2008
"GUIDED BY GOD'S SPIRIT"
DISTRICT CONVENTION

 

 
     
 

DAY 1

DAY'S Theme: "Prove Yourselves Ready" (Matthew 24:44)

Morning

 9:20 Music
 9:30 Song No. 174 and Prayer
 9:40 Why Must We “Keep on the Watch”?
10:10 Conventions Help Us to Remain Watchful
10:30 Jehovah—God of “Times and Seasons”
10:50 Song No. 70 and Announcements
11:00 Symposium: Imitate Faithful Ones Who Remained Watchful
      Noah  -  Moses  -  Jeremiah
11:40 Keynote Address:
      How Jehovah Helps Us to “Keep on the Watch”
12:10 Song No. 79 and Intermission

 

Afternoon

 1:50 Music
 2:00 Song No. 162
 2:05 Answers to Questions About “the Last Days”
 2:25 “You Know Neither the Day Nor the Hour” - Why?
 2:45 Know That the End is Near
 3:05 Song No. 177 and Announcements
 3:15 Symposium: “Stay Awake” as Christian Families!
      Husbands—Take a Zealous Lead
      Wives—Be Exemplary in Your Supportive Role
      Young Ones—Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
      Keep Your Eye Simple
      Keep Pursuing Spiritual Goals
      Maintain a Family Worship Evening
 4:25 Verses That Move Us to “Keep Strict Watch”
 4:55 Song No. 169 and Closing Prayer

 

 
     
 

DAY 2

DAY'S THEME: "Keep Your Senses, Be Watchful” (1 Peter 5:8)

Morning

 9:20 Music
 9:30 Song No. 195 and Prayer
 9:40 Examining God’s Word Helps Us Keep Our Senses
 9:50 Symposium: Help People to “Awake From Sleep”

     Our Ministry—Why So Vital?
     Be Observant in the Ministry
     Focus on Improving Your Skills
     Don’t Forget Your Relatives
     Maintain Your Sense of Urgency!

10:50 Song No. 166 and Announcements
11:00 Imitate Jesus’ Example of Watchfulness
11:20 “Be Vigilant With a View to Prayers”
11:40 “Keep Your Senses” After Baptism
12:10 Song No. 13 and Intermission

Afternoon

 1:35 Music
 1:45 Song No. 106
 1:50 Appreciate Those “Keeping Watch Over Your Souls”
 2:10 Symposium: Watch Out for Satan’s Traps! 
      The Fire  -  The Pit  -  The Snare
      The Trap That Chokes  -  The Trap that Crushes
 3:10 “Until I Expire I Shall Not Take Away My Integrity!”
 3:55 Song No. 160 and Announcements
 4:05 Do Not Look “at the Things Behind”
 4:25 Learn Watchfulness From Jesus’ Apostles
 
 
4:55 Song No. 107 and Closing Prayer

 

 

 
     
 

DAY 3

DAY'S THEME: “Keep in Expectation...It Will Not Be Late” (Habakkuk 2:3)

Morning

 9:20 Music
 9:30 Song No. 6 and Prayes

 9:40 Keep in Expectation Day by Day
 9:50 Symposium: Keep Your Eyes on the Things Unseen

      “The Ten Horns … Will Hate the Harlot”
      The Nations Will Have to Acknowledge Jehovah

      “All These Kingdoms” Will Be Crushed
      The Devil Will Be Bound for a Thousand Years

      ‘They Will Build Houses and Plant Vineyards’
      “The Wolf and the Lamb … Will Feed as One”
      “God … Will Wipe Out Every Tear”

      “All Those in the Memorial Tombs Will … Come Out”
      God Will Be “All Things to Everyone”

11:20 Song No. 222 and Announcements
11:30 Public Bible Discourse:
How Can You Survive the End of the World?

12:00 Song No. 215 and Intermission

Afternoon

 1:20 Music
 1:30 Song No. 139

 1:35 Drama: “Your Brother Was Dead and Came to Life”
 2:35 Summary of The Watchtower

 3:05 Song No. 29 and Announcements
 3:15 Keep in Expectation, Watching for Jehovah’s Day!

 4:00 Song No. 129 and Closing Prayer