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Post by Asking on Nov 10, 2007 13:13:05 GMT -5
Do you think sister workers are more likely to preach outward appearance issues? After all, they have to live it as well. I mean they have to go around with their hair in a bun, no makeup/jewelry and dresses all the time.
The bluntest gospel meeting sermons about women's attire usually come from sister workers over 70.
Workers claim that professing women upholding the appearance issue have drawn others to meetings!! And a women with makeup, jewelry or dyed hair would be less of an example.
Professing ladies should look plain and be happy..showing the world they have something better to live for, according to the older ones.
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Post by Juliet on Nov 10, 2007 17:08:38 GMT -5
NO I don't think so.
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Post by LSMND on Nov 10, 2007 17:30:54 GMT -5
Do you think sister workers are more likely to preach outward appearance issues? After all, they have to live it as well. I mean they have to go around with their hair in a bun, no makeup/jewelry and dresses all the time. The bluntest gospel meeting sermons about women's attire usually come from sister workers over 70. Workers claim that professing women upholding the appearance issue have drawn others to meetings!! And a women with makeup, jewelry or dyed hair would be less of an example. Professing ladies should look plain and be happy..showing the world they have something better to live for, according to the older ones. You are obviously not in Ireland. We were treated to years of the "Split Skirt" sermon by Tommie Gamble and other appointed senior brother workers. (The sermons may still continue but I've not been in recent years.) I think the only sister worker I ever heard mention dress or appearance was Margaret Milligan and she had the sense to directly to the girl in question. The girl incidently was wearing shorts and a short-sleeved teeshirt, sitting on a beanbag at the front of a house where cars seldom passed.
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Post by oncewas on Nov 10, 2007 17:40:06 GMT -5
I can remember several sermons by brother workers regarding outward appearance, but none by sister workers. This may be because it rankled more coming from men (who weren't the ones who had to deal with the logistics of the "plain" look) than it did coming from women. As a worker, I never even considered speaking about this subject -- but then I believed my example was supposed to say more than words could. Also, I lacked the authority of age. You said, "workers claim that professing women upholding the appearance issue have drawn others to meetings," and I have to say that I remember hearing testimonies that proved this claim.
Raechel
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2007 8:07:44 GMT -5
The push for appearance definitely comes from certain older sister workers in most areas. I think it's quite true that they typically don't preach openly about it. What actually happens is that they grind the brother workers to preach about it so that it sounds more authoritative. It's common though for older sister workers to bring up appearance issues in private.
While it may be true that there is a push for the staid appearance codes for the purpose of attracting interested people, the truth is that the appearance of many of the older sister workers (and some of the young ones) repels most new people. They do not dress modestly at all, their appearance is actually outstanding and a negative attraction. If they truly dressed modestly, most people would take no notice of their appearance.
Sister workers are extremely unsuccessful at getting new converts from the "outside". If they dressed like ordinary modest people, their success rate would go up remarkably. I have seen many occasions of a couple attending gospel mtgs and choose not to stick around because the wife of the couple is horrified by the extremity of women's appearances. The workers write those people off as "unwilling", "not honest", "not seeking", etc and have no interest in knowing the truth that they themselves scared the people off.
Brother workers have a little better success. Women attending don't have the barrier of the appearance of the preachers, so it depends a lot on how extreme the friends are with the buns and dress styles.
If the friends and workers really want to shine their light in this world, they should begin to dress like ordinary people because many dress in such a way as to cover up the light of a godly spirit.
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Post by Whatever on Nov 11, 2007 8:35:48 GMT -5
I always felt it was the sister workers who were dishonest. It was easy for them to uphold the cult uniform standard, THEY NEVER (very seldom) APPEARED IN PUBLIC. They were never out and about, they were never amongst "those ole worldly people". So therefore they didn't know the excruciating pain and utter nonsensical idiocy of how it feels to look like a BUFFOON. At our home-----They "THE SISTER WORKERS" were always holed up in a room, and stayed in there all day. You might catch a glimpse or hear them when they darted across the hall to the bathroom, just because you could hear their skirt make that swishing noise. (besides the cult uniform there is also the walk-----you know-----the swish, sashay walk-----) I used to ask my parents all the time, "Why are they in their room all day?" "WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN THERE?" I was never answered, just one time I was told that they were praying and gettin there sermon. I made the comment one time that I thought that they should "get out here in the kitchen and help us out, just a little" (I got in big trouble for that one )
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Post by déjà vu on Nov 11, 2007 22:37:15 GMT -5
." It was easy for them to uphold the cult uniform standard, THEY NEVER (very seldom) APPEARED IN PUBLIC. They were never out and about, they were never amongst "those ole worldly people" But we see them at the mall regularly (not preaching mind you)
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Post by as i understand it on Nov 12, 2007 1:28:13 GMT -5
As I understand it...in past times little girls from professing families were sometimes made to dress & look like tiny sister workers. I think that now it is more common for professing mothers to let their daughters dress like ordinary little girls: hair down, pants, etc.. This trend is to be commended.
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Post by as i understand it on Nov 12, 2007 1:37:08 GMT -5
Just recently my parents hosted two of the brother workers. They both expressed eagerness to help mom out in the kitchen in preperation of dinner. Mom had Terry Wells grate the potatoes & cheese. She couldn't think of anything for Troy__ to do...so he spent his time visiting with mom & dad.
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Post by unhappy slave on Nov 12, 2007 3:59:20 GMT -5
yeah, they push clothing standard..... wonder why? its not like something that any would make up.... rumpy pumpy it wear a mini and a crotchless to sun morn meeting.... rumpy pumpy the standard...
hey hey hey rumpy pumpy the ranger boo boo
next.
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Post by dressy or on Nov 12, 2007 21:57:51 GMT -5
I remember one year at Hythe convention a worker making the statement that "if you want to know how to dress just look at those on the right and left side of the platform and let that be your guide". I also had a discussion with a sister worker this year about why the need to dress up to attend a funeral. She said it was respect for the relatives of the deceased. When my father passed away I couldn't have told you who was dressed up or who wore jeans, just that I was glad to see them there. That meant more to us than "what they wore". To me they have uniformity confused with uninimity. In church yesterday there was a number of dress styles; both with the men and the women. Some wore suits and dresses andd some wore jeans but all contributed to fellowship. Me? I wore dockers, open shirt, cowboy boots and a jacket. And in the summer I ride my motorcycle to church.......
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Post by Scott Ross on Nov 12, 2007 23:33:47 GMT -5
Howdy Dressy or, Our clothing is a real mixed affair at our church also. It ranges from very dressy to football jerseys. Everyone has a great time gathering to worship the Lord, not gathering to look the same. As far as: And in the summer I ride my motorcycle to church.......You're Cool!!!! Scott
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Post by bumpkin on Nov 16, 2007 14:19:08 GMT -5
For a mini lecture on "standards for women" see thread under "Death Notices" -- Warren Wainwright --
for a blurb on something he spoke at a convention while on a home visit from France a number of years ago. !!!
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