TRAVELING OVERSEERS
(See also Circuit Overseers; Headquarters Representatives; School for Circuit Overseers and Their Wives)
accommodations: w96 11/15 13
appointment: bt 119; w96 11/15 10; w90 3/15 20; om 47, 51, 53
appreciation for: w24.10 22-23; w19.02 19; w96 11/15 11-16
youths: w96 11/15 11, 13
assisting traveling overseers: w14 9/15 31
avoiding misuse of power: w86 8/15 15-16
beginning (1894): kr 29; jv 222
Bible examples:
Paul’s encouragement of others: bt 166-167
Bible precedent: w24.10 21; bt 114, 117, 119; jl lesson 17; w96 11/15 10, 14
appointment of elders: w14 11/15 28-29
counseling others:
dignifying the recipient: w94 2/1 25-29
discussion: w96 11/15 10-20; jv 298-299; om 47-54; je 20-21
encouragement for: mwb19.01 7; w16.11 7; km 10/07 8
encouraging others: bt 119; w96 11/15 19-20; w95 4/1 19-20
examples:
joy despite relinquishing privilege: w18.12 29, 31
own son dies during visit: yb06 223-224
raising children during ban: g04 10/22 14
experiences:
aid received when ill: w99 5/15 27
early days: w03 11/1 22-23; yb91 126; w87 7/1 28-29
elderly sister awaits with lamp aloft: w07 3/1 19
fire devours car, clothes: yb06 224-225
formerly violent: w98 11/1 6-7
lion on road: yb06 222
Papua New Guinea: lfs article 20
stutterer: kr 188
traveling by bicycle: w96 8/15 23-24
field ministry: w96 11/15 18-19; km 9/96 3
accompanying others: km 10/07 8; w96 11/15 19
financial support: jv 351; je 21
first century: it-1 499; jv 222
gifts to: w91 2/1 23
history: w96 11/15 10; jv 222-227
hospitality for: bt 177, 213; yb07 94; w96 11/15 12-14
life stories:
I Entered the Best Race of My Life: g 9/10 12-15
I Was a Prodigal Son: g 12/06 13-15
“Jehovah Rescued Me in My Darkest Hour”: lfs article 6
Jehovah Richly Rewards Those Who Keep His Way: w05 8/1 16-20
‘Living With Jehovah’s Day Close in Mind’: w91 7/1 20-23
Strengthened by Our Worldwide Brotherhood: w02 7/1 23-27
loyal shepherds: w97 8/1 12
missionaries: jv 539-540
number: jv 115
United States: w99 11/15 11; jv 298
purpose: w96 11/15 10, 14-15; w86 10/1 10-11
qualifications: jv 226
requirements: w96 11/15 16-19
respect for: w08 10/15 23-24; w88 10/1 18-19
responsibilities: bt 114, 119; od 29; w96 11/15 10; w90 3/15 20; om 27-28
rewards: w96 11/15 19-20
school at Brooklyn Bethel (1942): w03 11/1 22
spiritual food for: w96 11/15 14, 17
training: jv 231
wives: w24.10 22; w19.02 19; yb11 149-150; w96 11/15 10-12; w91 7/1 17-18
example of chronically ill: g90 6/8 16
letter of commendation from branch: w06 1/1 18