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Picnics have been discussed several times over the years. Search "picnic" and you might find a topic with some ideas you can use.

Can someone clarify?

While things like you mentioned can be fun, we need to keep in mind that a 'Congregation picnic' is not a meeting. It is a time to enjoy food, association and relax. I have been to some gatherings that made people feel uneasy because all of the activities made it feel like Q&A meeting parts and, since people hadn't come to the gathering to be quizzed, many left as soon as the food was served. Things like having live music - it can be a mixture of theocratic and secular music - can be fun. Likewise, physical games like horseshoes, cornhole, darts and the like help the older ones feel welcome since they can't play football or other high-energy activities. Having a Bible themes skit, especially if done semi-satire, can be fun for those in the skit as well as the audience.

I don't know the answer but I think the first step is to ensure that everyone that uses NWS is using the latest update and you are using the latest version of NWP.

The price of gold has dropped recently, falling to around $4,099 per ounce after retreating significantly from its record highs. Prices have tumbled roughly 10% over the past month as a global tech selloff, a stronger dollar, and hawkish Federal Reserve interest rate expectations have pressured the precious metal. Despite short-term volatility and recent selloffs, gold is still up roughly 23% compared to this time last year. Many long-term investors view dips as opportunities to accumulate more, noting gold's historical role as a store of value. Analysts point out that despite near-term pressure; structural drivers such as central bank reserve diversification and high global debt continue to support a strategic case for holding gold. Analysts point out that despite near-term pressure; structural drivers such as central bank reserve diversification and high global debt continue to support a strategic case for holding gold. Gold is expected to find a strong price floor between $3,800 and $4,000 per ounce. While spot gold recently dipped below the critical $4,000 threshold to touch a seven-month low, market experts view this as a short-term, policy-driven correction rather than a permanent crash.

I have checked the box in NWS to confirm our speaker is accepting hospitality and sent data. In the Meetings information on NWP, it still says "unconfirmed" for hospitality. Is this a known issue or is there something else i should be doing? Thank you!

If I'm right, earlier this year it was over 5,500 per ounce, now it is around 4,000 per ounce. What is going on?

Correct. My wording was twisted. Sometimes my thoughts go faster than my texting finger. I understand in general the latest publication is always the current clarification and we are to go with that. But when I reread April WT I did not remember it being so specific about its statement re Physical protection during GT. So with the Nov study WT I thought it was just emphasizing physical protection for all of Jehovah's people at the time of A. Now I'm back to questioning my understanding of physical protection during GT. I realize after my explanation I may have you confused too! 🤪 It's scary isn't it trapped inside my thoughts? Thanks for your kindness.

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Having a Congregation picnic in two months, anybody have any ideas for any kind of activity that we can have such as interviewing some elders or giving clues and guessing which Brother assist it is?

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*** mwb26 July p. 7 July 20-26 *** 8. Congregation Bible Study wcg “A Letter From the Governing Body” and intro https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=202026243&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=38 Thanks sister Leslie for that tip

David didn't tell Jehovah how big Goliath is. He told Goliath how big Jehovah is,

It turns out that 30,000 entries from the Strong's dictionary being imported into a jw library backup was a little too much from my website to handle. But using claude code I was able to extract strongs dictionary entries and create a note entry with no colored highlight for each and every verse of the Bible. It worked and only added 9 MB to backup file... But not quite sure how to make this available to work for everyone As at the moment jwsync.org can't handle 30k notes being added from a shared json. But I AM quite chuffed having a note for every verse now with the strongs references

Love the courage grows when faith grows. Can't wait to start our new publication in july. I started reading it about 3 or 4 months ago.

Admittedly, it's a been few years since I left the industry (Adwords/Adsense), but you can/could get very cheap clicks depending on the targeted keyword/topic. I'm talking cents per click. I would not be surprised at all if it later turns out that this was an approved trial. At first I was uncomfortable with the idea, as I was with Insta/TikTok at first, but if the FDS decides to expand the reach of jw.org, then who am I to disagree lol. They have told us to expect the unexpected as we draw closer to the GT But, atm, I don't see any obvious tracking script/pixels etc, and if the brothers were testing, I'd think they'd want to track performance/visitors etc.

Hubble Details Early Galaxy Transforming Neighborhood 23 June 2026 10am Release ID: 2026-014 Researchers show that a galaxy’s young, tightly packed stars converted nearby gas from opaque to clear only 1.4 billion years after the big bang. Astronomers have demonstrated how one galaxy that existed when the cosmos was only 1.4 billion years old transformed the gas in and around itself: Light from its young, massive, closely clustered stars blasted through opaque, electrically neutral gas, causing it to ionize and clear. This galaxy, cataloged MXDFz4.4, lived at a time when a universal event known as the Era of Reionization was wrapping up. MXDFz4.4 is the earliest of its kind. It is the only galaxy at this distance to date that appears in a deep Hubble Space Telescope survey in a particular visible-light filter that uniquely captures the energetic light escaping from its young stars. “Hubble returned the only view that shows the galaxy’s ionizing photons — light capable of clearing the ‘fog’ in and around the galaxy,” explained Ilias Goovaerts, the first author of a new paper in the Astrophysical Journal and a postdoctoral fellow at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. Article link: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2026/news-2026-014/ Pic Description: Detailed visible-light images from Hubble reveal that several bursts of younger stars cleared the space in and around galaxy MXDFz4.4. Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain this transition — and Hubble has provided the first example in this time period. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Ilias Goovaerts (STScI), Marc Rafelski (STScI, JHU), Anton Koekemoer (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

I think the current one is specifically talking about protection through Armageddon. The destruction of Babylon the Great is the start of the great tribulation and Jehovah's day. He can do "more than superabundantly beyond all the things we ask or conceive" (Eph 3:20).

So does this mean that the November issue is the current one and perhaps April issue has changed the thought?

Sorry that was WT April 2025 Article 17

WT April 2013 "We Are Never Alone". Paragrah 12: "And when "the great tribulation" strikes, we can have absolute confidence that Jehovah will fulfill his promise to safeguard his people not only spiritually but also physically." Rev 7:9,14.

├── Focus on Jehovah, not the problem ├── Remember past evidence of Jehovah's help ├── View challenges from Jehovah's perspective ├── Courage grows when faith grows └── No obstacle is greater than Jehovah

But they are writing from the perspective that he is responsible for killing Adam and Eve. I'm trying to see from the perspective of that time-period if they had said no. If Eve had said no, he would not be described as a manslayer because no one would have died. Lying is a sin, but what was considered a sin at that time? The only rule they had was to not eat from the tree. I don't understand what the rules were or how anyone knew what they were, so I can't say when the line was crossed.

Well, let's reason on it. Lying is a sin. Satan is a liar. Murder is a sin. Satan is a manslayer. Disobedience is a sin. Satan committed a willful act of disobedience. Notice what the Insight book says about Satan *** it-2 “Satan” par. 4 Satan *** So, from a righteous, perfect start, this spirit person deviated into sin and degradation. The process bringing this about is described by James when he writes: “Each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire. Then the desire, when it has become fertile, gives birth to sin; in turn, sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death.” (Jas 1:14, 15) In the course that Satan took, there seems to be, in some respects, a parallel with that of the king of Tyre as described in Ezekiel 28:11-19.—See PERFECTION (The first sinner and the king of Tyre). https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=1200003845&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par =5 Since the Slave is confident enough in stating that Satan "deviated into sin" then we can be confident in following their lead.