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    Coinciding with the law’s passage, the city has stepped up its enforcement of a bylaw preventing businesses from opening on Shabbat, with the municipality publishing a help wanted ad for Shabbat inspectors earlier this week.

    Who wants to be a "Sabbath Inspector" for Israel? I hear it is a time honored position :D

    Just ask any Pharisee or Sadduccee.

  2. Jehovah's Witnesses walk the walk, inviting guests to 3-day convention in Jacksonville
     

    Posted: May 24, 2012 - 8:33pm | Updated: May 25, 2012 - 5:35amJView this story on the All-Access Members site
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    BOB SELF/The Times-UnionThea Johnson holds a copy of the invitation she and her husband, Ralph, were handing out to residents of the Ortega Bluff neighborhood off Collins Road Wednesday afternoon. The public is invited to attend any session of the JehovahÂ’s Witness convention today through Sunday.
    About the conference
    From mid-May through mid-September, Jehovah's Witnesses will hold 385 conventions in 103 cities throughout the United States. The convention theme "Safeguard Your Heart" focuses on the Bible's references to the figurative heart. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the figurative heart needs protection if one is to have a good relationship with God and lasting happiness in life.
    The public is invited to attend any session or the entire program today through Sunday at Veterans Memorial Arena. The morning sessions will begin at 9:20 each day. Today, the afternoon session will begin at 1:50. On Saturday, the afternoon session will begin at 1:35, and on Sunday the afternoon session begins at 1:25.
    About the religion
    Jehovah's Witness is a religious denomination founded in the United States during the late 19th century in which active evangelism is practiced, the imminent approach of the millennium is preached, and war and organized governmental authority in matters of conscience are strongly opposed. Christmas is not celebrated because Christmas and its observances are not mentioned in the Bible, and members will not say the Pledge of Allegiance or donate blood.


    By Larry Hannan
    No one was home at the first door Ralph and Teah Johnson knocked at on Broadgate Court in the Ortega Bluff neighborhood.
    The second door produced a barking dog, but no people. The third door finally produced a man who looked like he'd just woken up from a long nap.
    "He was nice and we told him about the convention this weekend," said Teah Johnson after walking down the street. "We said we hoped to see him there."
    The Johnsons were spreading the word about the 2012 Jehovah's Witness "Safeguard Your Heart" district convention that is starting today at Veterans Memorial Arena. The three-day event will be attended by about 11,000 people of the Jehovah's Witness faith, and people who don't practice the religion are also welcome to attend.
    There is no admission fee. People from Savannah to Palm Coast will be attending the event, with about 70 congregations coming.
    There are about 6,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in the Jacksonville area, said spokesman Frank Woodcock.
    Like most members of the Jehovah's Witness Faith, walking door-to-door is nothing new to the Johnsons. Talking about their faith to strangers is an essential part of what they do.
    And the Johnsons say on most days people are very polite.
    "If someone says something mean, it does hurt," Ralph Johnson said. "But that doesn't happen very often."
    And when it does happen he reminds himself that he's a messenger of God, and it's not his responsibility to please the person receiving the message, Johnson said.
    "If someone doesn't want to here what we have to say we move on," he said.

    But Mark McCumber, a local Jehovah's Witness who's known to most people as a professional golfer who won the 1988 Players Championship, said the biggest challenge isn't unfriendly people so much as it's people being too busy to talk.
    "We're here to help people build better families and a better relationship with God," he said. "But nowadays it's a challenge to find the time to talk."
    Jehovah's Witnesses, who have been around since the 19th century, are probably most well known for their door-to-door evangelism, refusing military service, not celebrating Christmas and declining to say the pledge of allegiance.
    But McCumber said their religion is more than that.
    "We're all loyal citizens," he said. "Except when it conflicts with our beliefs."

    Julie Ingersoll, professor of religious studies at the University of North Florida, said evangelizing is a much higher priority to Jehovah's Witnesses compared to other religions.
    "You have to remember that the word 'witness' is right in their name," Ingersoll said.
    While other religions like Mormonism and Scientology have fought for acceptance, and pushed hard against suggestions they are weird, or a cult, Jehovah's Witnesses have never really sought acceptance.


    http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-05-24/story/jehovahs-witnesses-walk-walk-inviting-guests-3-day-convention

    Mark McCumber is a professional golfer. He is an active, baptized Jehovah's Witness who attends congregational meetings and engages in field service.

  3. Shortly after delivering, the tennis star suddenly felt out of breath and assumed she was having a pulmonary embolism, given her history of blood clots. According to Vogue, “She walked out of the hospital room so her mother wouldn’t worry and told the nearest nurse, between gasps, that she needed a CT scan with contrast and IV heparin (a blood thinner) right away. The nurse thought her pain medicine might be making her confused. But Serena insisted, and soon enough a doctor was performing an ultrasound of her legs. 'I was like, a Doppler? I told you, I need a CT scan and a heparin drip,' she remembers telling the team. The ultrasound revealed nothing, so they sent her for the CT, and sure enough, several small blood clots had settled in her lungs. Minutes later she was on the drip. 'I was like, listen to Dr. Williams!'” 

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    Highest Bethel Branch Office in the World!!!!! Indonesia~The past February witnesses from this country were joyfully celebrating the dedication of the new Branch FacilitiesÂ…..the very highest Bethel in the world, situated in floor number 31st of this attractive Tower building. And with them, as one unique worldwide Organization, we celebrate this special event with our hearts full of gratitude and love to the highest Name of the universe: Jehovah!!! #thedivinename #jwindonesia #indonesiabranchoffice  Photo credits @van_djo 

    Las oficinas de Betel más altas del mundo!! Indonesia~El mes de febrero nuestros hermanos de Indonesia estuvieron celebrando la dedicación de las nuevas facilidades de Betel en ese país….. Siendo hasta ahora las oficinas de Betel más altas en todo el mundo, situadas en el piso número 31 de este atractivo edificio. Y nosotros festejamos junto a nuestros hermanos, como parte de una única Organización mundial, con corazones llenos de amor y gratitud hacia el nombre más alto del universo: Jehová!!! #indonesiabranchoffice 

    New JW TV Video released called “Our Branch Office is No Longer Hidden!”

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