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Show Conventions Set For Jehovah's Witnesses in Price Jehovah's Witnesses who live in Pleasant Grove will be leaving this weekend to attend their semi-annual circuit convention, which will be held in Price, Mar. 20 to 22. Gene Nelson, presiding minister minis-ter of the American Fork Congregation, Con-gregation, commented "This three day Bible educational program, which will be held in the Price Civic Auditorium, 191 East Main Street, has been specially arranged ar-ranged to include a variety of talks on Bible subjects, symposiums sympo-siums to discuss ministerial problems prob-lems and stage dramatizations to teach how each Christian minister minis-ter can improve his personal ministry. min-istry. To emphasize that point the theme 'Be a Teacher of the Good News' has been chosen." Further, Nelson added, "Christian "Chris-tian development never ends and the Christian minister can always advance in ministerial qualifications. qualifica-tions. That is why Jehovah's Witnesses Wit-nesses who have been singled out as the world's fastest growing grow-ing religious group never 'graduates' 'grad-uates' its ministers. It is important impor-tant today that each Christian minister realize and be awake to the responsibility of becoming a qualified teacher of God's Word. These conventions certainly stimulate stim-ulate our appreciation for God and the Bible." Nelson pointed out that Matthew Matth-ew M. Kolar, Grant Town, West Virginia, new district supervisor and featured speaker, would deliver de-liver the keynote talk at this convention con-vention on Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m. on the Bible subject, "A Paradise Earth Through God's Kingdom." A peak attendance of over 900 delegates from 21 congregations is expected. |