MEMORIAL (Lord’s Evening Meal)
(See also Communion; Eucharist; Mass [Roman Catholic]; lands by name)
(Note centered heading below: List by Year)
activity during season of: mwb23.01 16; w22.01 22-23; mwb21.01 16; w16.01 14; w15 2/15 32; km 2/15 2; km 2/14 2; km 2/12 1; km 3/10 1; km 2/09 1; km 1/08 3-6; km 2/07 3-5; km 2/06 3-4; km 2/05 1, 3-4; km 2/04 3-5; km 2/03 3-4; km 3/03 1, 3-6; km 2/02 3-6; km 3/02 3-4; km 4/02 3; km 2/01 3-4; km 3/01 3-6; km 3/00 3-6
Anabaptists: w87 11/15 22
annual observance: ijwbq article 120; it-2 268-269; w11 2/1 21; w04 3/15 6-7; w03 1/1 31; w03 2/15 14; w03 4/1 5; w94 3/15 3-4; w93 3/15 5; w90 2/15 13-14; rs 265, 269
“often” (1Co 11:25, 26): ijwfq article 45; it-2 268-269; w08 7/15 27; w03 1/1 31; w93 3/15 5
appreciation for: km 3/11 1; km 3/04 1; w94 3/15 6; km 2/93 2
assisting inactive who attend: w24.01 14; km 4/11 1; km 3/08 4
assisting interested ones who attend: km 3/08 4; km 3/07 1; w98 5/1 16-17; w95 3/15 29-30; w91 4/1 9-13
inviting to convention: km 6/03 4
inviting to meetings: km 3/06 1
attendants: km 4/92 7
attending:
encouragement to attend: w22.01 23, 25; lff lesson 28; w15 1/15 14, 17; w15 3/1 16; bhs 59; w04 3/15 4-5, 7; w03 4/1 7; w00 3/15 9; w00 4/1 32; w98 2/15 22
motive: w22.01 20-23, 25; w19.01 26-27
when unable to attend: w03 3/15 31; w93 2/1 31
Bible Students: w23.01 21; w15 2/15 31; kr 179, 181; jv 242-243
conventions in conjunction with: w15 2/15 31; kr 181; jv 254-255
bread: it-1 364; it-2 269; w13 12/15 23
breaking: it-2 259; w13 12/15 26
how to make: w13 12/15 23; w03 2/15 14-15; w90 2/15 17
significance: w13 12/15 25; w06 2/15 22; w03 2/15 14; w91 1/15 21; w90 2/15 17; rs 267
significance of partaking: w06 2/15 23; w90 2/15 17-19
type to use: w13 12/15 23; w03 2/15 14-15; w90 2/15 16-17
celebrating worthily: w96 4/1 6-8
chart of attendance (1935-2002): w03 2/15 18
chart of attendance and partakers:
1935-1960: jv 171
1935-1992: jv 717
chart of attendance and Witnesses (1935-1992): jv 242
Christendom’s practices:
date: w94 3/15 4-6
Mass (Eucharist): w23.01 21; w08 4/1 26-29; g99 5/8 26-27; w96 4/1 6; rs 261-265
communion meal: it-2 269-270, 526; w03 2/15 16, 18
contrast to Easter: w96 4/1 3-5
date: ijwfq article 45; mwb20.04 3; od 69-70; it-2 268, 505-506; bh 206; w13 12/15 18-19; w12 3/1 16; w11 2/1 21-22; w08 4/1 29; w03 2/15 14; w94 3/15 3-4; w90 2/15 13-15; om 80; rs 269
belated observance: w03 3/15 31; w93 2/1 31
effect of international date line: yb09 118
how established each year: ijwfq article 45; w22.06 30; w13 12/15 23; w90 2/15 15
time of day: w11 2/1 22
why often differs from modern Passover: w13 12/15 18-19; w11 2/1 22; w90 2/15 14-15; rs 269
discourse: w21.01 18; w13 12/15 25; km 2/13 4
speaker: km 12/06 7
discussion: ijwbq article 120; ijwfq article 45; w24.01 8-14; w23.01 20-25; w19.01 20-25; od 69-70; w18.01 12-16; it-2 268-271; w15 1/15 13-17; bhs 214; bh 206-208; kr 179, 181; w13 12/15 22-26; w12 1/15 26-30; w12 3/1 16-17; w11 2/1 21-24; w04 3/15 3-7; w03 2/15 12-22; w03 4/1 3-7; lr 193-196; w96 4/1 6-8; kl 127; w93 3/15 3-7; w92 3/1 19-20; w90 2/15 10-20; om 80-81; pe 201-202; rs 266-269
early Christians: kr 180; w94 3/15 4-5
Corinthian congregation: it-1 656-657; it-2 271
Quartodecimans: w06 4/15 17, 19; w03 2/15 14; w94 3/15 4-6; w93 3/15 5; w90 2/15 13
effect on Christian unity: w18.01 12, 14-16
effect on other meetings: w24.01 14; w21.01 19; km 3/13 8; km 3/12 4; km 2/11 4; km 3/10 4; km 1/04 3; km 2/95 7
during circuit overseer’s visit: km 3/13 8; km 1/01 3; km 2/93 3
efforts to attend: w15 2/15 32
17 hours in boat through rough seas: yb01 16
18 come using motorcycle-pulled carriage: yb10 54-55
elders dodge bullets: w98 1/1 16
pregnant, paddles 21 hours: yb92 55
two-day walk: yb03 58-59
wartime curfew: jv 243
efforts to observe: w23.01 20-25
in solitary confinement: w19.01 24; w15 2/15 31-32; jv 243-244
emblems: ijwfq article 45; it-2 269; w13 12/15 23-25; w03 2/15 14-15; w03 4/1 4-5
John 6:53 not applicable: w24.12 10-11, 31
no transubstantiation or consubstantiation: ijwfq article 45; it-2 270-271; bh 207; w13 12/15 24; w08 4/1 27-28; w03 2/15 15; w03 4/1 6; w91 1/15 21; w91 3/1 27-28; rs 262-263
prayers over: it-1 341; w86 5/15 23
proper type: km 4/90 7
serving: w13 12/15 26; w90 2/15 16; km 3/89 4
significance: w18.01 14-15; w15 1/15 14; w04 3/15 5; w93 3/15 5-6; w90 2/15 16-19; rs 267; w86 2/15 20; ws 104
significance of partaking: it-2 269-270; w90 2/15 18-19
use of leftover portions: w90 2/15 18
when served: km 2/94 7
whether to play music while serving: km 3/86 3
who may partake: ijwfq article 45; w22.01 21; w15 3/1 16; bh 207-208; w12 3/1 17; w10 3/15 27; w90 2/15 19-20; w86 2/15 15, 20
who may serve: km 4/90 7; km 3/89 4
evidence of Christian unity: w18.01 14
experiences:
accept invitation: w24.01 12; w19.01 27
after earthquake and tsunami: w08 5/1 14
area of factional fighting: yb92 6-7
arrests by Gestapo: yb89 112-113
campaign to invite all (2007): yb08 11-14
church holds meeting in hall rented for Memorial: w10 6/15 19
concert stops before: yb17 41
distant islands: yb12 83-85
family opposition: w23.01 25
fears allayed: yb11 247-248
follow-up call yields fruit: w95 1/1 17
former priest attends: km 1/08 5
former Protestant clergyman attends: yb87 55
honesty results in permission to use school chairs: yb88 32-33
inactive Witnesses invited: w24.01 13; yb13 74-75
in concentration camps: w19.01 24-25; yb00 168-170; w93 5/15 29; jv 243; yb89 133
in penal camps: w15 2/15 32; yb08 184-187
in prison: w23.01 23-24; w15 2/15 32; yb07 116-117; yb03 127-128; yb02 200-201; yb99 81; w97 2/1 8; w97 2/15 22; yb97 110-111; g96 11/8 20-21
interested ones obtain sound system from church: yb95 55-56
in village, many come: yb17 50-52
Maori learns truth by giving talk: w92 9/1 26
mob attack: yb12 35-36
Muslim man brings many: yb15 58-60
nine-year-old invites lady to Memorial: w06 9/1 32
only one invitation on isolated island: yb11 71-72
paralytic invited by six-year-old: w08 6/1 26
picks up invitation from street: yb14 71
schoolteacher attends after nine years: yb17 76-78
seen entering Kingdom Hall by own minister: yb07 61-62
sisters conduct: g93 2/22 16
Small Nambas people learn truth (Vanuatu): yb87 56-57
stops partaking: w97 4/1 25
ten-year-old girl distributes invitations in school: w13 1/15 32
under ban: yb06 128-129; km 3/04 1; yb02 211-213; yb00 202-203; yb99 81; yb87 62-63
understanding whether to partake: w88 11/1 12
university student learns truth: km 3/01 1; yb87 49-50
village chief invites everyone: yb08 63-64; km 2/05 1; yb02 44
frequency: ijwfq article 45
inviting others: w24.01 12-13; w23.01 22-23; mwb21.03 5; mwb20.03 8; w19.01 28; km 2/12 2; km 3/10 1; km 1/08 5-6
inactive publishers: w24.01 13; w23.01 23; km 3/07 1; km 3/02 1, 4
invitation campaign: mwb23.03 16; mwb22.03 16; mwb21.01 15; mwb21.03 16; mwb20.03 1; mwb19.03 1; mwb19.04 1; mwb18.03 1
invitations: mwb21.01 16; km 2/14 3; km 3/11 2; km 2/10 1; km 2/09 1; km 1/08 5-6; km 2/07 3
return visit to remind: km 3/94 4
starting Bible study at time of: km 3/06 1
Jesus institutes: mwb20.04 3; it-2 270, 505-506; lfb 204-205; w15 1/15 13-14; jy 270-271; bm 23; my story 99; lr 193-196; w99 3/15 4; w96 3/15 8; gt chapter 114; w90 7/1 8-9
Christian celebration yet future: w91 7/15 31
cup used: w90 7/1 9
date: ijwfq article 45; it-2 268; w13 12/15 18-19; w96 4/1 6
discussions before and after: cf 161; jy 270, 272-281; bm 23; w03 3/15 4-7; w02 2/1 14-18; w96 3/15 8-9; w92 3/1 16-21; gt chapters 113-116; w90 7/15 8-9; w90 8/1 8-9; w90 9/1 8-9
final prayer in upper room (Joh 17): w25.05 20-22; jy 280-281; w13 10/15 26-30; w92 3/1 21; gt chapter 116; w90 9/15 8-9
Jesus did not partake: it-2 270; w10 3/15 27
Judas not present: it-2 130, 270; w90 7/1 8
location: w89 3/1 17
singing after: w17.11 4; w09 12/1 30
time of night: it-2 581
why with apostles only: w24.09 19; w91 7/15 31
joyful occasion: w90 2/15 20
“love feasts” not (Jude 12): it-2 280
meaning of term: nwt 1703; w03 2/15 13; w03 4/1 4; rs 266
misconceptions:
renewal of Jesus’ sacrifice: rs 264
no special place: w90 12/15 7
not a sacrament: ijwfq article 45
not foreshadowed by Passover: mwb18.04 2; w13 12/15 21
“other sheep”: w21.01 14-19; w03 2/15 19-20
why attend: w22.01 21-23; w21.01 17-18; od 70; it-2 270; bh 208; om 80-81; w86 2/15 15
why not partakers: it-2 270; w10 3/15 26-27; w06 2/15 22-24; w90 2/15 20; w88 2/1 30-31; w86 2/15 15
partakers: ijwfq article 45; w22.01 21; it-2 269-270, 526; w15 3/1 16; bh 207-208; w12 3/1 17; w10 3/15 27; w04 3/15 5-7; lr 196; w02 2/1 20; w98 2/15 16, 22; w93 3/15 6-7; w91 3/15 19-22; om 80; rs 267-268; w86 2/15 14-15, 20
arrangements when infirm are unable to attend: w03 3/15 31; km 4/00 4
attitude of others toward: w20.01 29; w16.01 24-25; w16.06 32; w09 6/15 24
covenants in which included: w22.01 21; w15 1/15 16; w03 2/15 22; w98 2/15 16; w88 2/1 31; ws 99, 104
determining whether to partake: w20.01 23; w16.01 20-21; w15 1/15 16-17; w04 3/15 6; w03 2/15 19-22; w02 2/1 20; w98 2/15 14-15, 20, 22; w91 3/15 20-22; w90 2/15 19-20
“discern the body” (1Co 11:29): w90 2/15 19
“discern what we ourselves are” (1Co 11:31): w90 2/15 19-20
if one has committed a serious sin: w15 1/15 16; w03 2/15 18-19
meaning of number worldwide: w20.01 29-31; w16.01 25-26; w11 8/15 22; w06 2/15 16-20; re 125; w95 2/15 19-20; jv 501; w88 2/1 30-31
new partakers: w09 6/15 23; w07 5/1 31; w99 2/1 19; w96 8/15 30-31; w92 3/1 20-21
not encouraging others to partake: w20.01 28; w16.01 24
partaking unworthily (1Co 11:27-29): w20.01 27-28; it-2 270; w16.01 23; w15 1/15 15-16; w03 2/15 17-19; w96 4/1 6-8
significance of partaking: w06 2/15 23-24; w90 2/15 18-19
whether all who are present should partake: w24.12 10-11
who should partake: w24.12 11
why some cease partaking: w21.01 14-15; w03 2/15 20; w98 2/15 20
preparation for: km 3/15 1
Bible reading schedule: mwb25.03 8-9; mwb24.03 6-7; mwb23.03 8-9; mwb22.03 10-11; mwb19.04 4-5
Bible studies: km 2/05 1
congregation: km 3/09 1
decorations: w13 12/15 25
families: km 3/10 1; km 2/93 2
meeting with brothers assisting: km 3/93 1
personal: mwb24.03 3; mwb21.03 5; mwb19.04 4; w18.01 13; w16.01 12-16; w15 1/15 14-16; w11 2/1 22; km 3/07 1
places other than Kingdom Hall: km 3/09 1; km 12/06 7
reflecting on the ransom and on Jesus’ life: w24.01 10-12; w23.01 26-31
scheduling: km 1/09 4; km 1/08 7
procedure: w13 12/15 25-26; w90 2/15 16
congregations sharing a Kingdom Hall: km 1/06 7
congregations usually separate: km 1/09 4; w90 2/15 16
rented halls: km 12/03 7
purpose: ijwfq article 45; w08 4/1 28-29
reporting: km 3/09 4
significance: g 3/06 32; w03 2/15 13; w03 4/1 6-7; rs 266-267
simplicity: w19.01 20-25
“until he comes” (“arrives”) (1Co 11:26): w19.01 25; w18.01 16; it-2 268-269, 344; w10 3/15 27; w08 7/15 27; w03 2/15 13; w93 3/15 5
video He Used His Body to Honor Jehovah: lff lesson 28
video Remember Jesus’ Death: mwb24.03 3; lff lesson 28
welcoming—
new ones: km 4/11 1; km 2/05 1; km 2/04 5; km 3/01 5; km 3/94 1
visitors: mwb16.03 2; km 3/13 2
Witnesses who are irregular or inactive: w24.01 14; km 4/11 1; km 2/05 1; km 3/94 1
why Jesus’ death, not birth, is observed: w15 4/1 12; w12 12/1 4
why Witnesses hold: scl 12; w15 4/1 12-14
why Witness observance differs: ijwfq article 45
wine: it-2 269, 1188; w15 2/15 31; w13 12/15 23-24; w03 2/15 15
appropriate despite being product of fermentation: w07 9/15 31
significance: w13 12/15 25; w90 2/15 17-18; rs 267
significance of partaking: w06 2/15 23-24; w90 2/15 18-19
type to use: w13 12/15 24; w07 9/15 31; w03 2/15 15; w90 2/15 18
List by Year
1876: jv 242
1886: w15 2/15 31; jv 55, 242
1919: w87 6/15 16
1935: w99 2/1 17; w97 1/1 10; w95 2/1 14
1938: re 125; w99 2/1 18; jv 243
1985: w86 1/1 23, 26; w86 2/15 14
1986: w87 1/1 4; yb87 22, 41; w86 2/15 14
1987: w88 1/1 15, 17; yb88 10-11; w87 2/15 20
1988: w89 1/1 3, 7; yb89 41; w88 3/15 32
1989: w90 1/1 24; yb90 41; w89 3/1 32; km 3/89 1
1990: w91 1/1 21, 23-24; yb91 45; w90 2/15 15; w90 4/1 32
1991: w92 1/1 13, 15; w92 3/1 19; yb92 5-7, 33; w90 12/15 7
1992: w93 1/1 11, 15; jv 243; yb93 4-6, 33
1993: w94 1/1 11, 15; yb94 6, 33; w93 3/15 7
1994: w95 1/1 15-17; yb95 6-7, 33; w94 3/15 4, 7
1995: w96 1/1 21; yb96 9, 33; w95 4/1 32
1996: w97 1/1 11; yb97 9, 33
1997: w98 1/1 15-16; yb98 8, 31; km 1/97 7
1998: w99 1/1 20; w99 2/1 18; yb99 31; w98 3/15 31; km 1/98 7
1999: w00 1/1 16; yb00 31; w99 3/15 32; km 1/99 7
2000: w01 1/1 13; yb01 31; w00 3/15 9; km 3/00 7
2001: w02 1/1 18; yb02 31; w01 4/1 32; g01 3/22 32; km 1/01 3; km 3/01 1; km 12/99 7
2002: w03 1/1 16; yb03 31; km 3/03 3; w02 2/1 14; w02 3/15 32; km 1/02 7; km 3/02 1; km 1/01 3
2003: yb04 31; w03 2/15 17; w03 4/1 7, 32; km 12/01 7
2004: yb05 31; w04 3/15 7, 32; g04 3/22 32; km 12/02 7
2005: yb06 31; w05 3/15 32; g05 3/8 32; km 12/03 7
2006: yb07 31; w06 3/15 32; g 3/06 32; km 12/04 7
2007: yb08 31; w07 3/1 32; g 3/07 32; km 12/05 7
2008: w09 6/15 10; yb09 31; w08 3/1 7, 32; g 3/08 32; km 2/08 1; km 12/06 7
2009: w10 2/15 10; yb10 4, 31; w09 3/1 32; g 3/09 32; km 1/09 4; km 12/07 7
2010: yb11 47, 51; w10 3/1 32; g 3/10 32; km 3/10 4; km 12/08 7
2011: yb12 55; w11 2/1 22; w11 3/1 32; g 4/11 32; km 12/09 4
2012: yb13 178; w12 1/15 26; w12 3/1 32; g 3/12 32; km 3/12 1, 4; km 12/10 4
2013: yb14 176-177; km 12/11 4
2014: yb15 176; km 3/14 2; w13 12/15 22-23; km 12/12 8
2015: yb16 176; w15 1/15 17; w15 3/1 7; km 12/13 8
2016: yb17 177; wp16.2 7; km 12/14 8
2017: syr17 2; km 12/15 4
2018: w18.01 12; syr18 2
2019: w19.01 30; syr19 2
2020: syr20 2; mwb20.04 2
2021: w23.01 23; w21.01 18-19; syr21 2
2022: w22.01 25; syr22 2
2023: w23.01 20; syr23 2
2024: syr24 2
2025: w25.01 20