2010

“REMAIN CLOSE TO JEHOVAH!”

District Convention
of

Jehovah’s Witnesses

This notebook belongs to:

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FRIDAY

The Drawing Near To God Is Good for Me.”- Psalm 73:28

MORNING

□ Chairman’s Address

□ Conventions Help us to Stay Close to Jehovah

□ The Son Is Willing to Reveal Him

□ Symposium: Imitate Those Who Maintained Intimacy With Jehovah

Abraham
Ruth
Hezekiah
Mary

□ Keynote Address: How Jehovah Draws Close to Us

AFTERNOON

□ Answers to Questions about Jehovah

□ Let Jehovah Discipline Mold You

□ Never Become ‘Enraged Against Jehovah.”

□ Symposium: Communication Helps Families Stay Close to Jehovah

Jehovah, the Great Communicator
Husbands, Communicate With Your Wives!
Wives, Communicate With Your Husbands!
Parents, Communicate With Your Children!
Children, Communicate With Your Parents!

□ Feature: Creation Reveals ‘the Living God’!

SATURDAY

“His Intimacy Is With the Upright Ones” Proverbs 3:32

MORNING

□ Symposium: Help People ‘Become Reconciled to God’

Alienated and Hopeless
He Put the Question to Them
Fulfill Your Role as an Evangelizing Assistant
Win Them Over by Fine Conduct
Zealously Persevere in Your Efforts

□ Full-Time Service Strengthens Your Relationship With Jehovah

□ For Those Loving Jehovah, There Is No Stumbling Block

□ Baptism Talk

AFTERNOON

□ Symposium: Allow Nothing to Distance You From Jehovah

Satan’s Subtle Efforts
Pride
Money
Health
Career
Recreation
Family
Technology

□ Special Sound Drama: Do Not Give Out When Corrected by Jehovah

□ Stay Close to Jehovah, as Jeremiah Did

SUNDAY

“To Jehovah ... You Should Cleave” – Joshua 23:8

MORNING

□ Symposium: Appreciating Jehovah’s Endearing Personality

Approachable
Empathetic
Appreciative
Generous
Impartial
Forgiving
Reasonable
Loyal

□ Public Talk: How Can You Draw Close to God?

□ Summary of the Weekly Watchtower Study

AFTERNOON

□ DRAMA: Walk by Faith and Not by Sight - the Flight of Christians from Jerusalem

□ Remain ‘in the Secret Place of the Most High’

FRIDAY
The Drawing Near To God Is Good for Me.”- Psalm 73:28
 Chairman’s Address
It is polite to be in your seat when the music begins. Write these 6 Key words the chairman uses:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Conventions Help us to Stay Close to Jehovah

Are you excited about the convention? yes or no
Are you ready to pay attention? yes or no
Can you try to watch the speaker? yes or no
Will you try to look up all the scriptures? yes or no
Can you take short notes? yes or no
Did you pray to Jehovah for help? yes or no
Will you pray to Jehovah when you are tired? yes or no

How will this convention help you?

Instead of: Write:

Jehovah = JH or JAH
Holy Spirit = HS
Jesus Christ = JC
Ministry = Min.
Preach & Teach = P&T
Bible Study = BS
Resurrection = Res.
Paradise, kingdom = NW (New World)
old system, last days = OW (Old World)
is , will be = =
and, with = +
remove, take away = -
And remember – you can make your own code with pictures!
You could: Draw a Crown for “kingdom or king” or
Draw a book for “Bible, Study and Scriptures” or Draw an
eye to mean “watch or see”. You could make a BIG X for
Satan or draw /\ for “pray and prayer” because it looks like
praying hands! YOU decide! Have Fun!

The Son Is Willing To Reveal Him

Write 7 scriptures used Write How Jesus Reveals Jehovah
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Find Hidden Words below:
LLXQNEJESSKV
WAXHLNPECQRJ
JEDFUKHRSHAN
SVHAKHIOEUMU
XEOTEPUFJGSZ
ORANTHAVOHEJ
MKAUZATRCTLX
VMRFNRMBIBLE
EEVOLTVRBFUY
SAOHBDWJWPYQ
Jehovah Write Luke
Reveal Name love
Scriptures John Bible
Jesus Matthew Mark

Symposium: Imitate Those Who Maintained

Intimacy With Jehovah
 Abraham

Ruth

Hezekiah

Mary

Keynote Address: How Jehovah Draws Close

to Us
Write 3 key point on how Jehovah does this
 Answers to Questions about Jehovah
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?

Try to write at least 3 questions and the answers to those questions:

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 Let Jehovah Discipline Mold You
Br. _______________

“No discipline seems for the present to be joyous, but grievous; yet afterward to
those who have been trained by it it yields peaceable fruit, namely,
righteousness."HEBREWS 12:11.

Why do you think Jehovah discipline us?

How can discipline make us better persons?

What should be our attitude when Jehovah discipline us?

Never Become ‘Enraged Against Jehovah.’

Br. _______________
(try only writing the scripture AFTER you look it up and read along!)
Symposium: Communication Helps Families Stay
Close to Jehovah

Write at least 2 points for each

Jehovah, the Great Communicator

1.

2.

Husbands, Communicate With Your Wives!

1.

2.

Wives, Communicate With Your Husbands!

1.

2.

Parents, Communicate With Your Children!

1.

2.
 Children, Communicate With Your Parents!

1.

2.

*Feature*
Creation Reveals ‘the Living God’!
Br. _______________

(you are allowed to draw “picture-notes” - get creative!)

SATURDAY
“His Intimacy Is With the Upright Ones” Proverbs 3:32

Symposium: Help People ‘Become Reconciled to

God’
Alienated and Hopeless

He Put the Question to Them

Fulfill Your Role as an Evangelizing Assistant

Win Them Over by Fine Conduct

Zealously Persevere in Your Efforts

Full-Time Service Strengthens Your Relationship

With Jehovah

Br. _______________
1.

2.

3.

4.
5.
For Those Loving Jehovah, There Is No Stumbling Block

Br. _______________

Baptism Talk Notes Br. _______________

Title:_____________________________________________

When do you want to be baptized?

What prevents you from getting baptized?

Why do you want to remain close to Jehovah?

How long do you want to remain close to him?

Have you made a dedication to Jehovah yet?

Are you happy for the people who are

being baptized today?

Who is the oldest?

Who is the youngest?

How many were baptized?

Were there mostly boys or girls?

Do you know any of them?

Symposium: Allow Nothing to

Distance You From Jehovah

Satan’s Subtle Efforts

Pride

Money

Health

Career

Recreation
 Family

Technology

Special Sound Drama: Do Not Give Out When Corrected

by Jehovah

Remember to listen well

Stay Close to Jehovah, as Jeremiah Did

Br. _______________
SUNDAY
“To Jehovah ... You Should Cleave” – Joshua 23:8

MORNING

Symposium: Appreciating Jehovah’s Endearing Personality

How is Jehovah?: (try to write one thing for each)

Approachable

Empathetic

Appreciative

Generous

Impartial

Forgiving

Reasonable

Loyal
Which of these qualities of Jehovah do you like the most?

Why?

Can you try to be like that to other people?

Public Talk: How Can You Draw Close to God?

Br. _______________

Summary of the Weekly Watchtower Study

Study of the Bible By Means of the (Summary)

I studied my Watchtower using ______________.

a) the book b)the Bible c)Internet d) huh? what?

My Watchtower lesson was about _________________.

a) Jesus b)My life as a Christian c)45 minutes long d)Jehovah’s attributes

How many study lessons are there in this Watchtower?___________________.

a) 5 b) 12 c) 4 d)for the whole year

My magazine color is __
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a)blue or green b)brown or yellow c)pink or rose d)other color

AFTERNOON

DRAMA: Walk by Faith and Not by Sight

The drama is based on the Flight of Christians from Jerusalem

While you are watching the drama ask yourself

these questions:

Why did the Christians back then had to flee?

What does that mean for us today?

***You may want to put your notebook away for now, listen and watch
carefully this drama.

Remain ‘in the Secret Place of the Most High’

Br. _______________

What is the secret place of Jehovah?

How can you remain there?

District Convention Review and Fun Stuff

My favorite talk on Friday My favorite talk on Saturday

My favorite talk on Sunday The coolest thing I learned

I was really encouraged by Did we get any new publications?

The drama was ________________

a) awesome! b)boring c)cool d)dumb e)excellent

The number of new brothers & sisters that got baptized:________

I met_____________ new friends.

Do you feel this convention will help you to remain close to Jehovah?

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What do you Know about King Hezekiah? (Awake! June 2010, pg 31)
Clue: on Friday morning of the convention we were encourage to imitate him

Who was Hezekiah? Clue: Read 2 Kings 18:5_______________________________________

Even though Hezekiah’s father was very bad, wht reputaion did Hezekiah earn for himself?
Clue: Read 2 Kings 18:5________________________________________________________________
What helped Hezekiah to remain strong?
Clue:Read 2 Kings 18:6
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If someone in your family stops serving God, how can you imitate Hezekiah?
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COPY below - Proverbs 27:11

"Be wise, my son , and make my heart rejoice, that I may make a reply to him that is
taunting me. “
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Write fancy!

REMAIN CLOSE TO Jehovah

Fill in the blank: Clue: look up scripture below

Trust in _________ with all your _____ and
do not lean upon ___________________. In
all your ways ________________ him, and
he himself will make your paths
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What is a Good Decision? (Awake! May, 2010 - pg 31)
Clue: Read Mark 14:66-72 to help you answer the questions below

Where did this event take place? Clue: Read Mark 14:53,54
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When identified as a follower of Jesus, what decision did Peter make?

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What happended after a cock crowed a second time?

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Why do you think peter react the way he did? How can you avoid making the same type of mistake?
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Fix the words: clue: Psalms 27:10

“In acse my own rafteh and my own tohmer did
velea me, Even hojveah himself louwd take me
up.”
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OVER

WORDS ABOVE:
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MAKE AN ACROSTIC POEM

START A LINE OF THE POEM WITH THE BEGINNING LETTER

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M______________________________
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N______________________________
C______________________________
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1. I was stoned to death, while asking
Jehovah to forgive my attackers

2. I was a king, my father was very

bad, yet I had a good reputation

3. I was also a king. I improve the

judicial system in Judah? Who am I

4. An army of a million man came to

fight against me lead by Zérah the
 Ethiopian

5. I was a king, I had seven brothers

and the oldest one’s name was
Elíab

Stephen, Hezekiah, Jehoshaphat, Asa,

David

hint scriptures: 1 Samuel 16.10,11; 1 Samuel 17:28; 2

Chronicles 14:9,10; 2 Chronicles 19:5-11; 2 Kings 18:5; Acts 7:54-
60

Clue: answers are found in the “For Family Review” series of the
Awake on page 31 of the February, April, May, and June 2010
magazines.
Crossword puzzle
Across
2. This brother of Jesus wrote a short letter encouraging Christians -Jude 1
3. I was a leader but a shepherd first - 1 samuel 17:34-36
5.
we

attend it once a year for 3 days - it is a joyous occasion

9. the first zoo keeper and the first to build a huge vessel that survived a flood
13. I was stoned to death
14. was known for his great wisdom
15. he was known for baptizing people (3 words)
16. I denied Jesus the night he was Arrested - Mark 14:66-72
17. the name of the oldest brother of David
Down
1. the number of brothers king David had 1 Samuel 16:10,11
2. he wrote the last book of the Bible
4. the whole world is lying in his power 1John 5:19 (2 words)
6. what should we abstain from 1Thess 4:3
7. I was a leader but first worked as a shepherd - Exodus 3:1
8. King Hezekiah's father 2kings 18:1
10. before becoming a Christian, he killed Christians
12. I improve the judicial system in Judah - 2 Chronicles 19:5-11
* question 11 is missing, please disregard .
 PUZZLE WITHIN A PUZZLE

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Unscramble each of the clue words in the first puzzle -hint: it is convention related

2. Once you have solved the first puzzle, copy the letters from the first puzzle to the second puzzle
matching the numbers - exp. The letter with “1" under it from the first puzzle, goes to the boxes
with the “1" underneath it for the second puzzle - to reveal the saying or sentence.
 Huge Word Search

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E F I N A E O E M O U L C Z E S K V D G
R I A O R O M C F P I I E A Z V A E E N
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T P E S N L U U A I T T N O G I N W A S
P A R S T E N F R W L A H E P K T N N S
I R F E S T I V A L S D L E V M H N E E
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S A X L O D T A C E P L W Y N O C C A A
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E N A K L C O S R E T A C I N U M M O C
A L D B E S N O C G N I V I G R O F M Q
S I I R E Y A O D I R E W O T H C T A W
O B P P A C N N C L P N A M R I A H C Q
N P A W H M A O O E D L J E H O V A H A
A K L A W B A V T K R K E T H G I R P U
B Q B D S S E C R E T J E S U S I D I V
L L Q U A L I T I E S C O N D U C T I D
E I H Y R A M M U S H T I A F T H G I S

ALIENATED APPRECIATE APPROACHABLE

BIBLE BLESSINGS HAIRMAN
CHILDREN CLOSE COMMUNICATE
COMMUNICATION CONDUCT CONVENTION
DISCIPLES DISCIPLINE DRAMA
EMPATHETIC EVANGELIZE FAITH
FAMILY FESTIVALS FORGIVING
HELP HUSBAND IMPARTIAL
INTIMACY JEHOVAH JESUS
KEYNOTE LOVE LOYAL
PARENTS PEOPLE QUALITIES
REASONABLE RECONCILE REMAIN
SCRIPTURES SECRET SESSIONS
SIGHT SUMMARY SYMPOSIUM
 TALKS UPRIGHT WALK
WATCHTOWER WIVES
Additional Points I plan to use:
(space for additional notes)
MAKE A FEW NEW FRIENDS AT THIS CONVENTION
Name: Name:

Congregation: Congregation:

How long have you loved the truth? How long have you loved the truth?

Tell me your favorite Bible truth. Tell me your favorite Bible truth.

Which kingdom song do you like to sing? Which kingdom song do you like to sing?

In the paradise, what will you do? In the paradise, what will you do?

What is your favorite Bible Story? What is your favorite Bible Story?

Would you like to write something for me Would you like to write something for me
here? here?
Name: Name:

Congregation: Congregation:

How long have you loved the truth? How long have you loved the truth?

Tell me your favorite Bible truth. Tell me your favorite Bible truth.

Which kingdom song do you like to sing? Which kingdom song do you like to sing?

In the paradise, what will you do? In the paradise, what will you do?

What is your favorite Bible Story? What is your favorite Bible Story?

Would you like to write something for me Would you like to write something for me
here? here?