Convention Program — Sacred Service (1976)
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"Sacred
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY of JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM MOBILE, ALA. June 24-27,1976 1976 "SACRED SERVICE" DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
(CONVENTION AND PROGRAM REVIEW: WT 10-15-76 pages 618-620 Awake! 10-22-76 pages 16-23)
(Notice how, prior to 1978, there was no mid-session song, only announcements.) (Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves with Music in your Hearts.")
DAY 1
DAY'S Theme:Sacred Service as a Family
MORNING
9:50 Music
10:00 Song No. 8, Prayer, Day's Text
10:05 Chairman's Opening Address: Appreciating Our Spiritual Festival
10:50 SYMPOSIUM: Sacred Service Aids the Household Toward Survival --In Biblical Times
11:05 --In Modern Times
11:50 ANNOUNCEMENTS
12:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Rendering Sacred Service Day and Night (See WT 10-1-76 pages 592-602)
12:45 Song No. 11
AFTERNOON
2:50 Music
2:55 Song No. 63
3:00 What Sort of a Man Are You?
3:30 The Woman Who Procures Praise for Herself
4:00 What Does Youth Want out of Life?
(See WT 10-15-76 pages 621-625)
(RELEASE: "Your Youth--Getting the Best Out of It" (book))
4:45 ANNOUNCEMENTS
4:50 DRAMA: Have You Fixed Your Heart on Jehovah's Worship? (Josiah)
5:35 Song No. 88 and Prayer
DAY 2
DAY'S THEME: Your Sacred Service in the Congregation
MORNING
9:10 Music
9:15 Song No. 49, Prayer, Yesterday's Highlights
9:25 We Need Jehovah's Congregation
9:50 Do You Show Proper Honor and Respect?
10:15 Elders, Cooperate as God's Fellow Workers
10:40 ANNOUNCEMENTS
10:45 Gaining Greater Benefits from Traveling Overseers (See WT 2-15-79 pages 16-26)
11:30 Baptism Opens the Door to Sacred Service
12:00 Song No. 82, to Baptism
AFTERNOON
2:50 Music
2:55 Song No. 70
3:00 "Reprove Before All Onlookers"
(See WT 12-1-76 pages 730-735, also pages 717-730)
3:40 Holy Spirit in Action
(See WT 11-1-76 pages 656-668)
(RELEASE: "Holy Spirit--The Force Behind the Coming New Order" (book))
4:25 ANNOUNCEMENTS
4:30 DRAMA: "In Showing Honor...Take the Lead"
5:30 Song No. 61 and Prayer
DAY 3
DAY'S THEME:Sacred Service in the Field
MORNING
9:50 Music
9:55 Song No. 100, Prayer, Yesterday's Highlights
10:05 Are You Prepared to Talk on the Bible?
(See WT 11-1-77 pages 644-647)
10:25 Let the Fine Shepherd's Voice Be Heard
10:45 Enlarging Your Sacred Service
11:05 ANNOUNCEMENTS
11:10 Never Forget You Are a Witness
11:35 Joys of Sacred Service
12:00 Sounding Forth Good News in All the Earth
(See WT 11-15-76 pages 680-689)
(RELEASE: "Good News for All Nations" (book))
12:45 Song No. 66
AFTERNOON
2:50 Music
2:55 Song No. 25
3:00 "Make Disciples...Teaching Them"
(See WT 5-1-77 pages 276-280)
3:25 Building Bible Students with Fire-Resistant Material
3:45 Aiding New Disciples to Be Fruitful
4:10 ANNOUNCEMENTS
4:15 Rendering Sacred Service Whole-souled
(See WT 8-1-77 pages 464-469)
4:45 DRAMA: Are You an Example to the Flock?
5:45 Song No. 37 and Prayer
DAY 4
DAY'S THEME:Enduring in Sacred Service
MORNING
9:20 Music 9:25 Song No.19, Prayer, Yesterday's Highlights
9:35 Keeping in Expectation of the End
10:05 Stand Firm in the Faith
10:30 Prayer as an Aid to Sacred Service
10:55 ANNOUNCEMENTS
11:00 DRAMA: Maintaining Integrity Down to the End
11:50 Song No. 44
AFTERNOON
1:45 Music
1:55 Song No. 76 and Prayer
2:00 PUBLIC ADDRESS:
Will Serving God Solve Your Problems?
3:00 Music
David Sibrey UK
3:05 What Did You Learn at This "Sacred Service" Assembly?
3:30 Girded for the Service Ahead (See WT 1-1-77 pages 17-25)
4:00 Song No. 109 and Prayer