Chat with BOD

So I had a chance to talk to the BOD at the TMC Youth Midwest Summit the other day. They said there is no way they will ever publish a translation Bible Lesson while they're the Board. They have no interest in interfering with what the Branch Churches are doing. There's no Manual provision for them to get involved. It sounded like they were saying it's completely up to us to do whatever we want. They said they don't want to hold adult Summits because they don't think we should be talking so much, and we have associations for that kind of meeting. They aren't planning on publishing much literature or music that's current because there aren't enough members to make it worth it. (that's why all the music coming out is so lame - there are more older members who don't like good music.) The Journal costs 4x as much to make as they receive in subscriptions. The new Monitor kept the same subscription rate as the old one (that's quite rare). The impression I got was that they think Mrs. Eddy designed the Mother Church as a bunch of individuals doing their study at home, not as a church community. So that's how they're focusing their attention