When a new Kingdom Hall was built on Avenue A in the early `70s to accommodate the English congregation, the little group moved with them. The group met in a small Kingdom Hall, as their meeting places are called, on 10th Street and 6th Avenue, where an English congregation already met. The women ran the group, conducting meetings and handling all duties, from accounting to organizing the house-to-house preaching, the work Witnesses are most known for.
They became two of five women who were part of an emerging Spanish group. In 1954 she and her mother got baptized, making them official Jehovah’s Witnesses. I thought, this is very nice,” Garcia said in Spanish. Then I started to read the magazines (Watchtower and Awake) and I liked them. “At first I only wanted to know what my mom was learning. Having been born and raised a Catholic, the 20-year-old became concerned with what the Witnesses were teaching her mother. Upon her arrival, she found her mother already studying with them. However, she didn’t set out to become a Witness. Soon after arriving in town as a young lady, Garcia, now 77, started studying the Bible with Jehovah’s Witnesses. Today there are 12 Spanish and four English congregations in Yuma County.īut back when Garcia arrived from Mexico in 1953, there wasn’t even an official Spanish congregation in the county. I cry at conventions when I see so much growth,” Garcia said, her voice breaking. Yuma’s thriving community of Spanish-speaking Jehovah’s Witnesses all began with the work of five women and has grown to a dozen congregations of 1,300 Jehovah’s Witnesses. Hispanic Jehovah’s Witnesses on the rise in Arizona That afternoon, a full-costume drama will be presented, based on the Genesis story of Joseph, son of Jacob. On July 1, the keynote address is “Who Are Preaching the Good News of the Kingdom?” On July 2, the theme is “Keep On Seeking First the Kingdom and His Righteousness.” On July 3, the theme is “There Will Be Richly Supplied to You the Entrance Into the Everlasting Kingdom.” On July 3, the afternoon session will begin at 1:30 p.m.ĭaily themes will be based on passages of scripture, including Matt. On July 2, the afternoon session will begin at 1:35 p.m.
On July 1, the afternoon session will begin at 1:50 p.m. The public is invited to attend any session or the entire program. Worldwide, there are more than 7.5 million Witnesses in more than 107,000 congregations. Throughout the United States, 381 conventions are held in 98 cities from late May through mid-September. All of the area’s 41 congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses will support distributing printed invitations to the convention. There is no admission fee and people from the district, which includes all of North Dakota, northern South Dakota, eastern Montana and western Minnesota, are welcome to attend.Ĭonventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses are funded entirely by voluntary donations.
The convention program will examine the “model prayer” and its significance. The theme for the convention is “Let God’s Kingdom Come.” The theme is based on the Lord’s Prayer as written in the New Testament Book of Matthew. Jehovah’s Witnesses to hold convention in Bismarck July 1-3Īpproximately 2,900 people are expected to attend the three-day district convention of the Jehovah’s Witnesses July 1-3 at the Bismarck Civic Center.
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