CIRCUIT OVERSEERS
(Formerly called Circuit Servants; Servants to the Brethren; Zone Servants; Regional Servants; Regional Service Directors; Pilgrims; Tower Tract Society Representatives)
(See also Pilgrims [Watch Tower Representatives]; Traveling Overseers; lands by name)
accommodations: od 46-47; w96 11/15 13; om 47; km 12/88 4; je 21
age limit: w21.09 9; w20.02 17; w18.09 8
appointment: w24.10 16; bt 119; od 46, 110-111; w14 11/15 29; w96 11/15 10; om 47
appreciation for: w24.10 22-23; mwb23.07 9; w19.02 19; w96 11/15 11-16
elder expresses: w94 1/15 19
youths: w96 11/15 11, 13
assemblies: od 49
assembly personnel: od 49; om 50
assignment: od 46
attitude of others toward: w17.03 11
not treating as celebrities: w18.09 31
avoiding misuse of power: w86 8/15 15-16
Bible precedent: w24.10 21; jl lesson 17; w96 11/15 10, 14; pe 199; km 8/86 1
discussion: w24.10 21-23; od 46-50, 110-111; jl lesson 17; om 47-50; pe 199; je 20-21
during circuit assembly week: om 51-52
encouragement for: mwb19.01 7; w16.11 7; km 10/07 8
expenses: od 49-50; om 50; je 21
experiences: w04 3/1 24-25
accommodations: w16.12 5; yb97 166, 168; yb96 240
African bush country: g04 6/22 21-22
assigned at 22: yb91 179; w90 8/1 28
assigned at 24: w10 9/15 4-5
bicycles used: w02 7/1 24-25; yb94 131; yb90 158
Buddhist altar in bedroom: yb98 92-93
Canadian winter: w90 9/1 12, 14
civil war: w05 11/15 9; yb04 247-249; yb98 52
dallying coachmen: yb90 157-158
deaf wife of circuit overseer: w03 1/1 25-26
depression: w95 2/1 23-24
early days: w03 11/1 22-23; yb91 126; w87 7/1 28-29
grueling motorcycle journey: w88 6/15 21-23
isolated congregations: yb97 165-166
job offer that would solve family’s poverty: w96 5/1 28
learning language: w01 5/1 26-27
leeches: yb13 114
mountains: yb13 113
narrow escapes: w94 4/1 22-24
obtains cultural center for slide show: yb90 43
outwitting clergy: w01 5/1 27
own son dies during visit: yb06 223-224
Pacific Islands: w19.04 27, 29
parents encourage: w93 10/1 8-9
preaches while imprisoned: w87 1/1 14-15
Presbyterian youth hostel: yb87 58-59
raising family: w22.11 29-30
Robinson Crusoe Island: w00 6/15 10-11
rough area: w09 10/15 25; yb90 97
school headmaster impressed by visit: yb06 49
stays four nights in prison: w96 11/15 19
stay with and eat with locals: yb11 149
storm and flood: yb94 140-141
stutterer: g96 8/22 21-23
teaches crowd though weary: w86 9/1 6
“thin like a finger”: yb06 221
thirsty: yb97 166
threat fizzles: yb06 228-229
travel by canoe: yb11 149
travel by donkey and horse: w06 7/1 11-12
travel in Myanmar: yb13 142-145
trip with military convoy: yb92 168
under ban: yb01 167; w96 5/1 28-29; w95 2/1 23; w90 9/1 13
walk through forest in rain to Bible study: w96 11/15 19
weeps with loneliness: yb05 83-84
wet and muddy: yb96 239-240
wives: w19.02 19; yb11 149-150
field ministry: od 48-49; w96 11/15 18-19
accompanying others: km 10/07 8; w96 11/15 19
inviting circuit overseer on Bible study: w20.01 6
Kingdom Halls:
Regional Building Committees: km 2/92 3
life stories:
A Priceless Treasure to Share: w95 1/1 20-23
A Rich and Happy Life of Willing Sacrifice: w04 9/1 19-25
Faith Under Test in Poland: g00 11/8 19-21
Finding Relief From Youthful Despair: w08 1/1 27-30
From the Road to Death to the Road to Life: w89 8/1 30-31
Happy Is the One Whose God Is Jehovah: w03 8/1 23-27
Life Under the Big Top: g04 9/22 18-21
Our Search for Justice: g97 6/22 19-23
“The Secret” We Learned From Our Sacred Service: w12 6/15 3-6
We Found the “Pearl of High Value”: w19.04 26-30
meaning of term: ijwfq article 65
meeting with district overseer (discontinued): om 51-52
public talks: km 1/15 4; km 8/15 4; km 3/14 4; km 9/14 4; km 8/13 4; km 1/12 4; km 8/12 4; km 1/11 8; km 9/11 4; km 1/10 8; km 8/10 8; km 1/09 4; km 1/08 7; km 7/08 3; km 1/07 3; km 7/07 3; km 1/06 7; km 7/06 3; km 1/05 7; km 7/05 3; km 1/04 3; km 7/04 3; km 1/03 3; km 7/03 3; km 1/02 7; km 7/02 3; km 1/01 3; km 7/01 3; km 1/00 3; km 7/00 3; km 1/99 7; km 7/99 3; km 1/98 7; km 7/98 7; km 1/97 7; km 7/97 3; km 1/96 7; km 7/96 3; km 1/95 7; km 7/95 3; km 1/94 7; km 1/93 7; km 1/92 7; km 7/92 3; km 1/91 7; km 7/91 3; km 1/90 7; km 7/90 3; km 1/89 7; km 7/89 3; km 1/88 7; km 7/88 3; km 1/87 7; km 1/86 7; km 8/86 7
qualifications: w24.10 16; od 110-111
reports: od 48-49, 103; om 49-50
respect for: w88 10/1 18-19
responsibilities: w24.10 21-22; od 29; w96 11/15 10
advises congregations of circuit deficit: od 126
after local disaster: km 2/97 7
application for new congregation: od 67
appointment of elders and ministerial servants: mwb19.08 4; w14 11/15 28-29
arranging language classes: od 108
recommending to appointed brothers another congregation in the circuit: od 107
rewards: w96 11/15 19-20
single: w20.08 29; w03 8/1 23-27
spiritual food for: w96 11/15 14, 17
video The Life of a Rural Circuit Overseer: lff lesson 20
visit: od 47-49; jl lesson 17; km 10/08 1; om 47-50
adjustments in Congregation Bible Study: km 10/08 1
adjustments in Service Meeting (discontinued): km 10/08 1; km 12/03 6; km 11/02 7
adjustments in special public talk: km 9/12 4; km 10/07 7
adjustments in Theocratic Ministry School (discontinued): km 10/08 1, 3; km 11/02 7; km 1/91 7
appointments to work with: od 49; om 49
effect of Memorial: km 3/13 8; km 1/01 3; km 1/97 7; km 2/93 3
evening witnessing: km 5/91 8
frequency: od 46; om 47
interchange of encouragement: mwb19.01 7; km 10/07 8
isolated pioneers and missionaries: od 46; om 47
meeting with pioneers: yb14 7; km 2/13 1; km 6/13 2; km 9/05 7
minority-language groups: od 103
morning activity: km 9/96 3
notifying congregations sharing hall: km 1/95 7
notifying other traveling overseers: km 1/95 7
preparing for: od 46-47; om 47-48; km 6/89 3; km 8/86 1-2
review of congregation records: od 47; km 9/07 3
sharing fully in: mwb19.01 7; w96 11/15 12
showing hospitality: bt 177, 213; yb07 94; w96 11/15 12-14
wife’s contribution: km 6/89 3
wives: w24.10 22; od 111