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Announcements and Reminders
January 2022
FOR ELDERS

Assisting Young Brothers to Make Spiritual Progress:
For several years, the Governing Body has emphasized the importance of assisting young brothers to qualify for congregation responsibilities.

This continues to be an urgent need. It has been observed that in some congregations, few baptized brothers in their late teens and early 20s are reaching out to serve as pioneers or ministerial servants. In some lands, relatively few young brothers are applying to attend the School for Kingdom Evangelizers, to serve at Bethel or to assist in Kingdom Hall construction and maintenance. On the other hand, qualified younger brothers in some congregations have been held back simply because of their age. (w18.08 pp. 11-12 pars. 15-17)

Therefore, the Governing Body requests that all bodies of elders worldwide give priority to helping younger brothers grow in their relationship with Jehovah and qualify for congregation responsibilities. (Phil. 2:20-22; 1 Tim. 4:12-15; w75 4/15 pp. 3-13)

Elders should regularly discuss spiritual goals with younger brothers. (Ps. 110:3; w21.08 pp. 26-31; sfl chap. 1 par. 6 pt. 4; chap. 8 par. 5)

Although relatively young in years, exceptional ministerial servants may already be viewed as spiritually older men and qualify as elders in their mid-, or even early, 20’s. In due course, the Shepherd book will be updated to reflect this direction.

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Interview with father/daughter podcast duo of What Should I Think About..? podcast.

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Stephen Mather was a born-in Jehovah's Witness that never truly believed all of their teachings. His childhood was spent thinking about Watchtower attainments: Ministerial Servant, Elder, Pioneer, Circuit Overseer, Missionary and Bethelite. However, once he and his wife had their daughter, Stephen realized that he cannot teach someone something that he does not fully believe himself. That was the start of his journey out of Watchtower.

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Celine Rachel Mather is a media graduate of Goldsmiths College, University of London who has been making short films for three years, initially as a writer and now finding a love in directing and producing. She is focused on breaking into the film industry as an independent young female creator. Celine is a partner at Evil Sheep Productions and the Producer and co-creator of Dissonance.

Stephen Mather is a Psychology graduate through the Open University with a Masters in Organizational Psychology through Birkbeck University of London. He works as a Learning & Development professional and improvement coach within business settings. Having left the high control group of his birth he has a particular interest in the psychological processes involved in high control, cultic groups and how leavers construct their identity upon exiting.

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Check out more videos from Koco on her YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd9mX_w8jrEl8wBOP51pEpg

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Sean Breed Speaks on topics that’s on the mind of anyone who has a mind.
Be sure to check out his YouTube channel where he’s talking about his Jehovah’s Witness experiences.

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In this podcast, Paul discusses how he had to live a double-life to survive his Jehovah’s Witness childhood. To learn more about his story, check out his YouTube channel at exjw in Louisiana – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNG97S9rUBNmXaBm_ozarpA

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Kenan J. Floyd takes the opportunity to come back on our channel to talk about his latest accomplishments. He is finally fulfilling many of his life long dreams that were, of course, put on hold during his time living up to the expectations of the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society.

He has established five companies and has several opportunities to offer those with skills in film, animation, audio/video, cartooning, etc. Kenan understands what its like growing up as one of Jehovah's Witnesses and how many others have been held back from pursuing their dreams and goals and turning them into a reality.

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In this episode, Lady Cee speaks with Keana, an ex-7th Day Adventist. Keana talks about what it was like growing up in her faith, how she felt about most of their teachings, and why she finally decided to walk away from everything.

She founded the Finding God Podcast where she features new guests each week about their journey out of organized religion.

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Keana is the host of a podcast called Finding God.

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There are many people that come into contact with Jehovah's Witnesses at the lowest point in their lives. David is no different. During the time he lost his mother, they were right there selling paradise. He learned all about the resurrection hope, welcoming dead loved ones, living on paradise earth, and all the fun he'd have playing with the tigers, lions, and bears and enjoying the prospects of living forever. The only catch? He had to join their religion.

He was quickly love-bombed by the Witnesses at his mother's funeral and David fell for their fake love - hook-line-and-sinker like so many unsuspecting individuals.

At the time David came into contact with the Witnesses, he was still young and impressionable. He was still trying to figure things out, not really sure about what he wanted to do with his life. He was taking classes at the community college and working at the local convenient store. 

However,  after getting further involved with the group, he was discouraged from pursuing higher education. He quickly got with their program and began following their rules. He had no idea that this religion was not just same mainstream organization that attended meetings on Sunday. Nope, it was much more than that.

for the next 20+ years, David found himself on a mental marry-go-ground jumping through all of the Watchtower's hoops. 

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Pavlov’s Dogs – Classical Conditioning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd7Jd… Pavlov started out studying dog digestion and discovered classical conditioning. He didn’t initially set out to condition the dog to respond to the bell ringing to believe he will be fed. Classical conditioning is a mental manipulation to reprogram natural body functions. It is a way of learning where […]

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