Song 31 and Prayer

Opening Comments (3 min. or less)

“An Unnumbered Great Crowd Is Blessed by Jehovah”: (10 min.)

• Re 7:9​—The “great crowd” stands before Jehovah’s throne (it-1-E 997 ¶1)

• Re 7:14​—The great crowd will survive “the great tribulation” (it-2-E 1127 ¶4)

• Re 7:15-17​—The great crowd will receive future blessings on earth (it-1-E 996-997)

Digging for Spiritual Gems: (8 min.)

• Re 7:1​—What do the “four angels standing on the four corners of the earth” and “the four winds” represent? (re-E 115 ¶3-4)

• Re 9:11​—Who is “the angel of the abyss”? (it-1-E 12)

• What has this week’s Bible reading taught you about Jehovah?

• What other spiritual gems have you discovered in this week’s Bible reading?

Bible Reading: (4 min. or less) Re 7:11-17 (th study 5)

Improve Your Signing and Teaching: (10 min.) Discussion. Play the video Warmth and Empathy, and then discuss study 12 of the Teaching brochure.

Talk: (5 min. or less) w16.01-E 25-26 ¶12-16​—Theme: Why should we not be troubled by the increase of Memorial partakers in recent years? (th study 6)

Song 20

Local Needs: (8 min.)

Organizational Accomplishments: (7 min.) Play the Organizational Accomplishments video for December.

Congregation Bible Study: (30 min.) lvs 9:7-8; Endnote 23

Review Followed by Preview of Next Week (3 min.)

Song 65 and Prayer