1,500 Expected for 3-Day Convention in ASL
Hello,
An estimated 1500 Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Deaf/Blind and Hearing individuals
from 13 states will attend a special three-day convention beginning on
Friday, August 5 in Denton, Texas. This convention is one of seven
conventions hosted this summer by Jehovah’s Witnesses presented entirely in
American Sign Language. Please find attached the Preconvention Release
announcing the upcoming convention at the Denton, Texas Assembly Hall of
Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The convention last year received outstanding coverage from the Denton
Record-Chronicle newspaper
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_deafcon_0808.314d269d.html
An effort is being made to alert the Deaf community in the 13 states with
delegates attending the convention. We appreciate your consideration to
print our convention news release as either an article or event listing
online at deafnetwork.com. Please forward this information to the
appropriate individual(s) in your organization and let me know what I need
to do to post the event. Please feel free to respond to this email or
contact me with any questions you may have.
Thank you,
Brian Moore
ASL News Service Coordinator
American Sign Language Congregation, Fort Worth
VP 682.503.7108
Cell/Text 817.829.3551
[email protected]
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
July 15, 2011
Jehovah’s Witnesses invite all to attend
“Let God’s Kingdom Come!” Convention
Presented in American Sign Language
Denton, TX—Jehovah’s Witnesses are inviting all in the area to attend a
program focusing on a government that millions, perhaps billions, pray for.
God’s Kingdom government, which is requested in the world-famous model
prayer taught by Jesus Christ, will be the focus of the 2011 “Let God’s
Kingdom Come!” District Convention to be held at the Denton, Texas Assembly
Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the request for God’s Kingdom in the model
prayer, recorded in the Bible at Matthew 6:10 (also known as the Lord’s
Prayer or the Our Father), has profound meaning. They also believe that the
answer to that prayer will bring significant changes to the earth and
mankind. The Witnesses’ convention program promises intriguing details from
the Bible’s explanation of such developments. Starting this weekend, and
continuing for the next couple of weeks, Jehovah’s Witnesses will put forth
extra effort to extend a personal invitation to all deaf, deaf/blind, and
hard of hearing from 13 surrounding states to attend the convention with
them. The three-day event to be held in Denton, Texas will begin Friday,
August 5, 2011, at 9:20 a.m. The daily themes are based on passages of
Scripture including Matthew 4:17, Matthew 6:33, and 2 Peter 1:11.
Strengthening one’s faith in the reality of that Kingdom will be the focus
of the program. There is no admission fee. Conventions of Jehovah’s
Witnesses are supported entirely by voluntary donations.
Locally, all of the area’s 29 sign language congregations of Jehovah’s
Witnesses will be supporting the activity of distributing printed
invitations to the convention. An estimated 1,500 will come to Denton, Texas
over the weekend for the Bible-based programs.
Throughout the United States, there will be 381 conventions in 98 cities.
Worldwide, there are over 7,500,000 Witnesses in more than 107,000
congregations.
Local Media Contact: Brian Moore, telephone (817) 829-3551
Watch Tower, 25 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York 11201-2483 U.S.A.
Telephone: 718 560 5600 Facsimile: 718 560 5619