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JEHOVAH’S WITNE S SE S O F F I C E O F P U B L I C I N F O R M A T I O N
Local Media Contact:
Joey Doctor, Media Services | Phone 210.259.7115 or email [email protected]
www.jw.org
Convention News Release June 8, 2016
Jehovah’s Witnesses invite all to attend
“Remain Loyal to Jehovah!” Convention SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—Jehovah’s Witnesses are inviting the public to attend their 2016 “Remain
Loyal to Jehovah!” Regional Convention to be held at the Freeman Coliseum Arena & Expo Hall 2
for the English Program, and at the Freeman Expo Halls A-C for the Spanish Program at 3201 E.
Houston St, San Antonio, Texas 78219. Both English and Spanish programs will be held JULY 1-3,
2016.
The three-day program will feature 49 presentations, each exploring the theme “loyalty.”
Additionally, 35 video segments specifically for the program plus two short films that will be shown on
Saturday and Sunday. Each day, the morning and afternoon sessions will be introduced by music videos
recorded for the convention.
Weeks before the convention, Jehovah’s Witnesses will distribute a special invitation to the
public in San Antonio, Adkins, Bandera, Boerne, Bulverde, Canyon Lake, Carrizo Springs, Cibolo,
Cuero, Del Rio, Devine, Eagle Pass, Floresville, Hondo, Junction, Kerrville, New Braunfels, Pleasanton,
Poteet, Seguin and Uvalde, Texas to attend the convention with them. The three-day event to be held in
San Antonio, Texas will begin Friday, JULY 1-3, 2016, at 9:20 a.m. The daily themes and titles of
program parts are based on passages of Scripture, including Micah 6:8, Psalm 145:10 and Psalm 97:10.
Program highlights include: Friday, 9:40am Chairman’s Address: Jehovah Deserves “Undivided
Loyalty” 1:40pm Symposium: “Be Loyal, as Jesus Was” Saturday, 11:45am Baptism “Never Abandon
Your Loyal Love for Jehovah” 3:25pm Drama/Short Film: “Hope for What We Do Not See” Sunday,
11:20am Public Bible Discourse: “When Will Loyal Love Triumph Over Hatred?” and at 1:50pm a
feature-length film: “O Jehovah,…I Trust in You” (Observe how King Hezekiah “held fast to Jehovah”
while besieged by his enemies). Each day begins at 9:20am, Friday & Saturday concludes at 4:50pm and
Sunday concludes at 3:45pm.
Locally, all of the area’s congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses will be supporting the activity of
distributing printed invitations to the convention. An estimated 12,400 will come each day to the
Freeman Coliseum Arena & Expo Hall 2 for the English Program and an estimated 10,000 will
come each day to the Freeman Expo Halls A-C for the Spanish Program. Total estimated attendance
is 22,400. There is no admission fee. Conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses are supported entirely by
voluntary donations.
Click on the following links for more convention information: www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/world/jehovah-witness-conventions-2016/ www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/conventions/drama-movie-trailers-2016
