grit, or perlite to guarantee instant drainage. Pot Material: Always use terracotta pots. Terracotta is breathable and allows wet soil to dry out much faster than plastic pots. Winter Rain Shelter: If keeping hardy cacti outdoors, place them under the eaves of the house, against a south-facing brick wall, or under a transparent porch roof from October to March to block the winter rain. Watering: Water heavily but infrequently from April to September (allowing the soil to dry out completely between waterings). Stop watering completely during the dark winter months 1. Hardy Geranium (Cranesbill, e.g., Rozanne) Care Level: Virtually Zero Why It Works: Unlike tender bedding geraniums, these are tough perennials that survive the wet West Sussex winters. They spread rapidly, tumble over container edges, and bloom continuously from June until the first winter frosts. Maintenance: None. Chop them back to the ground in late autumn, and they will return larger the next spring. 2. Hosta (Plantain Lily) Care Level: Very Low Why It Works: Hostas thrive in the damp, shaded, or semi-shaded environments common in South East England. They grow into massive, lush mounds of foliage very quickly, completely filling a container in a single season. Maintenance: Keep the soil damp. Protect them from slugs using copper tape around the rim of your pot. 3. Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia) Care Level: Low Why It Works: A fantastic "spiller" plant with bright golden-green leaves that roots itself wherever it touches soil. It cascades dramatically down the sides of pots and hanging baskets, multiplying at a rapid pace. Maintenance: Needs regular watering during dry spells to maintain its vibrant color. 4. Perennial Wallflower (Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve') Care Level: Low Why It Works: A coastal Sussex superstar. It loves sunshine, handles salty sea air, is highly drought-tolerant once established, and flowers for up to nine months of the year without stopping. Maintenance: Plant in a pot with excellent drainage and a grit-heavy compost mix Winter Drainage: Because West Sussex gets a high volume of winter rain, always raise your containers off the ground using "pot feet" or bricks. This prevents the compost from waterlogging and freezing the roots.

@Ishaya Here is the US, on the rare occasion that someone didn't bring something to eat, some nearby will offer something. But, for the most part, that does not happen often. Since the direction from the US Branch is to bring a simple meal for yourself, that is what most do. It is not common for lunch at a US Convention to be a jamboree altogether. It is also not common for ones to come without a lunch ... unless they are on a diet and don't eat lunch - I have seen some do this.

This is something I'd be very careful with. Jehovah has his people on a schedule, for years. Why would any witness do a YouTube search for BS meetings? We've never used such language, (worship services? That's not us) true witnesses dont have YouTube BS postings, its not how we do things and if a witness was doing this I'd be very suspect.. We may have a few sisters that like to review the WT before the meeting but we're not doing BS on YouTube. When I came into the truth I was harassed by apostates. They left notes on my car. The demonstrations in front of the RC facility were common. In my community there was a splinter group, as has happened in years past, that called themselves Jehovah’s Christian Witnesses. Similar but completely not true. So please pay attention to verbiage. We have a common language that identifies Jehovah’s true people.

Just pics from the internet. Here's my garden a few weeks apart:

Loyal association strengthens faithful decisions, and Jehovah always notices unwavering loyalty.

Sunday, July 5 Zadok the priest . . . anointed Solomon.—1 Ki. 1:39. Zadok remained loyal to Jehovah despite High Priest Abiathar’s choice to support David’s son Adonijah, who planned to seize the throne. David never doubted Zadok’s loyalty. When Adonijah’s scheme was revealed, David turned to Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah to anoint Solomon as king. (1 Ki. 1:32-34) Being with loyal worshippers of Jehovah, such as Nathan and other supporters of King David, must have strengthened and encouraged Zadok. When Solomon became king, he “appointed Zadok the priest in place of Abiathar.” (1 Ki. 2:35) How can you imitate Zadok? If someone close to you chooses to leave Jehovah, make your choice clear. (Josh. 24:15) Jehovah will give you the strength and the courage you need. Rely on him through prayer and by staying close to fellow loyal worshippers. Jehovah treasures your loyalty, and he will reward you for it.—2 Sam. 22:26. w24.07 6-7 ¶16-17

Dumb question.... Is there like a universal recording or a zoom meeting where people that work during their meetings can attend or rewatch a prerecorded meeting? Im goong to be going back to work in August and to keep our financial situation decent im going to grab a second shift job so i'll be missing my weekday meetings :/. if not, bros/sisters that are in a similar situation what do yall do to replace it? I thought of just watching a few talks but idk.

Still in a heat wave. Two fans broke, I went out and got one new fan, Have one window air conditioner, where my dog is now. I want to make sure she is okay when I get picked up for meeting tomorrow. I will try one call on the way home from meeting.

I have used Claude Code, Antigravity, Hermes Agent, Openclaw, and Codex. I have a couple of days to use my 50% anthropic subscription for the use of Fable 5 the most powerful single LLM model ever released to the public. This model is absolutely amazing and just gets the job done when it comes to building things. I have created loads of apps and tools with these agentic ai coding systems. From a mixed clone of Lovable, Cursor and Claude code that I can plug my Ollama cloud subscription into. To Openclaw and Hermes agents that are on my Linux headless server at home so my agents are totally private. I would say for agentic work Hermes is the best. It has a very good memory system so it remembers things about me and what I speak to it about. I would say Claude Code is the best for straight up coding. For Antigravity if you create a skill that teaches it to make Awwward winning websites It can make beautiful websites. For me though it’s the LLM models that make the difference. I was practicing some red teaming pentesting with GLM 5.2 and the free juice shop website that you can practice on and GLM 5.2 was able to find all of the 100+ vulnerabilities. That is amazing for an open cheap model. Two of the best use cases I have used AI for is that I watch Reolink cameras for the LDC. I got gpt 5.5 to create a tool that emits a beep when a person icon comes up on one of the 14+ cameras to notify me when people are on the screen. Another really cool thing I have done is create a cron job with Hermes agent that parses the days text of the day along with the comment and then provides me with 3-4 principals, 3-4 points for meditation and 3-4 ways that I can apply the days text in my life. I send that cron Job every day to 3 people and they love it. I can control my Hermes and openclaw agents through telegram while I am out. I can literally build things when I am out and about anywhere as they are on my always on server at home.

Good website to quickly compare different models is arena.ai It used to have some paid models as well, now it's a bit limited but still quite useful

now dilip, my brother, let's fight this together for all of us trip so let's keep our grip too bad if around us says: What is the fuss it's easy you see so why do you plea? but we know it's tough and it gets quite rough our secret is sure love God in our core ask daily for aid though we are afraid beyond all their stings we soar on Jah's wings

I only bring food for myself. Now that we meet at our Assembly Hall which is near several food spots, I've taken to just going to McDonald's or getting a sandwich from the nearby supermarket. Many friends do that in order to avoid the fuss of packing lunches. @LeolaRootStew you just gave me a good idea for one of my lunches next week! 🍣 🍚🥟🍤

If I search for Bible Students meetings on youtube they broadcast in-person conventions and worship services

While looking into this, it was the first time I head of Perplexity. I might have to give it a look ...

If that's your garden it's beautiful ❤️