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2017
DON’T
GIVE
UP!
CONVENTION OF
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
“Let us not give up in doing
F R I DAY
MORNING
9:20 Music-Video Presentation
9:30 Song No. 77 and Prayer
9:40 CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS: We Must Not Give Up
—Especially Now! (Revelation 12:12)
10:15 SYMPOSIUM: Continue Preaching “Without Letup”
˙ Informally (Acts 5:42; Ecclesiastes 11:6)
˙ From House to House (Acts 20:20)
˙ Publicly (Acts 17:17)
˙ Making Disciples (Romans 1:14-16; 1 Corinthians 3:6)
11:05 Song No. 76 and Announcements
11:15 DRAMATIC BIBLE READING: Jehovah Delivers
His People (Exodus 3:1-22; 4:1-9; 5:1-9; 6:1-8; 7:1-7;
14:5-10, 13-31; 15:1-21)
11:45 Jehovah—The Greatest Example of Endurance
(Romans 9:22, 23; 15:13; James 1:2-4)
12:15 Song No. 115 and Intermission
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AFTER NOON
1:25 Music-Video Presentation
1:35 Song No. 128
1:40 SYMPOSIUM: Enduring Despite . . .
˙ Unjust Treatment (Matthew 5:38, 39)
˙ Advancing Age (Isaiah 46:4; Jude 20, 21)
˙ Our Own Imperfections (Romans 7:21-25)
˙ Humbling Experiences
(Galatians 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:5, 6, 10, 11)
˙ Prolonged Illness (Psalm 41:3)
˙ The Loss of a Loved One (Psalm 34:18)
˙ Persecution (Revelation 1:9)
2:55 Song No. 136 and Announcements
3:05 DRAMA: Remember the Wife of Lot—Part 1
(Luke 17:28-33)
3:35 SYMPOSIUM: Cultivate Qualities That Promote Endurance
˙ Faith (Hebrews 11:1)
˙ Virtue (Philippians 4:8, 9)
˙ Knowledge (Proverbs 2:10, 11)
˙ Self-Control (Galatians 5:22, 23)
4:15 How You Can “By No Means Ever Fail”
(2 Peter 1:5-10; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Corinthians 4:7-9, 16)
4:50 Song No. 3 and Closing Prayer
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“Rejoice in the hope.
S AT U R DAY
MORNING
9:20 Music-Video Presentation
9:30 Song No. 44 and Prayer
9:40 SYMPOSIUM: How Jehovah “Supplies Endurance
and Comfort” to . . .
˙ The Weak and Those Who Are Depressed
(Romans 15:4, 5; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 1 Peter 5:7-10)
˙ Those in Material Need (1 Timothy 6:18)
˙ “The Fatherless” (Psalm 82:3)
˙ Older Ones (Leviticus 19:32)
10:50 Song No. 138 and Announcements
11:00 SYMPOSIUM: Build a House That Will Endure
˙ Be “Content With the Present Things”
(Hebrews 13:5; Psalm 127:1, 2)
˙ Safeguard Your Children From “What Is Evil”
(Romans 16:19; Psalm 127:3)
˙ Train Your Children in ‘the Way They Should Go’
(Proverbs 22:3, 6; Psalm 127:4, 5)
11:45 BAPTISM: “Do Not Give In to Fear”! (1 Peter 3:6, 12, 14)
12:15 Song No. 79 and Intermission
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AFTER NOON
1:35 Music-Video Presentation
1:45 Song No. 126
1:50 SYMPOSIUM: Imitate “Those Who Have Endured”
˙ Joseph (Genesis 37:23-28; 39:17-20; James 5:11)
˙ Job (Job 10:12; 30:9, 10)
˙ Jephthah’s Daughter (Judges 11:36-40)
˙ Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:8, 9)
2:35 DRAMA: Remember the Wife of Lot—Part 2
(Luke 17:28-33)
3:05 Song No. 111 and Announcements
3:15 SYMPOSIUM: Learn Endurance From Creation
˙ Camels (Jude 20)
˙ Alpine Trees (Colossians 2:6, 7; 1 Peter 5:9, 10)
˙ Butterflies (2 Corinthians 4:16)
˙ Arctic Terns (1 Corinthians 13:7)
˙ Lapwings (Hebrews 10:39)
˙ Acacia Trees (Ephesians 6:13)
4:15 Young Ones—Your Endurance Makes Jehovah Rejoice!
(Proverbs 27:11)
4:50 Song No. 135 and Closing Prayer
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“The one who has endured to the end
S U N DAY
MORNING
9:20 Music-Video Presentation
9:30 Song No. 121 and Prayer
9:40 SYMPOSIUM: We Must “Run With Endurance”
˙ Run to Win! (1 Corinthians 9:24)
˙ Train Diligently (1 Corinthians 9:25-27)
˙ Let Go of Unnecessary Burdens (Hebrews 12:1)
˙ Imitate Good Examples (Hebrews 12:2, 3)
˙ Eat Nutritious Food (Hebrews 5:12-14)
˙ Drink Plenty of Water (Revelation 22:17)
˙ Obey the Rules of the Contest (2 Timothy 2:5)
˙ Be Confident of Gaining the Prize (Romans 15:13)
11:10 Song No. 141 and Announcements
11:20 PUBLIC BIBLE DISCOURSE: Never Give Up Hope!
(Isaiah 48:17; Jeremiah 29:11)
11:50 Summary of The Watchtower
12:20 Song No. 20 and Intermission
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AFTER NOON
1:35 Music-Video Presentation
1:45 Song No. 57
1:50 DRAMA: Remember the Wife of Lot—Part 3
(Luke 17:28-33)
2:20 Song No. 54 and Announcements
2:30 “Keep in Expectation . . . It Will Not Be Late!”
(Habakkuk 2:3)
3:30 Song No. 129 and Closing Prayer
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D ON’T GIVE U P !
2017 Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Arranged by the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Department.