{"id":15145,"date":"2011-07-25T05:25:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T10:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=15145"},"modified":"2011-07-25T05:59:33","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T10:59:33","slug":"1500-expected-for-3-day-convention-in-asl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/07\/25\/1500-expected-for-3-day-convention-in-asl\/","title":{"rendered":"1,500 Expected for 3-Day Convention in ASL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1,500 Expected for 3-Day Convention in ASL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 1500 Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Deaf\/Blind and Hearing individuals<br \/>\nfrom 13 states will attend a special three-day convention beginning on<br \/>\nFriday, August 5 in Denton, Texas. This convention is one of seven<br \/>\nconventions hosted this summer by Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses presented entirely in<br \/>\nAmerican Sign Language. Please find attached the Preconvention Release<br \/>\nannouncing the upcoming convention at the Denton, Texas Assembly Hall of<br \/>\nJehovah&#8217;s Witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>The convention last year received outstanding coverage from the Denton<br \/>\nRecord-Chronicle newspaper<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/drc\/localnews\/stories\/DRC_deafcon_0808.314d269d.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/drc\/localnews\/stories\/DRC_deafcon_0808.314d269d.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An effort is being made to alert the Deaf community in the 13 states with<br \/>\ndelegates attending the convention. We appreciate your consideration to<br \/>\nprint our convention news release as either an article or event listing<br \/>\nonline at deafnetwork.com. Please forward this information to the<br \/>\nappropriate individual(s) in your organization and let me know what I need<br \/>\nto do to post the event. Please feel free to respond to this email or<br \/>\ncontact me with any questions you may have.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Brian Moore<br \/>\nASL News Service Coordinator<br \/>\nAmerican Sign Language Congregation, Fort Worth<br \/>\nVP 682.503.7108<br \/>\nCell\/Text 817.829.3551<br \/>\naslnewsservice@live.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>JEHOVAH\u2019S WITNESSES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION<\/p>\n<p>July 15, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses invite all to attend<br \/>\n\u201cLet God\u2019s Kingdom Come!\u201d Convention<br \/>\nPresented in American Sign Language<\/p>\n<p>Denton, TX\u2014Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses are inviting all in the area to attend a<br \/>\nprogram focusing on a government that millions, perhaps billions, pray for.<br \/>\nGod\u2019s Kingdom government, which is requested in the world-famous model<br \/>\nprayer taught by Jesus Christ, will be the focus of the 2011 \u201cLet God\u2019s<br \/>\nKingdom Come!\u201d District Convention to be held at the Denton, Texas Assembly<br \/>\nHall of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses believe that the request for God\u2019s Kingdom in the model<br \/>\nprayer, recorded in the Bible at Matthew 6:10 (also known as the Lord\u2019s<br \/>\nPrayer or the Our Father), has profound meaning. They also believe that the<br \/>\nanswer to that prayer will bring significant changes to the earth and<br \/>\nmankind. The Witnesses\u2019 convention program promises intriguing details from<br \/>\nthe Bible\u2019s explanation of such developments. Starting this weekend, and<br \/>\ncontinuing for the next couple of weeks, Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses will put forth<br \/>\nextra effort to extend a personal invitation to all deaf, deaf\/blind, and<br \/>\nhard of hearing from 13 surrounding states to attend the convention with<br \/>\nthem. The three-day event to be held in Denton, Texas will begin Friday,<br \/>\nAugust 5, 2011, at 9:20 a.m. The daily themes are based on passages of<br \/>\nScripture including Matthew 4:17, Matthew 6:33, and 2 Peter 1:11.<br \/>\nStrengthening one\u2019s faith in the reality of that Kingdom will be the focus<br \/>\nof the program. There is no admission fee. Conventions of Jehovah\u2019s<br \/>\nWitnesses are supported entirely by voluntary donations.<\/p>\n<p>Locally, all of the area\u2019s 29 sign language congregations of Jehovah\u2019s<br \/>\nWitnesses will be supporting the activity of distributing printed<br \/>\ninvitations to the convention. An estimated 1,500 will come to Denton, Texas<br \/>\nover the weekend for the Bible-based programs.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the United States, there will be 381 conventions in 98 cities.<br \/>\nWorldwide, there are over 7,500,000 Witnesses in more than 107,000<br \/>\ncongregations.<\/p>\n<p>Local Media Contact: Brian Moore, telephone (817) 829-3551<\/p>\n<p>Watch Tower, 25 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York 11201-2483 U.S.A.<br \/>\nTelephone: 718 560 5600 Facsimile: 718 560 5619<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jw-media.org\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.jw-media.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/07\/25\/1500-expected-for-3-day-convention-in-asl\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[1629,10076,23,10069,91,10074,10073,94,35,226,24,68,227,10072,1412,10070,10071,10075,17],"class_list":["post-15145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-american-sign-language","tag-american-sign-language-congregation","tag-asl","tag-assembly-hall-of-jehovahs-witnesses","tag-bible","tag-bible-based-programs","tag-brian-moore","tag-church","tag-community","tag-convention","tag-deaf","tag-deaf-blind","tag-denton","tag-denton-record-chronicle","tag-hard-of-hearing","tag-jehovahs-witnesses","tag-jw","tag-preconvention-release","tag-texas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-3Wh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19230,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/07\/14\/1500-from-12-states-expected-for-3-day-convention-in-asl\/","url_meta":{"origin":15145,"position":0},"title":"1500 From 12 States Expected for 3-Day Convention in ASL","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"July 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"1500 From 12 States Expected for 3-Day Convention in ASL DATE: July 27-29, 2012 ADDRESS: 14542 US Highway 380 W Denton, Texas WEBSITE: http:\/\/www.jw.org An estimated 1500 Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Deaf\/Blind and Hearing individuals from 12 states will attend a special three-day convention beginning on Friday, July 27 in Denton, Texas.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27734,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/06\/12\/1800-expected-for-3-day-convention-in-asl\/","url_meta":{"origin":15145,"position":1},"title":"1800 Expected for 3-Day Convention in ASL","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"June 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23791,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/07\/10\/3-day-jehovahs-witnesses-convention-in-american-sign-language-denton\/","url_meta":{"origin":15145,"position":2},"title":"3-Day Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses Convention in American Sign Language &#8211; 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