LATEST NEWS FLASHES!--No.229              DO/TS    4/95
--By WS Staff

SEEKING LOST SHEEP!

Dear Family,
         God bless you! We'd like to ask for your help in renewing contact with Family members who have left over the years. We would like to write them and encourage them, reconcile with them (if necessary), let them know we love them, give them a way to get in touch with us, and perhaps even send them some literature, if they're interested.
         When praying a few months ago, the Lord gave us the parable of the one lost sheep, which we can apply to our ex-members: "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost" (Luke 15:4-6).
         So we're seeking lost sheep, and we'd appreciate your help in getting in touch with them! If you know the addresses of any former members, whether favorable or unfavorable, could you please list as much information as you know on the enclosed form? This would include members who left years ago, as well as those who've departed recently. Even if you don't have their address, but know the address of someone else who could forward a letter to them, please send in their name and other personal information, and some sort of contact address, even if incomplete. If you need more of these forms, you are welcome to photocopy as many more as are needed. Thanks!
         We hope to send these ex-members our love and encouragement, and where necessary, apologize for past misunderstandings, mistakes and offenses. Our intention is to extend a hand of love and fellowship to them, not to pressure them to rejoin.
         Please help us by sending these forms to your Reporting Office with your next TRF. (And offices, please forward the information on ex-members in other areas to the respective area office, so they can get in touch with them.) Thanks so much! We love you!
         P.S. Please keep blank copies of the enclosed form on hand for future use.

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Ex-member Contact Information (please print legibly):

Date: / / .

         1. Bible name:

         2. Sex: M / F

         3. Age:

         4. Legal name (for correspondence):

         5. Phone number (inc. area code):

         6. Address (street or postal address, city/state, country, zip code):

         7. Staying with (parents, relatives, other ex-members, etc.):

         8. How long in the Family:

         9. When left the Family:

         10. Reason for leaving:

         11. Present attitude towards the Family:

         12. Amount of contact with the Family since leaving:

         13. What doing now (working, studying, etc.):

         14. Other pertinent information:

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