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Brother Lett and I are approximately the same age, 78. He was our CO some years back. He even gave our Memorial Talk one year when he was here.

This subject got me to thinking about our music and singing. I have one or two songs from early days (Russell & Rutherford). Song 107 is from our "Hymns of the Millennial Dawn" (1905) https://app.box.com/s/dbq6fnn1jl0zq9t6j0hhkiuv2uqb9nhx I have several songs from our 78 rpm records used in the phonograph ministry (the Bethel Quartet). I have most of the songs produced by 'New World Records' from our green songbook Songs to Jehovah's Praise (1950). One of my favorites is listening to the Gilead students chorus singing "Christ is Here" for the 1958 International convention. That was song 90 I have the entire set of vinyl records from the purple/pink songbook 'Singing and Accompanying Yourself with Music From Your Hearts'. I have the entire set of CDs from the brown songbook 'Sing Praises to Jehovah'. and of course our more modern songs from the yellow and silver songbooks and 'original' songs on JW.ORG

We all like the GB members we know. But what about the 'other' 143,970 Kings and Priests we don't know personally? They are (or will be) just as important.

According to some reports, companies (like google and Microsoft) will begin requiring passkeys soon...😞

We used to have KHConf for audio only (around 2017). We could do 10 phone lines. Our LDC meetings were all on Skype. Our congregation had a ceiling mounted projector and a dropdown stage screen for broadcasts and videos. The pandemic came and we bought a camera and went on Zoom. We still have Zoom operational every day.

WTL updated last week...2503 is the third update in 2025 (June).

And welcome to our forum Br. Kenneth...♥️

We are up to 1103 languages now.

Remember 1 John 3:20..."regarding whatever our hearts may condemn us in, because God is greater than our hearts and knows all things."

Even before we went to Zoom, KHconf had video available. But many halls did not have cameras. As I recall, they used to give us a choice. If we used video, but the publisher only wanted audio (via landline phone), they would strip the audio stream from the video feed and send that audio to the publisher over the phone.

Time can be a consideration. The Insight book describes all kinds of sins (very large and quite small). It may take a different amount of time to address and solve the various problems we are faced with. A small sin might be an individual act that is quickly recognized and immediately dealt with. Other sins might involve multiple parties and require months or even years to unravel and fix. In the case of the jailer and his family at Philippi, the entire repentance, conversion and acceptance of Truth took one night. Manasseh took years. The 2013 Watchtower quoted below mentions it is an "on-going process". Sinful humans continue to sin. *** w13 3/15 p. 16 par. 14 Having “Come to Know God”—What Now? *** 14 Our initially becoming a Christian depended on repentance and on turning around, or turning away from our sins. Repentance, however, is an ongoing process. As imperfect humans, we still have sin lurking within us like a coiled snake ready to strike. (Rom. 3:9, 10; 6:12-14) *** it-2 “Repentance” par. 10 *** What true repentance requires. Repentance involves both mind and heart. The wrongness of the course or act must be recognized, and this requires an acknowledgment that God’s standards and will are righteous. The person must see that he has sinned against God. (Ps 51:3, 4; Jer 3:25) Even wrongs committed in ignorance or by mistake are to be recognized as making one guilty before the Sovereign Ruler, Jehovah God.—Compare Le 5:17-19; Ps 51:5, 6; 119:67; 1Ti 1:13-16. Regret, remorse, and tears, then, are not a certain measure of genuine repentance; the heart motive is determinative.

Mine was 720p but I upgraded it this time.

When I downloaded episode 1 last year I got 720p. Now this year I get to download episodes 2 and 3 in 1080p AND go back and download episode 1 in 1080p as well. It was interesting...😎

Ask and ye shall receive. The Jesus videos (including last year's episode) are available for download in 1080p.

The talks are available on JW.ORG. Go to Library>Videos>Program Events Look down the page for Gilead videos. The ones you already saw (part 1) are first. Use the arrow to the right to continue the search and the new videos are next. https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/categories/VODProgramsEvents