Convention Program — Living Hope (1979)
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"LIVING HOPE"
DISTRICT CONVENTION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
CIVIC CENTER
LANSING, MICH.
Juno 21-24,1979
PROGRAM 1979 "LIVING HOPE" DISTRICT CONVENTION
(CONVENTION AND PROGRAM REVIEW: 1980 Yearbook pages 21-23,30-32 WT 11-15-79 pages 3-8 Awake! 12-8-79 pages 16-20)
(Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves with Music in your Hearts.")
Civic Center Lansing MI June 21-24, 1979
Convention Overseer Linley Rockwell
Food Service Overseer Gary P. May
Program Overseer D. W. Wheeler
Convention Chairman G. A. Roude
DAY 1
DAY'S Theme: "Rejoice in the hope. Endure under tribulation."--Romans 12:12
MORNING
9:30 Music
9:40 Song No. 90 and Prayer
9:45 Chairman's Address:
Benefiting from This "Living Hope" Assembly G. A. Roude
10:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Creation's Hope--Awaiting Its Realization C. D. Wallace (See WT 4-1-80 pages 16-26)
10:45 Song No. 93 and Announcements
10:55 Messengers of Hope in Modern Times E. D. Kohnert
11:25 Keeping Watch for One Hundred Years N. A. Gus
11:55 Song No. 111 and Intermission
AFTERNOON
2:00 Music
2:05 Song No. 51
2:10 Young and Old Express Their Hope E. C. Miller
2:40 We Do Appreciate the Pioneer Publishers Norm R. Mosher
2:55 Who Will Declare Their Hope Full-time? J. F. Janni
3:25 Song No. 109 and Announcements
3:35 DRAMA: What Are You Choosing? (Moses) Tom Booth
4:10 Are You Ready to Give Reason for Your Hope? Ken Fields Sr
4:40 Declaring Your Hope in the Field Linley Rockwell DAY 2
DAY'S THEME: "Become doers of the word."--James 1:22
MORNING
Activities in the Field
AFTERNOON
5:00 Song No. 78 and Concluding Prayer
DAY 3
DAY'S THEME:"Maintain your conduct fine among the nations."--1 Peter 2:12
MORNING
9:30 Music
9:40 Song No. 8 and Prayer
9:45 By Way of Reminder E. D. Kohnert
10:00 What Sort of Persons Ought We to Be In Holy Acts of Conduct? Ron Andrews
10:25 In Deeds of Godly Devotion? Norm R. Mosher
11:00 DRAMA: "Be Transformed by Making Your Mind Over" Brad Shouldice
11:35 Baptism in Hope of Salvation Gary P. May
12:05 Song No.
76 and Intermission
2:00 Music
2:05 Song No. 94
2:10 SYMPOSIUM: Soundness of Mind in a Mixed-up World
Need for a Sound Mind
Cultivating a Sound Mind
Blessings Resulting
3:10 Hold Fast Your Hope Without Wavering
3:40 Song No. 44 and Announcements
3:50 Neither Inactive nor Unfruitful
4:20 Choosing the Best Way of Life
(See WT 3-15-80 pages 16-26)
(RELEASE: "Choosing the Best Way of Life" (book))
5:00 Song No. 88 and Concluding Prayer
DAY 4
DAY'S THEME:"Keeping close in mind...the day of Jehovah."--2 Peter 3:12
MORNING
9:30 Music
9:40 Song No.14 and Prayer
9:45 By Way of Reminder
L. Young
10:00 Christlike Modesty--Evidence of Wisdom (See WT 1-15-84 pages 12-23)
S. Wayne Patchett
10:30 Approaching Our God with Freeness of Speech
11:00 Song No. 20 and Announcements (RELEASE: Acts of Apostles (audiocassettes))
11:10 Finding Answers in God's Word N. A. Gus
11:40 They Kept Jehovah's Day in Mind D. W. Wheeler
AFTERNOON
2:10 Music
2:25 Song No. 119 2:30 PUBLIC LECTURE:
Mankind's Only Hope--God's Unshakable Kingdom
C. D. Wallace
3:30 Song No. 105 and Announcements
3:40 Spurred on by Our Living Hope (See WT 1-1-80 pages 8-22)
Albert D Schroeder
4:30 Song No. 110 and Concluding Prayer