I just came back from the meeting .Although the local announcements have been abolished recently as an item for the second part , an elder came on the platform to announce that the Society needs more money and there is a letter on the noticeboard for all the congragation to read to this effect. Although the announcement was read half heartedly (this elder's daughter is an apostate ,it looks like he knows what's going on) the implictions are dramatic .

The Society in brief,requests any brother or sister with funds sitting on personal accounts to loan them to the Society ,he didn't go into any specifics but I will take a picture of the letter next time and make it available here .

I'm not amazed that they're asking for money ,I thought it will happen sooner or later .What I'm amazed is that 99% of the congragation are oblivious to the financial crisis that the Society finds itself these days and the reasons why .I can see the future now .The Watchtower will be the fist part of the Babylon the Great to go down in a blaze of scandals and financial troubles !