Service Meeting Schedule
Week Starting November 12
10 min: Local announcements. Using the suggestions on page 4 or other presentations appropriate for your territory, demonstrate how to offer the November 15 Watchtower and the November Awake! In each case, the magazines should be offered as a set, even though only one magazine is featured.
15 min: “The Silver Is Mine, and the Gold Is Mine.” Talk by an elder based on the November 1, 2007, Watchtower, pages 17-21.
20 min: “Walk as Wise Persons.”a As time permits, invite audience to comment on the cited scriptures.
Week Starting November 19
10 min: Local announcements. Mention the literature offer for December, and have one presentation demonstrated.
15 min: Local needs.
20 min: “Do Not Hold Back!”b When considering paragraph 5, include comments from those who have studied with individuals who have come into the truth. How is conducting a progressive Bible study rewarding and enjoyable? One or two comments may be arranged in advance.
Week Starting November 26
10 min: Local announcements. Read accounts report and donation acknowledgments. Remind publishers to turn in field service reports for November. Using the suggestions on page 4 or other presentations appropriate for your territory, demonstrate how to offer the December 1 Watchtower and the December Awake!
15 min: Can You Widen Out in Love? A talk by an elder based on the January 1, 2007, Watchtower, pages 9-11.
20 min: Young People—How Can You Praise Jehovah? Discussion of the June 15, 2005, Watchtower, pages 26-8, paragraphs 15-19, using the study questions that are provided. When considering paragraph 18, invite young people in the audience to relate how they have witnessed to students or teachers in school.
Week Starting December 3
15 min: Local announcements. Selected Announcements from Our Kingdom Ministry. Review Question Box.
15 min: A School Whose Graduates Benefit People Worldwide. Talk based on the November 15, 2006, Watchtower, pages 10-13. Include a brief interview of any elders or ministerial servants in the congregation who attended the Ministerial Training School. How did the school help them to progress as evangelizers, shepherds, and teachers? Encourage brothers who qualify to consider making the Ministerial Training School a goal.
15 min: “We Share Our Kingdom Hope.”c As time permits, invite audience to comment on cited scriptures.
[Footnotes]
a Limit introductory comments to less than a minute, and follow with a question-and-answer discussion.
b Limit introductory comments to less than a minute, and follow with a question-and-answer discussion.
c Limit introductory comments to less than a minute, and follow with a question-and-answer discussion.