Man, we just had hospitality and now we're scheduld in 2 weeks again. I liked the way my last hall let you sign up for it - I think I'd sign up, but at least I wouldn't feel like I was being force...

I don't mean to be daft, but what is this hospitality that you speak of?

I assume she means for the incoming public speaker.

Is that common in CA too? And is it because the speakers travel from afar?

we dont do it in our hall. our speakers come only like a few miles from the neighboring town. now if its a "special" speaker then we do do it. other than that we do not.

Really? I'm sorry, I thought it was a common thing in every hall.

So.. they know this is going to happen? will they be gutted if they are left in the cold? Is it just a meal? Do you have to tour them around?

The secretary from the "hosting" hall, where the speaker is giving the talk, calls him during the week and asks if he wants to avail himself of the hospitality arrangement. It most typically, if n...

Sorry, it threw out an application error, so I posted this more than once accidentally.

(The same thing happened when I tried to post this, but I just refreshed the page after hitting "post". It might be my browser or connection, Ian.)

Haha 3 times for emphasis. It sounds kinda quaint, but again, if it's falling on you again and again... we're right back to the short notice talks. LOL

It seems like the schedule rotates all the elders and MS servants, but our hall only has like 10 altogether, so that's why we do it like every 10 weeks or so. In my last hall, anyone could sign up...

actually they just changed it. now it's there is just a long list of everyone willing to offer hospatility and it gets posted for the month. you can change around if you know the speaker or whatev ...

do your speakers drive far to your halls? some of our speakers will only stay for their talks and then leave. LOL

some of them. but we do it for the next congregation over. 15min probably or even the congregation that we share the hall with. but then there's speakers from bethel and such which is like 1hr or ...