Convention Program — Good News for All Nations (1968)
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OLYMPIA STADIUM
5920 Grand River Ave.
Detroit, Mich.
July 11-14, 1968
PROGRAM
"GOOD NEWS for ALL NATIONS"
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
OLYMPIA STADIUM
5920 Grand River Ave.
Detroit, Mich.
July 11-14, 1968
PROGRAM
(Notice how, prior to 1978, there was no mid-session song, only announcements.) (Notice too how, prior to 1973, evening sessions were still held.) (Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves with Music in your Hearts.")
L. C. Walker Arena Muskegon MI
Olympia Stadium 5920 Grand River Ave Detroit MI July 11-14, 1968
DAY 1
AFTERNOON
1:40 Music
1:45 Song No. 36, Prayer and Experiences G. HazelbergR.A. Fennell
2:00 Address of Welcome:
The "Good News" Has Brought Us Together A. L. PierceR. J. Bruce
2:15 Address by Chairman:
Appreciating What God Has Done for Us G. E. Thompson D. N. Bennett
ANNOUNCEMENTS
3:05 DRAMA: What Are YOU Doing with Your Life? R. St. Pierre R. C. Gillespie
4:35 Song No. 63
EVENING
6:30 Music
6:35 Song No. 55 and Experiences C. Walters C. Wagg
ANNOUNCEMENTS
7:05 DRAMA:What Young Folks Are doing in the Ministry Speaking DRAMA: C. H. Coonce C. E. Willard
9:05 Song No. 73 and Prayer D. Firzlaff M. R. Ozak MORNING
8:45 Song No. 24, Prayer and Comments on Day's Text F. J. KastenO. Kugler
9:00 Baptisms in Response to the "Good News" J. E. Kenny J.J. Schmidt
9:30 To Baptism and to the Field
AFTERNOON
1:40 Music
1:45 Song No. 106, Prayer and Experiences D. D. Frazine C. Breeding Jr.
2:00 A Yoke That Is Heavy and One That Is Light M. A. Bigelow C. H. Reed
2:30 Are You Training Now for the Trials Ahead? H. E. Collar G. Shammas (See WT 2-15-71 Pages 108-114)
3:00 Where More Preachers of the "Good News" Are Needed H. E. Sims R. J. Gilbert
ANNOUNCEMENTS
3:35 Keynote Address:
The "Good News" of a World Without False Religion R. R. Rose R. D. Lang
(See WT 11-1-68 pages 677-691)
(RELEASE: Book - The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life)
4:35 Song No. 66
EVENING
6:30 Music
6:35 Song No. 25 and Experiences Emil F. Janda Jr R. E. Johnson
7:00 Spreading the Truth That Leads to Eternal Life L. G. Folsom C. L. Cecil ANNOUNCEMENTS
8:05 Uniting the Divided Household R. L. Rainer H. L. Enfoy
9:05 Song No. 45 and Prayer D. Hoover J. E. Dusty
MORNING
9:10 Music and Song No. 89
9:15 Comments on Day's Text and Prayer
L. B. FordJ. R. Brown
9:30 To the Field
AFTERNOON
1:40 Music
1:45 Song No. 70, Prayer and Experiences Floyd B. Jackson C. M. Wood
2:00 'More Than All Else, Safeguard Your Heart'
2:30 Trained to Distinguish Both Right and Wrong ANNOUNCEMENTS T. R. Roesner L. D. Bradley
3:35 The Happiness of the "Nation Whose God is Jehovah" C. Hargis W. H. Battersby (See WT 11-15-68 Pages 684-689)
4:35 Song No. 29
EVENING
6:30 Music
6:35 Song No. 7 and Experiences D. L. Hassing C. Krochmal ANNOUNCEMENTS
7:05 DRAMA: Jehovah's Way -- the Way of Victory Jephthah
Linley Rockwell A. H. Meier
9:05 Song No. 57 and Prayer
A. S. Zeltner C. Ball MORNING
9:00 Music
9:10 Song No. 105, Prayer and Comments on Day's Text E.M.Allen R.C. Armour
9:30 Building One Another Up J. F. Janni D. Buchanan
10:00 Pursue the Things Making For Peace D. R. Cady, Jr N. H. McKinney
10:30 Pay More than the Usual Attention R. Cobos, Jr. J. D. Mercante ANNOUNCEMENTS
11:05 DRAMA: Do You Make Yourself Available? (Jephthah's daughter) Chuck B. Blackburn L.R.Jarka
AFTERNOON
2:15 Music
3:00 Public Address:
3:00 Public Address:
Man's Rule About to Give Way to God's Rule Albert D. Schroeder Lyle E.
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(See WT 10-15-1968 pages 616-629) (RELEASE: "Man's Rule About to Give Way to God's Rule" (book))
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4:00 Intermission
4:30 Music
4:34 Closing Remarks
Linley Rockwell E. D. Kohnert
5:15 Song No. 110 and Prayer
G. E. Thompson D. N. Bennett