{"id":256213,"date":"2017-07-13T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=256213"},"modified":"2017-07-13T06:00:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T20:00:44","slug":"jehovahs-witnesses-host-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/jehovahs-witnesses-host-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses hosts convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses are currently canvassing the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, distributing invitations to attend a convention with the theme, \u201cDon\u2019t Give Up!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The three-day event is being held July 14-16 at their Kingdom Hall auditorium in Gualo Rai. <\/p>\n<p>Jim Hodgson, a local elder for Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, said a sizeable crowd is expected for the convention. Everyone is invited to attend. Admission is free and collections will not be taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people suffer disappointment and feel discouraged. The convention program can provide them with needed comfort,\u201d said Hodgson.<\/p>\n<p>The convention\u00a0begins at 9:20am daily.<\/p>\n<p>There will be an immersion baptism at noon on Saturday. Those qualifying for baptism will be immersed in a pool built especially for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit jw.org. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses are currently canvassing the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, distributing invitations to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[197,17565,2608],"class_list":["post-256213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-gualo-rai","tag-jim-hodgson","tag-kingdom-hall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}