LIFE AND MINISTRY MEETING WORKBOOK May–June 2023

[Dhanyel]

https://www.jw.org/en/library/jw-meeting-workbook/may-june-2023-mwb/

[Dhanyel]

"When Gog attacks Jehovah’s people during the great tribulation, those who put faith in Jehovah and who trust those whom he is using to take the lead will have nothing to fear.—2Ch 20:20."

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[Luisabola]

New song for 2023 convention too

[Dhanyel]

Emergency warnings, importance of backpack, store some food, video to be considered very important 

[Amygdala]

This one is about posting on internet apostate forums: https://www.jw.org/en/library/jw-meeting-workbook/may-june-2023-mwb/Life-and-Ministry-Meeting-Schedule-for-June-12-18-2023/Protect-Yourself-From-Apostasy/

 

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How should we react to apostate teachings? Treat them as the poison they are! Never read them, reply to them, or repeat them. Be quick to detect information that is designed to raise doubts about Jehovah and his organization—and reject it!—Jude 3, 4.

 

Edited January 28, 2023 by Woanders

[Dages]

So we will probably be done with the Live forever book by the end of September 

[Parale]

41 minutes ago, Dages said:

So we will probably be done with the Live forever book by the end of September 

 

Yes, it would appear so.

 

We could then follow the instructions in the Enjoy Life Forever! publication, in Lesson 60, page 252, and use one of the following two books for the Weekly Congregation Bible Study:

 

Long-Term Goal

Read the books Draw Close to Jehovah and “Come Be My Follower.” These publications will help you to continue making progress and drawing closer to your heavenly Father and his Son.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102021260#h=47-48

 

It should be noted though that....

 

On 1/12/2023 at 2:29 PM, jwhess said:

Two of our publications have been updated (dated 2022) and one of them could be the choice.

 

The two updated publications are:

 

2022, “Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom (revised):

2022, Draw Close to Jehovah (revised):

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200276167#h=1252-1253

 

Which begs the question, how much have they been revised? Would existing copies need us to do our own 'cut-and-paste', like we did for the Revelation Book??

 

Talking of which....

 

On 1/12/2023 at 12:41 PM, Bosko said:

Revelation book we studied 3 times.

But I would love to study this book again.

 

Yes we did: 1989-1990; 1994-1995; and 2007-2008.

 

And the last time required that we did our own 'cut-and-paste' using an insert from the Kingdom Ministry.

 

Adjustments for the Book Revelation—Its Grand Climax At Hand!

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/202006329

 

 

Finally.... for reference here is a list of publications we have previously studied as part of the CBS in recent years:

• 2009: “Keep Yourselves in God’s Love”
• 2010: “Come Be My Follower”
• 2011: “Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom
• 2012: God’s Word for Us Through Jeremiah
• 2013: Who Are Doing Jehovah’s Will Today?
• 2014-2015: Draw Close to Jehovah
• 2015: Imitate Their Faith
• 2016-2017: God’s Kingdom Rules!
• 2018-2019: Jesus — The Way, the Truth, the Life
• 2020-2021: Pure Worship of Jehovah — Restored At Last!
• 2022-2023: Enjoy Life Forever! — An Interactive Bible Course

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200276966#h=12-20

[pholmes38]

When we had Draw Close to Jehovah updated last year I did wonder if it might be re-studied.

 

Especially as we had no new book last year

[Qapla]

With the emphasis on video production, wouldn't it be interesting if the CBS changed to having a 15-20 minute video each week followed with review questions?

 

A totally new format for a meeting so that we could have a series of videos on a single subject and then moving to another subject with each series not taking months or years to complete.

 

JAT

[Tronora]

5 hours ago, Qapla said:

With the emphasis on video production, wouldn't it be interesting if the CBS changed to having a 15-20 minute video each week followed with review questions?

 

A totally new format for a meeting so that we could have a series of videos on a single subject and then moving to another subject with each series not taking months or years to complete.

 

JAT

 

I have been thinking the same thing

 

May not even be so series-based, but more flexible, like a designated place for reports. Instead of using the local needs-space for that