Memorial 2020 during covid-19 lockdown

[Space Merchant]

Going on from what Khadtgar, aJW who is in one of the Christian discussion groups elsewhere, stated, some of the members partook in small groups, and some used video conference, at times, depending on where they are located, it was a combination of both.

That being said, regarding the bread and wine, my family did this in the household, granted we did have 5 guests over, who, escaped from New York before the restrictions kicked in.

[Thinking]

@James Thomas Rook Jr. 

it is one of my greatest laments also....and now it will be done in fear sadly 

[Arauna]

On 4/6/2020 at 5:56 AM, Anna said:

but I don't think I am going to pass them around. To me that wo

Anna, my husband and I put it in front of us so the bread and wine could be prayed over and passed it to each other.  As a tactile person I like to hold the glass and plate for a brief second to think about it for a brief second so as to feel part of a celebration. It felt like a ceremony to me.... the memory of an inauguration. 

 

 

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

Speaking of religious experiences ........

This morning I personally celebrated being alive with the contemporary emblems of Western Society ... doughnuts and coffee ..... and the memory of a sugar and caffeine high.

I was a partaker.

And no ... I don't want to get into a discussion about scones and crumpets, whatever they are.

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

Well done James. Mine was coffee and a bowl of cereal. Then I too celebrated being alive by breaking the 'lock down', and at 8.30 am, going for a three hour walk in the woodland. Justified it by continuing my walk via the Chemist to pick up medication. 

As for jam and cream scones, yum yum. But then I'm in England.  

As for Arauna's 'celebration' / 'ceremony' um, some folks definitely seem to need physical things to cling to. 

[TrueTomHarley]

2 hours ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

I was a partaker.

The day you’re a partaker in the Big Event Is the day I tender my resignation to the entire cause.

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

5 minutes ago, TrueTomHarley said:

The day you’re a partaker in the Big Event Is the day I tender my resignation to the entire cause.

Well at least James would put some honesty and straight talk into a dishonest Org. 

[TrueTomHarley]

He and Witness will get along just fine. Kos can referee. There will be a war in the heavens to make revelation 12 look like child’s play.

 

[Anna]

17 hours ago, Arauna said:

Anna, my husband and I put it in front of us so the bread and wine could be prayed over and passed it to each other.

We did that too as my husband wished it. It was a bit comical though because he got up and passed the emblems like an attendant at the KH. Was it perhaps too ceremonious in view of this illustrative interpretation of how it might have really looked? 

 

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

54 minutes ago, Anna said:

Was it perhaps too ceremonious in view of this illustrative interpretation of how it might have really looked? 

Did he do it in Latin?

[JW Insider]

11 hours ago, Anna said:

Was it perhaps too ceremonious in view of this illustrative interpretation of how it might have really looked?

At least when it's just the two of you, imitating that "bosom position" thing doesn't seem so awkward. Try that at the Hall!

 

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*** it-1 p. 219 Attitudes and Gestures ***
In the reclining manner of eating that was practiced during the days Jesus was on earth, to lean on another’s bosom was an attitude of intimate friendship or favor, and this was known as the bosom position. (Joh 13:23, 25) This custom was the basis of the illustrations in Luke 16:22, 23 and John 1:18.

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

... and that was 2,000 or so years before the invention of deodorants!

.... and flea powder!