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) DAY 1 DAY'S THEME: "Rejoice in the hope. Endure under tribulation."--Romans 12:12 (Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves with Music in your Hearts.") MORNING 9:30 Music 9:40 Song No. 90 and Prayer 9:45 Chairman's Address: Benefiting from This "Living Hope" Assembly 10:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Creation's Hope--Awaiting Its Realization (See WT 4-1-80 pages 16-26) 10:45 Song No. 93 and Announcements 10:55 Messengers of Hope in Modern Times 11:25 Keeping Watch for One Hundred Years 11:55 Song No. 111 and Intermission AFTERNOON 2:00 Music 2:05 Song No. 51 2:10 Young and Old Express Their Hope 2:40 We Do Appreciate the Pioneer Publishers 2:55 Who Will Declare Their Hope Full-time? 3:25 Song No. 109 and Announcements 3:35 DRAMA: What Are You Choosing? 4:10 Are You Ready to Give Reason for Your Hope? 4:40 Declaring Your Hope in the Field 5:00 Song No. 4 and Concluding Prayer
	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) DAY 2 DAY'S THEME: "Become doers of the word."--James 1:22 (Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves with Music in your Hearts.") MORNING Activities in the Field AFTERNOON 2:00 Music 2:10 Song No. 23 and Prayer 2:15 Is Your Conscience Bible-trained? 2:45 The Impression You Give to Onlookers 3:15 We Must Keep Separate from the World (See WT 6-15-80 pages 5-10) 3:45 Song No. 92 and Announcements 3:55 DRAMA: The Need of the Fatherless Boy--Can You Help Him? (See WT 9-15-80 pages 15-26) 4:30 Draw Close to Jehovah by Works of Faith (RELEASE: "Commentary on the Letter of James" (book)) 5:00 Song No. 78 and Concluding Prayer
	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) DAY 3 DAY'S THEME: "Maintain your conduct fine among the nations."--1 Peter 2:12 (Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves with Music in your Hearts.") MORNING 9:30 Music 9:40 Song No. 8 and Prayer 9:45 By Way of Reminder 10:00 What Sort of Persons Ought We to Be In Holy Acts of Conduct? 10:25 In Deeds of Godly Devotion? 10:50 Song No. 66 and Announcements 11:00 DRAMA: "Be Transformed by Making Your Mind Over" 11:35 Baptism in Hope of Salvation 12:05 Song No. 76 and Intermission AFTERNOON 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
	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) DAY 4 DAY'S THEME: "Keeping close in mind...the day of Jehovah."--2 Peter 3:12 (Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves with Music in your Hearts.") MORNING 9:30 Music 9:40 Song No. 14 and Prayer 9:45 By Way of Reminder 10:00 Christlike Modesty--Evidence of Wisdom (See WT 1-15-84 pages 12-23) 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 11:40 They Kept Jehovah's Day in Mind 12:10 Song No. 61 and Intermission AFTERNOON 2:10 Music 2:25 Song No. 119 2:30 PUBLIC LECTURE: Mankind's Only Hope--God's Unshakable Kingdom 3:30 Song No. 105 and Announcements 3:40 Spurred on by Our Living Hope (See WT 1-1-80 pages 8-22) 4:30 Song No. 110 and Concluding Prayer