Your ministry bag
What did your ministry bag consist of? How many Watchtowers and Awakes etc did you carry? On a good day how many would you place on average? My bag had a few magazines a bible and maybe a notebook to...
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When I was old enough to really start carrying my own bag, I'd say probably around age 9-11, I'd have several sets of WT/Awakes... I remember I would get ~2-3 sets every month by choice and then ask...
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Lol Sweet!! you had all areas covered didn't you!! That reminds me of my mum, the staunch JW - she would pre-think about the situations of all the householders she could meet, and have the appropriate...
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When I was younger I really liked stuffing my bookbag with all kinds of stuff. I almost always had a new Knowledge book, a Reasoning Book, and a Family Life Book. I never placed any of them, of...
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I think I carried a few of the current Watchtowers and Awakes and of course some of the panda tracts. I had a Bible but I never used it. It amazes me how I was raised in that religion for 26 years and...
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LovesBulldogs wrote: Then if I didn't put any time in for the month, and elder would call me and pressure me to put a few hours down. He'd say "you must have done some incidental witnessing . . " Why...
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solitaire wrote: Lol Sweet!! you had all areas covered didn't you!! That reminds me of my mum, the staunch JW - she would pre-think about the situations of all the householders she could meet, and...
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solitaire wrote: trouble is, I was really only cheating myself, cos I had to pay for them and if I didn't 'sell' them on, I was out of pocket!! Are you for real?? Do you have to pay for the...
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I remember times when I would really get into it and knocking those territories out was sometimes fun. I APd during one of the last memorial campaigns before I left and I was very zealous about...
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LovesBulldogs wrote:Then if I didn't put any time in for the month, and elder would call me and pressure me to put a few hours down. He'd say "you must have done some incidental witnessing . . " yeah,...
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During my pioneer days, my bag would have 10 sets of the WT and Awake along with a copy or two of the previous issues. I'd have a "Live Forever" book, a "Reasoning" book, my Bible along with that...
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cosmichippo wrote: My Bible along with that little booklet with an introduction in every language known to man. I didn't know they had them! What the hell do you do after the introduction then I do...
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My bag usually consisted of a bible, 3 or so brochures, and some back issues. I didn't like to carry too much, and if I knew we were just doing return visits, it would be even less than that....
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Are you for real?? Do you have to pay for the books?????!!! I wonder if this is the same in Australia? That was in the good old days when I pioneered and we had to pay a certain amount ("to cover the...
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nonconformist wrote: ... I never asked anyone who took any literature off me to donate something. I think I can probably count on my hand the number of times I actually asked someone to donate. "This...
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AllTimeJeff wrote: Depending on what kind of territory you had, you could ride in a car all day, knock on 4 doors, talk to one person, and count 5 hours. Those were good days... I was just missing a 6...
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3 or so brochures Opps! I forgot that I also had brochures. I always had to have some "Trinity" ones on hand because you never knew when you would meet someone with some mixed up beliefs!
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My ministry bag is still hanging on the back of my bedroom dorr from when i last went out about a year ago.. it has: - a watchtower from 1997 (LMAO) - a scrunched up tract - a pen that doesnt work - a...
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Oh but i do remember incidental witnessing.. when i was a proper little JW freak at the age of about 11 in my first year of high school i remeber being encouraged to witness by reading my bble in the...
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At one point in my JW life (I use the word loosely) my bag contained a folding magnetic chess-board. That was a lot more fun than knocking on people's doors, bothering them with cheaply-printed rags...
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I must be really bad ... I never had a 'ministry bag' or 'witnessing bag' at all. When I was younger I'd just use whatever was in my parents bags ... when I was in my teens I somehow or other got out...
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