1978 "VICTORIOUS FAITH" INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

(CONVENTION AND PROGRAM REVIEW: 1979 Yearbook pages 15-22
                                WT 11-15-78 pages 3-11
                                WT 12-1-78 pages 6-13
                                WT 1-1-79 pages 12-17
                                Awake! 11-22-78 pages 16-24
                                Awake! 12-22-78 pages 17-23)

DAY 1 DAY'S THEME: Fight the Fine Fight of the Faith--1 Timothy 6:12.

(Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves
 with Music in your Hearts.")

MORNING

10:00 Music
10:10 Song No. 84, Prayer
10:15 Chairman's Address of Welcome:
      WHY ARE WE HERE?
10:55 Why I Am Glad to Be Here
11:15 Elders, Carry On as Men!

11:45 Song No. 78 and Announcements

11:55 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
      FAITH IN GOD'S SON--HOW SHOULD IT AFFECT YOU?
      (See WT 2-1-79 pages 16-26)
12:40 Song No. 62
      Intermission

AFTERNOON

3:05 Music
3:10 Song No. 49
3:15 Shepherds, Are You Paying Attention to the Flock?
      (See WT 9-1-80 pages 14-27)
3:45 Overseers, Do the Work of an Evangelizer
4:15 Examples of Faith and Endurance

4:45 Song No. 112 and Announcements
      (RELEASE: "Unseen Spirits--Do They Help Us? Or Do They Harm Us?"
       (booklet))

4:55 DRAMA: To Whom Do You Belong?
5:50 Song No. 44 and Concluding Prayer
 
     
 

1978 "VICTORIOUS FAITH" INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

(CONVENTION AND PROGRAM REVIEW: 1979 Yearbook pages 15-22
                                WT 11-15-78 pages 3-11
                                WT 12-1-78 pages 6-13
                                WT 1-1-79 pages 12-17
                                Awake! 11-22-78 pages 16-24
                                Awake! 12-22-78 pages 17-23)

DAY 2 DAY'S THEME: A Unique Privilege--Faithfully Working with God --2 Corinthians 6:1,2.

(Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves
 with Music in your Hearts.")

MORNING

10:00 Music
10:10 Song No. 68, Prayer
10:15 Remember the Things Previously Spoken
10:30 Pioneering in the Steps of the Master
      (See WT 1-15-80 pages 28-30)
11:00 Benefiting from the Pioneer Service School

11:30 Song No. 48 and Announcements

11:40 Bethel Service--A Demonstration of Faith
      (See "Our Kingdom Ministry" of June 1979 (U.S. edition), pages 3-6)
12:10 DRAMA: "Do Not Look Behind You and Do Not Stand Still"
12:45 Song No. 21
      Intermission

AFTERNOON

3:05 Music
3:10 Song No. 109
3:15 Faith Follows the Thing Heard--So Preach!
3:45 Working Hard and Exerting Ourselves
      (See WT 1-1-81 pages 12-22)
4:15 Clean Bearers of Jehovah's Vessels
      (See WT 5-1-83 pages 24-28)

4:45 Song No. 89 and Announcements

4:55 Walking by Faith, Not by Sight
5:25 The Whole World Is Jehovah's Field
      (RELEASE: "Jehovah's Witnesses in the Twentieth Century" (brochure))
5:55 Declaration of Our Faith
      (See 1979 Yearbook pages 256-259)
6:10 Field Service Announcements
6:15 Song No. 10 and Concluding Prayer
 
     
 

1978 "VICTORIOUS FAITH" INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

(CONVENTION AND PROGRAM REVIEW: 1979 Yearbook pages 15-22
                                WT 11-15-78 pages 3-11
                                WT 12-1-78 pages 6-13
                                WT 1-1-79 pages 12-17
                                Awake! 11-22-78 pages 16-24
                                Awake! 12-22-78 pages 17-23)

DAY 3 DAY'S THEME: Youths, Be Examples in Faith--1 Timothy 4:12.

(Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves
 with Music in your Hearts.")

MORNING

Activities in the Field

AFTERNOON

1:55 Music
2:05 Song No. 88 and Prayer
2:10 Remember the Things Previously Spoken
2:25 Keeping Integrity Under Test
2:55 Godliness with Contentment is Great Gain

3:25 Song No. 51 and Announcements

3:35 Youths Who Remember Their Creator
        --Why I Am Glad I Got Baptized
        --Why I Am Glad to Be Part of the Congregation
        --What the Field Service Means to Me
      (See WT 4-1-79 pages 12-14, 16-26)
4:05 DRAMA: Youths--What Is Your Goal in Life?
4:45 Song No. 73
4:50 Let the Young Children Come to Me
5:20 The Bible Comes Alive
      (RELEASE: "My Book of Bible Stories" (book))
 5:50 Song No. 119 and Concluding Prayer
 
     
 

1978 "VICTORIOUS FAITH" INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

(CONVENTION AND PROGRAM REVIEW: 1979 Yearbook pages 15-22
                                WT 11-15-78 pages 3-11
                                WT 12-1-78 pages 6-13
                                WT 1-1-79 pages 12-17
                                Awake! 11-22-78 pages 16-24
                                Awake! 12-22-78 pages 17-23)

DAY 4 DAY'S THEME: Have Faith to the Saving of Your Household--Hebrews 11:7.

(Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves
 with Music in your Hearts.")

MORNING

9:15 Music
9:25 Song No. 65, Prayer
9:30 Remember the Things Previously Spoken
9:45 Keep Your Marriage Honorable--God Is Not Mocked
      (See WT 6-1-83 pages 12-22)
10:15 Coping with Marriage Problems in This Modern World

10:45 Song No. 56 and Announcements

10:55 Hearing from Those Who Have Heeded God's Counsel
11:25 Baptism--An Expression of Faith in Jehovah
      (See WT 5-1-80 pages 12-26)
11:55 Song No. 74
      Candidates proceed to the pool
      Intermission

AFTERNOON

2:05 Music
2:10 Song No. 92
2:15 Not Using This World to the Full
      (See WT 10-15-83 pages 16-26)
2:45 Love--The Surpassing Way
      (See WT 4-15-80 pages 18-28)

3:15 Song No. 45 and Announcements

3:25 Bring Your Family Closer to Jehovah
3:55 Making Your Family Life Happy
      (RELEASE: "Making Your Family Life Happy" (book))
4:25 Song No. 26
4:30 DRAMA: The Scriptural Adornment of Christian Women
5:00 Song No. 37 and Concluding Prayer
 
     
 

1978 "VICTORIOUS FAITH" INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

(CONVENTION AND PROGRAM REVIEW: 1979 Yearbook pages 15-22
                                WT 11-15-78 pages 3-11
                                WT 12-1-78 pages 6-13
                                WT 1-1-79 pages 12-17
                                Awake! 11-22-78 pages 16-24
                                Awake! 12-22-78 pages 17-23)

DAY 5 DAY'S THEME: The Faith That Gains the Victory--1 John 5:4.

(Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves
 with Music in your Hearts.")

MORNING

9:15 Music
9:25 Song No. 23, Prayer
9:30 Remember the Things Previously Spoken
9:45 When You Pray, Ask in Faith
10:15 Prove Yourselves Ready

10:45 Song No. 38 and Announcements
      (RELEASE: The Gospel According to John (audiocassettes))

10:55 Faith in Jehovah's Victorious Organization
      (See WT 3-1-79 pages 12-18)
11:25 To Whom Shall We Go but Jesus Christ?
      (See WT 3-1-79 pages 20-25)
11:55 Song No. 11
      Intermission

AFTERNOON

1:40 Music
1:55 Song No. 105, Prayer
2:00 PUBLIC LECTURE:
      JESUS CHRIST--VICTORIOUS KING WITH WHOM NATIONS MUST RECKON
      (See WT 1-15-79 pages 8-23)

3:00 Song No. 61 and Announcements

3:10 Did We Get the Sense of It?
      (See "Our Kingdom Ministry of November 1978 (U.S. edition), page 7)
3:40 Continue to Stand Firm in the Faith
      (See WT 1-1-79 pages 12-26)
4:30 Song No. 110 and Concluding Prayer