{"id":281333,"date":"2018-08-02T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T22:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=281333"},"modified":"2018-08-02T06:00:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T22:00:06","slug":"2018-convention-of-jehovahs-witnesses-starts-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/2018-convention-of-jehovahs-witnesses-starts-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Convention of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses starts Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The public is invited to attend a free annual event being hosted by Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses on the weekend of Aug. 3-5, 2018 at their Kingdom Hall in Gualo Rai. With the theme \u201cBe Courageous!\u201d this year\u2019s convention will focus on practical ways to enjoy a happy life now and have a real hope for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Among the convention\u2019s 54 presentations will be Bible-based talks, audio dramas, interviews, and short videos. A multimedia presentation will demonstrate what real people\u2014and even five animals\u2014can teach us about courage.<\/p>\n<p>A Sunday morning public discourse will explain why Jesus told a grieving father: \u201cHave no fear.\u201d (Mark 5:36) And those in attendance Sunday afternoon will see Jonah get swallowed by a fish in the feature film: The Story of Jonah\u2014A Lesson in Courage and Mercy.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions begin each day at 9:20am. Admission is free and collections will not be taken.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the website: jw.org\/tl. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The public is invited to attend a free annual event being hosted by Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses&#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":[197,2608,21,67],"class_list":["post-281333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-gualo-rai","tag-kingdom-hall","tag-life","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281333","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=281333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}