New GB Member

[Hartley]

14 hours ago, digital_dreamer said:

 

I like that one a little better!  

“Jackson Lett Morris Cook” - amazing that just those 4 names can make a complete sentence.

Someone has too much time on their hands

[Bros J]

A way to remember their names:

 

Losch Herd to Splane to Sanderson why Jackson Lett Morris Cook.

[Qapla]

 Or, we can even make it a bit simpler

 

Losch Herd Sanderson Splane why Jackson Lett Morris Cook.

Edited January 29, 2018 by Qapla

[leoperales]

2 hours ago, Qapla said:

 Or, we can even make it a bit simpler

 

Losch Herd Sanderson Splane why Jackson Lett Morris Cook.

 

He dunnit too. 

[Gi-Gi]

Excited and look forward to hearing if he’s married and has children!

[sunshine]

On 25/01/2018 at 8:52 PM, JamesC said:

Breaking news on JW.ORG: 

BREAKING NEWS | Kenneth Cook Appointed to the Governing Body

 

I thank Jehovah for caring for us so well with these gifts in men.

 

 

That's good news.

 

Is there a link to the jw.org page?

[minister159]

3 hours ago, Gi-Gi said:

Excited and look forward to hearing if he’s married and has children!

 

Married, maybe. Children, no.

[ChrisC]

6 hours ago, Qapla said:

 Or, we can even make it a bit simpler

 

Losch Herd Sanderson Splane why Jackson Lett Morris Cook.

 

Can you do it with the 12 apostles please because I keep forgetting.

Then the 7 dwarves.

Thanx muchly.

Laters.

[Bluebell]

2 hours ago, sunshine said:

 

 

That's good news.

 

Is there a link to the jw.org page?

 

https://www.jw.org/en/news/#newsAlerts  

[JWTalk]

View the full article on JW.org

Edited February 2, 2018 by Shawnster

[rbrown1205]

I put Brother Cook's full name in the Google browser and came up with a picture that was identified as belonging to the new Governing Body member.  There wasa bunch of other things, but I did not have the heart to go very far with that (you know Google...).

 

Seems to me that there was a magazine that contained pictures of the helpers.  Does anyone know where one can find that?

[rbrown1205]

I found the October 15th 2015  WT study edition, and it listed the governing body helpers up to that time,  but no pictures

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2015771?q=helpers&p=par

 

That list was also in the January 2018 FAQ listing on jw.org, with some changes, and it was updated to add Brother Cook to the governing body.  

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/governing-body/

 

Not all of the governing body has a life story in the literature (Brothers Morris, Jackson, and Losch do- maybe others), but I just discovered that Brother Herd's life story is in the May 2018 study edition.

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-may-2018/poor-start-rich-ending/

[New World Explorer]

On 1/30/2018 at 12:03 AM, Qapla said:

Losch Herd Sanderson Splane why Jackson Lett Morris Cook

I recon we should pass this to the GB, they would have a giggle for sure LOL

[Tortuga]

6 hours ago, rbrown1205 said:

I found the October 15th 2015  WT study edition, and it listed the governing body helpers up to that time,  but no pictures

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2015771?q=helpers&p=par

 

 

Friday I met a brother Alex Reinmueller at the AH but I thought he was a local brother 

Friday was a work day and I saw him and his wife wandering through the dining room in work clothes so I introduced myself. I saw his name in the 10/15/15 WT and it says he is on the Publishing Committee.. Is there a picture of him?

 

EDIT:

Found it.

https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/pub-jwbmw_201510_2_VIDEO

I'm pretty sure that was the brother I met. There was a CA yesterday so he must have been the Branch guest speaker...

Edited February 11, 2018 by Tortuga

[juliansan]

3 hours ago, Tortuga said:

 

Friday I met a brother Alex Reinmueller at the AH but I thought he was a local brother 

Friday was a work day and I saw him and his wife wandering through the dining room in work clothes so I introduced myself. I saw his name in the 10/15/15 WT and it says he is on the Publishing Committee.. Is there a picture of him?

 

EDIT:

Found it.

https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/pub-jwbmw_201510_2_VIDEO

I'm pretty sure that was the brother I met. There was a CA yesterday so he must have been the Branch guest speaker...

 

Do I understand correctly that he himself is a member of the publishing committee and you saw him at the hall cleaning? Just to be sure

[Tortuga]

2 hours ago, juliansan said:

Do I understand correctly that he himself is a member of the publishing committee and you saw him at the hall cleaning? Just to be sure

I saw him at the Assembly Hall in normal clothes and I thought he was worker because it was a work day, however it appear I was wrong. 

I assume now that he was just looking around.

 

It's not unusual to have brothers come in for specific jobs, that day I met a brother that comes from San Francisco just to do the quarterly visual inspection of the fire sprinkler system. So when I saw brother Reinmueller and his wife looking at the dining room, I assumed they were working..

[Sheep]

13 hours ago, rbrown1205 said:

Not all of the governing body has a life story in the literature (Brothers Morris, Jackson, and Losch do- maybe others), but I just discovered that Brother Herd's life story is in the May 2018 study edition.

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-may-2018/poor-start-rich-ending/

 

Did you notice? Brother Herd also reads his own life story in the audio version, with the help of his wife Gloria!

[rbrown1205]

Yes!!! What a treat.  Brothers Jackson, Losch and Morris read their own life stories too.  With the JW Broadcasting feature, we get to recognize their voices.  It makes sense that the actual brothers get to express themselves while telling their own life stories.

[Thesauron]

Yes!!! What a treat.  Brothers Jackson, Losch and Morris read their own life stories too.  With the JW Broadcasting feature, we get to recognize their voices.  It makes sense that the actual brothers get to express themselves while telling their own life stories.

They always get the brothers and sisters who are telling the life stories to narrate them in the languages they can as well, if possible.

[Bosko]

I can't wait for bro. Lett life story. 

[rbrown1205]

On 2/12/2018 at 10:00 AM, Bosko said:

I can't wait for bro. Lett life story. 

Me too. Either his or Brother Splane's life story seems to be next. 

 

Life stories
Geoffery Jackson w15 8/15 pp. 3-8 or https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2015601
Geritt Lösch  w14 7/15 17-22 or https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2014525
Anthony Morris w15 5/15 pp. 3-8 or https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2015361

 

These three were appointed in 1999 w00 1/1 p. 29 New Members of the Governing Body
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2000007

Samuel F. Herd  
Life Story - https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-may-2018/poor-start-rich-ending/
Samuel Herd started pioneering in 1958, and from 1965 to 1997, he was in the circuit and district work. Thereafter, he and his wife, Gloria, have been part of the United States Bethel family, where Brother Herd has been working in the Service Department. He was also serving as a helper to the Service Committee.

 

M. Stephen Lett
Stephen Lett started pioneering in December 1966, and from 1967 to 1971, he served at Bethel in the United States. In October 1971, he married his wife, Susan, and went into the special pioneer service. From 1979 to 1998, he served as a circuit overseer. Since April 1998, he and Susan have been part of the United States Bethel family. There he has worked in the Service Department and was a helper to the Teaching Committee.

 

David H. Splane
David Splane started pioneering in September 1963. A graduate of the 42nd class of Gilead, he served as a missionary in Senegal, Africa, then for 19 years in the circuit work in Canada. He and his wife, Linda, have been at Bethel in the United States since 1990, where Brother Splane has worked in the Service and Writing departments. Since 1998, he had been a helper to the Writing Committee.

 

 

Here are the two newest:

Mark Sanderson https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2013534
On Wednesday morning, September 5, 2012, it was announced to the United States and Canada Bethel families that a new member had been added to the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Effective September 1, 2012, Mark Sanderson began to serve in that capacity.
Brother Sanderson was raised in San Diego, California, U.S.A., by his Christian parents and was baptized on February 9, 1975. He began to serve as a pioneer in Saskatchewan, Canada, on September 1, 1983. In December 1990, he graduated from the seventh class of the Ministerial Training School (now called the Bible School for Single Brothers) in the United States. Brother Sanderson was appointed to serve as a special pioneer on the island of Newfoundland, Canada, in April 1991. After serving as a substitute circuit overseer, he was invited to become a member of the Canada Bethel family in February 1997. In November 2000, he was transferred to the United States branch, where he worked in Hospital Information Services and later in the Service Department.
In September 2008, Brother Sanderson attended the School for Branch Committee Members and thereafter was appointed as a member of the Philippines Branch Committee. In September 2010, he was invited to return to the United States, where he served as a helper to the Service Committee of the Governing Body.

 

 

Kenneth Cook https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/world/kenneth-cook-governing-body/
On Wednesday morning, January 24, 2018, it was announced to the United States and Canada Bethel families that Kenneth Cook had been appointed to the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Prior to being appointed to the Governing Body, Brother Cook was a helper to the Writing Committee.
Brother Cook started pioneering on September 1, 1982, and began serving at the United States branch on October 12, 1984. The Governing Body is now composed of eight anointed brothers.
It is our united prayer that Jehovah continue to bless the Governing Body as it oversees the activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide.—1 Thessalonians 5:12, 13

 

Edited March 10, 2018 by rbrown1205

[daydream]

On 1/25/2018 at 2:48 AM, Doug said:

 

Yes, indeed. The AM was in October. I'm pretty sure Bro. Cook was a helper at the time.  So, we may have already "met" him.

 

Observations regarding Bro. Morris are related to post 8 and 12.

 

A funny thing happened while typing this . . . My autocorrect changed Bro. Cook to Bro. Cool.  How cool is that !?!

Haha, newbie here, just found out that AM is short for Annual meeting. Had to google that up. Silly me. Maybe I'm so far away from the States, information tend to trickle down more slowly. Quite excited about the video about the GB that we will be discussing this week. I had better get myself  more acquainted with the various acronyms.

Anyway thanks bro for that cool bit of information. GG = Good going. I think I'm going overboard.

 

[tekmantwo]

10 minutes ago, MikkiSoo said:

Haha, newbie here,

 

. GG = Good going. I think I'm going overboard.

 

Happy to have you here, don't worry about going overboard,  that just means you're just like all of us...

[daydream]

2 hours ago, tekmantwo said:

Happy to have you here, don't worry about going overboard,  that just means you're just like all of us...

Thanks Brother Tim and Sister Denise for your kind words. I'm feeling so right at home already on this forum. Good day to you both.

 

Sister Anne from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Miki is my dog)

[New World Explorer]

12 minutes ago, MikkiSoo said:

Thanks Brother Tim and Sister Denise for your kind words. I'm feeling so right at home already on this forum. Good day to you both.

 

Sister Anne from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Miki is my dog)

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