Letters to Elders & Congregations 2015

[Jack Ryan]

Here you will find the Letters to all Bodies of Elders and Letters to All Congregations for the year 2015. As more letters are published, more letters will be added to this list. Where letters refer to other letters, you will find these references included below the appropriate letter. This audit trail is included so that individuals can easily track the changes in Jehovah’s Witnesses policies and procedures.

• Note 1: Letters in bold are currently active and used by elders and/or congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
• Note 2: Where links are not provided for some of the referenced letters and forms, it means that they are not currently available.

Bodies of Elders Letters 2015

1. December 30, 2015 To all Special Full-Time Servants in the Field (Whq)
2. December 28, 2015 Liability Insurance Certificate Request Form (Bi)
   • Liability Insurance Certificate Request form
3. December 18, 2015 Visiting Branch Facilities in 2016 (Us)
4. December 17, 2015 Supporting Worldwide Work (Bi)
5. December 7, 2015 Gift Aid Donations (Bi)
6. December 4, 2015 Literature Offer for January through June 2016 (Us)
7. December 2, 2015 New Songs for Memorial (Bi)
8. December 2, 2015 New Songs for Memorial (Us)
9. November 30, 2015 2016 Conventions – Local Needs Item (Bi)
   • CO-5a Special Needs Room Request (12/14)
   • ibsaconvention.org
10. November 19, 2015 Review of Circuit Account Balances (Bi)
    • S-331-E Instructions for Circuit Accounting (6/13)
11. November 19, 2015 Discontinuing use of S-43 form and of the respective application in jw.org (Gr)
12. November 18, 2015 CONFIDENTIAL Publishers with Accounting or Legal Qualifications and Experience (Au)
13. November 18, 2015 Simplified Applications for Expanded Service (Bi)
14. November 18, 2015 Simplified Applications for Expanded Service (Us)
15. November 3, 2015 New Schedule for Delivery of Magazines and Literature (Bi)
16. November 3, 2015 Adjustments to Kingdom Hall Maintenance Procedures (Gh)
17. November 3, 2015 2016 Convention Invitations (Bi)
18. November 3, 2015 2016 Convention Invitations (Us)
19. October 30, ,2015 2016 Regional Conventions (Bi)
20. October 29, 2015 Making the Best Use of Dedicated Funds (Bi)
21. October 26, 2015 Index to Letters for Bodies of Elders (Bi)
22. October 26, 2015 Video Equipment in Kingdom Halls (Us)
23. October 24, 2015 To Publishers Learning Another Language to Advance the Good News (Us)
24. October 23, 2015 Foreign-Language Field (Us)
25. October 22, 2015 Use of JW Stream (Bi)
    • stream.jw.org
26. October 22, 2015 Use of JW Stream (Us)
    • stream.jw.org
27. October 21, 2015 Combination Editions of The Watchtower (Us)
28. October 20, 2015 Making Wise Use of Printed Magazines (Bi)
29. October 20, 2015 2016 Special Conventions (Bi)
30. October 19, 2015 Service Meeting Part for Week of December 21, 2015 (Bi)
31. October 15, 2015 Kingdom Hall Information (Bi)
32. October 14, 2015 Signs Announcing Meeting Times (Us)
33. October 6, 2015 Convention Speaker Ratings for Bethel Brothers (Bi)
    • S-315 Speaker & Interpreter Ratings
34. October 6, 2015 Convention Speaker Ratings for Bethel Brothers (Us)
    • S-315 Speaker & Interpreter Ratings
35. October 5, 2015 Recommending Conventions Speakers and Interpreters (Bi)
    • S-315 Speaker & Interpreter Ratings
36. October 5, 2015 Recommending Conventions Speakers and Interpreters (Us)
    • S-315 Speaker & Interpreter Ratings
37. October 4, 2015 New Provisions Announced at Annual Meeting  (Bi)
38. October 4, 2015 New Provisions Announced at Annual Meeting (Es)
39. October 4, 2015 New Provisions Announced at Annual Meeting (Us)
40. October 1, 2015 Provision for Homebound Publishers to Receive the 2015 Tagalog Convention Program (Pp)
41. September 25, 2015 Global Assistance Arrangement for the 2016 Service Year (Bi)
42. September 25, 2015 Global Assistance Arrangement for the 2016 Service Year (Gr)
43. September 21, 2015 Letter Dated October 4, 2015 (Bi)
44. August 15, 2015 Submitting follow-up requests (Es)
45. August 13, 2015 Making Wise Use of Our Magazines (Bi)
46. July 24, 2015 “Became So Beloved” Video and “Event Media” Document Type (Es)
47. July 8, 2015 Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums (Us)
48. June 16, 2015 Kingdom Hall Utility Supply – Letter of Authority (Bi)
    • Letter of Authority (LOA)
49. June 12, 2015 Annual Items for 2016 (Bi)
50. May 27, 2015 Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall Construction Worldwide (Bi)
51. May 26, 2015 Music at Theocratic Events (Bi)
52. May 26, 2015 Blind Publisher Survey (Gh)
    • Blind Publisher Survey – Urgent!
53. May 25, 2015 Guidelines for Congregation Meeting Conferencing Systems (Bi)
54. May 12, 2015 Kingdom Hall Utility Supply (Bi)
55. May 2, 2015 Supporting Our Brothers Regarding the Blood Issue (Bi)
    • dpa-E Bi Advance Decision to Refuse Specified Medical Treatment (9/11)
    • Care Plan for Women in Labour Refusing a Blood Transfusion (Jan 2011)
    • Supporting Our Brothers With Their Stand on Blood – Checklist
    • Supporting our Brothers With Their Stand On Blood – Secretary Checklist
    • When to Contact the HLC
    • S-55-E How Parents can Protect their Children from Misuse of Blood (9/10)
56. April 28, 2015 Orchestral Accompaniment for Singing at Congregation Meetings (Bi)
57. April 21, 2015 Programme for Special Meeting with Headquarters Representatives (Bi)
    • Programme for Special Meeting
58. April 17, 2015 Meeting Medical Needs in the Foreign-Language Field (Bi)
    • dpa-E Bi Advance Decision to Refuse Specified Medical Treatment (9/11)
59. April 15, 2015 “Convention Reminders” Video (Bi)
60. April 10, 2015 JW Broadcasting Monthly Programs (Bi)
61. April 6, 2015 Electronic Convention Program and Convention Releases (Bi)
62. March 31, 2015 Guidelines for jw.org (Bi)
    • S-5-E Kingdom Hall Information (12/15)
    • S-29-E Coordinator of the Body of Elders / Secretary Change of Address (7/14)
    • S-135-E jw.org Roles (9/13)
63. March 30, 2015 Maintenance and Repair Works to Kingdom Halls (Bi)
64. March 25, 2015 Broadcast of Visit of Headquarters Representatives (Bi)
    • stream.jw.org
65. March 24, 2015 Technical Preparations for the 2015 Visit of Headquarters Representatives (Bi)
66. March 20, 2015 The Final Week of Jesus’ Life on Earth (Bi)
67. March 17, 2015 Information Needed for Visit of Circuit Overseer (Bi)
    • DC-50-E Local Design/Construction Volunteer Application (10/14)
    • S-61-E Information Needed for Visit of Circuit Overseer (8/14)
68. March 16, 2015 Shepherding Textbook in Digital Format (Us)
69. February 27, 2015 Volunteer Application Forms (Bi)
70. February 25, 2015 Travelling Overseers Assistance Arrangement (Bi)
71. February 23, 2015 Local Design/Construction Department Broadcast Highlights (Us)
    • A-27 Application for Construction Volunteer Program (4/14)
    • A-32
    • S-82 Kingdom Hall Volunteer Worker Questionnaire (11/08)
72. February 6, 2015 2015 Memorial and Special Talk (Bi)
73. February 4, 2015 Our Kingdom Ministry (Bi)
74. February 2, 2015 Watchtower Publications List (Bi)
    • S-15-E Watchtower Publications List (March 2014)
75. February 2, 2015 Watchtower Publications List (Us)
    • S-15-E Watchtower Publications List (March 2014)
76. January 29, 2015 Contact information for the 2015 visit of headquarters representatives (Bi)
77. January 26, 2015 Interpretation for the visit of headquarters representatives (Bi)
78. January 13, 2015 Technical preparations for the 2015 visit of headquarters representatives (Bi)
79. January 13, 2015 Experienced Attorney and Paralegals Needed at Bethel (Us)
    • A-19-E Application for Temporary Volunteer Program (10/15)
    • A-20-E Temporary Volunteer Applicant Letter (11/15)
    • A-63-E Pornography Letter to Volunteer Applicants (5/13)
80. January 12, 2015 Special program for congregations during the 2015 headquarters representative’s visit to Canada branch (Ca)
81. January 6, 2015 Elders assigned student talks on the Theocratic Ministry School (Bi)
82. January 3, 2015 Local Design/Construction Department Broadcast (Us)
83. January 2, 2015 Service Meeting part for week of January 5, 2015 (Bi)
    • CO-5a-E Special Needs Request Form (12/14)
84. January 2, 2015 Territory seldom worked (Ca)