1800 Expected for 3-Day Convention in ASL

1800 Expected for the 3-Day Convention in American Sign Language starting June 27

DATE: June 27-29, 2014

TIME: 9:20 am – 4:55 pm

ADDRESS:
14542 Highway 380 West
Denton, Texas 76249

An estimated 1800 Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Deaf/Blind and Hearing individuals from 11 states will attend a special three-day convention beginning on Friday, June 27 at the Denton, Texas Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. This convention is one of the eight conventions hosted this summer by Jehovah’s Witnesses presented entirely in American Sign Language. Lively discourses, dramatic Bible stories and presentations, interviews, and two dramatic sign-language movies will highlight the theme, “Keep Seeking First God’s Kingdom!”

Past conventions received excellent coverage from local television news and newspaper:

NBC, Channel 5 – http://www.nbcdfw.com/video/#!/news/local/Sign-Language-Convention-in-Denton/164092626

Denton Record-Chronicle – http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20120728-gods-word-told-by-human-hands.ece

Local sign language congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses will be contacting individuals in the Deaf community to invite them to this free event. A complete program schedule is available at http://www.jw.org and a special video invitation to the convention is presented in American Sign Language at:

http://www.jw.org/apps/E_QrYQFVTrlBBX?selLang=ASL&selPub=2240

CONTACT PERSON NAME: Brian Moore
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
CONTACT TELEPHONE #: (817) 829-3551 Voice/Text

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