The Joys of Field Service...
Quote *** w02 1/15 p. 8 'Preaching the Word' Brings Refreshment *** A Source of Joy How compassionate, loving, and kind that invitation is! It expresses Jesus' sensitive concern for his followers. His...
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Distinctly remember being about 11 and crying distraught cos the cool kids in my years were hanging on the street we were to knock on. Nowadays I never see kids with the witnesses when they come...
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I hated field service after I moved out west, but the experiences I had in Ohio were always really cool to me. about 2/3 of our congregation territory was in Amish country, so you'd go out in the...
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cariboubill wrote: Absolute torture! Did you ever do street work, "placing" WT and Awake magazines to shoppers on the sidewalk? Cruel and abusive punishment! Thank what ever powers that be, that that...
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Hello there 'Ilovebirthdays' so you should - you've probably missed enough in your life!! Isn't it funny how many of us hated fs - and yet were made to feel that we were the 'odd' ones............I...
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1cookiebear wrote: Aw, let me think, oh yeah, when nobody answered the front door on a sunny summer day, and I'd walk around to the rear of the house and occasionally catch a lady sunbathing topless,...
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solitaire wrote: Hello there 'Ilovebirthdays' so you should - you've probably missed enough in your life!! Isn't it funny how many of us hated fs - and yet were made to feel that we were the 'odd'...
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i think that the joy at a spark of interest on the ministry is what i still feel at closing a deal, and is probably the driving force behind my career in sales.sorry but sales is what it was and still...
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I remember one time meeting for service while the CO was there. He talked about doing witnessing in the grocery store parking lots. He said that is what we were all going to do that day. I thought...
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Red2 wrote: You know, I always thought it was me alone who has always hated the field service. I never did understand how people could enjoy walking for about an hour or more and talking to people...
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I just had to click on this topic when I saw "The Joys of Field Service" because to me . . there NEVER was any joy in it. I used to wonder if I was the only one who hated it? Was there something wrong...
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Reading all the post brought back memories from 25 years ago. Most of us kids that had elders for fathers got quite good at playing the part. We would go in field service and say we covered the street...
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The remarks above about service on summer days and topless females. A brother and I , we were in our early 20's, called at a house got no answer at front, voice shouted to come round the back. We went...
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revniv wrote: The other day I spotted two sisters working our road on the opposite side from me, first time seen any for ages. They did the usual thing knocked on door, stood chatted to each other, no...
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My parents have only recently started going back into the whole field service crap ... AFTER they were 'vetted' by the elders first! I'd never heard of that before ... but there you go ... my parents...
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There was a sister in the cong i was in when i was about 16 or so who was very zealous and a bit OTT and one time the bro giving the feild service meeting said about how sometimes people struggle with...
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cosmichippo wrote: Of course, the JW "kingdom message" has little or nothing to do with what Jesus preached. A substantial part of Jesus' ministry was helping people and teaching others to offer...
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I always hated going from door to door I thought it was really embarrassing. I was really worried about meeting someone I know especially some one from school. One day I did, a girl that wasn't very...
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Here's a trick I learned very young so that I could go door to door and not have to worry bout it. I always went with the car group that had an odd number of people. Since my dad was an elder and my...
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I don't have many stories to share as I guess I was only just about an unbabtised publisher for a year or so before I left. The call that sticks in my mind is one I made when I was with the lady who...
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A good day in the ministry was one when you found ABSOLUTELY NOBODY HOME. I NEVER understood how anybody could find walking from one house to another in sub zero New England weather in January with 10...
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