1995 "JOYFUL PRAISERS" DISTRICT CONVENTION

(CONVENTION AND PROGRAM REVIEW: WT 1-15-96 pages 5-9)
 
     
 

DAY 1 DAY'S THEME: "Praise Jehovah, You People...Be Joyful!"--Psalm 149:1,2

MORNING

9:40 Music
9:50 Song No. 57 and Prayer
10:00 Welcome, You Joyful Praisers of Jehovah!
10:30 We Have Reason to Cry Out for Joy
      (See WT 2-15-96 pages 8-18)

11:00 Song No. 33 and Announcements

11:10 Why Doers of the Word Are Joyful
11:40 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
      Set Apart as Joyful Praisers Worldwide
      (See WT 7-1-97 pages 16-21)
12:10 Song No. 72 and Intermission

AFTERNOON

1:30 Music
1:35 Song No. 3
1:40 Keeping Separate and Without Spot From the World
2:10 Remaining Joyful Under Trials

2:40 Song No. 183 and Announcements

2:50 Youths Who Remember Their Creator
      (See WT 12-1-96 pages 15-20)
3:10 Am I Prepared to Get Married?
3:30 Parents Who Find Pleasure in Their Children
      (See WT 12-1-96 pages 10-15)
3:50 Education--Use It to Praise Jehovah
      (See WT 2-1-96 pages 9-14)
      (RELEASE: "Jehovah's Witnesses and Education" (brochure))
4:20 Song No. 148 and Closing Prayer

 

 
     
 

DAY 2 DAY'S THEME: "Always Offer to God a Sacrifice of Praise"--Hebrews 13:15

MORNING

9:30 Music
9:40 Song No. 107 and Prayer
9:50 Be Encouraged by the Day's Text
10:00 SYMPOSIUM: Answering the Call to Praise Jehovah
      Animate and Inanimate Creation Involved
      Young and Old Are Responding
      Doing So as Full-Time Servants

11:00 Song No. 38 and Announcements

11:10 Serving Loyally With Jehovah's Organization
      (See WT 8-1-97 pages 8-14)
11:30 Becoming Joyful Praisers Through Dedication and Baptism
12:00 Song No. 152 and Intermission

AFTERNOON

1:20 Music
1:25 Song No. 106
1:30 Virtue or Vice--Which Do You Pursue?
      (See WT 7-15-97 pages 8-19)
2:00 Bible Questions and Answers
2:30 Guard Against Snares of the Devil

3:10 Song No. 191 and Announcements

3:20 SYMPOSIUM: Praise Jehovah for Divine Rulership
      What God's Kingdom Is Doing for Us Now
      Are You Submitting to Theocratic Rule?
4:10 Why Mankind Needs the Knowledge of God
      (See WT 1-15-96 pages 10-20)
      (RELEASE: "Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life" (book))


(Later release versions)
4:50 Song No. 42 and Closing Prayer

 

 
     
 

DAY 3 DAY'S THEME: "Exult, You People, and Be Joyful Forever"--Isaiah 65:18

MORNING

9:30 Music
9:40 Song No. 181 and Prayer
9:50 Be Encouraged by the Day's Text
10:00 SYMPOSIUM: Joyful Praisers During This System's Conclusion
      The Serpent's Seed--How Exposed?
      (See WT 6-1-96 pages 9-14)
      Flight to Safety Before the Great Tribulation
      (See WT 6-1-96 pages 14-19)

11:00 Song No. 200 and Announcements

11:10 Let Your Brotherly Love Continue
      (See WT 8-1-97 pages 14-19)
11:30 DRAMA: Honoring Worthy Ones in Their Older Years
12:00 Song No. 155 and Intermission

AFTERNOON

1:25 Music
1:40 Song No. 85 and Prayer
1:50 PUBLIC DISCOURSE:
      Praise the King of Eternity!
      (See WT 4-1-96 pages 10-21)

2:35 Song No. 217 and Announcements

2:40 Summary of The Watchtower
3:10 Joyfully Praising Jehovah From Day to Day
3:50 Song No. 45 and Closing Prayer