{"id":27734,"date":"2014-06-12T12:41:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T17:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=27734"},"modified":"2014-06-12T16:44:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T21:44:32","slug":"1800-expected-for-3-day-convention-in-asl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/06\/12\/1800-expected-for-3-day-convention-in-asl\/","title":{"rendered":"1800 Expected for 3-Day Convention in ASL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1800 Expected for the 3-Day Convention in American Sign Language starting June 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DATE: June 27-29, 2014<\/p>\n<p>TIME: 9:20 am &#8211; 4:55 pm<\/p>\n<p>ADDRESS:<br \/>\n14542 Highway 380 West<br \/>\nDenton, Texas 76249<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s Witnesses. This convention is one of the eight conventions hosted this summer by Jehovah\u2019s 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, \u201cKeep Seeking First God\u2019s Kingdom!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Past conventions received excellent coverage from local television news and newspaper:<\/p>\n<p>NBC, Channel 5 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/video\/#!\/news\/local\/Sign-Language-Convention-in-Denton\/164092626\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/video\/#!\/news\/local\/Sign-Language-Convention-in-Denton\/164092626<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Denton Record-Chronicle &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/local-news\/local-news-headlines\/20120728-gods-word-told-by-human-hands.ece\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/local-news\/local-news-headlines\/20120728-gods-word-told-by-human-hands.ece<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Local sign language congregations of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses will be contacting individuals in the Deaf community to invite them to this free event. A complete program schedule is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jw.org\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.jw.org<\/a> and a special video invitation to the convention is presented in American Sign Language at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jw.org\/apps\/E_QrYQFVTrlBBX?selLang=ASL&amp;selPub=2240\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.jw.org\/apps\/E_QrYQFVTrlBBX?selLang=ASL&amp;selPub=2240<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT PERSON NAME: Brian Moore<br \/>\nCONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: aslnewsservice@live.com<br \/>\nCONTACT TELEPHONE #: (817) 829-3551 Voice\/Text<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1800 Expected for the 3-Day Convention in American Sign Language starting June 27 DATE: June 27-29, 2014 TIME: 9:20 am &#8211; 4:55 pm ADDRESS: 14542 Highway 380 West Denton, Texas 76249 An estimated 1800 Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Deaf\/Blind and Hearing individuals&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/06\/12\/1800-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_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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[1629,23,10073,94,35,24,494,227,1412,229,10071,17,21848],"class_list":["post-27734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-american-sign-language","tag-asl","tag-brian-moore","tag-church","tag-community","tag-deaf","tag-deafblind","tag-denton","tag-hard-of-hearing","tag-jehovahs-witnesses","tag-jw","tag-texas","tag-texas-assembly-hall-of-jehovahs-witnesses"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-7dk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23791,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/07\/10\/3-day-jehovahs-witnesses-convention-in-american-sign-language-denton\/","url_meta":{"origin":27734,"position":0},"title":"3-Day Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses Convention in American Sign Language &#8211; 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