Instructions for the Way Christian Can Live and Preach Meeting

Contents

• Wetin We Coming Learn? 2

• Good-Good Lessons From the Bible 3-5

  • Talk 3

  • Good-Good Thing Them Inside the Bible 4

  • Bible Reading 5

• How to Do the Preaching Work Good-Good? 6-14

  • How to Start Talking With People 7

  • Checking Back 8

  • Making Disciples 9

  • Explaining Your Beliefs 10

  • Talk 11

  • Content 12

  • Settings 13

  • How to Use Videos and Literature 14

• Living Like Christians 15-16

  • Congregation Bible Study 16

• Wetin We Learn Today and What We Will Learn Next Week? 17

• Thank You and Counsel 18

• Timing 19

• Circuit Overseer Visit 20

• Assembly or Convention Week 21

• Memorial Week 22

• Live and Preach Meeting Overseer 23

• Live and Preach Meeting Chairman 24

• Auxiliary Counselor 25

• Second Class 26

• Videos 27

1. The instructions in this book will help everybody who get part on the Way Christian Can Live and Preach Meeting. Those who get part mon read the instructions for their part in the Live and Preach Meeting Workbook and in this book before preparing their part. Encourage all the publisher dem to give their name so they can start having student part. Other people who attending the meeting all the time and living by the thing dem they learning from the Bible can also give their name to start having student part. If somebody who not publisher say they want get on the school, the Live and Preach Meeting overseer mon go over the requirements with the person and let them know if they qualify. When he doing it, the person Bible teacher mon be there (or if the person parents in the truth, one of them mon be there). Da the same requirements for those who want be unbaptize publisher.—od chap. 8 par. 8.

WETIN WE COMING LEARN?

2. One minute. Every week, when the opening song and prayer finish, the Live and Preach Meeting chairman will help everybody to see wetin they coming learn from the meeting. The chairman mon focus on the main point dem da will really benefit the congregation.

GOOD-GOOD LESSONS FROM THE BIBLE

3. Talk: Ten minutes. This part get the title and the talk outline with two or three main points in the Live and Preach Meeting Workbook. Da elder or qualify ministerial servant mon do this part here. When we coming start new Bible book, we mon play the video da talk about it. The speaker will show wetin the video and the talk title get in common. But he mon make sure to talk about all the main point dem inside the workbook. Also, he mon explain the picture dem to make the main points clear. He can use other materials from his research so long they in line with the main point dem in the outline.

4. Good-Good Thing Them Inside the Bible: Ten minutes. This other part da question-and-answer, and it not get introduction or conclusion. Da elder or qualify ministerial servant mon do this part. He mon make sure to ask the two questions. He can also decide whether they mon read the Bible verses or they mon not read them. Anybody who commenting mon not talk for more than 30 seconds.

5. Bible Reading: Four minutes. Da man mon do this part. The student mon just do the Bible reading. He mon not give introduction or conclusion. The meeting chairman will try hard to help the students to read good and with understanding. He mon also help them to know the right place to pause, the right word to stress, how to change the tone of their voice to match with what they reading, and to do it in a way da will be natural. The Live and Preach Meeting overseer mon look at what the student dem able to do before giving them the Bible reading assignment. He mon do it because some of the Bible reading can be long and some can be short.

HOW TO DO THE PREACHING WORK GOOD-GOOD

6. Fifteen minutes. This part of the meeting there to help all of us improve the way we can talk with people in field service, learn how to preach and teach good-good and also to practice for field service. When it necessary, they can give elder dem student assignments. Each student mon work on the study point from the Teaching or Love People brochure da in parentheses da side the assignment in the Live and Preach Meeting Workbook. Sometime, part will be on the meeting with the instruction, “yor discus it”. Da elder or qualify ministerial servant mon do this part.—See paragraph 15 to know how to handle discussion parts.

7. How to Start Talking With People: Man or woman can do this part. If da man, the householder mon be man or his family member. If da woman, the householder mon be woman or her family member. They can sit down or stand up to do their part.—See paragraphs 12 and 13 to get more information on the content and setting for this assignment.

8. Checking Back: Man or woman can do this part. If da man, his householder mon be man. If da woman, her householder mon be woman. (km 5/97 p. 2) They can sit down or stand up to do their part. The student mon show what he will say when he go back to talk with somebody who show interest base on what they talk about before.—See paragraphs 12 and 13 to get more information on the content and setting for this assignment.

9. Making Disciples: Man or woman can do this part. If da man, his householder mon be man. If da woman, her householder mon be woman. (km 5/97 p. 2) They can sit down or stand up to do their part. Do this part just like the Bible study already na start. When you doing it, no need for introduction or conclusion, unless they assign the student to work on one of this study point dem. You not force to read all the paragraph when you conducting Bible study, even though you can do it.

10. Explaining Your Beliefs: When this part da talk, da man mon do it. When da demonstration, da man or woman mon do it. If da man, the householder mon be man or his family member. If da woman, the householder mon be woman or her family member. The student mon use the information from the reference to answer the theme question. The answer mon be clear and tactful. When he giving his talk, he can decide whether to call the publication the talk coming from or not.

11. Talk: Da man mon do this part. He mon give it just like he giving public talk. When the talk coming from one of the points in appendix A of the Love People brochure, the student mon show how we can use the verse dem in field service. For example, maybe he can explain when to use the verse, the meaning of the verse, and how to use it to reason with someone. When the talk base on any point from one of the lessons in the Love People brochure, the student mon focus on how to apply da point in field service. He can show the example in point 1 of the lesson or talk about any of the other verses da in the lesson, if it will help the person.

12. Content: The information in this paragraph and in the next paragraph apply to the parts “How to Start Talking With People” and “Checking Back”. If the student not get any other instruction, the student mon try to share simple Bible truth da the person he talking with get interest in. Also, he mon leave question da will help him to come back to continue talking with the person. The student mon choose one topic da plenty people in the area thinking about. He can choose to talk about one of our publications or videos from the Teaching Toolbox. Instead of memorizing what to say, students mon practice how to talk with people, like showing them personal interest and trying to be natural.

13. Settings: The student mon apply the general setting da assign to him and he mon apply it in the way da alright for the area. For example:

1. (1) House to House: For this setting, we get preaching from door to door and checking back on someone you talk with before. We can do it face to face, by phone, or by writing letter.

2. (2) Informal Witnessing: This setting talking about how we can use normal conversation to preach to somebody. You can share something from the Bible with your workmate, school mate, people in your community, when you traveling, or when you some where doing your normal things.

3. (3) Public Witnessing: For this setting we get cart witnessing, preaching to business area, street witnessing, or preaching in the parks, parking lots, or anywhere you can find people.

14. How to Use Videos and Literature: Depending on what the student preaching about, he can choose to talk about one video or publication. If the student assignment get video or if he choose to use video, he mon talk about it but he mon not play it.

LIVING LIKE CHRISTIANS

15. After the song, the next 15 minutes will be use for one or two parts da will help the brother dem to live by what they learning from the Bible. All this part dem can be assign to elders or qualify ministerial servants, except the instruction say it only for elder. Only elders can do the local needs part. When the part da discussion, the person who doing it can ask questions throughout his part, beside the questions da there. He mon make his introduction short to cover the main points and give the audience more time to comment. If da interview, the person who they interviewing mon give their comments from the stage if it possible.

16. Congregation Bible Study: Thirty minutes. Da qualify elder can do this part. (When the elder dem not plenty, qualify ministerial servants can do this part.) The body of elders mon decide who qualify to do the Congregation Bible Study. Anybody they choose to do this part mon try to do it good and finish it on time. He mon make the main point dem from the Bible verses clear and help the brother dem see how it important to live by what they learning from the study. Anybody they choose to do this part, will benefit by reviewing the direction about how to do the question-and-answer parts. (w23.04 p. 24, box) If the congregation finish studying all the material assign for the week good-good, the conductor mon not force it to finish his time. When it possible, they mon use different-different qualify brothers every week to be the conductors and the readers. If the chairman for the Live and Preach Meeting say da they mon cut the study short, then the brother conducting will decide how to cut the study short. Maybe he will decide to not read some paragraph dem.

WETIN WE LEARN TODAY AND WHAT WE WILL LEARN NEXT WEEK?

17. Three minutes. The chairman for the Live and Preach Meeting will go over some important points from the meeting. If time still there, he can do it by asking the brother and sister dem to comment on the points they learn from the meeting. He mon also talk small about what we will learn in the week da coming. If he still get time, he can call the names of the brother and sister dem da will be having student part the next week. When the meeting finish, the chairman mon make sure to read any letter or announcement they get for the congregation. Thing dem like the days and times for field service meeting in the week and Kingdom Hall cleaning mon not be announce on the platform. But they mon put it on the information board. When the time not plenty for the chairman to make announcements or read the letters, he can ask the brother dem who get part under the Living Like Christians section to cut their part short. It will help him to read the letters or make the announcements they get for the congregation. (See paragraphs 16 and 19.) The meeting mon end with song and prayer.

THANK YOU AND COUNSEL

18. When the student finish giving their part, the Live and Preach Meeting chairman get about one minute to tell the student thank you and give them their counsel from the study point da assign to them. When the chairman call the student to do their part, he mon not call the study point the student working on. But when the student finish giving their part, the chairman mon tell them thank you. Then, he can call the study point the student wor working on and show why and how the student did well or the area he need to work on. If the chairman think it will benefit the student and the congregation, he can talk about other good-good points the student did well with. After the meeting or another time, the chairman will meet with the student one-on-one and give some good counsel on the study point they were working on or another study point. This counsel will come from the Love People brochure, the Teaching brochure or the Ministry School book.—To learn more about what the Live and Preach Meeting chairman and the auxiliary counselor can do, please read paragraphs 19, 24, and 25.

TIMING

19. No part mon go overtime. The Live and Preach Meeting chairman mon not go overtime for the part dem he can comment on. Even though the Live and Preach Meeting Workbook show the time for each part, but if you cover your part good-good before your time finish, no need to continue talking just because you want finish your time. If any part go overtime, the Live and Preach Meeting chairman or the auxiliary counselor mon talk with the brother who handle it one-on-one after the meeting. (See paragraphs 24 and 25.) The whole meeting, plus the song and prayer mon be 1 hour 45 minutes.

CIRCUIT OVERSEER VISIT

20. When the congregation get circuit visit, they mon do the meeting the same way it in the Live and Preach Meeting Workbook. Only the Congregation Bible Study they will not do. The circuit overseer will use the 30 minutes for the Congregation Bible Study to give his service talk. Before the service talk, the Live and Preach Meeting chairman will talk about the main point dem from the meeting and go over the program for the next week. He will also give any announcements and read any important letters. From there, he will introduce the circuit overseer. When the service talk finish, the circuit overseer will call the song he choose for the congregation to sing to end the meeting. If the circuit overseer like, he can call another brother to pray. When the congregation get circuit visit, they will not have the second class in the congregation language. Any group da can join the congregation for other meeting parts, will still have their meeting when the circuit overseer visiting the congregation. But the group mon join the congregation for the circuit overseer service talk.

ASSEMBLY OR CONVENTION WEEK

21. During assembly or convention week, we will not have congregation meeting. Remind the congregation da everybody will study the material for the week during their personal study or family worship.

MEMORIAL WEEK

22. When the Memorial fall on any day from Monday to Friday, we will not have the Live and Preach Meeting.

LIVE AND PREACH MEETING OVERSEER

23. The body of elders will choose one elder to be the overseer for the Live and Preach Meeting. He will make sure the brothers follow this direction dem so the meeting can be organize. He and the auxiliary counselor mon always talk. By the time the congregation get the Live and Preach Meeting Workbook, the Live and Preach Meeting overseer will assign all the midweek-meeting parts for the two-month period. Da mean, he will also assign the midweek meeting chairmen da the body of elders choose and other parts da can’t be assign to students. (See paragraphs 3-16 and 24.) When he giving student assignments, he mon think about the student age, experience, and whether the person will be free to talk on the topic. Da the same thing he mon do when he assigning the other meeting parts. Everybody mon get their assignment at least three weeks before the time for them to give their part. The Our Christian Life and Ministry Meeting Assignment (S-89) form mon be use for the student assignments. The Live and preach Meeting overseer mon make sure to put copy of the assignment schedule for the whole meeting on the information board. Maybe the body of elders can assign another elder or ministerial servant to help him. But only elders mon assign parts da student can’t do.

LIVE AND PREACH MEETING CHAIRMAN

24. Every week, one elder will be the chairman for the whole Live and Preach Meeting. (When the elder dem not plenty, qualify ministerial servants can do this assignment). He will give the opening and the closing comments. He will introduce all the parts on the meeting. And if the elder dem not plenty, he can do other parts on the meeting, especially parts da get video but no discussion. He mon not talk plenty after each part. The body of elders will decide which of the elder dem qualify to be chairman. From time to time, this qualify elder dem will be assign to be the chairman. When the qualify elder dem not plenty, the Live and Preach Meeting overseer can be use more than the other qualify elders. If any elder qualify to conduct the Congregation Bible Study, then it possible da he also qualify to serve as chairman for the Live and Preach meeting. Please remember this, the elder who serving as chairman mon tell each student thank you for their part. When he giving counsel, he mon give it with love. The chairman mon make sure the meeting finish on time. (See paragraphs 17 and 19.) If the chairman like and when the stage get space, they can put one standing microphone there. The chairman will use it to introduce each part da will follow while the brother who giving the part going to the speaker stand. During the Bible reading assignment and the How to Do the Preaching Work Good-Good section, the chairman can decide to sit down on the stage to conduct da part of the meeting. It will save time.

AUXILIARY COUNSELOR

25. Da the auxiliary counselor work to give one-on-one counsel to elders and ministerial servants on any speaking assignments they give, if it necessary. This assignment dem include parts on the Live and Preach Meeting, public talks, and conducting or reading for the Watchtower Study or the Congregation Bible Study. —See paragraph 19.

SECOND CLASS

26. If the student dem plenty, congregations can decide to have second class. The second class mon have one qualify elder to be the counselor. When the elder dem not plenty, they can use one qualify ministerial servant. The body of elders will decide who will do this work and whether different-different qualify brothers will do it. The counselor mon follow the direction dem da in paragraph 18. When the part, Good-Good Thing Dem Inside the Bible finish, the chairman mon tell the students to go to the second class. They mon join the congregation after the How to Do the Preaching Work Good-Good part finish.

VIDEOS

27. Play the videos they will choose for the midweek meeting. The videos for the midweek meeting will be in the JW Library® app. We can use different-different thing dem like, tablets or cellphones to get them.

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