Letter to a Body of Elders (Student of Gilead assigned to a congregation) (1970-10-17)

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WATCHTOWER

BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC.

117 ADAMS STREET, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201, U.S.A.

SCD:SSD October 17, 1970

New York, New York, Congregation

124 Columbia Heights

Brooklyn, New York 11201

Dear Brothers:

The Society is pleased to advise that the following students of the current class of the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead have been assigned to work with your congregation:

will contact each student and arrange to take them to the congregation's place of meeting and aid the students to get acquainted with the congregation.

Due to their heavy study schedule, these students will be unable to fully support the regular congregation activities. They will not be able to attend the book study during the week or support field service activities such as back-call night Monday through Thursday, as each night they must study to prepare for the next day's classes. Also, so as not to interfere with their scheduled studies, they are not to be enrolled in the theocratic ministry school nor are they to be given instruction talks. As for service meeting parts, occasionally one can be given a ten-to-fifteen-minute talk, but they should not be given oversight of demonstrations nor be asked to be in demonstrations involving rehearsal. If you wanted to use a student as a householder or to give a three-to-eight-minute sermon and it would not involve rehearsals, this would be all right. The point to keep in mind is these students have a regular schedule for study and they do not have time to take from their period of study for rehearsals and the like in connection with congregation meetings.

Should it become necessary for some reason for your congregation to change its weekly service meeting from Friday night to some other night of the week, immediately advise the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead, 107 Columbia Heights, as it will be necessary to transfer these students to another congregation having Friday night meetings.

Your brothers,

Naughtower B.V.J. Society

OF NEW YORK, INC.