Jack Ryan

October 4, 2017 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS AND MINISTERIAL SERVANTS Re: Kingdom Ministry School for the 2018 Service Year
PROGRAM FOR MINISTERIAL SERVANTS
MINISTERIAL SERVANTS
References needed during the Kingdom Ministry School:
Ministry School book—main points will be taken from pages 118-120, 128-130
Organized book—main points will be taken from chapter 6, paragraphs 3-12
 
PROGRAM FOR ELDERS
ELDERS
References needed during the Kingdom Ministry School:
Shepherding textbook—main points will be taken from chapter 3, paragraphs 1-10, 22
Ministry School book—main points will be taken from pages 118-120, 128-130
September 1, 2017, letter to all bodies of elders regarding protecting minors from abuse
May 15, 2017, letter to all bodies of elders regarding regular pioneers
July 13, 2014, letter to all bodies of elders regarding appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servants
 

“Best Life Ever” is displayed at Watchtower Farms, near Pine Bush. The JehovahÂ’s Witnesses' maze is a work of devotional art, and not intended for exploration like the pagan ones made for Hudson Valley tourists every Halloween. 

“Best Life Ever” is displayed at Watchtower Farms, near Pine Bush. The JehovahÂ’s Witnesses' maze is a work of devotional art, and not intended for exploration like the pagan ones made for Hudson Valley tourists every Halloween. 

They started out with a $3,500 carry-over but by the end of the day they were short $25,000. The speaker eloquently beseeched the audience to go the ATM machines and give their generous contribution or at least their widow's mite. After the sessions were over, our friend who attended walked from one end of the assembly hall and then to the other end and noticed long lines up to both machines with people who couldn't wait to run up their credit cards. Later in the car, even his hard-core JW wife mentioned that she wondered how it cost that much for a one-day assembly in a building that was fully paid for.
I'm guessing maybe a paedophile lawsuit happened during the interval.
 

September 6th, 2017: A just released research survey shows once again that Jehovah's Witnesses are among the least educated people in the United States: 
AmericaÂ’s Changing Religious Identity
It is also interesting to note how JWs rank in the categories of: Income, Insurance Coverage and Homeownership. They are among the lowest in every one of these categories.
45% of JWs report household earnings of less than $30,000 per year Fewer than half of Jehovah’s Witnesses (48%) are homeowners Only 31% report having health insurance through their employer  

There was a man who said, "I never knew what happiness was until I got married...and then it was too late!"

Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.

They say when a man holds a woman's hand before marriage, it is love; after marriage, it is self-defense.

When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a ten-year married man looks happy, we wonder why.

There was this lover who said that he would go through hell for her. They got married, and now he is going through hell.

A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive. -- Bruce Friedman

A coward is a hero with a wife, kids, and a mortgage. -- Marvin Kitman

A gentleman is one who never swears at his wife while ladies are present.

A husband is living proof that a wife can take a joke.

A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted. -Marriage quotes2// Marriage is like a mousetrap. Those on the outside are trying to get in. Those on the inside are trying to get out.

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred.

Marriage is the sole cause of divorce.

Marriage means commitment. Of course, so does insanity.

Marriage still confers one very special privilege - only a married person can get divorced.

Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and around the hands and feet of the man.

Marriage: the only sport in which the trapped animal has to buy the license.

Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

There was a man who said, "I never knew what happiness was until I got married...and then it was too late!"

Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.

They say when a man holds a woman's hand before marriage, it is love; after marriage, it is self-defense.

When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a ten-year married man looks happy, we wonder why.

There was this lover who said that he would go through hell for her. They got married, and now he is going through hell.

A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive. -- Bruce Friedman

A coward is a hero with a wife, kids, and a mortgage. -- Marvin Kitman

A gentleman is one who never swears at his wife while ladies are present.

A husband is living proof that a wife can take a joke.

A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted. -Marriage quotes2// Marriage is like a mousetrap. Those on the outside are trying to get in. Those on the inside are trying to get out.

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred.

Marriage is the sole cause of divorce.

Marriage means commitment. Of course, so does insanity.

Marriage still confers one very special privilege - only a married person can get divorced.

Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and around the hands and feet of the man.

Marriage: the only sport in which the trapped animal has to buy the license.

Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

January, 1989
The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century." (w89 1/1 12 "The Hand of Jehovah Was With Them" [as originally published in the Watchtower magazine]).
Rewritten
"The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our day." (w89 1/1 12 "The Hand of Jehovah Was With Them" [as it appears in Watchtower bound volumes & CD-ROMs])
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I think this is in response to the @Librarian calling the bridge at Wallkill "engagement bridge" ... hence the crackdown:
http://www.jw-archive.org/tagged/Engagement-Bridge

At Warwick there is a gazebo overlooking the lake. It's a nice peaceful setting. Well someone had the bright idea they were going to propose while they were at Warwick. They see this Gazebo and walk out to. He proposes to her and they take some nice pictures there of each other to remember their engagement.
Well, a few minutes later Bethels version of the secret service comes running down the hill. A bunch of these guys tell them that they can't be there, this is for the GB use only. They meet there on Wednesdays when it's nice out instead of meeting in their office.
It gets even crazier! They made them delete all the photos they took at this location. They gave some weird reason that they don't want tourist coming down and taking pictures of the gazebo and idolizing it because the GB have their meetings there on Wednesday on nice days. & that they didn't want other people getting the idea that this would be a good place to get engaged at.
I can confirm this story 100% down to the smallest detail. One of the weirdest things I've ever witnessed. Talk about an awkward engagement.

January, 1989
The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century." (w89 1/1 12 "The Hand of Jehovah Was With Them" [as originally published in the Watchtower magazine]).
Rewritten
"The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our day." (w89 1/1 12 "The Hand of Jehovah Was With Them" [as it appears in Watchtower bound volumes & CD-ROMs])
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Under the subheading, "Iron Sharpens Iron" lies this amusingly-worded gem
"...one friend may succeed in sharpening the intellectual and spiritual state of another."
Thank you all for sharpening me... ;-)
 

At Warwick there is a gazebo overlooking the lake. It's a nice peaceful setting. Well someone had the bright idea they were going to propose while they were at Warwick. They see this Gazebo and walk out to. He proposes to her and they take some nice pictures there of each other to remember their engagement.
Well, a few minutes later Bethels version of the secret service comes running down the hill. A bunch of these guys tell them that they can't be there, this is for the GB use only. They meet there on Wednesdays when it's nice out instead of meeting in their office.
It gets even crazier! They made them delete all the photos they took at this location. They gave some weird reason that they don't want tourist coming down and taking pictures of the gazebo and idolizing it because the GB have their meetings there on Wednesday on nice days. & that they didn't want other people getting the idea that this would be a good place to get engaged at.
I can confirm this story 100% down to the smallest detail. One of the weirdest things I've ever witnessed. Talk about an awkward engagement.

August 15, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES BRANCH TERRITORY Re: Translation of the 2017 Annual Meeting Program
and
December 31, 2016 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES BRANCH TERRITORY Re: 2017 Annual Meeting and Warwick/Wallkill Dedication Program
This will only add to the speculation around the possible release of the Spanish "Silver Sword".

This could be the LAST annual meeting before Armageddon

This could be the LAST annual meeting before Armageddon

This could be the LAST annual meeting before Armageddon

October 4, 2017 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS AND MINISTERIAL SERVANTS Re: Kingdom Ministry School for the 2018 Service Year
PROGRAM FOR MINISTERIAL SERVANTS
MINISTERIAL SERVANTS
References needed during the Kingdom Ministry School:
Ministry School book—main points will be taken from pages 118-120, 128-130
Organized book—main points will be taken from chapter 6, paragraphs 3-12
 
PROGRAM FOR ELDERS
ELDERS
References needed during the Kingdom Ministry School:
Shepherding textbook—main points will be taken from chapter 3, paragraphs 1-10, 22
Ministry School book—main points will be taken from pages 118-120, 128-130
September 1, 2017, letter to all bodies of elders regarding protecting minors from abuse
May 15, 2017, letter to all bodies of elders regarding regular pioneers
July 13, 2014, letter to all bodies of elders regarding appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servants
 

Watchtower 12/1/1987 pages 30-31 ‘Where do such funds come from?’ is an often-asked question. Unlike the churches of Christendom, Jehovah’s Witnesses do not take up collections or send out envelopes to solicit donations. Rather, contribution boxes-like the treasury chests of Biblical times-are set up at their Kingdom Halls. 
Awake 9/8/1975 page 26 …is it not a comfort for them to know that in the local congregation of Jehovah’s witnesses they will never be tithed to pay out a percentage of their income? Nor will unscriptural money-raising schemes be imposed on them. It is at the Kingdom Hall that an unobtrusive contribution box is located for use by those who wish voluntarily to give money to support the work of the congregation. Donations mailed to the headquarters of the Watch Tower Society are also unsolicited and entirely voluntary.
Watchtower 9/15/1974 page 559 The Kingdom Halls of this happy group are open to you and you may attend free of charge, without having to suffer embarrassment by a request for contributions or the passing of a collection plate. 
Watchtower 8/15/1971 page 506 The emphasis in all giving among the Witnesses is that it must be voluntary and spontaneous, from the heart. In fact, ever since the earliest days of the modern witnesses of Jehovah it has been their policy that never should there be any passing of collection plates or similar solicitations for money.
Watchtower 5/1/1962 page 278 How May I Contribute? Jehovah’s witnesses have never gone begging for finances.

Tutorial for Making Donations Electronically video will be considered the week of October 16, 2017.
 

We cannot have Jehovah's protection while being a "part of the world".
Every Jehovah's WItness knows from early youth on the dangers of attending worldly concerts and that it is a no-no for true witnesses of Jehovah.
Still sad though to see her pay such a dear price. 
The shooter was demon possessed and under the influence of Satan.
 

This is what she lived through:
 

The family and community of a Massachusetts woman killed in Sunday's shooting rampage in Las Vegas is mourning her death.
Rhonda LeRocque, 42, of Tewksbury, was among the dozens killed in the gunfire that broke out at the Route 91 Harvest Festival at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas strip. 
LeRocque had traveled to Las Vegas with her husband Jason and their 6-year-old daughter to attend the country music festival. Her husband was not injured, and the child had left the concert with her grandfather shortly before the shooting. 
"Jason was right next to her when she fell, he thought she was ducking, he thought she was ducking, but she didn't get up," LeRocque's mother, Priscilla Champagne, told NBC Boston.

Source: http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Community-Mourns-Massachusetts-Resident-Killed-in-Las-Vegas-Shooting-449277193.html#ixzz4uVN4F1yN 
 

We cannot have Jehovah's protection while being a "part of the world".
Every Jehovah's WItness knows from early youth on the dangers of attending worldly concerts and that it is a no-no for true witnesses of Jehovah.
Still sad though to see her pay such a dear price. 
The shooter was demon possessed and under the influence of Satan.